Yesterday was a crappy day as most know so i did shoot almost all day. Shooting this gun sighing in that gun checking fps on another gun. Then i noticed how steady my hands were so i started looking for a real good shooter for the one hand only match. Well as most of us here we get better with age i was shooting my Crosman 150 that looks like crap all worn and hardly any bluing left on it but don't let looks fool you. From 16'4" i was hitting the center of the bulls eye at least 3 out of 5 shots i went through one cart doing this and shocked myself to how good i was shooting. My 150 was made in 1954 the same year i was born i'm starting to thing there is some king of connection here between gun and man. I must give the 150 most of the credit on this one now why can't i shoot like this all the time. I almost felt like a young shooter with my steady hands, oh well just wanted to share I'm sure you all have had days like this. Needless to say i think i found the gun i was looking for.
Mike
Good on ya Mike!
Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear it's you :D
Cool shooter and glad you had a great shooting day on top of that. :-*
Nice story, Mike. It is good to be vintage, isn't it?
Quote from: chongman on June 08, 2013, 03:21:43 PM
Good on ya Mike!
Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear it's you :D
LOL how true Michael but we coming back for more don't we. I may be old but i don't smell yet. ;D
Mike
Quote from: bgmcgee on June 08, 2013, 03:28:43 PM
Cool shooter and glad you had a great shooting day on top of that. :-*
Thanks bgm i'm sure we all had them good days when your shooting so good you don't want to stop i thank i went through 20 or more carts. And to make the day even better my little one came up and shot with me for about a hour.
Mike
That gun looks beat up to you Mike?? Looks pretty good to me :D Great story shooter!
Quote from: breakfastchef on June 08, 2013, 03:28:59 PM
Nice story, Mike. It is good to be vintage, isn't it?
Thanks Larry !! Yeah vintage isn't so bad at all.
Mike
Quote from: BigErn on June 08, 2013, 05:24:49 PM
That gun looks beat up to you Mike?? Looks pretty good to me :D Great story shooter!
Thanks Big E !! I did rebuild it about two years ago and was thinking of a paint job but didn't as you can see ;D but now it's starting to show some lite rust so i think i should give her a new life. Some DuraCoat would do the job nicely.
Mike
' 54 .... young in .... :)
Pretty Cool Mike! :-*
You do gotta love one of those days where it just feels good... and the hand is steady!! :)
I need one of those to come around too! ;) ;D
Quote from: KevinP on June 08, 2013, 07:14:56 PM
' 54 .... young in .... :)
Quote from: Brent on June 08, 2013, 07:44:18 PM
Pretty Cool Mike! :-*
You do gotta love one of those days where it just feels good... and the hand is steady!! :)
I need one of those to come around too! ;) ;D
And you would think i would have shot a few monthly matches, i think i was having to much fun shooting good.
Mike
Cool Mike 8). Yeah just love those days when the shots drop right in and you almost feel them hitting the target. :-* :-* :-*
Quote from: targettgii on June 08, 2013, 08:11:08 PM
Cool Mike 8). Yeah just love those days when the shots drop right in and you almost feel them hitting the target. :-* :-* :-*
Yep you got it, maybe it's the rain ;D
mike
With the right pellets my 150 shoots straight,not sure on its age,me,I am a 56 model.
Near binned this 150,for when I brought it it was mint,then the rust bug hit big time,left it in case with moisture absorber wife brought home,it sucked up loads of H2o & then dumped it all over pistol,it looked a mess,after got over shock,stripped down pistol & re blued with cold blue,dont look to bad now.
Nice 150 CPP it's time to order paint ;)
Mike
Glad you had a great day slinging lead Mike..That's what it's all about.Beautiful pistol by the way. :-*
In the future,I would love to get my hands on a couple of the older classic pistols.Based on the guns you have in your collection,you are pretty adept at sourcing them.Iv'e looked online,been to a few garage sales,and whatnot,but with limited success.Is there perhaps a collectors auction site,that I'm not aware of that could help me narrow down my search a little?
Thanks Mark !!
Gunbroker.com Go there and sign up its a great source for the air gun nut.
Mike
Thanks Mike..I'll be sure to do some poking around on that site... :-*
gunbroker is where I just scored my mk1. Wish I could have gotten it for 20 beans like Mike did but I still gots me one. :-*
Quote from: bgmcgee on June 11, 2013, 01:28:47 AM
gunbroker is where I just scored my mk1. Wish I could have gotten it for 20 beans like Mike did but I still gots me one. :-*
Yeah i know what you mean bgm i wish i paid 20 beans for my MKII. These guns just shoot nice and there built to last. Now i want another one so I'm saving for one from Mac.
Mike