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I don't know that there was anything specific that turned me on to guns. I grew up watching Roy Rogers and I was fascinated with his trick shooting. I also remember seeing my Uncle Hank come home from deer hunting and thinking I wanted to do that some day. I finally got my wish when I was 18. He took me to his deer camp, loaned me a rifle and introduced me to the coolest bunch of old guys I've ever known. They were sticklers for safety and a couple of them had a gun dealing business at gun shows. Charlie was a hard core Ruger man and I've had a "thing" for Rugers ever since. My folks bought me my first gun, a Marlin 336 30-30 in 1977 and that pretty much opened the flood gates.