How Many Of You Old Geezers Attempted The Shooting Star Challenge 1950’s-1970’s?

[Billm]

I spent a lot of my teenage years in England. I shot my first air rifle at the shooting galleries at Southport (English Beach Resort) when I was 8. A few years later I spent all of my money on the ‘Shooting Star
“ challenge at the same fair. It was expensive for a kid, an adrenaline rush and practically impossible to win. A few years back I saw an ad in Shotgun News advertising the used guns. This would be a fun challenge, especially with a full-auto airgun.

 

[Farmplinker2]

80s and early 90s for me.

 

[Billm]

I didn’t know they were still around then.

 

[Pumacarl]

I only tried it once in the early 70's, my brother actually won, once, so I knew it was possible, ...which made it even worse!

 

[Joey 69]

I took a lovely lady on an amusement park date and spent most of my money on that darn shotting star. I did not get a second date.

 

[Mr.Brocock]

Not only do i remember it, i still play it! I print out the targets i found on line, and use my Barra BB gun. We have two for side by side action.
2 mags gives you 100 BB's. I think Barra has 100 BB mags now. No stopping for reloads. I always loose a few BB's on reload.
I would take a picture, but the set up is in Penn. where things like that are legal......

 

[Billm]

Very cool. I figured there would be a download somewhere. I saw the targets on EBay and almost bit.

 

[JimT66]

I spent a lot of my teenage years in England. I shot my first air rifle at the shooting galleries at Southport (English Beach Resort) when I was 8. A few years later I spent all of my money on the ‘Shooting Star
“ challenge at the same fair. It was expensive for a kid, an adrenaline rush and practically impossible to win. A few years back I saw an ad in Shotgun News advertising the used guns. This would be a fun challenge, especially with a full-auto airgun.

I used to play, and win, that game every year at the fair! Its all about trigger control, and shooting around the star, to cut it out!

 

[Farmplinker2]

I used to play, and win, that game every year at the fair! Its all about trigger control, and shooting around the star, to cut it out!

You couldn't do that when I was doing it.

 

[JimT66]

You couldn't do that when I was doing it.

Guess that was the difference in having a normal dude running the game, and not a facial sore enc rusted Crack head, with no teeth!

 

[JimT66]

The Crack heads didn't care how, they were just impressed that they couldn't see red on the target anymore.

 

[Rwjeter]

I didn’t know they were still around then.

Yep. I was born 89 but remember playing it at the state fair in the 90s. Tons of fun. Haven’t thought about it in years. Welp, time go go down another rabbit hole I guess.

 

[JimT66]

Yep. I was born 89 but remember playing it at the state fair in the 90s. Tons of fun. Haven’t thought about it in years. Welp, time go go down another rabbit hole I guess.

89? Ohhh lord, I have gotten old. By 89 I had graduated high school, served my hitch, and was in police academy. I guess that makes me an old kid...at heart anyway.