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This is the LAST video in my 2025 National Shooting Sports Month video stroll down memory lane, and we’re ending with my very FIRST firearm: Savage Industries Stevens Model 35 .22lr!
This rifle was a staple starter gun for decades. Sold in sporting goods and department stores all around the country for under $100, it is not surprising that it was the on my Dad picked out for me when I was 8 or 9 years old.
The Stevens M-35 can fire .22short, .22 long and .22 long rifle rounds. That later rounds nomenclature was especially important growing up in South Jersey, as it was “rifle ammunition”. That meant that I could purchase it myself at a couple of the local hardware stores. Pistol ammunition had to be purchase by an adult even back in the 80’s!
There’s no telling how many thousands of rounds have been fired through my M-35, which is now about 45 years old. I’m glad I have it my collection still.
Do you have YOUR first gun? Let us know what it was in the comments.
Thanks for watching this video series… if you stumbled upon this one but didn’t see the earlier ones, check out the entire playlist.
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