I learned to shoot on a M39, 1936 manufacture. My dad purchased it from a local excavation contractor some time right around WW2. This one is a Deluxe, with checkered wood. My 2 boys learned on it too.
Dad used to kneel down in front of me so I could rest the gun on his shoulder so I could shoot at tin cans. That was 75 years ago.
Sweet memories, long ago and far away. Thanks, Hunter.
HM
