Armed in 1954
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3 жыл бұрынA three-gun battery that somebody might have chosen in 1954: a Winchester Model 70, a S&W Model 10, and a double barrel shotgun!
First video with Model 70 PreWar .30-06: • Winchester Model 70 Pr...
Model 10 .38 Special first video: • S&W Model 10 .38 Spe...
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@hickok45 3 жыл бұрын
First video with Model 70 PreWar .30-06: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lc-kg8-dubDao3k.html Model 10 .38 Special first video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oq2TpZh72L_Hh2Q.html Also, remember that The Zombie movie we're in, "Strain 100," is available on Amazon Prime: watch.amazon.com/detail?
@ckim6400 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving!
@leahcimthgirw3163 3 жыл бұрын
Nice car
@edgarjaso1355 3 жыл бұрын
Hola
@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr 3 жыл бұрын
My father wasn’t even packing live sperm back then😂
@curiousentertainment3008 3 жыл бұрын
The chrome and trim on the car looks to be in amazing shape. Hope you paint the car one day.
@GothamWRizz 3 жыл бұрын
He's like the cool grandpa you see once a year at christmas
@MausOfTheHouse 3 жыл бұрын
You should see him more.
@GothamWRizz 3 жыл бұрын
@@MausOfTheHouse I agree 😂
@ata343 3 жыл бұрын
Ye
@GattiJuanIgnacio 3 жыл бұрын
A cool grandpa who gives you a thompson for christmas and socks to your dad
@ata343 3 жыл бұрын
@@GattiJuanIgnacio best grandpa in the universe
@mattiagrana 3 жыл бұрын
This man is a national treasure
@jimweston8224 3 жыл бұрын
I had a 22 single shot, a 38 special from the army and no shotgun
@xrstevenson 3 жыл бұрын
We must protect him at all costs
@davidefraanje9843 3 жыл бұрын
The car too lol
@highdesertbiker 3 жыл бұрын
he is also an original gangster
@highdesertbiker 3 жыл бұрын
@@xrstevenson I dont think Hickok45 is the one that will need protecting, but he does have an online army on reserve
@G19Jeeper 3 жыл бұрын
Armed in 2054: A sharpened stick and a permit to carry said sharpened stick.
@AR-GuidesAndMore 3 жыл бұрын
You are delusional if you think you could aquire a permit for such a deadly tool of mass destruction.
@zorro456 3 жыл бұрын
Full auto AK-74 that came up from whatever war in Central or South America. If everything is illegal Why settle for a simple shotgun?
@G19Jeeper 3 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielcastileherrera9262 it must be pretty easy hiding behind a fake cloud of safety thinking you have nothing in the world to worry about. That is the true definition of a sheep. 🐑
@PuncherUvFish 3 жыл бұрын
Or in CNN terms: A DOUBLE BARRELED SAWED OFF FULLY AUTOMATIC HIGH CALIBER PISTOL GRIP BREAK ACTION REVOLVING FIREARM
@FiniteBlu 3 жыл бұрын
Unsharpened, take it or leave it.
@7upac 3 жыл бұрын
Hickok gets out of the car: so anyway, I started blasting
@DWS1435 3 жыл бұрын
I was in elementary school in 1954. Dad had a double barrel shot gun and a German Luger he brought back from WW2.
@DWS1435 3 жыл бұрын
@abradolf lincler I had it when I went to college. Now my brother has it. Still works quite fine.
@sheslikeheroin93 3 жыл бұрын
@@DWS1435 what on earth made you part with that gem?
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
@@sheslikeheroin93 his brother gave him an atomic wedgie and made him give it lmao
@sheslikeheroin93 3 жыл бұрын
@@kishascape of all places to run into another OS player lol. Small world
@donaldmeadows1594 3 жыл бұрын
I bet a very nice German gave it to him as a gesture of friendship.....
@jakeshowalter5819 3 жыл бұрын
You should do a video about "guns during The Great Depression". What guns were made and did it effect the gun supplies? That would be a cool video
@stc3145 3 жыл бұрын
Armed in 1930
@mikeadams3785 3 жыл бұрын
@@stc3145 before the nfa
@savage22bolt32 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea. If he does, I'll share my grandfather's Mod 12 story. Will save it for later!
@davidmaldonado3909 3 жыл бұрын
Pls it would be so interesting.
