Winchester model 69, given to me for my 16th birthday in 1962. It occupies a position of honor in my long gun safe.
What gun have you had the longest?
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otis24
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H&R Bay State single shot 20ga. Got it when I was 13; 45 years ago.
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Ruger 10/22 since December 25, 1967. Came from Caldors Department Store Northampton Mass. Price tag was $54.
.38SuperMan
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It has to be my Smith M28 that I bought new in 1978.
I hate to think about the ones I bought before the M28 that I got rid of.
I hate to think about the ones I bought before the M28 that I got rid of.
Marshal Tom
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Probably my first year production 6.5" .44 Magnum but could be my 2nd model Lady Smith with box that i got from my uncle. Most of my really early ones went away over time like my early police guns, a model 60 and a model 66 that I purchased in about 1971 and my BHP at about the same time.
Sears-Roebuck 12 ga Pump. I guess I got it about 77-78, somewhere in there. I paid $99.00 for it plus whatever the tax was. It came with two barrels, the 28" Modified pictured, and a 24" rifle sight slug barrel that I don't think I've ever even put on the gun. Maybe when it was new, to see what it looked like. I did the camo job on it myself. It's almost never fired anything except 3" number 1 buckshot. Every deer I ever killed, except one fell in front of it. I haven't hunted in years now, but it still holds down it's space in my safe.
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A Cooey Repeater 22 bolt action rifle with tube magazine. It was my grandfather’s. He passed in 1969 so my father had actual possession of it for a long time.
The first firearm I ever bought was a Browning A-500G 12 gauge. Mostly used it for duck and goose hunting on occasional trips to the Delmarva peninsula while I lived in Virginia. It always worked no matter how cold or wet it was. Funny - I need to trim the herd a bit but selling that one never occurred to me.
The first firearm I ever bought was a Browning A-500G 12 gauge. Mostly used it for duck and goose hunting on occasional trips to the Delmarva peninsula while I lived in Virginia. It always worked no matter how cold or wet it was. Funny - I need to trim the herd a bit but selling that one never occurred to me.
hyena
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Belgian Browning Auto 5 Light 12 shotgun, bought new in September 1971 when I was a sophomore in high school, age 16, with earnings from the job I had started that spring. Traded in the first gun I bought, a bolt action Mossberg 20 gauge. Actually, the guns were bought in my Dad's name, since I wasn't old enough to buy them. Dad was satisfied with the Winchester 1897 that had belonged to my mother's father.
Still have it, of course. And the Winchester.
Still have it, of course. And the Winchester.
31FordA
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The gun I’ve had the longest is the one I got first, a Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman. Dad gave it to me when I was 14. The second oldest, by about 30 minutes, is my Model 36-1. I asked Dad if I could have his 36-1 too, since I had the Highway Parolman, and he said I may as well have both.
The oldest long gun is my Remington 870 that I got for my high school graduation.
The oldest long gun is my Remington 870 that I got for my high school graduation.
Not my first firearm, but the oldest that I bought and still have is my 1917 Army .45 revolver that I bought in 1959 from a pawn shop for either $29.95 or 24.95 (can’t remember which). I was still in high school so an older brother was the legal purchaser (maybe an old “straw-man” purchase? The horror!)
My first ČZs, vz.50 and vz.52, acquired as a pair.
AJ
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My Grandfather gave me a Savage Model 7 clip fed semiauto rifle. I was 10 at the time (62 years ago). He had bought it new in 1938. Still is in my gun safe and is my oldest Grandson's now. Been in the family 85 years now.
1959. It was a Mossberg 44US (d) that was my first, in all respects. It was paid for with paper route money. I still have it.
My WInchester 1200 is the one I've bought and had the longest. It started out with a super long barrel, I had it cut to 24" with changeable chokes. Stopped hunting and hacked it off to 18".
I've got the first gun I ever shot, and a few more handed down from family that are a lot older, but I didn't buy them.
I've got the first gun I ever shot, and a few more handed down from family that are a lot older, but I didn't buy them.
I always enjoy threads like these- lots of neat old guns and the connections that go with them. Figured I’d add mine- Winchester 67A Junior rifle on my 6th bday way back in 1987, as for handgun, a 1968 mfg Mod 17-3 K22 6” (crane is actually marked “17-2” but is an early -3 as per letter). Dad gave it to me when I turned 17 in 1998. Put a zillion rounds thru that revolver and it still looks good and shoots well.
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Stevens Favorite 1917 that hung in the garage rafters at a home my folks bought as an estate. Dad said, “Looks like you got your first gun”. I was one happy 12 year old in 1962. Grandsons both shot it last summer, thought it was a ‘hoot’, their words! Made me smile out loud!
My New Model Blackhawk 45 convertible since 1974..
MPWhite
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M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber . 30, M1); yes I had a couple before that one, but those I have long said goodbye to, the M1 carbine, is the one that I have used since the late 1960's.
You have excellent taste in weaponry. Within a year of buying my M36 I bought an used Remington 870 to practice with (I even bought a skeet barrel for it and shot skeet in college). My feeling at the time, since I was majoring in LE was I better master the tools of the trade before I go to the Academy. (First time I shot Master was with my gas mask on, sure surprised the Firearms Instructor.)
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