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My Grandpa gave me an old New England 12 gauge single and I still cherish that gun. May not be a big money gun but you’d never be able to afford it neither.
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"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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J.C. Higgins 22 LR single shot with the bolt knob you had to manually pull back. Ordered from Sears & Roebuck in 1958 for $13.00. It was my Christmas present when I was 5 years old. Things were different in the Ozarks in the 50's....mostly better.
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Winchester 37 .410 Still have it
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A Stevens single shot 16 ga.
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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[quote=EliRawlins]My Grandpa gave me an old New England 12 gauge single and I still cherish that gun. May not be a big money gun but you’d never be able to afford it
None of my grand kids have no interest in guns, it's kind of sad. I have a 22 that my dad had too.
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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That is sad. That’s cool that you’ve kept it and you never know, they may enjoy it if you take them out and show them how
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Winchester Cooey 12 ga. single shot. 30 in. full choke for my 12th birthday. Still got it.
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Stevens 94 20ga. Sadly, it was one of 8 guns I lost in a theft in 2000.
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It is interesting that except for Sharps 4590 all first guns were shotguns. Out west the shotgun is almost unheard of as a game getter. The single shot 22 rifle was the first gun for most kids in my arena, Mine was the obscure Winchester model 55 automatic single shot. Wish I still had it.
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An Anschutz (my father bought quality stuff) sporter .22 under the Christmas tree when I was about 12.
I love taking people, (mostly immigrants, I work in high tech) on their first shooting trip. Probably 100 people have fired their first-ever shots with that rifle after being coached by me.
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Winchester Model 250 .22LR
My Dad give it to me when I was 10 years old. It still sits in my safe and will as long as there's breath in my body.
24HCF in its entirety, is solely responsible for why my children do not have college funds, my mortgage isn't paid-off and why I will never retire early enough to enjoy the remainder of my life.
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Harrington Richards Leatherneck.
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Mine is a Quackenbush . It is a single shot side rotating breach, with a manual pull firing pin .
It has the distinction of being to the bottom of the Missouri river after being lost out of a boat.
It was my grandfathers and passed down to me.
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First gun was an Ithica M66 20 gauge. 10 years old First handgun was an original Colt 1851 cap and ball. 11 years old. First rifle of my own was a Winchester M70 in 270. 12 years old. My Dad had a Winchester M62A 22, so I always used it, and I never got my own 22 until I was about 22 or 23 and in the Marines. 94/22 Winchester.
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Mossberg bolt action .410, it has an internal magazine but I was made to Barney Fife it until I got older.
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My first gun was a hand me down from my Mother. It was/is a Winchester single shot .410. model 20. Looks kind of classy with a schnabel fore end. It was originally chambered for 2&1/2" shells but was re-bored to 3". It harvested quite a few ruffed grouse. It has been a wall hanger for about years as it eventually shot loose.
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Roundup, what a neat little shotgun. The model 20 was Winchester's "kids" shotgun that was built like a quality pocket watch. I have been trying to talk a friend out of his. He lets my grandsons shoot trap with it. Neat neat little guns built when Winchester took pride in their work.
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Anschutz Woodchucker .22LR repeater. Still have it and both my kids started out with it.
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