That does take me back because it was my first "real" gun as a child. It worked okay on toads and frogs at a range measured in feed instead of yards, but not so hot for neighborhood bird hunting. I did a sales job on another kid in grade school and the night before the covert exchange I thought the least I could do was to clean it for the kid. "TWANG" went the springs that were inside outside somewhere around the kitchen. No sale and an early lesson not to fix something that isn't broken.
