What was the First Gun you purchased for yourself?

[M28]

First gun and rifle: Ruger 10/22
First handgun: Ruger Police Service Six .357
First shotgun: Remington 870 Wingmaster
First S & W: 28-2

I still have each of the guns and their respective boxes.

Brian~

 

[conn ak]

First pistol...Iver Johnson TP22.....First long gun...Winchester Ranger 12ga.

 

[smith41mag]

A Smith & Wesson 686 4".

 

[Cobroller]

Savage 219 .22 Hornet with a scope and 50 rounds of ammo for 30 bucks. Deadly on varmints until lost in house fire many years later.

 

[bigal_2482]

First shotgun was a 12 gauge Remington 870 super express magnum
First rifle was a 22 lr remington I think the model number was 590
First revolver S&W model 60-0
First semi auto handgun was a Browning 380 I have no idea what the model was

 

[gbrady]

first rifle was a 12 dollar single shot winchester .22 when I was 12. next was an old well worn win. 97 in 16 ga. and a 1911 thru DCMP

 

[s&wchad]

A 27-2 for $300 in 1975. I worked at a gas station on summer vacation in high school to make payments to the dealer. $300 was a lot of money back then. My dad did the paperwork for me.

 

[gunnut44]

Mine was a old Colt detective special, I bought it off a older man that used to come to the auto repair shop I think I paid $100 or $125 no more, and that was alot of cash those days right out of high school, man I am kicking myself right now for trading it! It was MINT!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

1. Rifle: M1917 Enfield-Winchester-still have.
2. Handgun: Browning High Power-still have.
3. Shotgun- Rossi Coach Gun-still have.

 

[G-Mac]

First rifle...Ruger 10/22 around 1977.

First shotgun...Remington 870 Wingmaster with vent-rib skeet barrel...around 1978.

First handgun...Ruger GP-100...early model...bought in 1986.

I still have the 10/22 and the GP-100.

Sold my first 870 during a weak moment in 1979 (needed mag wheels and white-letter tires for my truck), but replaced it with a similar 870 Brushmaster (Wingmaster with a rifle-sight slug barrel) a few years later. Still have that one.

 

[phs3194]

My first was a 22 revolver made by Herbert Schmidt in West Germany. It was a copy of the Colt single action. I paid a friend $18.00 for it and he brought it to high school on the bus to give it to me. Now we would both be locked up but back in 1967 no one seemed to mind.
Charles

 

[reerc]

This Browning.

Bought it in ~ late '70s, still have the box, and the price sticker is still on it; $167.50.

 

[Marshwheeling]

First handguns were a CZ vz.50 and a CZ 52, bought together with a bunch of ammo. It was my interest in Czech motorbikes that led a friend to offer them to me as additional examples of Czech engineering and manufacturing. (Of course, a lot of arms manufacturers have also made motorbikes. Thankfully not Harley Davidson. I would not rely on a firearm made by Harley any more than I would fly in an airplane made by them.)

 

[cass]

First gun I bought with my own (paper route) money was in 1963. It was a 303 British Enfield MkIV, with a few boxes of tracer ammo. Started a large brush fire with those puppies.

 

[gunsmith11]

1969 ad in paper Ruger Bearcat, with Meyers western belt and holster...paid $ 20.00

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Saved for a shotgun and bought a Stevens M311 double barrel 12 gauge with 28" barrels at a gunshow when I was 19.

Still have that shotgun 26 years later.

 

[m1gunner]

First firearm, a Franchi 48AL 12 gauge. It was a sheriff dept trade in. It has a buggered up receiver from riding in gunracks in patrol cars.

Have shot a zillion doves with it and still shoot it some.

First revolver, a S&W mod 15-4 bought new from a dealer. Wish I still had that one.

 

[G-Mac]

Originally posted by Marshwheeling: It was my interest in Czech motorbikes....

I've owned several CZ motocross bikes. I raced a 1974 380cc CZ "red-frame" around the Northeast when I was a bit younger. I also had a 1973 250cc black frame.

Funny you would like Czech motorbikes, but put down Harleys...they have a lot in common...outdated technology, heavy, simple, basic designs that just plain work...and each has a cult following.

Not sure I'd fly in a plane that Jawa/CZ made either.

 

[westcoast362]

The first handgun I bought was a Ruger Blackhawk in .357mag. It cost $106.

 

[feralmerril]

I also had a CZ. It was about late 40s, two stroke, black with a chrome tank. Busted the shifter and used a vice grip wrench. Owned it about in 1955. A whizzer before that.