I was 21 years old and bought a 6 inch Dan Wesson .357. I later traded it for another firearm. I wish I still had it today, but you know the saying young and dumb.
What was your first gun?
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Comrad
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I paid a friend of mine in a face to face transaction 15 bucks for a H&R Young America .22 seven shot revolver, in NJ of all places. And was able to buy .22 shorts in the hardware store with no questions asked. I was probably 14 years old at the time. Great little fun plinker. Wish I still had it.
shouldazagged
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Walther PP, 7.65mm. A WWII bringback, given to me when I was twelve by a family friend who had taken it from a German officer "who no longer needed it." It still had the late owner's name penciled inside the flap of the holster. It was in beautiful condition.
What was his name ?
357-RevolverGuy
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Ruger 10/22. I sold it to help pay for my wife's ring before we got married. Luckily Ruger's made so many of them that I was able to replace it with one just like it.
Winchester '94 in 30-30 for Christmas of 1968. Hunted a lot with Dad with the gun. I passed it along to a friend whose son was turning 13 and he wanted to get him his first hunting rifle. I was happy it went to someone who would appreciate it and put it to good use.
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Not counting BB/Pellet Guns,my first was an M-1 Carbine I bought to give to my dad-but still had not finished paying it off when he passed away. I wwas able to pay it off 6 months after beccause I wasnt able to think of it for awhile and the seller was nice enough to understand. Anyway, that Carbine--was a very nice one and I loved taking it to the range.
kozmic
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My first was a Crosman 760 Pumpmaster BB gun in 1973. My first "real" gun was a Marlin 336c 30-30 in 1978. My first handgun was a Stainless Ruger Security Six in 1981.
I bought all new myself because no one in my family was into guns or hunting.
I bought all new myself because no one in my family was into guns or hunting.
BobC357
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a children sized single shot 22 rifle. I got it for my 8th birthday.
Biginge
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64 years ago my Grandfather presented me with a WINCHESTER model 74 .22 automatic. I was almost 8 at the time. Remember those greased/lubed. 22s that were guaranteed to keep your pockets free of lint? I still have it today. My Grandson and I shot it not long ago.
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Double-O-Dave
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Mossberg 500 pump shotgun in 12 gauge. I was 12 yrs. old and I still have it, though it hasn't been fired in over 20 years.
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Dave
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Dave
zzzippper
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My 10th birthday in 1968. Dad bought it used for $40 from Mikey's gun shop in Queens NY. I loved going to the basement shop he ran out of his house. What a character...I remember he was quite old and had a funny lisp and a oddly shaped index finger that was deformed from a firearm related accident. I also got my first pistol from him in 1977 after becoming a fan of "Starsky and Hutch"...almost got a 59 but Mikey showed me the Browning Hi-power and it was love at first sight. Still have both.
Mine was the same rifle, the Christmas of my 10th year, 1967. Except mine is brown plastic and blued.
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klausinak
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Mine, (along with my older brothers), was a J.C. Higgins single shot 20 gauge that kicked like a mule. I have no idea whatever happened to that one, I'm sure Dad swapped it in on something. Then, when I was 14 or 15, Dad fell in love with a used 20 gauge O/U, that didn't fit him. I became his excuse to buy it. His instructions were, "It's YOUR shotgun, but it stays on MY wall"; along with "Don't tell your mother what I paid for this" 
. Over the years, I had to put a recoil pad on it to get the LOP back out to something I could still shoot. When Dad passed I got it and it currently resides in my safe. Made by Fias (IIRC), 28" tubes fixed (IC/MOD) and a very pretty stick of claro walnut 
. It doesn't get much use since I mostly hunt ducks anymore, and the thought of dragging it through the mud, silt & slime makes me ill.
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. Over the years, I had to put a recoil pad on it to get the LOP back out to something I could still shoot. When Dad passed I got it and it currently resides in my safe. Made by Fias (IIRC), 28" tubes fixed (IC/MOD) and a very pretty stick of claro walnut . It doesn't get much use since I mostly hunt ducks anymore, and the thought of dragging it through the mud, silt & slime makes me ill.-Klaus
Mine was a Mossberg 715t. Thing was a jamomatic piece of junk. Sold it within a few weeks and got myself an M&P 15-22. I loved that gun but I traded it for a 1911 a while back which I still have. I love the 1911 equally as much but I still miss the 15-22 and being able to go to the range for hours and shoot hundreds of rounds. Gota get myself another one soon.
shouldazagged
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I can't remember--it was 64 years ago. When I was fourteen my dad surprised someone trying to steal the Walther, and my mother sold it to a pawn shop for fifteen bucks. I never got to shoot it.
Eventually I forgave her.
Straightshooter2
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If you include BB guns, it was a Daisy Model 25 pump I got for Christmas one year. The first firearm that was actually mine was a 16 ga. H&R single shot "Topper" model I purchased when I was 18. I bought it in 1967 with money from one of my first paychecks from Delta. Walked into the K-Mart on Cleveland Avenue in Atlanta bought the gun and walked out with it. Not long after that I bought a used .38 Spcl. from a co-worker.
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