Mine is long gone, and I've told this story before, but my first was a Model 1891 Argentine Mauser, in 7.65x53mm. I was 11, we lived in SE Alaska, I paid my dad's friend Jim 30 bucks for it, and I killed my first two deer with it a year later. Twice I thought I might have to shoot a bear with it, but, sadly, that never happened!
And co-incidentally, I taught my first wife's son to shoot with a Winchester Model 67. He was 9, I had him shoot from sandbags at a 5 gallon bucket 100 yards away. I showed him sight picture and trigger control, and off he went! It wasn't long before he was hitting pop cans at that range! He shoots bowling pin matches now, I must have done something right.
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