@pisacenere 3 жыл бұрын
Lots of sporterized bolt action from the war(Springfield1903), an old side by side (maybe black powder) or pump shotgun, a 1911 if rich a revolver (old or new)
@cheeetos1918 3 жыл бұрын
Theres just something about those 50’s cars its hard to explain, but they’re very nice timeless design
@DustinHasVideos 3 жыл бұрын
Also the fact that he can slap the car over and over and it’s fine. My cars body is made of Perrier cans and would dent
@cheeetos1918 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah those things are built like tanks
@winnerscreed6767 3 жыл бұрын
I was getting chills every time hit slapped it, just something about the sound of real metal, even the guns sliding sounds better
@saintlulu3387 3 жыл бұрын
Still think we should remake these designs into modern cars lol
@cheeetos1918 3 жыл бұрын
@@saintlulu3387 right right
@aisforamerica2185 3 жыл бұрын
In 1952, my great-grandfather was a Sheriff. He probably carried all of these at one point or another.
@jedimasterjoe5386 3 жыл бұрын
The shot gun would probably be a pump and the rifle some type of semi auto and maybe a SMG but the 38 on point I want to thank him, I back the thin blue line
@kdm187 3 жыл бұрын
@@jedimasterjoe5386 no
@jedimasterjoe5386 3 жыл бұрын
@@kdm187 yes
@jimgollehon8052 Жыл бұрын
32 special lever action 410 and 303 British…my first firearms. Nice video… Thanks
@senosroweretaked9221 Жыл бұрын
@@jedimasterjoe5386 he probably would not have carried an smg in the year 1954 maybe an ar15 a couple years later but thats on the cutting edge as far as i can tell
@meka7569 3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta until hickok45 gets out of the car
@FrankHorigan 3 жыл бұрын
Yes cause you never know what he’s carrying on him
@jaminova_1969 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@roycesjourney37 3 жыл бұрын
lol!
@roycesjourney37 3 жыл бұрын
Hickok steps out with a double barrel shotty and a Glock 17...lol
@lethalweeaboo2239 3 жыл бұрын
Everbody facepalms when Matt drives up in a heavily used vehicle.
@paststeve1 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954 the only thing I was loading was my diaper.
@lightweight1974 3 жыл бұрын
LOL 🤣. Yep, we've all dropped "hot" loads in our diapers at one time.
@davestelling 3 жыл бұрын
lol...
@joelyates2404 3 жыл бұрын
No shortage of ammo for that
@paststeve1 3 жыл бұрын
@@joelyates2404 10-4 to that!
@paststeve1 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikemerrill175 Good heavens! I hadn't thought of that! Its too true to contemplate! Lol
@edgarbanuelos6472 3 жыл бұрын
They're American, they came from the 50's, and they still work.
@MrEpeeFencer 3 жыл бұрын
A better time.
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrEpeeFencer I like the shortwave radios of the 40s-50s but prefer the Film SLRs and Super 16 cinema cameras of the 80s.
@alecfoster4413 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrEpeeFencer Indeed, my S&W Chief's Special was made in 1955 and it is pristine and shoots very well.
@MASTEROFEVIL 3 жыл бұрын
100th like
@MrEpeeFencer 3 жыл бұрын
@Jimmy Two Times I wasn't talking about guns...
@rmsatlantic 3 жыл бұрын
The car entering the scene: menacing A man coming out of it and instantly starts shooting: am i in GTA?
@jasoncole2876 3 жыл бұрын
It gives me hope that this guy can post something like this and get the huge audience he does. Network television has nothing on this guy, his guns, and a camera.
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
R Lee Ermey used to have a great show on History Channel. RIP.
@bigdapramirez6157 2 жыл бұрын
That's because television is dying. "The future is now old man!" *Unplugs your TV* "Hey! I was watching that!"
@Joshua_N-A Жыл бұрын
@@bigdapramirez6157 lol. Android box.
@walterpalmer2749 3 жыл бұрын
The opening : Americana. The DB shotgun, the epitome of reliability. And the .30-06, a proven, battle tested round. The revolver, a classic.
@bobburnitt5389 3 жыл бұрын
They are just as good now as back then too. Now people shoot 20 rounds and feel good if they get one hit.
@user-qd9gv2op7p 3 жыл бұрын
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@ixion_cyb 3 жыл бұрын
Alternative Title: *How gangsters pull up in 1954*
@xxnoobxx1900 3 жыл бұрын
He really bought a whole car for one video Respect
@WessStewart 3 жыл бұрын
Also, a potential tax write-off. :)
@MiguelRodriguez-tm2yc 3 жыл бұрын
Its John's. He traded one of his classics for that car in the video. Hickock just loves to drive it
@rolux4853 3 жыл бұрын
Would be stupid to buy half a car for one video, wouldn’t it?
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
@@rolux4853 Filming props are always decent investment. Just depends how much you got it for and how much you end up using it in production.
@drivesideways6550 3 жыл бұрын
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." Jeff Cooper Happy Thanksgiving!
@ladonnaghareeb4609 3 жыл бұрын
We miss Cooper.
