I remember the Marlin M1 Carbine look-alikes

by FOG, Monday, March 18, 2013, 12:53 (4213 days ago) @ Catoosa

I wanted one badly when I was a teenager, but I usually spent all my money on sixguns.

When I was about nine, I did get one of these:

Considering what was to come later, it's perhaps surprising, but it never occurred to me to shoot any birds with it, and I was too chicken to actually shoot a squirrel.

I did like to torment them with it, though, and I was a pretty good shot, so whenever I got the chance, I'd rather boldly plant one right beneath their feet.

That SMACK-on-wood always was most satisfying, and watching the squirrel take off like a bottle rocket was pretty cheap entertainment for a kid.

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