Michael,
I wish my dad was still around to ask. An Emporium gun dept. is news to me.
An early memory of downtown was the aforementioned A&F store. I recall going downstairs and seeing the african safari outfitting gear and laying eyes on my first "elephant rifle."
My father bought a couple of guns at Sears Roebuck in The City, on Geary St.
1) A Remington rolling block 7mm which I would like to get restored / transmuted into something more buffalo gun like. My dad would have liked that.
2) An Enfield Jungle Carbine. The first gun I shot, ever, when I was 6. Two shots. That was enough for awhile, but it didn't scare me off permanently. It was a couple of years later before I shot a BB gun. I still have the Enfield too. I loaded some light loads this last summer, and my son shot it.
Lou M
