First Gun: What Was Yours?

[ISCS Yoda]

Ha! I guess my first was an M-14, too, but they didn't let me take it home.

But that doesn't count my dad's F. W. Heym single shot, bolt action .22, which I did acquire as my first, personally owned firearm when the folks were fixing to move away and I slipped it out of the house and took it to my home. My first purchased firearm was Remington Model 788 in .308 Winchester. I still have those guns after 50 years.......

 

[A10]

A Winchester 94, a christmas present from Mom and Dad when I was 8. My first handgun was a Single Six when I was 15. I gifted the Winchester to a friend's son as his first gun, and my beautiful wife stole the Single Six from me! She's a heckuva good shot too.....

 

[dirty & hairy]

A Beretta 92FS. Picked it up used from a pawn shop, no box, case, or even a paper sack. Had to carry it in broad daylight to my car along crowded streets for a few blocks.

 

[Flattop5]

An RG-38. Boy, was I dumb. I don't know if RG is still around. They shouldn't be. I think their revolvers were cast from pig iron or slag. Lesson learned. My next gun was a Ruger Standard Model .22.

I had an RG .22 revolver that someone gave me for free. I played with it for awhile, and then gave it to someone else, for free. It was a tiny gun, and looked almost like a toy. It looked like this one:

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[Old cop]

I saw a lot of people shot & killed by these cheap RG revolvers. During one call we found a big guy dead in his front yard w/no apparent injury. Xrays revealed the round entered his armpit and traveled into his heart killing him. There was a tiny amount of blood absorbed by the armpit hair that we did not see at the scene b/c it was dark outside.

 

[Rob613]

Mid 50s 870 Wingmaster, my grandfather gave it to me for my 10th birthday almost 30 years ago. Along with his Randall model 5 from the same era.

Still have both.

 

[Amsterdam86]

Ruger Blackhawk SA revolver, 6.5" barrel in .357 Mag. Don't believe I ever shot it before trading it in on my first of many .45's.

 

[PeterDE]

1965 just after graduating from Coast Guard boot camp I bought a Colt Frontier Scout 22LR. I too wish I still had it, but I got transferred to NYC, so I sold it. My second was a Savage model 24 Over/under 410/22. Kept that one for many many years even in NY. Long guns were legal.

 

[Patrick L]

Remington 870 Wingmaster, standard weight 20gauge, 26 inch VR IC.

 

[VAPA]

1965 My dad bought me a 20 gauge Ted Williams shotgun from Sears on a Friday evening for $100, sale add in Sundays paper for $85, Monday evening we took it back, they gave him a $15 store credit, still have it today.

 

[Triggerman66]

My folks gave me a new Winchester model 62A pump for my 12th birthday in 1955. What a sweet little shooter it is and of course I still have it locked away for my grandson. A year later we moved to Fort Lauderdale where they had a junior rifle club, so I mowed lawns to fund the purchase of a used Winchester Model 69A bolt action which still shoots nice groups. Too bad there are not more clubs for young people to learn gun safety and shooting skills.

 

[JohnRippert]

Interesting, my first firearm was also a Winchester Model 190. It, however, was a jammomatic. It was not until recently that I found out about the loose barrel nut that causes many of the jamming problems with it. I promptly sold it and bought a clip fed Stevens bolt action .22

My first handgun was a stainless Colt Officers ACP.

 

[Klagz13]

First gun: lever action BB gun
Second: Spyder anodized cammo paintball gun
First real firearms were inherited: a Walther .32, an FEG .380, and a .25 of dubious manufacturing
First purchased: a Pardner Pump 12g, used at Cableas
First new: Springfield XD .45 tactical


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[Texas40]

Not including daisy red riders and toys it was this .22 single shot from Sears&Roebuck pre 1968 so no SN.
I was about 10 or so.

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