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Bert H. on Happy 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:55:11 +0000

Very nice I learned how to drive in my Dad's 1955 Chevy Apache truck. Shortly after a began high-school, he gave that old truck. It was built like a tank, and it had a top speed of 69 mph. It had no turn signals or taillights, so I had to learn and use hand signals.

Bert

Chuck on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:55:51 +0000

My Dad's sling shot had surgical tubing and he poured his own lead balls. My little sister got a hold of it and shot a couple of my friends. She's still that ornery.

M64lvr on Cresent Buttstocks and Recoil Pads?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:10:15 +0000

I wanted to suggest same as King Medallion, but was afraid someone would laugh at me, but since he did already, I'll verify the same?

I got a plain leather buttstock cover from Leverguns Leather long ago, mainly for two reasons? 1st to protect my 30-30's cause I use my rifle as a walking stick a lot up steep mountains, old age & knees! I do it constantly regardless of rifle im hunting with!

2nd, to increase LOP on my Leverguns cause of bad elbow, very tough to contract it tight to work the Lever. Since ive retired, this has gotten lot better, so I kinda favor the LOP now on them.

But ive used the BSC on number rifles, and couple crescent butts? Cut a strip of leather belt that is od similar width, first piece maybe 1.5" for bottom of the curve, next strip little longer, and again as needed. It fills the curve, can extend LOP, with extra regular length pieces, cut & kept for each rifle, all for the same BSC, provided it fits the rifle!

Amazingly good Recoil Tamer, Customized to every rifle needed!

Dad taught me this in late 60's, we had one tie on leather cover. It was a 10 year old answer to adding extra leather strips to tame hard kicking 12ga Model 37's.

King Medallion on Cresent Buttstocks and Recoil Pads?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:40:33 +0000

I get these from https://gunstockcover.com/ for all my big bore 86's and 76's. I get them with the shotgun conversion. Give a little extra LOP which I like, and offer a little cushion.

TXGunNut on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:17:08 +0000

tim tomlinson said
We made ours, but really not very powerful. Handle from old hardwood scrap, and bands cut from auto inner tubes. Worked for Dad, but synthetic rubber didn't have the real snap to it of the old natural rubber. We tried trading into surgical tubing without success. Tim PS. Old marbles were great shot material.

Tim-

I'd forgotten about the surgical tubing, hadn't thought about that since running into them at the PT's office.

Mike

kevindpm61 on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:14:07 +0000

I'm 64 and I still have my Wrist Rocket from the day.........and the box!

86Win on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:09:34 +0000

My dad taught me to make what he called a snip. Take one of moms clothes pins and a strip of old bicycle tube and nail the strip to the top of the clothes pin. When shooting I would flick my wrist forward increasing the velocity. He didn't like rubber band guns that you aimed in case a band snapped back into my eye.

Regarding an eye injury my Swedish brothers BB gun jammed so he looked down the barrel to see what was wrong. He went to Dr. with a slight injury.

I never let him forget this.

Don

TXGunNut on Happy 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:09:12 +0000

Bill-

Nice! Y'all have fun. The more I look at that truck the more I like it. I remember seeing a nice 53 5-window around here as a regular driver awhile back.

Mike

426crown on Happy 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:58:58 +0000

My neighbor has a 54 and we have this 51..driving in a Parade today--Bill

Anthony on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:53:20 +0000

The steel Round Iron Ore balls, along the RxR tracks, that fell off the cars that were loaded at the old LTV Steel company, coming out of Cleveland made great ammunition for our homemade Slingshots when we we're younger. The rusty heavy balls were pretty consistent in their size for the most part, as 3/8-1/2 inch seemed to be about the sizes we would collect, until the train cops would run us off. The tracks we would hoke to were about a mile or so from our neighborhood where we'd venture to. Carrying them back home in small paper bags was a chore back then that we never seemed to mind doing. We didn't have small backpacks like the kids do today. That would have been the trick.

Tony

Zebulon on Cresent Buttstocks and Recoil Pads?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:59:28 +0000

Concur.

tim tomlinson on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:44:28 +0000

We made ours, but really not very powerful. Handle from old hardwood scrap, and bands cut from auto inner tubes. Worked for Dad, but synthetic rubber didn't have the real snap to it of the old natural rubber. We tried trading into surgical tubing without success. Tim PS. Old marbles were great shot material.

TXGunNut on Cresent Buttstocks and Recoil Pads?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:44:41 +0000

Fred and Bill-

With a bit of age we realize running has no place in our rules of engagement. Thumpers become rimfires and hideout pea shooters become race guns when circumstances get serious. In all my piggy confrontations I can only recall four that took exception to my assessment of the food chain and three large, aggressive dogs that took advantage of my foolish engagement plan. Practice is everything and the stories make the tourists nervous. OTOH it's tough to practice with a gun that can cause an involuntary flinch, shooting from a bench from an aggressive position increases felt recoil. Recoil mitigation helps you learn to place the shot and follow through, events that help ensure a favorable outcome. Cal me what you want but I'll slip one on for anything about 30WCF and above.

Mike

TXGunNut on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:07:31 +0000

To relive my childhood I'd have to make one. I happen to have a fresh bag of big rubber bands and a heavy wire coat hanger.

Mike

Ben on Who else had a slingshot when you were a kid?

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:49:07 +0000

I just had this pop up on my computer... I know that this would have got me into more trouble than I already experienced... but it sure looks like fun. Might have to buy one to relive my childhood!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2224125045194097