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A 'Hercules' 20 gauge single shot. Montgomery Wards.

Dad gave it to me when I was about 10 I think. Still have it, one of my most prized possessions. The joy I felt...

Kodiak 22 mag. autoloader.

Savage M24....22 over 410.

at 10 i got a 760 crosman powermaster right after graduating from hunters safety class. 3 days later, i shot myself in the foot with it and had to go to er !

Steven single shot 22 with hammer cocker on the bolt.

1948 � Marlin 39-A � $50.45 (MSLP) � Red Lion, Pennsylvania
(first one all mine � kid brother and I had earlier "gone halvies" on a Springfield single-shot .22 � $9.��.)

Put a 4x Weaver on it and brought beaucoup groundhogs and gray squirrels in to the frying pan and stew pot. Head-shot, all except one running squirrel.

Have had seven more of 'em through the years. All have had the same incomparable magic, even though the workmanship declined badly as the years went by.

If I were able today, I'd look long and hard at the Henry. Probably get one immediately and keep it hot continually.

Winchester Mdl 67 "Boy's Rifle".

I wish I had that one back!!

16 gauge Ithaca Model 37 for my 10th birthday. Still have it 48 years later.

Red Ryder, but if that doesn't count, then Model 61 Winchester.

1949. Remington model 514, paid $8.95.

I still have one although this one is not it.

my brother bought me a worn out Ithaca model 49 single shot lever action 22lr.still have it ,but haven't fired it in probably 35 years.

Savage single shot break open shotgun in .410 bought from the Fuller Brush man for $4.00. And a box of Rem shells for $.25

Stevens 94 16 gauge that had been my grandfathers then my dads. Second was an old Mossberg 23 single shot .22 that had belonged to my other grandfather who I never got to meet as he died ten years before I was born. Still have them.

Ithaca model 49 first year it came out.

Hand-me-down Winchester 1906 22LR. About 1959 or 1960 and still have it.

1964 I worked all summer in the locker plant, saved up enough to buy a shotgun. I wanted the new Winchester 1200 but Dad had a friend he worked for on weekends who had a model 12 Featherweight (never taken out of the box) in the back room of his store that I could buy for $88.

Stevens model 94 .410 when I was about 8 years old. I've still got it.

A Remington 581 for Christmas when I was 12 yrs old; it's in my safe. It was stolen 26 yrs ago, but it, along with several others, were recovered by the sheriffs dept.

Youth Remington 870 Express 20 gauge was my first. Had used dads up to tgat point. Was in 6th grade and it was an early Christmas present. Haven't shot it in years, sits in back of safe and my boy will get it in a few years.

Glenfield 75 (marlin model 60) first "deer" gun was a marlin 336 .30-30 have them both