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First firearm- Mossberg bolt .22, scoped. Got it @ age 11-12 IIRC- maybe age 10? Things that long ago gettin a little hazy sometimes, these days, LOL. I do remember hitting the pawn shops in a seedy part of town with my Dad.. I wanted a semi-auto SOOOO bad.. but he wouldn't have it, and I got this nice Mossie which I didnt appreciate right then. Anyway I worked my butt off to pay him back for it. $20 bucks, maybe? That would have been some hard-earned money for him at the time too.I was wondering what you're first gun was? Was it a shotgun, handgun, rifle or pistol caliber carbine? Do you still have it and would you go back and get some training in on it? Would you keep you're first gun?
I have a Remington 870 shotgun it is still beautiful after 30 years. Now I'm thinking I can go to the range and relearn the fundamentals.
No I would not get rid of my first shotgun. My dad got me that when I was in the Boy Scouts
Someone had taken the trouble to customise the stock with carving and hand checkering, which isnt half bad- probably someone's project. I carried that rifle many years, until moving to Colorado, which has fewer uses for a .22... Took a lot of small game in Michigan as I grew up... Got caught out in a Michigan blizzard one year and the moisture permanently fogged the scope, so I replaced that with a Weaver .22 rimfire scope, which has soldiered on for the last 4-1/2 decades. The only other thing I changed was mounting a military leather sling on it to improve my shooting style, and replacing the somewhat frail factory sling mounts that just didnt hold up.
It's an accurate hunting .22 with a smooth quick bolt, which I became very adept at running fast- for a bolt. Took a lot of small game and I was a "Dead-eye Dick" in the autumn Michigan woods.
It's kinda sad, really, that I can't remember the last time I took it out and fired it... we were so close back when... It's stored clean and safely, because I never shoot .22's anymore with the exception of my little .22 S&W revolver used on local varmints around the estancia...
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