Reeder Custom Guns - for Christmas 1960 my Dad bought me a Sears

Gary Reeder
for Christmas 1960 my Dad bought me a Sears
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 10:57

20 gauge bolt action shotgun (probably a Marlin). He also bought me a Sears J.C. Higgins model 30 semi auto 22 LR.
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At 16 a few months later he took me to Woolworth's in downtown Nashville and downstairs in their sporting good department they had piles of old military 30-06 rifles. He said pick one out. I grabbed a blonde stock 30-06 that had been somewhat sporterized. When we got home he took the magazine out and told me "one shot per animal". That was what got me on the single shot kick way back then and forced me to be a better shot.

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- for Christmas 1960 my Dad bought me a Sears - Gary Reeder, 2019-01-20, 10:57
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  - Just sayin - Leadhound, 2019-01-20, 07:57
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  - Stevens (nm) - Grover Sr, 2019-01-20, 07:23
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