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JWT · October 31, 2011, 03:31 PM

I'm only 71 and I still have the Model 24 Winchester 20 Ga. shotgun I got for christmas when I was 12 years old.

Also have a Stevens Model 85A .22 semi auto I bought with money from my paper route when I was 11. Times have sure changed. I went to the local hardware store, picked out what I wanted from a catalog. A week later I gave the store owner the money, he gave me the gun, and I rode my bike home with it.

Of course I had a Daisy Red Ryder when I was about 9.

October 31, 2011, 03:31 PM	#53
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	I'm only 71 and I still have the Model 24 Winchester 20 Ga. shotgun I got for christmas when I was 12 years old. Also have a Stevens Model 85A .22 semi auto I bought with money from my paper route when I was 11. Times have sure changed. I went to the local hardware store, picked out what I wanted from a catalog. A week later I gave the store owner the money, he gave me the gun, and I rode my bike home with it. Of course I had a Daisy Red Ryder when I was about 9.