Thread: Longest continuously owned firearms

First firearm was an AYA SxS 12g shotgun......Got it on my 11th birthday. Cost 34 Pound. Used it for Upland game and waterfowl. Put tens of 1000's of shells through it shooting birds in the family vineyard. My old man made me take all my money out of my 'Postbank' account which came to 21 pound....he then loaned me 13 Pounds and in return I had to work for him to pay it off..took me 3 years working most weekends! Retired it in about 1988 and sent it to a gunsmith who restored it back to almost new by rebluing, tightening the action and restoring the wood stock including the checkering. Havent fired it since but have fondled it on a regular basis. Soon as I pick it up and break the action, I am transported back to happy times.....
My own 12g, our English setter, vineyards full of birds and pheasants ( during game season) and the smell of freshly fired CAC paper cartridges.

Life was simple in those days.....sigh.....