@G19Jeeper 3 жыл бұрын
@Floyd Vaughn hes got a point. when hunting, you hope to get two holes so the animal bleeds out quicker
@blueschild61 3 жыл бұрын
That was Steinbeck. Still a good quote.
@randyschaff8939 3 жыл бұрын
So true
@danielmaybee68 3 жыл бұрын
For Hickok the 38sp revoler has an effective range of 500 yards
@MrRufusjax 3 жыл бұрын
He's better with that .38 than he is with the rifle.
@ronthomason8388 3 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping he'd bring out a Tommy Gun and just start unloading lol
@smgs921 3 жыл бұрын
Im thinking thats more 1920-1930s with a 1911 and a coach gun for a bonnie and clyde style prohibition gangster video
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
The ole Chicago Typewriter. Still well in use in the 50s during Korea War.
@coderexe30 3 жыл бұрын
This man’s everyday life is essentially my dream existence
@40_BluntsYT 3 жыл бұрын
He literally has weapons from every era
@edsz6458 3 жыл бұрын
Average american citizen
@andrewabraham7597 3 жыл бұрын
Depends where you live
@Ziqrul 3 жыл бұрын
@@DaedalusHelios can I ask you something? How much did you buy those guns for? I am just curious because I am not from the US
@Ziqrul 3 жыл бұрын
@Orion Glass thank you for the explanation
@punjivr 3 жыл бұрын
@Orion Glass I wouldn't say cheap, but they can be affordable. Guns range from $20 to tens of thousands (for your standard firearms, not mentioning auctioned one-of-a-kind ones). It's a whole market and it's fascinating to study i and how it fluctuates
@ar5846 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine people driving these sick cars when papa hickok was young 😳😳😳
@frankfisher99 3 жыл бұрын
Their feet stuck out the bottom back then
@bradleyweiss1089 3 жыл бұрын
I’m 63. My grampa drove a 1950 Buick Wildcat. Black. With a split windshield where the antenna had a knob at the top of the split inside. And you turned it down in between the windshields to pull it into the garage. We was poor so our scatterguns were single barrel. Carberaters were two barrel. And we were free.
@tumidpainter3042 3 жыл бұрын
They might be a little trash, but when fully restored they are beauties.
@Boy-pr2uz 3 жыл бұрын
@@bradleyweiss1089 is the great car still around ?
@bradleyweiss1089 3 жыл бұрын
@@Boy-pr2uz Unfortunately no. He was really a Teamster back when they had a team of horses. I always wondered where the two horse heads came into play with a trucker. Anyways when he passed we all said it was the passing of an era. My grandpa’s bottom land was filled with all kinds of horse drawn equipment. And about 75 old cars my uncle his oldest son had brought for parts. Well he got the farm and sold everything for scrap. My grandpa was born before cars and phones. He told how he took grandma to see an airplane in a field as a barnstormer was rounding the country. And he had seen too much. He didn’t believe we’d been to the moon.
@ashtonpotts9787 3 жыл бұрын
My grandma was born 1918 and passed away last month, she was the first cowgirl in our area and her sister was one of the first female trick shooter
@briancaine9130 3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on a full life. My grandma was a shooter too.
@Brandenuzis Жыл бұрын
That’s really impressive. My great grandma til 97 and when I was cleaning out her house I found 2 Winchester model 77s in 22lr and a Winchester model 21 in 16 gauge and I got to keep all of them and my grandpa told me my great grandpa bought them for her and I thought it was the coolest thing that my great grandma was slinging lead back in the day
@mortachi8816 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1954. Still love the guns from that era, and still shoot 'em. First shotgun I ever shot was a Harrington & Richardson 16 gauge single shot, when I was 5 years old. I held it at belt level, and it spun me around like a freakin' top. H&R and New England firearms are still my favorite to this day.
@Zimbo1212 3 жыл бұрын
If politicians didn’t make such a big deal about capacity, I don’t think people would care as much.
@joelerk6298 3 жыл бұрын
His tactical assault vehicle is so scary
@madmanrobertson8468 3 жыл бұрын
ngl I want one
@drunkencow1399 3 жыл бұрын
Grammar nazi here. Assault*
@joelerk6298 3 жыл бұрын
@@drunkencow1399 so sorry bro corrected it
@drunkencow1399 3 жыл бұрын
@@joelerk6298 it's alright just here to protect your grammar.
@dailydoseofshorts535 3 жыл бұрын
My fart could stop a slug
@AmericanPreacher 2 жыл бұрын
I always love how fun and pure these videos are, but imagining Hickok in a movie set during some post apocalyptic event, surviving in the wastes while still carrying on his normal show with his unflinchingly calm attitude would be hilarious for all the right reasons.
