Not my first, but the 788 .243 Winchester that my Dad biught me for getting good grades when I was about 14-15. It started out with an old
Weaver K4 on it. Now it has an old K6 on top. Haven’t fires it in years though. When I was a teen I killed a bunch of groundhogs with it. Took it to Ky. deer hunting in 1984, but didn’t shoot anything.

Ron


People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Orwell