My first "gun" was a match gun my brother taught me to make with a paperclip and tinfoil, man we had fun with that..then came the daisy..then my dad took me when i was 9 to buy my first shotgun for dove season, and i immediatly took to a stevens 20ga sxs, been hooked on those ever since (sxs, not stevens!!) My dad thought i was crazy i did not go for a pump or auto!!