@ethanbaker6264 3 жыл бұрын
Based on what my grandpa had at the time, some came back from Korea with him some came back from WW2 and others he had just bought. I'd say his options would have been either a Russian made SKS or model 70 270, either a star model B or Enfield No. 2 Mk 1*(no hammer spur or single action) , and most likely an 870
@GattiJuanIgnacio 3 жыл бұрын
I'll never get bored watching this old man teaching us that life is fun when you have enough weapons to arm a small army Love from Argentina Buenos Aires hickok!
@andrewabraham7597 3 жыл бұрын
Old dudes with guns, man.
@uan588 3 жыл бұрын
Let’s quit calling our mighty king old man. He’s not.
@BilgePump 3 жыл бұрын
and this is the best part, you’ll have a head start, if you’re among the very young at heart ❤️
@chrisXlr8r 3 жыл бұрын
@@BilgePump hoping to get a gun as soon as I turn 18 😌
@BilgePump 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisXlr8r excellent. Hope to see u on the range 🤠
@reservoirfrogs2177 3 жыл бұрын
"What were you packing in 1954?" Me, born in 1998: Good question partner
@MASTEROFEVIL 3 жыл бұрын
1999
@popindosin228 3 жыл бұрын
2001
@nekrospike 3 жыл бұрын
What’s kinda funny is I was born in 1980 and when I was 18 I bought a 1954 Plymouth Savoy. None of my guns are that old, though.
@BigWheel. 3 жыл бұрын
98 as well.
@Adamu98 2 жыл бұрын
1998 right here bud.
@amf1717 3 жыл бұрын
My wife who passed away in 2012 was born in 1954, still enjoyed the video. I have that same five screw S&W in 38 spl love it. I also had a pre 64 model 70 in 270 I wish I never sold it. Life is good...
@jeffpiatt3879 3 жыл бұрын
One of the things that I REALLY like about this channel is that there is no noisy, flashy, obnoxious and repetitive intro.
@wailnshred 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with a double barrel shotgun. A lot of the old men I knew used to say a 12 gauge double barrel was their only gun for hunting. Birds, small game and even deer.
@johnking2551 3 жыл бұрын
I was carrying a cap gun in 1954.
@foreverbrownsfan 3 жыл бұрын
Cap gun was my first here, too. High capacity roll 😉. The Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers were my heroes.
@bradleyweiss1089 3 жыл бұрын
@@foreverbrownsfan Still are.
@model7374 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Hickok45 mentioned a fanner 50. An excellent cap gun by Mattel I believe. But in 54 you’d probably own a Hubbley cap gun. Fanner 50s coming along the late 50s along with greenie stickum caps
@bradleyweiss1089 3 жыл бұрын
@@JW...-oj5iw Yeah my buddy and I used to make those strike anywhere match rockets with the foil. And the lighter fluid pop can cannons. But yeah my buddy heard you take a hat pin and poke through the middle of the black powder dot on the red rolls roll em back up and stomp on em it was louder than a milk carton in a cafeteria. ( Can you imagine if a kid did that now?!) Well he did and it was pretty impressive. So he did another and it’s been so long I don’t remember what he did different but it was really loud and he said his foot was numb for like 15 minutes. Aahhh those were the days. Experimentation. Testing and finding limits.
@catfishredneck88 3 жыл бұрын
my mon was 4 years from being born.
@thenkk4914 3 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather would walk through his farm with his colt 1911 on his hip and a Swiss vetterli (weirdly enough) over his shoulder. And now i walk the same fields with an ar and his .38 special s&w. Its terrible i never got to meet him but I now curate and take care of most of his old guns and only recently started living on the farm.
@AudioCalibrator 3 жыл бұрын
Ah the double barrel shotgun. An elegant tool, for a more civilised age. Love them.
@daviddonaghy6494 3 жыл бұрын
I need a new double barrel. Mine is an over 100 year old outside hammer one. Don’t trust is with modern ammo.
@georgesakellaropoulos8162 2 жыл бұрын
Bought two in the past 2 years to go with my semiauto and my pump.
@af4od02 3 жыл бұрын
I wished he would have lifted the hood to see the hemi.
@Rusted_Link 3 жыл бұрын
My Dad: Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. Today we can't even believe what we see sometimes.
@hickok45 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, it's not just an "old saying" any longer. It's pretty much true as true can be. We've learned to believe very, very little we hear from media or government. And on top of THAT, one would expect to get more relevant "truth" from social media, where it's the voice of regular people. However, it seems 99% of posters are so desperate for clicks that almost any type of "embarrassing click-bait" is the order of the day. All thumbnails are beginning to look alike - anything to get attention, even to the extent of trying to make lame content appear more important than it actually is.
