The first guns I actually fired were the "family guns" namely a Montgomery Wards "Western Field" .22 single shot, which was made by Mossberg, and an ancient H&R single shot 12 gauge. The rifle was my father's "chicken gun". He'd use it to shoot a chicken from the flock for dinner from the back porch. He always made a head shot. But the very first I could call my own was a Remington 550-1 .22 semi-auto I got for Christmas when I was about 10 or 11. For some stupid reason I sold it about 25 years ago.