The old Air Gun Nation

I'm coming up on my 10-year anniversary. I became a member in January 2016 but was an early lurker when AGN first started in 2015. I was previously on GTA but haven't logged on for a while. There have been a lot of changes since then. Does anyone remember the green and red balls for positive and negative posts? Sometimes I wish that could be brought back again lol. Some members sure do deserve dem red balls.
 
I’ve been online talking about airguns off and on for over 25 years. I remember when Ted wasn’t doing holdover and when he went by Ted in Madison. I know a lot of folks have been airgunning a lot longer than that but I was fortunate to get in and start exploring right about when airgunning arrived in the Internet.

AGN popped up during one of my absences. At the time I was new owner of a small horse farm and spending my time learning tractors and hay storage.
 
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Montgomery Wards Christmas catalog… the 22s ohhh man did I drool.
After gaining trust , not getting in trouble. Mom got me a Browning bl22 for christmas. I researched back then and wanted a model 788 ( cheaper than 700)I think Remington in 6mm rem . Local gun store talked her out of it.

Before we had access to cars we walked or bicycled to the city limits where we hunted and plinked.
Actually walked through what is now a high crime city, to the woods. Got questioned a couple times by cops, they just wanted to make sure it wasn’t loaded. 14 and 15 year olds were not supposed to be without a 18 + but was never bothered about that. Can you young ones imagine ?
i used to strap my gun to the cross bar (boys bike ) to get to the fields . Mid 50's