[98ZJ USMC]

In high school boys were allowed to ride the school bus with their 22 rifles (for gun safety course on the football field) My how things have changed.

I remember those days very well. In '74 -and this was the NW suburbs of Chicago, mind you- I used to take a .22 Winchester Model62 pump to high school in the trunk of my car, for Rifle Club after school.

Yeah....

[Bobalu]

You didn’t have to bring your own 22, the gym teacher had several to loan. I was never that fond of guns so I never took the course. I remember that some of the guys had rifles that were a combination 22 and shotgun...they were treasured for squirrel hunting. The ones the teacher had to loan were one shot 22’s that broke open in the middle.