Gun Stuff You No Longer See

I remember when I was a kid, Roses dept store in the mall sold SKS's and other guns and ammo.

FWIW, My dad still has (and uses) a gun rack in the back window of his hunting truck.

ThatGuyHank said:

My grandfather once told me a story about when he was younger you could walk into a hardware store and buy single rounds of ammo. I couldn't imagine the look on a shopkeepers face nowadays; "Hi, I'd like 3 of those 115 grain 9mm and 2 of your 55 grain .223 please."

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Maybe during The Depression? It was probably like buying "loosies" (single cigarettes) at a bodega today except you don't get a choice I don't think...

They actually go from Less-Than-Open to Xtra-Full.

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Wow mine sure doesn't. It really doesn't change things much at all. There were a lot of different companies making them at one time. Mine is a Mossberg. What was really bad is that it has an open design that is too open for HD work. I'm sure it would do fine at close range but a 20 ga. at 20 feet with a choke like that could miss with a lot of pellets.

Pinned grip safeties on 1911s

(unless you know my Dad- his is still pinned)

One of the earlier posters mentioned Jones Caps, I second that emotion. You used to be able to buy a Jones Cap in any hardware store, sporting goods store, department store, or even a small country store and you would usually have a selection of different colors and cameo patterns. Now they are difficult to find and aren't of the quality that they once were.

Black Talon on store shelves, Winchester Lubaloy 357 bullets at Target for less than $10. Buying rifles and shotguns without filling a bunch of paperwork

Game getter pistols.

Shooting Galleries

hmm... I have a gun rack and keep my guns in a glass faced cabinet... lol...

v8stang289 said:

I remember when I was a kid, Roses dept store in the mall sold SKS's and other guns and ammo.

FWIW, My dad still has (and uses) a gun rack in the back window of his hunting truck.

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I had a gun rack in my K5 Chevy Blazer. Every time I hit a bump both my 700 and 1100 Remingtons would bounce out.

ColtPythonElite said:

.22 ammo

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That is freakin' hilarious!

HOOfan_1 said:

My dad still uses a wood and plexiglass guncabinet and so do I. I plan to keep it, but move my most valuable guns into a safe eventually. My dad has tried using those suction cup gun racks.....they will work for a couple of years and then good luck getting them to stay up...IMO it is easier just to take your guns in the truck in gun cases.

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The purpose of a pick up truck gun rack is A:shooting off the road. B: being a redneck or a wannabe C: You have property and you don't have to shoot off the road.D: Showing off, see B

wooden spring operated hand held clay pigeon throwers.. oh and 90 count boxes of clays for 3.99$

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I remember most of the things you guys are talking about. I used to love to look at all the Ted Williams guns when the family would go to Sears on Saturday. Dad bought all his major purchases at Sears (tires and major appliances) because they had a credit card and he could make monthly payments.
I remember seeing barrels of surplus rifles at W.T. Grants for $12.
I miss seeing all the new Colt revolvers and Smith and Wessons without that ugly internal lock hole.
I had a gun rack in my trucks up until about 1993. Can't remember why I stopped putting them in.

Almost forgot, for you guys that miss the westerns on TV (like I do), The Rifleman and Rawhide come on for several hours every Saturday morning on AMC. Starts early, about 6:00 am.
That's what I'm doing every Saturday, drinking coffee, reading the paper and I've got one eye on Lucas McCain taking care of the bad guys.

Shooting without ear plugs.

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WHAT?!?

Some things are for the better you know.

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Shooting without ear plugs.

WHAT?!?

Some things are for the better you know.

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What, speak up young feller.

My dad has a Ted Williams 12 ga pump with a Polychoke. And I have a Remington Model 11 with a Polychoke. He keeps trying to get me to trade, but I don't wanna lug that heavy weight around when my Remington is so much lighter.

wooden spring operated hand held clay pigeon throwers.

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Glad to see those things go. My shoulder still hurts from flinging clays with them. And that was 50 years ago. Dad broke down and bought a top of the line clay thrower and kept it about a year. We had a whole lot of company that year and I got to see some really, really nice shotguns.

InkEd said:

However, I heard stories (post WWII) there were tons of cheap 1911s (and ammo), Garandes, Bolt Action Springfields, Mausers and all kinds of other stuff for sale in the back of several magazines. I would love to have confirmation of this stuff.

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I can certainly confirm that. Lots of ads in the magazines for Enfields, Mausers, Springfields, Garands... ummm... and the 6.5mm Mannlicher Carcano. According to the Warren Commission the slickest, quickest firing most accurate rifle ever built. Yes... the list is long. Used to be able to have 'em shipped to your door for $30-ish or so. IIRC a GCNM was $500 or so. I thought that was a LOT of money. And it was. Back then... Of course there were the Llamas, among others...

6.5mm Mannlicher Carcano. According to the Warren Commission the slickest, quickest firing most accurate rifle ever built.

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But Oswald didn't use a Carcano. He used a Model 91/38 which was also a Mannlicher 6.5mm. I know the press reported that he used the Carcano but it's pretty common knowledge they got it wrong. I'd guess the Model 91/38 was a pretty slick gun too though. And of course it would be the quickest firing bolt rifle and not the quickest rifle of any type by any means.

AFAIK I've never seen either of those rifles. I've seen other Mannlichers but not those two models.

Being able to buy a brand new machine gun without a 07 FFL/SOT.

hmm... I have a gun rack and keep my guns in a glass faced cabinet... lol...

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I was just about to post the same thing.

While I only keep some of my longer shotguns in the cabinet. I still like them and am hoping any thieves will be satisfied with whats in there and not go looking for the real safe..

A "case" of shotshells that held 20 boxes instead of 10.

Kids running around shooting each other with cap pistols...