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Some will die in hot pursuit
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I was about 15 when I shot my friends brothers shotgun. Then as a police explorer (16-20) I went shooting a lot and bought my own used Remington 1100 12g at 18. We didn't have any other guns in the house. My dad is a Viet Nam veteran but now it's different.
When I was 8 my dad came home after work and gave me a well used Winchester 1906 pump 22 rifle that he had taken in trade that day. 32 years later it became my son's first firearm. The first gun I ever purchased was a used Beretta single shot 410 shotgun when I was 13 years old. I wish I still had it as well as every other firearm I let go of over the years.
An Ithaca model 66 supersingle in 410 bore was the first gun I ever shot. Six years old and still have it. It was also my son's first gun he ever fired and so it will be with my grandson. First gun I bought with my own money was a Winchester 1200 pump in 12 gauge that I still have. Saved money for quite awhile to get that one. I was 13 then.
Don't know how old I was, but can remember my father holding his 22 rimfire and letting me pull the trigger.
Guess I was around 8 when I got to tag along on hunts with Dad, Grandpa, and older brother.
At around 10 or 12 I convinced my father to check out the local conservation club. He took the bait and we started attending the weekly trapshoots. Later on I worked there as "trap boy" setting birds and keeping score.
Later in life my wife and I held our wedding reception at the clubhouse. Her and all her family were city folk who had never even seen a gun, let alone dead animals hanging on a "gun club" wall.
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3 or 4, and a Marlin 15Y. Still have it, and it still wears its old 3-7x20 Tasco.
Agreed!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I was about 15 when I shot my friends brothers shotgun. Then as a police explorer (16-20) I went shooting a lot and bought my own used Remington 1100 12g at 18. We didn't have any other guns in the house. My dad is a Viet Nam veteran but now it's different.
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
When I was 8 my dad came home after work and gave me a well used Winchester 1906 pump 22 rifle that he had taken in trade that day. 32 years later it became my son's first firearm. The first gun I ever purchased was a used Beretta single shot 410 shotgun when I was 13 years old. I wish I still had it as well as every other firearm I let go of over the years.
An Ithaca model 66 supersingle in 410 bore was the first gun I ever shot. Six years old and still have it. It was also my son's first gun he ever fired and so it will be with my grandson. First gun I bought with my own money was a Winchester 1200 pump in 12 gauge that I still have. Saved money for quite awhile to get that one. I was 13 then.
Don't know how old I was, but can remember my father holding his 22 rimfire and letting me pull the trigger.
Guess I was around 8 when I got to tag along on hunts with Dad, Grandpa, and older brother.
At around 10 or 12 I convinced my father to check out the local conservation club. He took the bait and we started attending the weekly trapshoots. Later on I worked there as "trap boy" setting birds and keeping score.
Later in life my wife and I held our wedding reception at the clubhouse. Her and all her family were city folk who had never even seen a gun, let alone dead animals hanging on a "gun club" wall.