Reeder Custom Guns - Closing our the 1970's, summer 1979/80.

I thought I had a photo of my wife shooting my dad's M17 8-3/8" S&W. It was MY M17 6" version. She was 15-16 in these photos.

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Potting with my Weatherby .22
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Some 1911 Series 70 action.
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My very first self owned handgun, a Beretta .25. Remember back then camera and film was a big task. I used a Kodak 110 pocket camera and 200/400 speed film.
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I enjoyed those very much Scotty. Thank you for sharing. Hope you and your family continue to be well.

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I had a win model 75 and a S&W 3.5" Model 27and a colt woodsman. In 1975 I bought 2 Blackhawks a 45 Colt and a 30 Carbine.

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My shooting reloading buddy Randy Morgan, first boss too. Kind of resembles GNR sort of, but less hair.
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Me shooting his Union Switch & Signal .45.
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And looking for the brass scattered all over.
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Shooting the Weatherby .22 at 100 yds. The 76' GMC I had graduating High School. 250 straight 6 with auto and aftermarket air.
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Some ill fated camping trip.
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When I graduated to a .44 Magnum I got some fancy "shooting muffs". I really thought I was cool then. Before that usually a cylinder-full of .357's and your ears would stop hurting, so you powered through the first few.
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... was always 'intrigued' by them growing up for some reason...

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Back in the late 60’s and 70’s there were not many deluxe .22 that truly were proportioned to mimic full size hunting rifles for familiarity and practice. Beretta made them for Weatherby first in Italy then Howa or SKB made them in Japan. The latter may be actually the best build quality. They featured a take down feature with no tools. The triggers were a little spongy but useable and the guns very accurate for the day. Mine stayed under 2” at 100 yds with no wind and ammo it liked. Mostly it was 3-4” groups with the crappy stuff. I had 5/10 shot mags. There was a tube mag version too.

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Closing our the 1970's, summer 1979/80.

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Great pictures!

Heck, a few more. I was 17 at the time.

WB, was the Weatherby 22 anything special?

Not really, pretty wood and big rifle proportions.

Enjoyed the photos!