Dad's guns
With that arsenal tuneup coming this fall, here’s a couple of those rifled pieces out of the safe.
The first one: A Benjamin Model 317, in .177 caliber. It’s approximately 45 years old, and doesn’t really need a trip to the range to get tuned up. Dad kept it hanging on the wall near his back door, just for keeping varmits out of his garden.
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It starting to show it’s age, but still shoots true and pretty hard. 10 pumps at 35 yards rips a hole in a steel Cambell’s soup can, and I was able to put around 15 rounds into an inch and a half circle, before I got tired of pumping it.
Next, a range candidate. Dad kept this one handy for varmits that were a little tougher, meaner, or harder to get close to. If one of his .22 long rifle guns wouldn’t do the trick, Stinger came out.
Stinger, is a Marlin Model 980 in .22 WMR (that’s magnum). Sighted with a 4X AllPro scope, it will reach right out and touch a medium sized varmit.
Stinger’s last victim, was a large and stinky Skunk that kept coming around Dad’s front door. The .22 mag, hollow point round made short work of mister skunk, pretty much turning his head into a red mist. Very little scent being released in the process. 
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It’s been a long time since I’ve put any rounds through this one, but I expect very good accuracy, out to around 100 yards. Unfortunatley ammo has probably went up a bit since Dad purchased the box shown in the picture, the price was 4 dollars, 20 cents, on the “Gambles” price sticker.
~~GB