Yes it was, early 80's. My friends and I didn't know what the hellwe were doing. We would shoot into a pile of gravel, then wonderwhy we couldn't shoot strait. Wish I could re-live those days. I'd a done a few things different. One thing i do missare my tree climbers, I had a pair from the phone co., they would use-em to climb telephone poles. I could shimmy up any tree in seconds. I'd wear them things to school if they'd let me