Remington 870 Wingmaster, Left Hand action. Gift when I was about 13. Still have it.
What was your first gun?
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RobertJ.
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I was 11, it was 1971. We lived in a logging camp not far from Sitka in SE Alaska. I bought a Model 1891 Mauser in 7.65 X 53mm from my Dad's friend Jim Smith for 30 bucks. I killed my first two deer with that rifle. I wanted to shoot a brown bear, and actually a couple times I thought I was going to get to, but alas, it never happened.
On Christmas morning in 1959, when I was 14, found a long package under the tree with my name on it. Further investigation revealed a J.C. Higgins(Sears) 12 ga. bolt-action. That was the start of a lifelong affliction with things that go bang. Yep, still have it....and the affliction too.
LouisianaJoe
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My grandfather had a Stevens single shot 20 ga. He said that his first grandson would get it. That was me. I still have it.
Savage Model 170, 30-30 pump.
Given to me on my 15th birthday to use on deer, coyotes, etc.
Wasn't the first gun I ever shot but is the first one that was really MINE.
Still have it and it's still a great gun to shoot.
Given to me on my 15th birthday to use on deer, coyotes, etc.
Wasn't the first gun I ever shot but is the first one that was really MINE.
Still have it and it's still a great gun to shoot.
cmort666
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My first firearm was a Commission 88 rifle cut down to short rifle length (probably for the Turkish Forestry Service). I bought it through the mail in '77 during the sudden influx of these rifles. I think I paid something like $32 for it.
A bunch of us in college purchased these. They're good guns, but not really safe to shoot, since contrary to the advertising of the time, they WEREN'T "rebarreled" to 7.92x57mmS. They just had freebore added so that the .323 bullet didn't INSTANTLY have to hit the .318 bore. Paradoxically, this made them EXTREMELY accurate, frequently (as noted by "Guns & Ammo" at the time) more accurate than 98 Mausers.
A bunch of us in college purchased these. They're good guns, but not really safe to shoot, since contrary to the advertising of the time, they WEREN'T "rebarreled" to 7.92x57mmS. They just had freebore added so that the .323 bullet didn't INSTANTLY have to hit the .318 bore. Paradoxically, this made them EXTREMELY accurate, frequently (as noted by "Guns & Ammo" at the time) more accurate than 98 Mausers.
First gun: Savage Model 1904 .22RF bolt action single shot (1950)
indiandave
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A Marlin 80C I got on my 12th birthday. No pop bottles or cans were safe from my blued steel baby. I still have it and still shoot it once in a while.
BearBio
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J.C. Higgins 22 rifle for my 12th birthday. First pistol was a Ruger Single Six for graduation (I was 18, so it went under my own name!)
chaparrito
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A take down single shot .410, I want to say it was a Remington but am not sure. Might have been a Savage. I was 10.It had this spiffy canvas field bag with pockets sewn in for the component pieces. My idiot brother pawned it along with most of the family guns back in the early 70s or I'd still have it.
Kids in our family were given single shots and not allowed anything else until they could reliably knock down doves in flight. I've followed the same procedure with my kids. No pumps, bolts, semi-auto anything until you're proficient.
Kids in our family were given single shots and not allowed anything else until they could reliably knock down doves in flight. I've followed the same procedure with my kids. No pumps, bolts, semi-auto anything until you're proficient.
Eaglestroker
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First gun that was absolutely mine is this 1954 production Winchester '94 30-30. It was an Arkansas State Penitentiary gun, gift from my grandfather and all the grandkids have a matching one to mine.
hberttmank
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My first gun was a Springfield single shot .410 my Dad gave me. First gun I bought was a High Standard Sport King. Still have them both.
Rick_A
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This 10/22.
20130927_132119 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
Of course it was once bone stock and performed decently.
18 years and countless rounds later it is still working well and is more accurate than ever.
20130927_132119 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
Of course it was once bone stock and performed decently.
18 years and countless rounds later it is still working well and is more accurate than ever.
Mine was an Ithaca Model 66, "youth model" in 20 ga. 26" barrel, modified choke. It was a break action, single shot, with a lever like a lever action rifle to break the action. Got it for Christmas about 65-66...I forget exactly when.
mafuta54
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Marlin Model 60.
The first gun I bought for myself was a S&W 4" 13, this was in 1977, without the book handy I don't know what "dash" that was (didn't pay attention to such things back then). It was shortly thereafter replaced by a 4" 66 (which I'm assuming was -1 in 1978). Sadly don't have either any more.
My first firearm was a ruger 10-22 which my father gave me Christmas 1963 , I was 10 years old and I still remember how excited I was , you would have thought I got a Barrett 50 cal . Gunsmith tried to buy it , he said it was one of the first ones manufactured , no deal , I gave it to my son . The stories that 22 could tell .
tyusclan
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Mine was a Revelation youth model single shot .410. I was about 8, and I think Dad paid about $10 or $12 for it. He still has it at his house.
Circa 1963 I got a second hand Winchester model 55 22 caliber automatic single shot. This was a bizarre gun. You manually cocked it with a lever on the right side similar to an auto loading shotgun. Then you pushed a cartridge thought the top of the receiver through a loading gate similar to loading cartridges into a lever action center fire. Upon pushing down on the loading gate, the safety automatically was engaged. Taking the safety off and firing, the gun automatically ejected the empty out a hole in the bottom of the receiver and recocked the action, thus needing only to push another cartridge into the loading gate and disengage the safety to fire again.
SharkmanDan
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I find it ironic, that it get an email about this thread, and the two guns posted in the email, are a Remington 572 Fieldmaster, and a Remington Nylon 66.
