My first firearm was purchased for me by my dad in 1969, a Winchester model 370 16 ga......30 " barrel.
I promptly carved my initials in the pistol grip like the dumbass I was......never really killed anything other than squirrels with it., and it sat in closets until 2006 when my step son (@ the time) killed his first deer with it.
3 years later I had all the wood refinished and it looks better than new.
Truth be told, dad only bought that gun so he could use it at Turkey shoots......he could not drive a car past a Turkey shoot sign without stopping and giving it a go.....it was a drug he couldn't resist.
Last edited by SCgman1; 08/18/22.
