First gun bought for me was a Model 511 Remington. (used for $8) It was deadly medicine for the small game that feed us along with the big garden. The first shotgun I bought was an exposed hammer side by side. Paid $5 for it but never liked it and sold it for $10 .
Bounty on Jack rabbits helped pay for shells. The local Web gas station would sell them by the each if you didn't have enough for a whole box.
Local Gambles Hardware store was the place to buy guns. Pheasants would group up in the winter and it was nothing to see flocks of 50 or more . We didn't waste shells on frogs, caught them by handand, ate the legs deep fried. These are the regular small frogs so we ate the bone and all.
There were some gun shows and a nice fancy Kentucy rifle could be had for around $100. My first high power was a surplus 1903 still in cosmoline for which I paid $25 for. Used ones were $15 to $20. I bought my first handgun from a local police dept for $15 as they had purchased new guns in 357 magnum. I had my choice of a Colt Police Positive, or a Smith & Wesson M&P , both 38 Spl.
No electricity until I was 5 years old and then no indoor plumbing until I was 16 . Melt snow on bath day during the winter and haul systern water up with a rope and bucket during the rest of the year. Long galvanized metal tub set up in the haulway for baths. Being the youngest I had to go last into the same bath water that the day started with. A little fresh hot water added. Radio was the main intertainment - Lone Ranger or Captain Midnight.
Bounty on Jack rabbits helped pay for shells. The local Web gas station would sell them by the each if you didn't have enough for a whole box.
Local Gambles Hardware store was the place to buy guns. Pheasants would group up in the winter and it was nothing to see flocks of 50 or more . We didn't waste shells on frogs, caught them by handand, ate the legs deep fried. These are the regular small frogs so we ate the bone and all.
There were some gun shows and a nice fancy Kentucy rifle could be had for around $100. My first high power was a surplus 1903 still in cosmoline for which I paid $25 for. Used ones were $15 to $20. I bought my first handgun from a local police dept for $15 as they had purchased new guns in 357 magnum. I had my choice of a Colt Police Positive, or a Smith & Wesson M&P , both 38 Spl.
No electricity until I was 5 years old and then no indoor plumbing until I was 16 . Melt snow on bath day during the winter and haul systern water up with a rope and bucket during the rest of the year. Long galvanized metal tub set up in the haulway for baths. Being the youngest I had to go last into the same bath water that the day started with. A little fresh hot water added. Radio was the main intertainment - Lone Ranger or Captain Midnight.