Mine was a sporterized No1MK3 Enfield my father gave me in 1968 to use , still have it . Even took it out a few years back and shot another deer with it. Cat
'84? Browning BLR in .358, with an old Redfield 1 3/4-5x wide field. I bought it at 14, with yard mowing, hay bailing, and farm work $. Traded it for a bolt action 30-06, cuz I didn't know how to load and couldn't find ammo. Doh!
model 24 savage 22mag/410, lots of backstraps hit the frying pan via the .410 slug. might be why I like the 41 mag.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
Sure is great reading about how many of us got our first deer rifle by working our asses off to buy it. It wasn't the need or want of it as much as our parents knew it was the way we needed to learn responsibility and to work for the things we wanted to have in life. My folks never said no when I saw a gun I wanted but " get to work if you want it cause that's the only way you will get it." 1st gun, motorcycle and car all bought with money I earned gave me a work ethic for life, betting the same for most of us. It's what a lot of kids today don't have because their parents buy them everything without letting them earn it. Magnum Man
A '67 (I think) model 700 in .243. $101.89. That was a lot of yards I had to cut at $2-3 a pop. Still have it and it'll still put 3 shots in less than an inch with about 2500 rounds through the barrel.
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