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CajunBass · December 31, 2012, 08:34 PM

Where I grew up handguns, as well as rifles were pretty much unheard of. The only person I knew who even owned a handgun was my Uncle. He had some kind of single action 22. No idea what brand it was, but it had stag grips. That's about all I remember about it.

Take that back. One of the kids I ran around with, someone, probably his dad had another single action 22. I remember shooting it a few times. I THINK it was a Ruger, but that's my old memory at work.

The handgun that influenced me, I never saw for years. I remember picking up the very first copy of Guns and Ammo magazine I'd ever seen at a Peoples Drug Store on Broad Street, in Richmond. One the cover was a picture of a handgun with light shooting out of the barrel like fire. The text read, in big bold letters...SMITH AND WESSON MODEL 19 COMBAT MAGNUM!...because of that picture, my first handgun was a Model 19.

Man, that was what a handgun was supposed to look like. I still think so.

The guns people owned in my youth were shotguns. Browning A5's, Remington pumps and semi's, Sears guns, both Ted Williams and J.C. Higgins models, bolt action and single shot shotguns, and then the old fellows with their double guns like my grandfathers 12 ga A.H. Fox, and his 20 ga Parker.

December 31, 2012, 08:34 PM	#6
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	Where I grew up handguns, as well as rifles were pretty much unheard of. The only person I knew who even owned a handgun was my Uncle. He had some kind of single action 22. No idea what brand it was, but it had stag grips. That's about all I remember about it. Take that back. One of the kids I ran around with, someone, probably his dad had another single action 22. I remember shooting it a few times. I THINK it was a Ruger, but that's my old memory at work. The handgun that influenced me, I never saw for years. I remember picking up the very first copy of Guns and Ammo magazine I'd ever seen at a Peoples Drug Store on Broad Street, in Richmond. One the cover was a picture of a handgun with light shooting out of the barrel like fire. The text read, in big bold letters...SMITH AND WESSON MODEL 19 COMBAT MAGNUM!...because of that picture, my first handgun was a Model 19. Man, that was what a handgun was supposed to look like. I still think so. The guns people owned in my youth were shotguns. Browning A5's, Remington pumps and semi's, Sears guns, both Ted Williams and J.C. Higgins models, bolt action and single shot shotguns, and then the old fellows with their double guns like my grandfathers 12 ga A.H. Fox, and his 20 ga Parker. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)