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It was three years ago yesterday that my Father past away so today in his memory I decided to get his old air rifle out , and shoot it the way we used to , he would set a target up in the bathroom and the firing point was the other side of the house in the front bedroom .
To be honest with all the bad weather I havent been to the range for a couple of weeks now so this was a way of putting a bit of lead down range .
The rifle is 70+ years old now it has a 12" barrel tube which has to be muzzle loaded by pushing the pellet down the tube with a length of coat hanger wire , its a .177 underlever .
Its all made of pressed steel . A very large V notch rear sight and the post foresight leans over at about 85 degrees , very low powered but it shoots straight .


This is one of the homemade shoot and see targets I made , [ see other thread a couple of days ago ]
So in Dads memory , my satisfaction of putting a bit of lead down range this morning at 22 feet , and using a home made target , Thinking of you Dad .


Dave

I am sure that would bring a smile to your dad's face

Priceless!

For my son and I it was from the living room, through the kitchen down the garden at plastic flower pots. When I took the old shed down I found a neat cluster of holes around a nail head which he must have been using as an alternative aiming point.

Good on you dave. Hope it brought back happy memories.

Still got my old boys air rifle, must dig it out and get it photied. Dates from about 1938, break barrel .177 smooth bore.

:goodjob: Nice way to feel closer to your dad.