MAN!! Has it been 3 years ?
Again I want to thank you all for the kind words .
The lady who owns her , still has her . Im am proud to say I have been told the little rifle has schooled the ladies husband at the range , more then a few times .
3 years ?? Boy have we come along way fellas .
I actually look back at this post with both joy and sadness . I see people that we now longer hear from .
Firewalker , Jack S I wonder where they are today ?
Long knife is no longer with us , now sitting im sure by the camp fires of the elders , hopefully smiling down on us and the organization he helped form .
I think we who knew him miss him greatly . A true Man and friend , in every since of the word .
I also see all the others that are still here , Uncle Russ , Riley , Eric . Beaverman , Voyager , Rolling B .
I even see Thumper now and then. in fact still speak with him often though we don’t get to shoot together as much as we once did .
Now we have a new person Burch .
Burch , thank you for your words and welcome to the TMA forum . I hope we can bring you , much joy and knowledge and the friendship that we all share
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I also whant to thank you for bringing this forward . While I had not forgotten about doing the rifle , I had forgotten about the story .
I would have to say that even after this long of time I still believe the stories base to be true .
I think to often we forget that what we see on the outside may not be what’s in the inside .
Possibly in this day and age of the internet , computer games and basically a way of life that takes our children way from the out doors , stifling their imaginations to the point that if they cant physically see something, they cant see it in their mind . I don’t know , I guess it saddens me alittle bit . Thus as I recall back 3 years ago. That , was I think the reason behind why I wrote that story .
Its just so easy anymore to read words on a page and not realize that behind those words , thoughts deeds , is a real living breathing person , just wanting to be heard or maybe show off their skills and in some way be recognized and accepted . Im of the opinion , when we do that , we all grow .
I think Longknife is proud of this organization because we have held true to that reasoning .
So again folks , thank you for the kind words and lets not forget that , that old rifle or pistol in the back of our closet , hold memories as well and can provide us with many , many more if we just give it the chance
Be safe
