The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Another 'Daisy' of a reloading tip (LOL)

Another 'Daisy' of a reloading tip (LOL) (reply)

Catoosa — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:02:11 +0000

Dang, FOG! That brings back memories of my waywary youth.....

Another 'Daisy' of a reloading tip (LOL) (reply)

FOG — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:43:15 +0000

If − that is, when − you run out of BBs, ordinary, old-fashioned kitchen matches make EXCELLENT substitutes.

True, they have to be muzzle-loaded − and singly, at that − but imagine a locust lounging on a rock...

This one here's a Model 102 (reply)

FOG — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:07:13 +0000

Fer ref'rence and all.

Slightly off-topic, but . . . (reply)

Kentucky — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 01:58:29 +0000

. . . that piece is what my previously-mentioned Daisy Smoker looked like, less the BB-handling bits. Very basic, no forend, plain wood stock.

And the barrel wasn't custom-aligned like this.

Now back to the subject at hand . . .

Which reminds me, 'Heaven forbid!' is right (reply)

FOG — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:54:23 +0000

And it was then, too, but there's just one thing...

I ain't so sure the Statue [sic] Of Limitations has expired yet.

BBs were 25¢ a tube, as I recall (reply)

FOG — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:45:22 +0000

And, even though we were just 'kids', we were allowed to buy them at the local hardware store (!)

However, as I also recall, 'Store Policy' was One Tube Per Kid Per Day...
Sound familiar?

Daisy 'Speedloading' Tip (You know, for Zombies and such... )
• Pour BBs in mouth
• 'Spit' BBs in magazine

...Simple

Those really *were* the days...

Heaven forbid! (reply)

Glen — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:11:53 +0000

That gun has a "high capacity magazine" on it! I've seen kids pour 100s of BBs into those things! We're all gonna die!

My First Gun Trade: The Bent-Barrel BB Gun

FOG — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:01:39 +0000

(A.K.A., My Second Daisy)

When I was in the 8th Grade, I was fortunate enough to be living in the Rocky Mountains when a greenhorn from
Eye-Oh-Way moved to town and joined our Home Room class.

'Larry' and I shared a number of common interests, most having to do with heaving projectiles at various targets of opportunity, so we became fast friends.

So fast, in fact, that Fall we made a 'gun' trade.

To cut to the chase, I had a Marksman-brand BB pistol that looked like a .45 Auto; Larry had The Bent-Barrel BB Gun.

How bent, you ask?

Well, now, let's see...

Yup, I still got it.

'Bent' though it was, I got used to its curveball trajectory right quick and slew many a poor sparrow with it.

It also played a central role in The Great Grasshopper Hunt Of '73...

But that, as they say, is another story.