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Old 01-16-2009, 8:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JDay View Post
You used to be able to get them at the hardware store.
And Sears and many other department stores. I purchased one of my first rifles at a Fedco (membership dept. store) in San Diego (Actually my father purchased it, he just let me pay for it!) I guess it could have been a "straw purchase" by todays standards. Back then it was just a "rite of passage."
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