@lucasfreitas4803 3 жыл бұрын
@@hickok45 I 100% agree
@jamesguitar7384 3 жыл бұрын
@@hickok45 Nowadays a person has to learn to navigate through tons of b/s . Perhaps we are developing a nose for this but how do we regulate it without doing something bad ? We don't want to end up like Russia or China . Libel or slander are bad enough but the constant stream of dodgy content seems to be getting overwhelming .
@michaeledlin9995 3 жыл бұрын
It is a crying shame that people have been duped by everyone and everything.. Honesty is no more.
@jcapp1698 3 жыл бұрын
@@hickok45 absolutely. The word of the year is hypocrisy.
@awizardalso 3 жыл бұрын
I was born on May 3rd, 1954 in Upper Manhattan, NYC. My parents moved to Cleveland in 1957. I didn't start buying firearms until I turned 21 in 1975. 1954 was 66 years ago!
@johnwalters191 3 жыл бұрын
I was 12 in '54 and very much into guns. In my area of NE Ohio, a sporterized Model 98 Mauser was the rifle to have! Many gun shops were specializing in these. Anything in .38 would have been correct, however most were in .38 S&W - the .38 special was the "magnum" of the day. Everyone had a least one shotgun. When I was a young mechanic in the early '60's I had the exact same 54 New Yorker - even the same color combo. The Hemi engine was 354 cu in. The 331 was the first hemi and ran from 1951 to 1953. Thanks for all the great videos you guys do, I watch each and everyone. Have a great Thanksgiving! God Bless ...
@athanasiuschekouras1344 3 жыл бұрын
I would have been riding in the front passenger seat (no seatbelt), but my dad’s choice would look something like a Colt Woodsman, a Sears double barrel, and a Winchester 94. Thanks for triggering some great memories.
@kennethwilson7315 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving all. If I had to arm myself in the 50’s, I would have chosen from WWII era American arms most likely. At that time, an M1 Carbine or Garand would have been my choices in carbine or rifle depending on what power factor I needed. A good old 1911 would be tough to beat for a handgun. For a shotgun, something like an 1897, model 12, or any pump would do just fine. Hell, I wouldn’t feel terribly outgunned in 2020 with that loadout. I’m also looking at it from the perspective that if I were about 30 years old in 1954 like I am today, I probably would have been in WWII and be predisposed to that familiar manual of arms just as I am predisposed to the AR-15 because of its semblance to what I carried in Afghanistan. Not that a bolt action, a revolver, and a double barrel couldn’t or can’t get the job done. There’s just a certain intimate familiarity with a weapon with which you’ve fought.
@andyd2960 3 жыл бұрын
As much as I agree with where you are going with this, I have to say that a military spec ar variant is kinda a bad choice. The only reason I'd own a quad rail ar is to remind me how much I hated carrying an overweight cheese grater around in the desert.
@connorfoster2712 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with your load out and thank you for your service
@moriscoley5328 3 жыл бұрын
@@andyd2960 Thank you Sir for your service in our military 🇺🇸
@charlesmalone4379 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954 I was 11 years old and bought my first gun after mowing yards for over a year. It was a Savage model 7A 22 semi automatic with a five and ten shot clip. The crazies want to label it an assault weapon, because of the ten shot clip. It has a nice walnut stock and still shoots well today. Lots of good times with my Dad plinking in the country. Five years later I bought my first car, a 1953 Plymouth ( not exactly a chick magnet) for $200. Thanks for the memories and such great shooting.
@bcbloc02 3 жыл бұрын
That car is probably one of the few cars Hickok has headroom in. :-)
@davejob630 3 жыл бұрын
70 year old weapons, looking like they were bought yesterday. Speaks volumes, Hickok 45.
@mikebeatstsb7030 3 жыл бұрын
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@phprofYT 3 жыл бұрын
My Dad's choices were M1 Garand for a rifle (modified front sight and stock to be more "hunter like"), 3 round bolt action 20 gauge, cheap 9 round 22LR Hombre pistol. He added a carbine in there and it was a Universal Mfg. 30 Carbine. I'm now the proud owner of 2 of these fine guns after his passing a few years back. He also picked these in the early 60s but I'm not counting. Love the 38 special, however. Wouldn't mind getting one myself.
@kennyshepherd8311 3 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of meeting Hickok 45 and his son John as they were leaving Cracker Barrel in Lakeland, Tn, made my day (a couple of years ago)! My dad had a 55' Pontiac (Star Chief)! God bless!
