New gun, sort of...

[philpot 4,928]

Almost 55 years ago some friends of my parents, who I called aunty and uncle, bought for me my first gun and I suspect it may have been the first gun for some of you guys of a more mature age, shall we say. The gun in question was a Gat spring powered air pistol. Yesterday when I met up with my shooting partner to visit a landowner, he asked if I had ever heard of them and when I told him it was my first ever gun, he grinned and say there you go then handing a mint black Gat. I was well pleased as I have not seen one for God knows how many years.

When I got home I grabbed some .177 pellets and let a few off in The garden. My life the trigger, when cocked was so difficult to press, I used two fingers to apply enough pressure to actually fire the bloody the gun, oh well I may never hit anything with it because of the trigger but I am simply chuffed to own one again.

I must tell you about an instance at my aunt and uncle's house when when a boy my uncle said I will give you half a crown for every starling you can shoot. For the younger members of this forum, half a crown was 2 shillings and sixpence or in modern money 22.5pence but in those days half a crown was my pocket money so well worth having.

After chucking bits of bread for thebirds, I bid behind the dustbin about 20' away and over the next couple of hours I actually shot 6 starlings to the sheer amazement of my uncle but nevertheless he gave me the grand total of 15 shillings, riches beyond belief.......

Phil

[ArchieHood 3,692]

As a child I was given a HW35 .22 with open sites by a relative, you know the one that would give you pen knives and shit .At weekends I would visit a wood waiting for pigeons to come in.Never got one  for months then one evening I heard a cock pheasant calling.I managed to stalk it and dispatched it with a perfect head shot.I remember thinking to the teachers at school that said I would never achieve anything, haha f**k you all I thought.Best days were as a kid.

[si brown 8,486]

Haha... made me laugh reading that phil:)

i had a gat when I was at school, think I bought it with my paper round money...

can remeber my mum going mad cos I’d been shooting posters in me bedroom!!

holes all over

[philpot 4,928]

There it is, my little Gat.

 

[j j m 6,481]

that was my introduction to air guns a gat I thought I was mint,then come my relum tornado,god nothing fancy but I took some quary with it

[tomburras 2,721]

I love seeing this. I Baught my gat from Henry kranks in the mid 1990,'s i remember it was £12.50 it took ages to save up for.  I made a range in my dad's garage. I swear you could have shoveled the lead up at the back of the garage and weighed it in. Had years of fun in there popping tin cans. Good times!

[flynndog 543]

I got one about 98/99 we used to shoot each other with the corks not knowing as kids i remember my older brother getting me a belter on the elbow made me drop the gun thought sack this stuck a dart in got him in the calf he didn't half sqeal then I got a g10 and he didn't wanna play anymore hahaha 

[flynndog 543]

1 hour ago, tomburras said:

I love seeing this. I Baught my gat from Henry kranks in the mid 1990,'s i remember it was £12.50 it took ages to save up for.  I made a range in my dad's garage. I swear you could have shoveled the lead up at the back of the garage and weighed it in. Had years of fun in there popping tin cans. Good times!

I had to put all my weight on pushing it into floor to cock mine was only 8 haha

[Jonjon79 13,340]

Nice result Phil.

 .......... You can't beat a bit of nostalgia

 

Your mate sounds like a good 'un

[philpot 4,928]

Sorry lads the opening post was done on my tablet which has predictive text and I simply forget to check it before posting. I hate predictive text but don't know how to take the bloody thing off, must get my daughters to remove it.

 

I do wish I could release some of the pressure on the trigger to have some fun in the garden with it, come on you clever lads, how do I do that.

 

Phil