I was not. My dad was a very good hunter he only really knew as much as he needed to about guns. He kept several around but they were chosen strictly on practicality and not sentiment. I don’t know how I ever ended up as a loony? No one in the family was one.
Every word of this describes my dad. He had a Mdl 70 30-06 with a Weaver K2.5 and a Remington Mdl 31 FW 12 gauge with a Cutts. That was always enough; why get any more guns???
He eventually became more of a Gunguy and got a 20 ga IC/Mod Superposed and was bitten by the combination gun bug...drillings. He never got himself a drilling, but I did gardening for an eye doctor friend one summer at age 13, and my pay was a Sauer/Charles Daly 12/12/30-30 sidelock.
