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Old October 29, 2011, 04:15 PM   #23
Rifleman1776
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Join Date: April 25, 2010
Location: Arkansas
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I'm 73 and started shooting at about age 12. However, my first gun was a Luger my uncle brought back from WWII and gave to me. I was only about eight years old. While playing, yes playing, with it I slammed by thumb in the toggle, got mad and gave it back to him.
The first gun I ever used was a Fox SxS .410 shotgun I hunted squirrels and rabbits with. I hated, even direct hits would not kill the animals. To this day I consider the .410 a gun that has no justification for existing. I don't recall what happened to that shotgun and don't care. It was wuthuless.
Sometime in the 1950s I bought a Sears Roebuck Ted Williams 12 ga. SxS shotgun and used that for pheasants and many other things until a few years ago then traded it off for an 870.
I also bought a .22 Favorite at a junk shop for myself and used that a long time but I still have it. Or rather, recently gave to my daughter along with several other guns she wanted.
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