My first one was a used JC Higgins 16 gauge bolt action that my Dad gave me on my 10th birthday. He got me a hunting license that year(1957) and put down on the application that I was 12. The following year I was 13. Then I went back to 12 the next year when I was actually 12. The owner of the hardware store where we bought our licenses didn't seem to care. That's where we bought most of our firearms and ammo for years.
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