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Hah!!

I have a similar story except I was 12 (1972), it was a .22 Marlin lever action, and it was a 19" black & white TV. Yes, My dad made me pay for a new picture tube. It probably cost a total of $50.00 but that was a lot of money back then. I had to go out that week and get about 4 good racoon pelts to pay for it.

This was back when racoon hunting was a fairly big business in the Texas hill country.