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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: hawksfan75 on February 03, 2009, 07:56:45 PM

Title: Some info on my toys
Post by: hawksfan75 on February 03, 2009, 07:56:45 PM: Hi all, glad to have some experts to bounce this off of. I have a couple of toys that I inherited from my dad and I was wondering if you guys could shed some light on them for me.

The first is a Whippet Model C, a bolt-action .22 that is pretty spot on, but single-shot .22s can be a bit annoying ;)

The other is a Ward's Westernfield Model 30 pump-action 16ga. I'm noticing the 16ga is fairly uncommon (unpopular?) and was curious as to why. Also, am I able to take any birds with this or is it purely a range toy?
Title: Re: Some info on my toys
Post by: 509er on February 03, 2009, 07:59:04 PM: ?
Title: Re: Some info on my toys
Post by: dbllunger on February 03, 2009, 08:13:23 PM: Don't know anything about the Wippit, but shoot the heck out of the 16ga. Kind of hard to find shells, but the 16ga is/was real popular in the southern US. Great little gun just a Tweener to it fell out of majority use.
Title: Re: Some info on my toys
Post by: actionshooter on February 03, 2009, 08:17:11 PM: The "whippet" model C was made for harware stores in the 1930s, can't remember if it was J Stevens or if it was Savage (Savage bought Stevens but I don't recall when)

The Monkey Wards shotgun was probably made by Mossberg.

Hope that helps
Title: Re: Some info on my toys
Post by: rasbo on February 03, 2009, 08:25:50 PM: 16 was my first shotgun.It looked like a pipe with a bb on the end.I shot every thing with it,havent seen one in eons..havent heard of the other one..Im curious
Title: Re: Some info on my toys
Post by: hawksfan75 on February 03, 2009, 10:00:30 PM: Thanks for all the replies. I think I'm going to take the 16ga out to the Renton Fish & Game Club tomorrow and give it some workouts :)

I'll grab some pictures tomorrow when I have them out.