[RWebb]

the common progression when I was kid was a Daisey BB gun at maybe 6

after a few years, you'd get a Benjamin pump - pellet gun IF AND ONLY IF you showed enuff maturity with the BB gun

same story, and then the bump to a .22

from there it was smaller shotguns, then larger, and deer rifles (not that those were much use in the swamp)

- still seems like a good sequence to me

I left out the rubber band gun my dad made me...