Poor boys used to use M94 Winchesters they bought at TG&Y or Kmart. The Glenfield 30-30 with a 4X scope was the next step up. If one was a rich kid, a 742 with see thru mounts was the way to go. Times have changed.
You pretty much summed up my first days of deer hunting. I had to wait until I was 15 to get a .270 Win.
Before then it was shotguns with buckshot or slugs.
