What you need to understand is that we were young and didn't have anyone to teach us how to hunt, shoot accurately, care for guns, except someone outside of the family. I was the first person in my family to buy a deer hunting rifle. My brother had a couple of guns, one an M1 Carbine that he got from my Aunt, who got it as payment for nursing care of an older lady, whose son probably stole it from the Service, but then passed away in the war.
My brother was in college in PA when he had an accident with his car and desperately needed money so had to sell the M1 and a .22LR bolt gun. I sent them to him and was sad to lose the carbine, but it wasn't mine.
When I turned 15, I worked part-time for my Aunt's store, where my Dad worked as plumber and "Jack of all trades". I earned enough to buy a new Savage 110 and buy a 2.5X Weaver scope&mounts.
A buddy had a Lyman reloading press, so I got to do some loading with him and another friend. However, I had to use the press as adjusted for his Winchester Mod. 70, which had a tighter chamber than my Savage 110, so I had misfire problems and shell expansions.
A few years later, I managed to get my own loading press, etc. and the ammo problems disappeared.
