Yep, I loved those old Western Auto stores. Many types of firearms available in them. Marlin, Savage and , I think, Stevens, used to market their cheap models under different brand names. BTW, I also have a Savage 340 in .222 Caliber, a great gun and still going strong. However, it was ordered through the mail by my mother in about 1958 from Sears(it may have been Monkey Ward). Good old days before the frickin’ communist started passing laws to keep us from asserting our rights under the constitution.
Lawn mowers, paint, light bulbs, electric wire, nuts and bolts. Stuff !
When I was a boy, my dad bought me a Marlin .22 bolt action rifle with a 7-shot magazine for my 9th or 10th birthday. I still have it. A couple of years later, he bought me a Savage (Stevens) Model 311 20-guage shotgun (double-barrel side by side) for Christmas. I still have that one too.