50 years ago, Santa brought me a .50 Cal Hawkin Caplock, in pieces, and raw material... Took me two weeks to finish the build, and I still have it, today... Never put my eye out with it, but claimed a whole passel of critters, with it over the years...
When I was 10 my sister bought me a Stevens model 94 20 Gage they put my brother's name on it and it sat there under the tree all day and I looked at it and looked at it after lunch they change the tag and told me to go get it and check to see who it belongs to I told them it was Jimmys he just handed it back said it was mine boy they did not know how happy I was that gun has put down a lot of game it's still one of my favorite guns