What was the First Gun you purchased for yourself?

[RonJ]

Mine was a Savage 340 in .222 Remington.
First handgun was a model 28 HP 4".

 

[Indiana George]

First handgun: Walther PPK/S

 

[Smith357]

Rifle, Winchester 94 .30-30
Shotgun, Winchester Defender
Handgun, Ruger Blackhawk Convertable .357/9mm

 

[ecam8000]

Do you mean purchased or aquired (our family's polite way of saying STOLE)? My first aquired was a Rem 521 .22 and an H&R top break .22 (thanks Dad). My first purchased was a Ruger 10/22.

 

[pete-driver]

I bought a M1 Garand from Woolworth's with my graduation money.

First pistol was five years later, a Springfield Armory 1911a1.

 

[diamonback68]

Smith&Wesson Model 36 2" blued square butt, bought in 1975. Stolen from me by my wife in 1997.

 

[Gutpile Charlie]

It was a Mossberg Model 146B, tubular magazine, .22 bolt action rifle.

Purchased when I was age 14 from a Montgomery Ward store, "on sale", for $25.00. NIB. This was in 1955.

Now like an idiot, I sold it in 1968...for...$25.00...and thought I got a good deal!

Damn, I was young and stupid.

I wish I still had it. It was a wonderful, well made, accurate rifle. Besides that, it was stocked in a beautiful piece of well finished, dark walnut.

Here's a picture of one I found. Sorry for the photo, but it was the best I could come up with.

 

[Class III]

Rifle - Marlin 30A 30-30, Still have it, but don't use it.

Shotgun - Ithaca 37 12 Ga., Still have it. Use it for Quail a couple times a year.

Revolver - High Standard Double Nine 22 LR, Long Gone, wish I still had it.

Pistol - S & W Model 39-2 Nickel. Just got through cleaning it up after this mornings range visit.

Class III

 

[rocketdog]

Marlin Model 60 .22lr

Mossberg 12 gauge pump

Colt Government Model .45 acp MK IV Series 70

 

[Leonard]

1st rifle was a $20.00 303 Lee Enfield. 1st handgun was a Ruger .22 single action.

 

[labworm]

Colt Government .380

 

[Senior Citizen]

Been so long long ago I don't even remember the brand. It Was a 22 LR revolver. Had white plastic grips and you had to unscrew the cylinder pin to remove the cylinder. I was only 12 and I bought it at Chipley Hardware on RailRoad Avenue for $12.95. I think it might have been an RG?????

A year later I bought an H&R Topper 48 at Western Auto for I think $29.99. It was a 30-30 and I still have it. I've had the "working parts" smoothened up and hand load 110's and 125's for it and it has killed close to 50 deer since 196xxxxxxx. I killed my first deer with it and so did my son.

 

[7.62foryou]

First rifle, Sears and Roebuck .22 semi tube fed. Fired shorts, longs and long rifle.
First handgun was a S&W model 10 .38spl with a 2" barrel.

 

[max]

Hi-Standard Dura-Matic .22. The cost was $69 in 1972.

 

[DeathGrip]

A butchered N.R.Davis 12ga side by side. I don't think it was worth any thing,but I had to have it.

 

[jbouwens]

A Red Ryder BB gun. I emptied my piggy bank and bought the Red Ryder with my dad in tow. I just had enough for the gun so dad spotted me a buck or so for the BBs. Thanks pop. I love ya!

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Winchester Model 24 16 gauge double in 1951. Price was 45 bucks used.Still have it. Took my first Honker that same year.

 

[ambassador]

HiStandard 22lr pump.

 

[686_was_my_first]

A 686 with a 6 inch barrel, stainless finish and Pacmar grips. Purchased used in 1988 for $300.

 

[montezumaz]

Green Remington Nylon 66.

My dad sold it after I enlisted in the Air Force.

Found a used, brown one last year for $140.