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I wanted to thank the members in Traditional's by gifting this little SAK with a Smith and Wesson logo on it. This knife was given to me back in my gunsmithing days when I was a authorized Smith and Wesson repair center. I will randomly pick a post after a week. This knife is new, with box.

Since this SAK has a firearms manufacture logo it would be nice(but not required) to include a few words about a "positive" shooting or hunting experience as a youngster.

Please only post once and I will use the post number to draw.

Ken


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Ken, thanks for the chance.
My first foray into the world of shooting was 46 years ago with my dad's Mossberg bolt action 16 ga. with PolyChoke. I was 8 yrs. old and the thing nearly nocked me over . . . and I thought it was the neatest thing I ever did in my life. Two days later I shot my first bunny in a weed patch and thought I was the second advent of Nimrod himself. It has led to a lifetime of enjoyable memories in the shooting sports. Thanks for the thread.
 
I'm no storyteller, but how about a S&W picture?

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Thanks for the chance and good luck to all!
 
Thanks for the chance dont own any smith & wesson but i do love to shoot .
 
I don't own a Smith & Wesson, but I do like to shoot. I took a CCDW class last summer and shot a 9mm Ruger.....the marine next to me said he wouldn't want to mess with me. He was probably just being nice.....although I did have a gun in my hand :D
 
great giveaway...

here is a favorite gun, S&W Model 12, a necker from Michael Morris, and a favorite book...

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Thanks for the chance, Ken!

My first experience with a "rifle" without a cork and string attached was a Daisy BB gun - 50+ years ago. That was my Christmas present from Mom & Dad - and back then you only got ONE present from your parents, so it was very special. Anyway, I got up on Christmas morning and there was a blizzard going on outside, but that didn't stop me, of course. I grabbed an empty tin can, went out to the farmyard, turned an old metal bushel basket upside down and put the can on it. Walked probably 30 feet away, turned around and the wind had blown the can off the bushel basket. Tried it again - same result. So I went and dug up some gravel and put it in the can to keep the wind from blowing it off. That worked, and I spent probably the next half hour outside in a screaming Iowa blizzard, (probably the happiest kid in the whole state!) shooting my new Daisy BB gun at that tin can. To this day, it's one of my favorite childhood memories. (I also learned a lesson that day about compensating for wind speed!)

P.S. If I win this, can I tell everyone that I have a Ken Erickson knife? ;)
 
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I love S&W's, I have a few and that would be fun to have.
I have a S&W HRT, that would go well with this,.
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I love SAK's
I was born with a BB gun in my hands and didnt get my first .22 cal until I was 11 so I'm a late bloomer. Grandpa had his own trap shooting range behind the barn. We shot there every time we visited. Thanks for the memories and the chance to win this knife.
 
I'll take a shot at this one Ken.

Here's my shooting story:

When I got my 1st shotgun at age 12, it was a really nice Mossburg 16ga bolt action with a 2 shell clip and variable choke and warm walnut stock. I was so excited I went out into the nearest woods and shot a big Louisiana wasp nest....unfortunately I had the choke set on super modified, and from about 20 yards all I did was irritate the wasps enough to chase me out of the area and leave me with a few swollen marks and a shrunken pride. My 1st solo hunting story...thank heaven there wasn't a bear nest nearby. :eek:
 
First shot on 11/1/1991. The fact that I remember the date should say something on how much of a hook it was. :D Ruger MKII, bull barrel, 6 7/8". Still shoot it, shoots like a dream. Got a Savage 29A .22LR from my grandfather as a 14th birthday present, and despite the boat-anchor octagonal barrel, that prewar special can still put ten under a quarter at 50 yards.

I've had the pleasure of teaching my wife and brother-in-law to shoot, and my brother-in-law is nearly addicted- we go every chance we get.
 
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I'll take a shot at this one Ken.

