How Old Were You When You Bought Your First Firearm?

• Apr 12, 2015

• #1

Mike4Maryland

Harford County, MD USA

Apr 5, 2013

478

I was 18. I bought a Remington 22 rifle and hid it from my parents. I still have it.........some 40 years later. A lot more over the years. My son will have it someday......

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #2

budman93

Ultimate Member

Mar 1, 2013

5,278

Frederick County

Well unofficially I think I was 14 or 15. I saved up money for guns that I wanted and my dad would buy them in his name. I have never actually bought a gun from a shop and filled out a 4473 yet. Besides all the ones I got before I could buy them myself I bought a m48 Mauser from a member face to face and I bought a T53 mosin from SOG on my C&R.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #3

rseymorejr

Ultimate Member

MDS Supporter

Feb 28, 2011

26,234

Harford County

I was about 14 when I bought a single shot 12 ga from a neighbor.
I think he was 16 so we didn't have any of that pesky paperwork/bill of sale stuff
to worry about

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #4

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gabe72

Ultimate Member

Aug 26, 2012

1,218

sharpsburg

I was 12 used to ride my bike to ray's pawn shop in Taylor Texas ,it was a smokey place half block off the main drag. I saved enough for an early 870 that i still have,he said to me get your brother to come in and pick it up for you and i did,the good days of pawn and gun shops .

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #5

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BradMacc82

Ultimate Member

Industry Partner

Aug 17, 2011

26,177

First firearm I ever owned was bought for me a week before I turned 18 as a gift.

A Hi-Point 995 Carbine (9mm), it was ugly as sin and a bit chunky - but it was exceedingly reliable and accurate. Wish I never sold it...

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #6

protegeV

Ready to go

Apr 3, 2011

46,880

TX

28

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #7

Sharp

Active Member

Feb 21, 2015

329

Calvert

The first guns I got were my grandfather's shotguns after he passed away when I was in middle school. I knew he had used to run a trap club that no longer existed, but I never had much interest in firearms until that point. Once I got them, it seemed right that I should learn to use and maintain them.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #8

jimbobborg

Oddball caliber fan

Aug 2, 2010

17,122

Northern Virginia

Bought with my own money? 21.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #9

FPL53

Ultimate Member

Aug 4, 2013

2,724

Frederick

Actual firearm that shoots bullets, 18. It was an SKS.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #10

-Z/28-

I wanna go fast

Dec 6, 2011

10,661

Harford Co

18.
Got a Mini-14 for high school graduation

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #11

Bertfish

Throw bread on me

Mar 13, 2013

17,684

White Marsh, MD

Ordered an FN49 off of GunBroker about a week after I turned 18. Had a few bought for my use before then though.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #12

rseymorejr

Ultimate Member

MDS Supporter

Feb 28, 2011

26,234

Harford County

I did buy a handgun from a friend when I was 17, the background check consisted of his Mother asking me if my parents approved of me buying it. I said yes and I was instantly "not disapproved"

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #13

dontpanic

Ultimate Member

Jul 7, 2013

6,636

Timonium

12. Bought a Marlin model 60 with money I earned myself. $38

I still have it.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #14

hodgepodge

Senior Member (Gold)

Sep 3, 2009

10,097

Arnold, MD

53. Didn't think much about them before then.

Now it's an obsession.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #15

jonnyl

Ultimate Member

Sep 23, 2009

5,969

Frederick

Must have been 21 and in college. Bought a Raven .25.

You did say first and not first we're proud of.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #16

outrider58

Eats Bacon Raw

MDS Supporter

Jul 29, 2014

50,029

17 Bought a 20g. Mossy from my boss. Had it transferred to me.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #17

lilgibby

"man gotta have a code."

Sep 17, 2011

1,038

Elkton

19 pos rem 887 nitro mag tactical sold it for a benelli supernova tactical, which I have since sold for a Remington 870 express.

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #18

metalman3006

Gun Hoarder

Sep 6, 2007

2,306

Church Hill, MD

with my own money, 13 a 1941 #1 mk3 Enfield made by Lithgow. Still have it. $62.50

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #19

Mack C-85

R.I.P.

Jan 22, 2014

6,522

Littlestown, PA

13/14 and it was a 20 gauge Franchi O/U from Anglers. Still have it, too damn light to shoot for anything more than 5 or 10 rounds. Used it when I first shot clays and came home bruised every time!!!!

 

• Apr 12, 2015

• #20

ma_deuce

Ultimate Member

Mar 2, 2011

3,113

Lovely Timonium, the Heart of Cummings Country

14, I think. Nickel Colt Frontier Scout .22 revolver with rosewood grips in a presentation box. It sat for years in the display case at Routzahn's Department Store at Market and Patrick Streets in Frederick, and I wanted it so bad I saved two years of lawnmowing money for it. It sat there so long that as my savings grew, they cut the price a little at a time. Think I wound up paying about $65, which was still a lot of money in 1970. My dad thought I was crazy, but I'd earned the money so he bought it for me. Lord, I wish I still had it.