@MrGsteele 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954 my dad took me to a gun show in downtown Boston, and we prowled around for hours. The prize I took away from that show was a copy of Stoeger's Shooter's Bible, which I read cover to cover, backwards and forwards, learning about military weapons and commercial rifles, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, and ammunition - obsessing like only a 9 year old can, over "the list I was gonna buy when I grew up." Many, many years later I opened up a gunshop, got my FFL, and ended up with a fair number of those prized icons of my youth, which I still have. I think admiring those guns gave me a life-long appreciation of well-built, precision machines that endures to this day. I'm almost as happy taking them down and cleaning and oiling them as I am shooting them (and it's a lot less expensive.) Thanks for recalling those days long ago.
@elmermason9685 3 жыл бұрын
Great year. I was born in August 1954. It was a great time to grow up. I was lucky to have a Dad who taught me how to hunt and use different weapons safely. Sure wish I had a time machine. Thanks for the video.
@virgule888 3 жыл бұрын
That which is old and still around is positive proof of it's quality. It survived the test of time.
@danielmcgill3322 Жыл бұрын
My Dad bought a Remington 30.06 and Remington model 870 Wingmaster 12 gauge pump. I inherited his old Winchester. 32 Special lever action and 20 gauge double barrel shot gun as soon as I was big enough to keep both ends off the ground.
@bearsausage8599 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather had that 30.06 there. He died this month. 1933-2020.
@GavinPetak 3 жыл бұрын
Congrats on your grandfather living a long life
@steflo4544 3 жыл бұрын
The gaps on this 66 year old car are better than gaps on cars made yesterday.
@Awizzo4shizzo 3 жыл бұрын
Back when cars were built for humans, by humans.
@italianboyz12345 3 жыл бұрын
Gaps?
@steflo4544 3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Anonymous the gaps between the body panels
@johnrose2157 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Hickok & Son!!
@hickok45 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. My cats don't seem to know it's a special day. I guess when every day's just another day to get spoiled by their servants, every day is "special" for them. :-)
@DesertFoxWRX 3 жыл бұрын
@@hickok45 You're the GOAT 🐐 Happy Thanksgiving
@GlidingZephyr 3 жыл бұрын
My Father was born in 1955 in Alabama. I imagine at least some of his close relatives owned one of these. Suggestion: I was born in 1981. Would you be willing to make an "Armed in the early 80's" video?
@adequatebus8280 3 жыл бұрын
mom . . . gramps is here, and he’s shooting up the yard, again . . .
@Kingj411 3 жыл бұрын
That Model 70 is just beautiful
@remingtonsmith734 3 жыл бұрын
For sure
@bradleyweiss1089 3 жыл бұрын
That is one long bolt.
@bitterclinger5876 3 жыл бұрын
Hand-fitted perfection. If it were a .270 I’d give Hickok the Jack O’Connor award!
@jrzoska 3 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, the simplicity and beauty of pure American iron and wood... Remnants of a bygone era and a reminder of how much closer we have still much to be thankful for. Thanks for all you do Hickok with all the hard work you pour into your channel, it is much appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours !
@joegun9237 3 жыл бұрын
Fanner 50's were the choice of every kid in my neighborhood. Nostalgia is good.
@jaymcdude1291 3 жыл бұрын
The .38 was a popular gun for a long time. Great choice for someone living in 1954. By the way.. Y'all should get that car painted.
@gangweedernigga4012 3 жыл бұрын
Hickock's intros keep gettig better and better
@fourhillsfarm Жыл бұрын
The armed in series just started showing up in my recommended. Don’t know how I missed it first time around. Fantastic, bravo.
@glensoldan4536 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954 Dad bought a Model 12, a Husqvarna 4100 lightweight 270 Winchester and a K38 target pistol. He still owned them when he died two years ago. They served him well and were well taken care of.
@Gunlover6500 3 жыл бұрын
Put it up at 6 AM so the old heads see it first I love it
@ns7353 3 жыл бұрын
boomer moves
@RobSmithSporty 3 жыл бұрын
Then there was the "forgotten war" in Korea, which had just ended.
@connorfoster2712 3 жыл бұрын
Two of my great grandfather's fought in Korea
@sallybrown1459 3 жыл бұрын
@@connorfoster2712 My father in law was a Combat Medic in the 25th Infantry in 51 and 52. Told me there were so many times we could not get to all of them.
@milsurprifleguy7091 3 жыл бұрын
My dad came home from Korea in 1956
@docsridingadventures2880 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a navy corpsman in Korea, he was awarded the navy cross for his actions. Unfortunately he passed in 95 from an aneurysm and I never got to meet him. I also joined the navy out of high school as a corpsman and I never knew his story until after I graduated boot camp my grandmother sent me his medals and citations. Let’s just say I was a little surprised and proud to follow his footsteps.
@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын
@BADSPOCK No it pretty much ended in every real world sense. Technicalities are meaningless these days.
