My brothers and I always had BB and pellet guns from the time we could pretty much hold one. I got a single shot Glenfield .22 for Christmas when I was around 11. For my 12th. birthday I received a Savage .410 pump with vent rib and gold trigger(yahoo). I really learned to shoot with that .410. Then at age 15 I decided I needed to move on to a much more powerful gun as I had "my own money" from working for the summer. I bought a brand spanking new Lucio Loyola 20 gauge double barrel for the sum of $100.00. I have bought a couple of pumps and a semi-auto in the years following but I was always intriqued with doubles. So, in the last few years I have made up for the "lost years" when I had gravitated away from them. The only pump I have in my safe now is that .410 that I received as my first shotgun. I also still have the Loyola as well as the Glenfield .22.
