First one: 1967, 7x57 M1916 Spanish Mauser. Cost all of $15, and sporterized in the basement.

Second one, a year later: .30/40 Krag, simple cut-down sporterized rifle.

As I was off and running headlong into rifle looney-ship, I had to have a new 700 BDL .243, which pretty quickly convinced me I was better off with the Krag.

Ahh, the hubris of youth...

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