@delholford987 3 жыл бұрын
Bought a 55 Buick Special 4 door hardtop in 1965. It had a small V8 that never had a problem in the 3 years I owned it. My much younger wife was born in 1954. :-)
@brentvinson9198 3 жыл бұрын
Folks under 30-yo may not fully appreciate this video. All us "old guys" love it! I have all three guns. Still use the Model 10 today to shoot Wild Bunch SASS .
@ledsled01 3 жыл бұрын
The car looks like a Jonathan Ward Derelect resto. Fantastic
@steezdeez5297 3 жыл бұрын
The whip
@joehosier6187 3 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see a new episode of Hickok45, aka the Bob Ross of firearms.
@boydgrandy5769 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in April, 1951. I got my first rifle, a Remington single shot bolt action 22, in 1958. I didn't know anyone who didn't have at least one plinking/squirrel rifle and a 30-30 Winchester for deer. Well, except for one old guy who lived about 6 miles north of our place. Fellow named George Cook, who owned the same 45-70 Winchester he'd bought in 1900. He was still taking deer with that rifle in his late 80s.
@AdamosDad 3 жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1954 Chevy, that was in 66,' I traded a my bent barrel 20ga Mossberg, a wore out fishing rod, and 11 doz night crawlers for it, my younger brother helped me catch the crawlers so he claimed part of the car. First handgun as a teen was a Ruger 22 revolver. After Vietnam I became a fan of auto pistols and black rifles, but my S&W 38special is a thing of beauty.
@dcrog69 3 жыл бұрын
I would be completely satisfied with '54 and earlier firearms.
@michaeledlin9995 3 жыл бұрын
I am too
@matthewmorel3758 3 жыл бұрын
@wolvieguy at least in 1954, you could own machine guns as long as you paid the stupid $200 tax stamp and didn’t take it out of state.
@donsimpson3935 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Hickok and all your viewers
@rogermcbadlad2812 3 жыл бұрын
I met an old timer at an IDPA match. He told me when he was in his 20s in the 1950s he loved to collect M1911s. He told me that they were around, but not as common unless you were a military firearm enthusiast. Cool stuff. If you made it to the end of this comment, have a nice day.
@granddad-mv5ef 3 жыл бұрын
At the age of 3 in 1954, my guns were toys. However, my Dad still had the same guns when I was ready to begin shooting. They included a Savage bolt-action .22, a Parker rabbit-eared double 12 and a "sporterized" German WW2 Mauser. My first handgun was my own, a .38 S&W break top. Good memories.
@hahamadeyouread214 3 жыл бұрын
I am questioning if this IS doomslayer's retired grandfather
@hoppinggnomethe4154 3 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@jackdelvo2702 3 жыл бұрын
I would argue a lever gun for the rifle, I was a boy but a 30 30 was what all the men carried. They also drove Fords or Chevys.
@bryanmartin2271 3 жыл бұрын
I really like to watch your videos any that would give them a thumbs down is jealous with false pride and self pity im to the point that I only waste my time on hickok45 videos it has to be something I'm really interested in to watch someone else because I absorb so much info from John's camera manship he is almost as good as his father doing the shooting im hooked on hickok45 videos so informative and down to earth with us small individuals like they treat you as it at school but one on one keep them coming im going to join up hickok45
@Sirskibumsalot 3 жыл бұрын
Dose not get any smoother than that Hickok rolling up in a 1954 sled .....Exits the vehicle and starts blasting ....Well played sir !
@joelerk6298 3 жыл бұрын
I love ar s and aks but double barrels and leverguns are just special
@nathangilbert7774 3 жыл бұрын
To each their own. I think my picks would have been: M1 Carbine, Winchester Model 12, Browning Hi-Power.
@BilgePump 3 жыл бұрын
Amen to the Win. Model 12. I’m hunting w/a 1954 model myself this year..
@lewlewis8970 3 жыл бұрын
My father had EXACTLY those 3 firearms at that time. I grew up with them. Yep. Only difference...a 1952 Studebaker. In 1954 I was 2 years old. Thanks for this one.
@edmedlin2936 3 жыл бұрын
Well hell, I was born in 1949 so I can barely remember much about 1954. Good choice of guns, love your videos. I am a life long gun nut and always admire the way you know what you are talking about and do not blow any smoke at us viewers. Nothing worse than some idiot telling you stuff that just ain't right. You are not one of them. Thanks man.
@LionquestFitness 3 жыл бұрын
I liked seeing the S&W Hand Ejector back in action.
@dillpickle8015 3 жыл бұрын
You need to do a collab with Hickok, would love to see you guys shoot some classic and new revolvers together
@LionquestFitness 3 жыл бұрын
@@dillpickle8015 That would be quite an experience getting to see the old maestro up front and in person. But, Hickok is big time, whereas I am small time. Maybe one day our paths will cross. It's a small world.
