Whats the first gun your dad let you shoot?
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Probably the Remington bolt action .22 that now lives in my safe. Our neighbor owned the local livestock yards and my dad helped his wife clean out the house after he died. I remember a violin and the .22. I only learned how to use one of the two. The Remington was a total mess. I "refinished" the stock when I was 12 or so and also did a cold blue on the barrel. I shot it a couple of years ago just for the fun of it and it still works fine.
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A Charter Arms AR-7 .22lr take-down rifle. It was the one that you could disassemble, put the parts in the stock, and (supposedly) it would float. I was 9 years old at the time.
amazingflapjack
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Like PHB, only the model right before his-the Winchester Model 1890 22 short pump that belonged to my maternal Grandfather, and indeed, it is in the safe and shoots as well as ever.Flapjack.
Armyphotog
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His S&W Model 1905, Fourth Change .38 Special police service revolver. I must have been somewhere between 10 and 12 years old. I still have it. Nickel plated with stag grips.
CAJUNLAWYER
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P-38. It was a jam o matic
Of course his dad (my grandfather) used to let me shoot his Ruger 22 Mk I a lot-but I was sworn to secrecy about that
Of course his dad (my grandfather) used to let me shoot his Ruger 22 Mk I a lot-but I was sworn to secrecy about that
feralmerril
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Still have it. It is this winchester 61 with the rare octogon barrel. Dad bought this gun around 1938. Dad was a very tall man with long arms and put a block of wood or pad on all his long guns for LOP.
mpi
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Remington 700, still have the bent scope and the scar. i was 6 years old!
Had mine out about 3 weeks ago and can not believe with all that has been shoot thought it that it still shoots as good as it dos very little blueing left on it but no rust
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My father wasn't a "gun guy" until later in life...despite the fact that he was a WWII veteran. We didn't have guns in the house when I was growing up.
My Uncle George (my father's brother-in-law) had some guns though. When we visited them, sometimes my uncle would take my father and they would go shooting.
Even though I asked, the *******s never took me along! I was "too young".
I bought my own "first gun" when I was 18. My father bought a couple of guns after I did.
My Uncle George (my father's brother-in-law) had some guns though. When we visited them, sometimes my uncle would take my father and they would go shooting.
Even though I asked, the *******s never took me along! I was "too young".
I bought my own "first gun" when I was 18. My father bought a couple of guns after I did.
Winchester model 67A .22LR bolt action single shot - dad gave it to me when I was 7 as my first gun and the one I used for my NRA class. Like a dope I sold it in 1988 for $25.00 in a garage sale....duhhhh! 
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I'm going to go stand in the corner now.
My dad didn't buy his first gun until just after I was born. He was 38 years old at the time. Dad had a bunch of LE friends and he practiced with them quite often (Free ammo!!) He taught me how to shoot it when I was 9 or 10 years old. The gun is a model 36 no dash shipped and sold in 1968. He paid $79.50 for it, though it is priceless to me.
The first gun Dad let me shoot was a Savage 24V? I think. it was a 22/410. I could shoot rabbits with either barrel and pheasants with the 410. I always thought it was a great way to start a kid on a scattergun 'cause once I learned to hit birds with the 410, moving up to a 20 ga. made me look like a pro in the field!
First firearm
Christmas 1962.....long box under the tree....Stevens 940A .410 and two boxes of shells.....had to wait until after dinner (lunch down here)....still have it.....first rifle was a Winchester 190 .22.....still have it...first handgun was a Ruger 3 screw .357 Blackhawk.....it's gone....my dad was a great man.....
rick
Christmas 1962.....long box under the tree....Stevens 940A .410 and two boxes of shells.....had to wait until after dinner (lunch down here)....still have it.....first rifle was a Winchester 190 .22.....still have it...first handgun was a Ruger 3 screw .357 Blackhawk.....it's gone....my dad was a great man.....
rick
My first was a H&R nine shot .22 with a six inch barrel. It went everywhere my father did and I got to first shoot it at age five.
First shotgun was a double barrel Stevens .410.
First rifle was a Remington single shot 22.
First shotgun was a double barrel Stevens .410.
First rifle was a Remington single shot 22.
1903A3 that was cut down for a five year old kid by his uncle who was a gunsmith in Portales, NM. Kicked like a mule, but I loved that gun shooting Surplus 06 for target pratice, hunting loads were Surplus 06 that had the bullet pulled and replaced with a 150grn Silver Tip.
I was a deer murderin' dude till about twelve when I out grew that gun and had to pass it on to one of my cousins.
I didn't get a .22lr Rifle till I was 10 and that was a hand me down from one of my uncles. It was made in the 30s. Most accurate .22 that I had until I bought a 514T Bull Barrel 700BDL.
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I was a deer murderin' dude till about twelve when I out grew that gun and had to pass it on to one of my cousins.
I didn't get a .22lr Rifle till I was 10 and that was a hand me down from one of my uncles. It was made in the 30s. Most accurate .22 that I had until I bought a 514T Bull Barrel 700BDL.
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