Here's my shooting story:

When I got my 1st shotgun at age 12, it was a really nice Mossburg 16ga bolt action with a 2 shell clip and variable choke and warm walnut stock. I was so excited I went out into the nearest woods and shot a big Louisiana wasp nest....unfortunately I had the choke set on super modified, and from about 20 yards all I did was irritate the wasps enough to chase me out of the area and leave me with a few swollen marks and a shrunken pride. My 1st solo hunting story...thank heaven there wasn't a bear nest nearby. :eek:
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Ford, I know I shouldn't laugh, but darn that's a story!
 
I usually don't enter givaways, but this one hits a little close to home.

Smith and Wesson is responcible for me and my better half meeting. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

One day about 39 years ago, I was a young GI stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas. One of my hobbies since boyhood has been target shooting. Usually with a pistol of some sort. This one hot sunny Texas afternoon I was shooting at a private range just outside San Antonio, called "A place To Shoot" out on farm Road 1604. My handgun at that time was a Smith and Wesson .22 revolver, a model 18.

I had been shooting for a while, and I stepped back from the line to pack up and I see some guys looking and studying something with great interest. On the firing line, in one of the plywood seperated fireing points, was a girl. The girl got my attention. For a moment I paused, looking at blue cutoff shorts and white sleeveless blouse, all filled out in a very nice mannor. Long brown hair flowed down past hr shoulders. It was very nice. Then I noticed the gun.

She was standing very still, in a classic one hand formal target shooting stance, with a beautifull Smith and Wesson K22 revolver. The 6 inch version of my 4 inch revolver. The three guys who had been staring were arguing who was going to put the move on this striking 20 something girl. While they were talking, I looked at her and the .22 revolver, and thought of my first sargent, Elmer 'the bull' Wood. His motto was 'always go for it.'

Taking a deep breath, I walked up behind her, and when she noticed me standing there she turned around and looked at me with these big brown eyes, and I held up my S&W model 18 revolver, and told her great minds must think alike. She didn't get it for a very brief moment, then gave me this unreal beautiful smile, and we talked guns for a bit. She handled my .22 revolver and remarked how it felt muzzel light next to her K22. Next thing I know we're having a coffee at one of the picnic tables by the snack stand, and I knew I was in love. We were married 8 months later.

Now, 39 years, three children, three grandchildren (with one more on the way this summer) later, we still go shooting once a week usually, twice a week in summer and warm months, and we still shoot .22 Smith and Wesson revolvers. Karen still has the K22 her father ( the greatest father-in-law a guy could have) gave her for high school graduation. Our children and grandaughter Christy, and grandson Ryan have learned to shoot with that revolver. Some day, our granddaughter Brianna will learn on it as well, and maybe, if we're still around in another 10 years, so will as yet unnamed grandchild number 4. (names still being debated.)

If I get lucky and win this sak, I'm going to give it to Karen to go with her blue and white S&W ball cap she wears to the range. Karen is a die hard S&W fan, to the extent that when she competed she would not use any other gun exept for her K22, if it was a club shoot. If it was district wide, she's use her Model 41 S&W for the more serious competition.

Next year, Karen and I will celebrate our 40th year together. I guess one could say that it was all brought about by two Smith and Wesson revolvers on a hot Texas afternoon.
 
Thanks for the chance!

S&W and I go way back. I still have my first one, a Model 19 w/ 4" barrel I got when I was 14. My dad taught me how to cast bullets and load .38 Specials . It has killed a bunch of small game and one deer. When I went into law enforcement I carried the 19 for 3-4 years before moving to a SIG 220. I retired from law enforcement about a year and a half ago so the revolver has got some age on it.

The old gun has been shot a lot and has been rebuilt twice. I don't shoot it much anymore but it is the last revolver I would get rid of. I carry its "little brother" (Model 60) all the time now.
 
I've been shooting Smith & Wesson's since I've been big enough to walk! My grandfather and father used to take me target shooting when I was young. I shot my first .357 magnum when I was 12. Thanks for the chance.,,,VWB.
 
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