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Mossberg 142A, the one with the fold-down forearm. Got it for my 10th birthday in 1949. Still shoots extremely well, I have probably killed more gophers (ground squirrels) with it than any other 22 I have ever owned.
I have to admit reading where the poster has had something for only 10 or 20 years makes me feel really old.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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Ruger 10/22 bought back around 1977. It was also the first rifle I ever owned. Still shoots great. Same here...bought in the same year. It's worn a few different barrels since but still have the original which was "Made in the 200th year of American Liberty". Dan
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'67 Marlin RC .30-30. Straight stock
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Remington 581 22lr.
Got it for Christmas in 1971.
Has fired thousands and thousands of CCI rounds.
Still got it.
Have Dog
Will Travel
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Winchester M72 .22 RF. Got it in 1966, at 9 years of age.
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Boys Model 67 Winchester in 1958 for $6.00. Mowed lawns half the summer to get that gun. 46 years powdr
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Ruger 10/22 bought back around 1977. It was also the first rifle I ever owned. Still shoots great. Same here...bought in the same year. It's worn a few different barrels since but still have the original which was "Made in the 200th year of American Liberty". Dan Yup, 'cept mine was bought in 1987...all that's changed is it's wearing Weaver base and rings and a nice Japan made Weaver K4.
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I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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Winchester Model 55. Single shot blow back operated .22. Got it in 1969, when I was 10.
Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.
*Marvin Simkin* L.A. Times (1992)
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I've had my old Marlin 60 for 42 years now. It was my first rifle I could call my own. Not particularly reliable, but accurate enough to make up for it.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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Rem 870 12 Ga that my Dad bought me at Gibson's for $139! That was about 1978 and I still have the box for it. I bought a Hastings barrel for it and killed a ton of quail over the years��and a few pheasant!
He also bought me a Remington 572 BDL in about 1980 and I still have that and the box it came in. That one was bought at White's Auto and I don't remember the price.
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My grandfather gave me a Winchester Model 60 when I was 11 for Christmas. A very short time later my father gave me a Remington Sportsman 12 Auto. I still have them both and I'm about to turn 39. I'm sure i could dig up my old Daisy which is at my dad's house. Got that when I was around 8. Still works last we tried it.
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Kimber of Oregon 223 bought in '96 or '97...
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The Winchester 55 .22LR that I got from dad. Actually, my oldest daughter has it.
If that doesn't count, I suppose dad's .308 Model 88 in .308. He bought it in 1957. I still have it.
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Marlin M60 I received for Christmas in 1971.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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This one: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/Blacktail53/BT13_zpsa5be73cf.jpg) .270 ADL I bought from the Bazar store we had in town, back in '69. She ran $107 and I got to pick from several new in the box, for the best wood. It's been remodeled a bit and worn several different scopes. That's a Leupold 2.5x8 and the M1 elevation turret on her now.
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"Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq
Elk, it's what's for dinner....
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Guess it would be my F.I.E GR-8, a Brazilian copy of the Nylon 66. Was given to me on my 10th birthday, so 27 years.
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Model 94, bought new at the Alconbury Rod and Gun Club in June 1966 before we came home from England... bought for $50 new on base...
the other was an 870 Remington Shotgun bought in about 1958.. also on base...West Palm Beach AFB FL...
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Browning Light 12 that my grandfather bought me NIB in 1968 when I was 10 years old, didn't start using it till the next year. Still using it 45 years later (getting a little heavy though).
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Old single shot blond stock Springfield .22 that my step-father gave me (it was his first gun) when I was 8. Spent many many hours in the woods with that gun.
Life is just one damned thing after another
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Of the ones I currently own: a Ruger 77 .270, bought new in 1975.
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