I blame Ralpie from Christmas Story

[Perle]

one of my favorite Christmas movies

i wonder how many air gunners Ralphie and the movie spawned

 

[Rob_in_NC]

Not this one.... ;-)

Actually, I was well into airgunning before I saw the movie, but have always used the avatar all the same.

 

[Scotay42]

By the time i had watched the christmas story, i already had a crossman pumper and a single shot 22l. Still a great movie though.

 

[6gun]

one of my favorite Christmas movies

i wonder how many air gunners Ralphie and the movie spawned

My parents made reference to the bb gun scene before I saw it. "i want a bb gun, pleaaaase". The illness began.

 

[Perle]

I watch that movie every year.
Makes me warm and fuzzy.
Reminiscent of a better vanished time

 

[napairgunner]

one of my favorite Christmas movies

i wonder how many air gunners Ralphie and the movie spawned

My wife's favorite holiday movie!

 

[MongooseV8]

My parents made reference to the bb gun scene before I saw it. "i want a bb gun, pleaaaase". The illness began.

Same, my parents made me watch it after asking for a Daisy for Christmas one year.

 

[Perle]

I’m thinking every adult in that movie is now gone.

 

[L.Leon]

The common bond of the story is…? Don’t shoot your eye out… Not “when” you first got hooked on airguns.

 

[Back_Roads]

I pretty much lived Ralphie's life

 

[K3JB-1]

Great Movie, always a family favorite to watch every year.

 

[dbunt15]

really great movie reminds me of my childhood

 

[jcalvert]

one of my favorite Christmas movies

i wonder how many air gunners Ralphie and the movie spawned

Great movie, fun post. I was a teenager by the time A Christmas Story was made. I had a friend with a Daisy, but never really got the “bug” until I was much older (Married with Children - LOL). Of course when I got my first springer, my friends chastised me not to shoot my eye out!

 

[scubajeeper]

I had a Daisy BB gun long before my first pellet gun. I got a Benjamin pumper in .177 in 1968, I still have it. So I got it bit looong before the movie came out. It’s a great movie though, a major award!

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

What do you mean?

John

 

[jkingrph]

By the time i had watched the christmas story, i already had a crossman pumper and a single shot 22l. Still a great movie though.

By that time a FWB 124d, 300s and a Diana 6 pistol, along with numerous shotguns, rifles and handguns, along with a 12 year old son with a Daisy.

 

[KWK]

They should do a sequel where he gets a Weirdrock! HW30 or HW50?

 

[Scotay42]

By that time a FWB 124d, 300s and a Diana 6 pistol, along with numerous shotguns, rifles and handguns, along with a 12 year old son with a Daisy.

Lol, I was 8.

 

[Scouty]

I'm ashamed to admit I've never seen this movie. Especially so since I was 14 when it was released & already intrigued by airguns, although not allowed to have one.

I also grew up very close to where parts of the movie were filmed in Cleveland.

I'll have to watch it with my boys.

 

[L.Leon]

I'm ashamed to admit I've never seen this movie. Especially so since I was 14 when it was released & already intrigued by airguns, although not allowed to have one.

I also grew up very close to where parts of the movie were filmed in Cleveland.

I'll have to watch it with my boys.

You are in for a treat, the narration is hilarious…