My father an RCAF flying instructor on the Prairies waiting to go overseas bought me a .22 Mossberg Model 42 and a l2ga JABC in 1940. I still have the Mossberg. I was a pretty good shot for those times when he came home in 1945.

BB-guns were forbidden in our family. My father said children used them carelessly unsupervised, developed bad habits, and he had no intentions of being a chaperone. We learned responsibility, hunted alone straight-away.

Brought my kids and grandchildren up the same way.

Last edited by King Brown; 06/02/08 07:51 PM.