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belcffub

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9. got mine first gun from my dad when I was 7

Reply to rfranklin (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:16 PM

Aug 2012

Remington 22... still have it...

got my first shotgun from him when I was 12... mossberg 16ga 3 shot... got rid of it for a 12ga Ithaca a couple of years later... I still have that one...

still haven't shot anyone with either... that I know of...

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