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<blockquote data-quote="Cowbaby" data-source="post: 3505613" data-attributes="member: 46875"><p>I have a lot of heirlooms.</p><p></p><p>One of my favorites is an old model 12 1926 model. It belonged to my dad who was a collector. I remember in the 60s us going to Turkey shoots where the object was to get a pellet closest to the center of an x on the card at 40 paces with a target load of number 8 for a dollar a shot. This crazy thing throws a load of number 8 in clumps of 4-5 pellets in wads. This particular Turkey shoot gave the winner your choice of a smoked ham, a turkey or a giant thick slab of smoke cured bacon 2ft long.</p><p></p><p>If you could get one of those clumps to hit in the center of the card there was no more question on who won as one of those clumps would cut the whole center out of the card. This happened about every forth shot. It got to where some people would not even shoot when we bought a card. It was a gun club of friends. We did not get too greedy and did not shoot every round to give the other guys a chance. I can still hear my Dad laughing all the way home about his buddies with 50 or 60 pounds of premium meats in the trunk of that car.</p><p></p><p> That is my own definition of an heirloom. One that makes you smile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowbaby, post: 3505613, member: 46875"] I have a lot of heirlooms. One of my favorites is an old model 12 1926 model. It belonged to my dad who was a collector. I remember in the 60s us going to Turkey shoots where the object was to get a pellet closest to the center of an x on the card at 40 paces with a target load of number 8 for a dollar a shot. This crazy thing throws a load of number 8 in clumps of 4-5 pellets in wads. This particular Turkey shoot gave the winner your choice of a smoked ham, a turkey or a giant thick slab of smoke cured bacon 2ft long. If you could get one of those clumps to hit in the center of the card there was no more question on who won as one of those clumps would cut the whole center out of the card. This happened about every forth shot. It got to where some people would not even shoot when we bought a card. It was a gun club of friends. We did not get too greedy and did not shoot every round to give the other guys a chance. I can still hear my Dad laughing all the way home about his buddies with 50 or 60 pounds of premium meats in the trunk of that car. That is my own definition of an heirloom. One that makes you smile. [/QUOTE]
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