@texasbeast239 3 жыл бұрын
Feels like this could almost be a throwback episode of Supernatural. Hickok45 would make a good Hunter of any era.
@MrTruckerf 3 жыл бұрын
Don't know about 1954, but in 1946 when my dad got out of the Army, he bought a Win. Model 12, 12ga. a Win. Model 62A .22 rifle, and a Colt 1911A1 .45 ACP. The shotgun was for game birds, varmints and pests. The rifle was for small game (head shots only!) and the .45 stayed in the house in the bedroom for any night time disturbances. He didn't buy any more guns until we boys came of age in the early '60s.
@sgtmajtrapp3391 3 жыл бұрын
HAPPY THANKSGIVING MR H. IN 1954 I WAS 3. HOPE YOU AND JOHN AND FAMILY HAVE A SAFE AND BLESSED DAY.
@alessandromugianesi7284 3 жыл бұрын
0:15 mafia in a nutshell
@colinmountford5476 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1952, just a bit young for a firearm. I made up for it later. I owned a double-barrel shotgun, if remember 40 years back, it had two triggers, I also had a Winchester model 70 .243 rifle. It was used to hunt and exterminate wallabies and kangaroos that were extreme pests and land destroyers. Similar to deer in your country. I owned other firearms but these were the ones I enjoyed the most. Loading my own cartridges saved a lot of money.
@zachb1494 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for getting me into this awesome hobby. Your marlin model 60 was the first video I saw and the first firearm I purchased. Now 22 firearms later in the collection and still love your videos even more.
@45acp2go 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Hickok on the fanner 50. Unless you our age no one would know what it is.
@roadking99jokerst60 3 жыл бұрын
Still got mine, aaallllll these years.
@_Bucky 3 жыл бұрын
Happy thanksgiving Hickok45 and everyone else 🦃
@mathbrown9099 3 жыл бұрын
‘55. The car was an early 50’s Buick Special, black. Dad had a beautiful knife, a red leather hat, and a 30.06 Remington. About 8 years later I bought my own Winchester ‘94 30.30. Those were the times.
@illbfrank 3 жыл бұрын
I was born in December of 1954. My maternal Grandfather bought me a Browning Sweet Sixteen A5 shotgun that day. When my paternal Grandfather heard this, he went and bought me a Ruger Standard 22 semi-auto handgun. I still have them both.
@robertkreamer7522 3 жыл бұрын
Those were the days my friend 9 years old and life was real , I lived in a real country with real men and women . Sorry to see it gone but at least I experienced it
@ftdefiance1 3 жыл бұрын
K frame was much more affordable then a new 1911.
@shelw195 3 жыл бұрын
I got to see the tail end of it.
@choosegamingfps2032 3 жыл бұрын
I wish I was there
@DeimosPC 3 жыл бұрын
Wish I grew up in that era
@robertkreamer7522 3 жыл бұрын
Here is more that is never more at my school Ramsey HS in Ramsey NJ About 40 min drive from NYS hunting areas we had a Rifle Club ! Where you met on club day to learn all about weapons that you had brought to school that day . There never was a school shooting in a school of about 1000 students. Remember our teachers were WW 2 vets in many cases , no one feared guns we respected them and others. A rifle club just ponder that and now look at our world today .....
@luis.vuitton 3 жыл бұрын
There’s something about the Model 10 .38 that just feels right to me
@Omardelatorr1 3 жыл бұрын
In 1954, my father was 1 year old and my grandpa armed the ranch with a nickel and pearl colt pocket hammerless (1903?) in .32 caliber. That gun is still around, and is still gorgeous!
@tomisnt 3 жыл бұрын
1954?! Hell! I was a young adult in the early 80s and couldn't wait until I saved up enough money to buy what you have there! Odds are your neighbors down the road probably have what you're showing there and that's all they've had for a long time. They may have added a pistol or two the collection yeah, but they still have what you have there for a damn good reason. Most of us rural kids from coast to coast started out shooting what you have there. Except many areas wouldn't have the handgun. Just a shotgun and rifle. In some areas we only had shotguns. And I'm talking in the 70s. They may have been our grandfathers at one time but that's what we were started on. And that's what we strive to buy for ourselves. As the years go by we got many more toys like you have and we are damn proud of it. In the late eighties my dad saw me on the farm with a stock 10/22 with a banana magazine and asked me what the hell is wrong with me carrying around a gun like that. He was a highly decorated War veteran too
@jstutzman1301 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
@grassroot011 3 жыл бұрын
Same to you, Your name Jerome? I knew a guy by that name, first and last.
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