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Old 02-09-2009, 09:31 PM
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First guns

My first long gun I bought was a Winchester M-12 in as new condition. It was a 12 ga 26 inch imp cyl field gun..paid 35 bucks for it. I was 9 years old. Sold it a few days later for 50 bucks. Hey 15 dollars was a lot of money back then. First handgun was a Colt SAA 38-40..Made in 1900 and about 65%. Paid 15 bucks..I was 11 and I hid it from my parents till I was 18. They would have probably taken it away from me. One of the few guns from my early years I still have. The first 22 was a Winchester 69 I bought for 10 bucks when I was 12. Still have it too. And boy oh boy...has it had a "few" rounds through it. Probably over 150,000 of all sizes. Whatever I could afford at the time.
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