Your First gun---either as a kid or an adult?

[KMK1862]

I can't remember the first time I went shooting, it was either with my friend and his dad or at Scout camp on a .22 or .223

My first gun was an ArmiSport P-1853 Enfield rifle-musket reproduction for re-enacting that was a gift when I was 15. My wallet has been suffering ever since.

 

[stevekaw]

Ruger 580-series Mini-14 Ranch Rifle...

 

[BlackBart]

Remington 582 bolt action 22, tube magazine. GREAT lil rifle, bought used at either Bart's or Stammers I forget........cost was $22.00 and I really scrutinized it.

Parted it out on Ebay a few years ago, 80 bucks on the bolt alone.

 

[yardman]

my first gun is a springfield xd40 first handgun. looking to n get a rifle next

 

[2shots]

My first gun was a 12ga Sears and Roebuck Single shot, my dad bought it for when I turned 16. It had a 28' full choke barrel and oak stock, I remember the first time hunting with it shooting dove. Boy those were the good ole days.

 

[Rockzilla]

Winchester Mdl 70 30/06 age 12 got my arse chewed, my parents didn't like them (guns). A friends father was a hunter / trap-skeet shooter and got it for me Farmers Co-op $90.00, worked on farm to pay for it, father had J.C Higgins semi .22lr and a Win 94 30-30 he had bought back in the 50's from Sears when it was in downtown Frederick,he didn't want me to have any guns, pretty much down hill from there after the Win 70, started buying for him when I could, he has a rather large collection 1911 .45's, 1903's (various mdls), Garand, ole 3 screw Rugers, I managed to get all of the Colt Black powder pistols (yes colt) and they are NIB. Would also shoot NRA small bore at Flair Amory.

Met Col. Bartgis at Linganore Range, that's when it took off, M1 Garands, M1A's, coaching me along the way. Those were the good ole days, they may be gone but they are well remembered.Still have my first M1A he had an Armorer bed it, trick it all out for me.

Oh... and had a Daisy BB Gun so I would guess that would be the first..even that took some doing..

-Rock

 

[Baccusboy]

Other than the Crossman BB gun I had, the first gun I ever got was a single-shot 20 gauge Ithaca shotgun I bought used from a guy who worked for my dad. Still have it. Lots of good memories. I was probably 12.

 

[Maryland_Shooter]

Winchester Model 67 .22 rifle. Shoots LR, R and SR .22 ammo.

In the process of refinishing it . . . used to be dads.

 

[RegularJay]

First gun I ever handledwas an Ithaca 37 Trench Gun, First one I ever fired at around 12 years old was Dad's 45 Long Colt Peacemaker 1st I owned was a Stevens 20 Ga. Still have the Stevens, Inherited the Peacemaker and I'm serching for an Ithaca Trench gun.

Jay

 

[mcbruzdzinski]

My first gun was my Beretta 92 Brigadier Elite. I still practice with it every chance I get and it is my gun of choice for all the training classes I take.

 

[Superreverb]

My first gun that was "mine, all mine" was a Winchester Model 320 that my Dad bought me for my 7th birthday. The gun is long gone, sadly.

 

[jimbobborg]

The first gun I fired was a target .22 for Junior NRA, which I did very well with.

The first gun I purchased was a Ruger Blackhawk 32-30/.32 Magnum convertible, which is also how I got started reloading. I really wish I still had it.

Jim

 

[goofyfish]

New to the forum; first post. Good to be here, gang.
Remington 1100 my dad bought for me in 1968. I still take this gun out for dove each fall.

 

[NateIU10]

First gun I bought was a Glock 19 when I was 19 (lived in Indiana).

 

[jonnyl]

First shot was my Dad's Ruger Single six probably around 1971-2 timeframe.
First purchase - went cheap because I wanted a real gun and got a Raven .25 Auto. I soon regretted it and traded it in for a Bersa single action .22...

First Married purchase went like this:
Me: Hey Hon, guess what we're getting a $500 bonus at work!
Her: Great!! What are we going to do with it?
Me: Buy a 1911 .45
Her: What's that??
Me: a gun
Her: I thought you already had a gun?
Me: but this is an awesomer gun.... etc...etc...etc...

 

[PoPo3]

The first gun I ever bought was a Remington 700 BDL .270. It was used, with a scope and sling for $400.00. The lady I ended up buying it from gave me the rest of the shells in the box. She only shot it a few times. I saved all summer long mowing grass. At the end of the summer, I rolled up all my coins, counted my bills, and it came to $398 and some change. I looked at my dad and said, all I can come up with is $398. My dad said, "I think we can find $2 somewhere." I will never forget that. I was eleven and it is still my go-to deer rifle.

 

[FreeState]

Winchester single shot, bolt action. Still got it, at least 50 years old, works fine.

 

[bowtech25]

My grandfather gave me a 22. Chipmunk when i was just a very young man.

 

[ssjones]

My uncle owned a sporting goods/gun store at Harvey's Lake, near Wilkes-Barre PA. I worked the store most of my summer and holiday vacations. He gave me my first gun, a Ithaca Model 66 20 gauge single-shot. Someone earlier mentioned you chose your shots carefully with a single-barrel! I sold it a few years later to another kid.

My first pistol was is a Ruger MkII, purchased in '80, which I still own and fire

 

[linthicum]

Not counting my air guns. My first gun was a Mossberg 410 single shot bolt action at the age of 9. At age 11 came the 16ga Ithaca 37 featherlight. Then at 14 years old came the Winchester model 1200. All handed down through the family and I still have them and always will.