Who here remembers......

Mack C-85 · Mar 3, 2021

My first 12 ga. was a Westernfield pump (Relabeled Mossy 500) from the Monkey Wards in Glen Burnie Mall in the mid 70s.

My first "official" firearms training was through the Severna Park YMCA in the early 70s. We had a rifle club that met on Saturday mornings at the range in the (private) Severn School basement. The club was led by an Active Duty Marine Captain. He retired local and went to work at the Agency as a Civilian, where I worked with for several years.

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John from MD · Mar 3, 2021

My dad got me a Ithica Model 37 Deluxe featherweight 12ga at either EJ Korvette or Monkey Wards (I forget) when I returned home from Vietnam. I wish I still had it today.

Biggfoot44 · Mar 3, 2021

. When Zayres had their closeout sale preparatory to shutting down the Gun Departments in '77 , every was 50% off . A Savage 12ga pump for me , Rem 1100 20ga Lightweight for Dad, and a couple cases of shells .

Pinecone · Mar 4, 2021

teratos said:
Yep. Harford Mall. I got fired for shooting balloons from the stockroom with a returned BB gun.

Hmm, I don't remember them in the 80s.

Oh well.

Ex is born and raised HarCo.

I moved here in 1984.

rehtlaw · Mar 4, 2021

Bought my first rifle at Woolco back in 1975. Was a no.4 mk1 Enfield for 45 dollars. Best deal I ever got on a rifle.

Biggfoot44 · Mar 5, 2021

Just think , 20 years from now , these will be the Good Old Days .

TheOriginalMexicanBob · Mar 5, 2021

Twenty years from now we may be a Socialist Utopia if the Leftists get their way.

Huck Hound · Mar 7, 2021

Biggfoot44 said:
Just think , 20 years from now , these will be the Good Old Days .

With all the sh!t going on now...I doubt it. Too many freedoms being taken away and encroachments on basic lifestyle now. We have a segment of society involved with treason and attempting to over throw the country. This is the most dangerous time since ww2 and many don't have a clue because they are told to look the other way and are believing the BS on the nightly news.

Sundazes · Mar 7, 2021

John from MD said:
My dad got me a Ithica Model 37 Deluxe featherweight 12ga at either EJ Korvette or Monkey Wards (I forget) when I returned home from Vietnam. I wish I still had it today.

I still have the one I bought from Mr Donahue in 1981. It was my first purchase as an 18 year old.
A slam fire model.

Huck Hound · Mar 7, 2021

I have this gun in a 1971 - 1973 vintage. I got it new for christmas and still have it. I've always loved the classic styling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAD6_dOWJgo

Sirex · Mar 7, 2021

My wife sold some guns at the local K-mart before Walmart killed them.

Biggfoot44 · Mar 7, 2021

That was my point . 20yrs we will be screwed so much worse , that what we have remaining in 2021 will seem good by comparison .

Vile Shadow · Mar 7, 2021

Combloc said:
I remember throwing my AK on the passenger seat and heading to the range with no worries whatsoever about getting pulled over. I also remember students going hunting before school and parking their truck in the school parking lot with their rifles in a window rack. Nobody batted an eye. I also remember people saying what was on their minds without fear of reprisal. I remember Freedom and Liberty. Now I am called a "poor steward of Liberty" by people on this very forum because I question and stand up against what's going on in America.

Our brand of political incorrectness makes people here in the MD state prison colony uncomfortable :sad20:

BTW, I like no 4 in yer sig line :thumbsup:

lazarus · Mar 9, 2021

For what happened, times change. They always do. We have 2x more people living in this country today than we did in 1960. And we are more urbanized than we were then. So the areas around cities have gotten much more dense and the cities themselves, most of them, are a lot larger too. Rural areas haven’t seen much population growth by and large.

Most Democratic countries are run by the largest collection of people who share nominal political views. For awhile now, that has been the urban and suburban populations.

Darkemp · Mar 9, 2021

teratos said:
I worked at Woolworth in Bel Air in the mid 80’s. We sold Garands for $99 and M1 Carbines for $89. I could have gotten an employee discount if I were old enough.

Woolworths was the first job application and interview I had- early summer 1996. Guess it was a good thing they didn’t hire me.

gamer_jim · Mar 9, 2021

I remember an age of great thread titles.

walt54th · Mar 10, 2021

When the NRA was on RI Ave in DC

I used to park a few blocks away and walk over with my cased Mossberg .22 and shoot until closing time. No one batted eye. How about Memco Stores (or was it Gemco?). Bought a BP 1860 Colt there (early ‘70’s) for $40 and they had racks of Moisin Nagants for the same price. Heck, I took 2 semesters of rifle in college. And mass shootings were rare. It’s not the access to hardware, which has been increasingly restricted over the years. More restrictions won’t make people respect each other and choose to avoid conflict to solve differences but I’m afraid that’s where we are headed.

Calpoke · Mar 10, 2021

First Shotgun Purchase

I bought my first 12ga shotgun at Tops located on North Point Blvd in the early 70s, plus shells for it. Still have and shoot Trap with it today.

warmachine · Mar 10, 2021

I remember as a child looking a pistols at Montgomery Wards. Then walking to Woolworths who had wooden barrels of surplus guns. Those were the days.

ralph.mclean · Mar 10, 2021

My first BB Gun, came from the mom & pop hardware store in Marshall, VA. The Grants department store in Rose Hill, VA (DC suburbs), just off of Franconia Road, used to have a gun counter, as late as the summer of 1970....

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