New rifle for my son

[targa911S]

just like this one ...please?

[Joe Bob]

I'll trade a nice Browning Hi Power for a Smith Airlite .357........hint hint

[Eric 951]

Nice rifle--a .243 was also my first deer rifle--perfect for a young hunter--the progression always seems to go, pellet gun, .22, .243--a 30.06 is probably next

[john walker's workshop]

Buy a Gun for Your Son

Hallelujah, Dads and Mommies,
Cowboys, Rebels, Yanks and Commies
Buy yourselves some real red blooded fun.
If you want to make the grade,
You've got to have a hand grenade,
And a fully automatic G.I. Gun.

chorus:

Buy a gun for your son right away, Sir
Shake his hand like a man and let him play, Sir.
Let his little mind expand, Place a weapon in his hand,
For the skills he learns today will someday pay, Sir.

Pound that kid into submission
'Till he's mastered Nuclear Fission
Buy him plastic warheads by the score,
Once he's got the taste of blood,
He's gonna sneak up on his buddies
Starting his own thermo-nuclear war.

Buy him khakis and fatigues,
And sign him up in little leagues,
Give him calisthenics as a rule.
Once you've banished fear and dread,
Then pat his seven year-old head,
And send him off to military school.

chorus:

Once he's grown to be a man,
He might get tired of blasting Granny,
Then you'll see a crisis coming on.
Don't get worried, don't get nervous.
Send that kid into the service,
Let him rise into the Pentagon.

At the Pentagon he'll rise.
The President he will advise,
His reputation growing all the while.
With his picture on the wall,
He'll get that long-awaited call,
And press the firing buttons with a smile.

chorus.

[targa911S]

I think the progression from first rifle to nuclear holocost is a bit over the top. We're talking about father,son,grandfather bonding here. Not raising a malitia.

[Eric 951]

WTH is that all about?

[Joe Bob]

Originally posted by Eric 951
WTH is that all about?

It's an aircooled rear engine thing....nothing to worry about....

[rpmgroup]

nice pick, good gun and usable caliber. My grandfather, uncles, cousins, brothers and Dad all hunted together. OK, they hunted and we flushed.

[nostatic]

Originally posted by azasadny
My brother and father both want me to get a Sig 249. I think I may get one after Christmas from my local Gander Mtn. I like to shoot at the range and I have a Beretta 92FS, but my brother and father are both "Sig guys" and are convinced that I'll enjoy that pistol. I have a small hand and the grip of the Sig 249 fits my hand well, especially with Pachmayrs on it.

No 249 that I know of. You talking p239 (9/357/40) or p245 (45)? The p239 is their most compact hi caliber gun, the p245 is a "mid size" (but their smallest) 45ACP.

[azasadny]

Todd,
Tou're right, it's the Sig P239, I messed up. It seems like a very comfortable handgun, but I haven't fired it yet. My brother is a detective and this is one of his guns. I can't buy his because he has to turn it in, then Sig reconditions it and sells it through retail outlets. Gander Mtn. has a nice used one for $560, I believe...

[azasadny]

My father just called, he got my son a Niko Buckmaster 3-9x40mm scope and Leupold mounts for Christmas. My son's other grandpartent are getting him a hard shell case, he's going to have a great Christmas and the best part of it is that we'll be together for the first time (as a family) in more than 14 years! The fact that we'll all be together means more than any present you can imagine!

[azasadny]

Here's my son (Dan) with his new Browning rifle on Christmas morning. My father is sitting in the background and he takes Dan deer hunting and they really enjoy the time together. Think he likes the rifle?

[rcecale]

Originally posted by KC911
That's pretty awesome ...he'll never forget this Christmas present and it'll last him a lifetime!

Art,

When my ftaher turned 12 years old, he received a Daisy Red Ryder BB-Gun. Fortunately, unlike popular belief at the time, he did NOT shoot his eye out with that thing.

He's now in his 70's and is still proud of that thing. We were talking about it just a week or two ago.

The memories you've just given your son license to are priceless!

Randy

[Don Ro]

Originally posted by azasadny
Think he likes the rifle?

I'll say!
Think your father liked giving it to him? I'll say!
Did Dan have a clue he'd be getting it for Christmas?
.
The .243 can be downloaded for varmints. I think your father made an excellent choice.
.
My first gun was also a Red Ryder Daisy BB gun.
My best friend traded it for my home-brewed (wooden frame) "go kart."
I'd put my mother's spring-loaded clothes pins on the clothes line - gallery style.
Pop 'em and they'd spin like crazy - until they broke up.
I stopped the day she said, "Where are all my clothes pins going?"
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Those were the days.
.
Just remembered...used to put a few drops of 3 in 1 oil down the barrel. Fire her off 'n she'd smoke a bit like a "real" gun.
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Repeat: Those were the days.

[HardDrive]

Awesome gun Art.

My dad bought me a 8mm Mauser. It was a nice gun, but the recoil was absurd.

That .243 looks like a great choice.

[Moses]

I think I was about 10 when my dad gave me an old Winchester .30 .30 carbine. Model 94, I think. No rifle I've ever held, before or since, felt like that thing. Short barrel, no scope, perfect balance. Felt like part of your body.

[ronin]

Originally posted by Eric 951
WTH is that all about?

Johnny's been sniffing a little too much body filler lately

[tabs]

The Winchester 94....111 year old design and still going strong...more deer have fallen to the 94 than to anything else...

[targa911S]

Yup...got one just like that in the safe. Made in 1951..just like me. I'll never sell it.

[azasadny]

My father recommended the Browning .243 and I bought him the rifle and my father bought him the Nikon scope. My inlaws bought the case and I'm taking Dan to the local indoor range tomorrow for "fam firing". My father and my son have been deer hunting twice but they have plans to go out again before the end of the small game season. My father and his buddy have 250 acres near Kalkaska, MI and they each have deer blinds built.