Healthways plainsman 94016/14/2023 ![]() In fact, this is a great little BB gun that I actually shot in my youth. So, why was I avoiding the Plainsman? No good reason. I have even blogged Wamo cap-firing BB guns that have less power than thrown BBs. Before that, I wasn’t a writer, so my avoidance was private and didn’t count. I DID NOT go to Roanoke to buy a Plainsman! In fact, I have assiduously avoided the Plainsman for the past 20 years. They called the gun semiautomatic because you just keep pulling the trigger to fire. And showing you a period ad may stimulate your memories.Ī Plainsman ad from 1965. It’s about as ubiquitous as the Marksman 1010 BB pistol, but most of you may have to think about it for awhile. Unlike the Daisy Red Ryder that everyone knows by name, the Healthways Plainsman is the BB pistol that almost everybody knows on sight, without knowing what it is. ![]() Make no mistake, though–the Healthways Plainsman is Americana, as much as Dad’s Root Beer and Buster Brown shoes. But when someone on the internet wants to research their gun, the model is the only thing they are interested in. I wanted to title this report Americana, because that’s what it really is.
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