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Toy Muzzleloader At Cabela's
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Does it come in flintlock??? I don't think the barrel bands can be documented.!,! :crackup: :crackup: but it looks like a cool gift that he'd enjoy especially with a horn. (maybe you could part with one of your bags to carry his caps in too)... :thumbsup:....and a hand sewn shirt....and maybe a pony! ::
Musketman, great choice! I always had a collection of toy guns as a kid, and I got hours and hours of enjoyment from them. Any red-blooded American kid of 5 would be happy to receive such a gift. It's also a good way of teaching a kid early on about gun safety without the risk of using a real gun. I can see little Musketman Jr. now with his rifle and horn out stalking (in his mind) grizzlies and Redcoats (no offense to Squire Robin :crackup
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Looks like a great present. A little advice; DO it while you can, pretty soon you will turn around and he will be 18, driving and chasing girls and when that happens, all bets are off. Believe me I know, my son is 18 and has a girlfriend.Enjoy them while they are following you around and they are thinking Dad is the coolest person they know.
Let us know how many injuns and griz he gets. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Let us know how many injuns and griz he gets. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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My son is turning 5 a few days after Christmas, he knows muzzleloaders because of my efforts here...
I thought about getting him this...
I even got an old powder horn he can have, think a boy of 5 would like it?
Old Betsy
All I know is,.... I'll never part with mine!! :nono: :nono: :haha: :haha: :results:
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Yes a great idea. I'm getting my grandson one for about $20.00. How much for that one and where did ya find it. I found mine at Scotts. It's a shame but not every place carries toy guns now ya have to go to hunting catalogs to find them!
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Chuck
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Chuck
Like it? You'll earn "the best dad ever" award with that gift- especially with your hand-me-down horn and maybe a bag of his own to keep all his 'stuff' together.
Now's the time to enjoy them. Too soon grown and gone. Like Griz said... once they get older they get more interested in the volitile fluids... gasoline and perfume. Mine's almost 18 and between girlfriends, cars, designing his forge and metalwork we never see him except when he's raiding the fridge.
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Not only will you the best dad a kid could have but after he's done chasing the girls and settles down, he'll remember his beginnings with firearms as I do with my dad. Like some commercial for something says: "Priceless!"
Let us know when he attends his Hunter's Safety Course and goes out on his first hunt with dad. That will be the day neither of you will ever forget.
Not only will you the best dad a kid could have but after he's done chasing the girls and settles down, he'll remember his beginnings with firearms as I do with my dad. Like some commercial for something says: "Priceless!"
Let us know when he attends his Hunter's Safety Course and goes out on his first hunt with dad. That will be the day neither of you will ever forget.
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That's great Musketman and thanks. I've kinda been lookin' 'round for the same thing. My 4 1/2 yo has been wanting a toy gun but I didn't want to get him a "centerfire" toy gun.
Looks like a sweet toy. Maybe I get one for me and take it to the next shoot.
Looks like a sweet toy. Maybe I get one for me and take it to the next shoot.
I can tell you I would've been thrilled to have one when I was 5 and I bet your son will be too. My dad had no interest in guns or hunting but all the same he bought me a toy rifle and he'd take me for a walk in the old apple orchard next door so we could pretend to hunt. It's one of my favorite memories and one that's stuck with me for forty plus years. Who knows, it could be the best $19.99 you ever spent.
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Hey Sebago, I did have one when I was 5 except mine didn't have the orange tip to keep quick, trigger happy police from shootin' me.
Hey MM I saw a program on the Outdoor Channel where the dad or granddad whichever took a boy of about 5 or 6 along on huntin' trips. The child carried a wooden gun and was made to handle it as a real gun. The purpose of course was to give him hands on training in gun handling.
I was just thinking that's not such a bad idea to make the child always keep it pointed in a safe direction instead of shooting at his siblings or whatever. :imo:
Chuck
Hey MM I saw a program on the Outdoor Channel where the dad or granddad whichever took a boy of about 5 or 6 along on huntin' trips. The child carried a wooden gun and was made to handle it as a real gun. The purpose of course was to give him hands on training in gun handling.
I was just thinking that's not such a bad idea to make the child always keep it pointed in a safe direction instead of shooting at his siblings or whatever. :imo:
Chuck
Yup, mine didn't have one either, it was a different age. Cops today just don't have a sense of humor.
BTW, after my dad told me some of the local history I also remember being terribly concerned that the Indians would be coming back. I was ready though! :thumbsup:
Got one for my grandson when he was about 5. He carried it to the rendezvous when he got to go and was the second thing he wanted whenever he came to visit grandpa and grandma. The first was his buckskins. He is 10 now and shooting off of cross sticks with the real thing Won his first shoot and made grandpa real proud. A second grandson has now got to go rendezvouing with us but he lives a few states away so grandpa made him a "Muzzleloader" all out of wood with a dowel rod barrel, not as fancy as the boughten one but he loves it. I am sure your son will too, especially the time you put in teaching and playing with him and his new gun. :applause:
That's what I did with my son. My wife got some pumpkin orange material at the fabric store and made him a orange vest to wear, we could not find one small enough. He started huntin' with me at the age of 5. As I watch him hunt I realize that was probably one of the best things I could have done. He is very cautious, and will only take shots that he knows will be good, other wise he just enjoys seeing the deer. Train them up while they are young.
Musketman;Great idea! My father used to take Me small game hunting with Him when i was about that age.I didn't have a toy gun,but He would explain safe gun handleing in different situations as they came up ,crossing fences Etc.as the others have said He'll remember it the rest of His life. :thumbsup:
Make sure you tell him not to take it to school. :shake:
I'd a loved it when I was five, I'm pretty sure.
I'd a loved it when I was five, I'm pretty sure.
I think ya picked a winner of a x-mas present there 'Ol man. :: I had one something like that when i was a young'un. Mine had little cork round balls that would fire with a cap. I think it was the Greeny Stick-em caps. Have fun with him while you can, they grow up way to fast.
