Dadtodabone wrote:Ah, Western Auto, I received a Marlin/Glenfield 36G and my brother a 989G for Christmas in 1962. Delivered to the front door via USPS parcel post. Hopped on our Western Flyers on the 26th and rode out into the hinterlands for a day of shooting. No papers.
yep, I got 'em about then too..... just too young to "place the order" myself
I did go into the sporting goods store almost every Saturday and pick up my weekly box of .22 ammo, but I was over 10 years old (and they knew me)