When a THR member builds his son a toy rifle,
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Zundfolge
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Nice!
When I was a young'n, my dad made me an MP40 out of PVC pipe ... it eventually came apart and became an Uzi
When I was a young'n, my dad made me an MP40 out of PVC pipe ... it eventually came apart and became an Uzi
shotgunjoel
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We used wiffle ball bats.
My dad never made me something like that, oh wait, he doesn't own guns.
That is an amazing gift, thanks for sharing.
Magnumdood
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Talent
You, sir, have considerable talent!
You, sir, have considerable talent!
jfh
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for those of us without this talent--
the first google I linked to....
http://members.cox.net/lvrbgun/cpluger.html
Jim H.
P. S. I also offer accolades on the topic starter.
the first google I linked to....
http://members.cox.net/lvrbgun/cpluger.html
Jim H.
P. S. I also offer accolades on the topic starter.
Matt Dillon
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Looks like a wonderful labor of love!
pgeleven
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wow....
Eightball
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Cool stuff, man.
WinchesterAA
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You could go into business doing something like that, buddy.
I'd be a customer.
(and I'd feel right and proper with it not being made in a foreign country, and precisely designed to be as cheap and meaningless as possible)
I'd be a customer.
(and I'd feel right and proper with it not being made in a foreign country, and precisely designed to be as cheap and meaningless as possible)
Hammerhead6814
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I was certain when you said you built a "toy gun" you had built an AR-15. You must really love your kids to be building an M1!
ArfinGreebly
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That's an outstanding piece.
Having earned some scars my own self making stuff out of wood with hand tools, I gotta say that's some fine work.
Mine was a crude outline cut from a piece of old 1x12 plank. Complete with splinters.
"No talent?"
Yeah, sure. I hope some day I have as much "no talent" as that.
That's an outstanding piece.
Having earned some scars my own self making stuff out of wood with hand tools, I gotta say that's some fine work.
Mine was a crude outline cut from a piece of old 1x12 plank. Complete with splinters.
"No talent?"
Yeah, sure. I hope some day I have as much "no talent" as that.
HardShell
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TimboKhan
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Reading all the nostalgia makes me think of my first toy gun. Well, pair of toy guns.
Dad didn't build them, but he built for a living so that's OK. They were just your average cheap tin six shooters, but man, I loved them hoglegs. I tore up my toys pretty regularly (hyperactive kid!), but them two pistols were my babies. I don't know where they are, but I would trade darn near any of my real guns for them now. I graduated to real guns pretty early. I want to say my first Red Ryder (which my Dad still has) came along when I was maybe five or six (by which time I had already been shooting .22's with my old man) and my first real gun, a single shot .410 (which is in my closet now) came along when I was 8, followed very quickly by a Ruger 10/22 purchased new in 1977 and given to me unfired in 1979. Still have that one, still shoot it regularly. In fact, it has been my main .22 rifle from then till now. I bought my own first .22 when I was nine or so and my first centerfire pistol the year after I got out of the USMC at 22 yo.
My other favorite toy, my marbles, I have. This, of course, is handy because I can always tell people that I haven't lost my marbles. Jokes aside, I want to be buried with those marbles. Lots and lots and lots of hours as a boy winning them and having fun.
Dad didn't build them, but he built for a living so that's OK. They were just your average cheap tin six shooters, but man, I loved them hoglegs. I tore up my toys pretty regularly (hyperactive kid!), but them two pistols were my babies. I don't know where they are, but I would trade darn near any of my real guns for them now. I graduated to real guns pretty early. I want to say my first Red Ryder (which my Dad still has) came along when I was maybe five or six (by which time I had already been shooting .22's with my old man) and my first real gun, a single shot .410 (which is in my closet now) came along when I was 8, followed very quickly by a Ruger 10/22 purchased new in 1977 and given to me unfired in 1979. Still have that one, still shoot it regularly. In fact, it has been my main .22 rifle from then till now. I bought my own first .22 when I was nine or so and my first centerfire pistol the year after I got out of the USMC at 22 yo.
My other favorite toy, my marbles, I have. This, of course, is handy because I can always tell people that I haven't lost my marbles. Jokes aside, I want to be buried with those marbles. Lots and lots and lots of hours as a boy winning them and having fun.
nwilliams
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WOW! Very impressive! That's a toy gun any kid should be proud to carry!
I wish I had woodworking skills
I wish I had woodworking skills
Very nice.
When I was kid, I had something very much like this, which, until now, I thought was the coolest toy rifle a kid could have. (It had a gold-painted wooden bullet on a spring that protruded from and retracted into the bolt as you worked the action.)
Thanks for the reminder of playing with that toy; thanks for sharing the excellent pics; congratulations on a truly well-executed toy for your child.
When I was kid, I had something very much like this, which, until now, I thought was the coolest toy rifle a kid could have. (It had a gold-painted wooden bullet on a spring that protruded from and retracted into the bolt as you worked the action.)
Thanks for the reminder of playing with that toy; thanks for sharing the excellent pics; congratulations on a truly well-executed toy for your child.
millertyme
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awesome.
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