My first cb was a single channel (14), 100mw "base station" from Radio Shack. My Granddad gave me some RG6 coax and I ran it up on the roof and connected it to an antenna, also from Rat Shack. Got to be friends via that radio with the local barber (let's call him Jim), who lived down the road from me. Then I got a Philadelphia Derringer kit for Christmas, built it and Jim, who also had one of those derringers, helped me learn how to load and fire it.
I remember Jim's son had a .22 revolver, I think it was one of the western style H&Rs that look like a single action but are single and double action. We used to drive his VW Bug to the creek and plink with that revolver. Good times!