Do You Remember Your First Rifle???

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Mine was my father's Wards Western Field .22 from Montgomery Wards. It was made in 1940 and was actually a Mossberg model 26C. I sort of claimed it for my own when I was about 15 years old which is how old my father was when he got it. I later had a local gunsmith put a Weaver scope on it and me and friends would go out and take squirrels and rabbits with it. I just slung it over my shoulder and rode my bicycle to the smith. This was in the Silicon Valley. Sure can't do that today.







One difference between the Mossberg version and the Western Field version is the front site. The Western Field version used the sight from Mossberg's Targo model. I finally found a replacement hood for the sight awhile back, so the rifle is now complete.