In 1969, I was 9, my sister was 12. Our grandfather put us through the local NRA Junior Rifle Club, sponsored by the local Elks Lodge, of which dad and grandpa, both belonged.
Once we completed the rifle safety course, and hunter safety course, we were each given a rifle. Me, a Remington 572 Fieldmaster, and my sister got the Nylon 66. We each still have those rifles, in our safes. Both of us, plan to pass them on to our grandchildren.
More irony, the third photo in this thread, is a Stevens Crack Shot. That was the first rifle I bought all on my own. I think I paid $8 or $9 from a friend, who just had to have a Marlin 60, and needed that much more, to get it. I'd been saving for a bicycle, but the rifle seemed like a real worthwhile investment. Still have it, too.
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In 1969, I was 9, my sister was 12. Our grandfather put us through the local NRA Junior Rifle Club, sponsored by the local Elks Lodge, of which dad and grandpa, both belonged.
Once we completed the rifle safety course, and hunter safety course, we were each given a rifle. Me, a Remington 572 Fieldmaster, and my sister got the Nylon 66. We each still have those rifles, in our safes. Both of us, plan to pass them on to our grandchildren.
More irony, the third photo in this thread, is a Stevens Crack Shot. That was the first rifle I bought all on my own. I think I paid $8 or $9 from a friend, who just had to have a Marlin 60, and needed that much more, to get it. I'd been saving for a bicycle, but the rifle seemed like a real worthwhile investment. Still have it, too.
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wyccad915
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My first gun was an SD9VE. I wish I had received one at a younger age, but I went out and bought mine at the age of 22. That was only a couple of years ago and I now have a total of 9. I don't own anything too extravagant. The most expensive guns I own are $400 tops. I actually own 3 Mosin Nagants and a cheap .22 heritage revolver, so half my lot I purchased for less than $150 a piece.
I don't own a shotgun, and I don't own an AR15, but both are high on my list for next purchase.
I don't own a shotgun, and I don't own an AR15, but both are high on my list for next purchase.
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That was my 2nd gun. Mine had belonged to my granddaddy who bought it at the beginning of WW II. He wanted something to get rid of the bunnies that raided his garden.
It's got the plastic Tennite stock and fore end. The buttstock has a metal plug threaded into it for storage.
Mine was an Ithaca-Model 49 Saddlegun. My 12th birthday present. (seemed much bigger then...) I still have it.
That was my first gun also. Got it for my 15th birthday.
Ruger 10/22 about 1973 when I was sixteen. My older brother bought it for me as wages for working for him on the farm one summer. I still have it, unmodified, and just shot it a few days ago after sitting many years in my safe. With the stock open sights (rear notch and front brass bead), I shot better groups with it at 60 yds than I did with a customized 10/22 with bull barrel and scope.
My first was this Marlin 22 my folks gave me in the fall of 1946. I was 13 years old. It is a Marlin 81DL, tube fed, and it originally had an aperture sight that was adjustable with difficulty. I finally got it on target at 100 yards and left it alone. It taught me to shoot. The clubby stock and plastic trigger guard were from the first post WW II production. I later put the Weaver D6 (I think) on it. It's fired many bricks of high velocity ammo and is a little long in the headspace but I still shoot it occasionally to let it know I still love it.
The first gun I bought myself was an Erfurt Luger. Had it almost 10 years before I sold it.
The first gun I bought myself was an Erfurt Luger. Had it almost 10 years before I sold it.
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My dad had firearms but they, at the time, really weren't mine.
The first firearm I could call my own was an AK. I bought a used SA85m, on my 18th B-day in the early 90s. The store owner let me put it on on a three month layaway before my b-day. I was still in HS and working at McDs for $3.35 an hour and every week I put something down even it was just $5. I was happy when I finally brought it home but it was a little bittersweet - I found the chase was a little more fun than the catch. I still do.
I still have it.
The first firearm I could call my own was an AK. I bought a used SA85m, on my 18th B-day in the early 90s. The store owner let me put it on on a three month layaway before my b-day. I was still in HS and working at McDs for $3.35 an hour and every week I put something down even it was just $5. I was happy when I finally brought it home but it was a little bittersweet - I found the chase was a little more fun than the catch. I still do.
I still have it.
inspcalahan
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Shot a few guns before it, but my first all mine was a JC Higgins .20 GA I still have. Will never get rid of it.... Probably could use new springs though.
locolobo56
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My first "real" gun was a Marlin/Glenfield Bolt action 410. Got it and a box of shells for Christmas when I was 12. By the end of the day the whole box of shells were gone and we had a pile of fried squirrel for dinner. First one I purchased was an H&R 20 ga. when I was 14. I paid $5 a week from my weekend job til it was paid for. The 410 was stolen from the parents home after I left home but the H&R is still in my arsenal along with a 30-30 barrel for it that was my first deer rifle. I signed it over to my son when he was 14 but it still resides in my safe.
bunkshaner
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My first gun I got for Christmas when I was 7 years old. It was a H&R junior .410 single shot then I graduated up to the same gun in a 20 gauge when I was 8 the following Christmas. I still have both guns. Those 2 Christmas' were the best ever and most memorable. Stopped believing in jolly ol' st Nick not long after....Christmas was never the same
I also still have my dad's first gun which I just grabbed the other day to clean for him was a Western Auto Supply bolt action .410 I think it was bought new in mid 60s
I also still have my dad's first gun which I just grabbed the other day to clean for him was a Western Auto Supply bolt action .410 I think it was bought new in mid 60s
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