What were YOUR first guns?

[Broke Hoss]

1st gun I ever shot was a Winchester model 67 that was passed down from my dad through my older brother to me. I still have it & taught both my sons to shoot with it. My brother & I won several "Turkey Shoots" back in the day with that gun.

My 1st shotgun was a bolt action .410. Don't know what ever became of that old gun. I think it was used in a trade for my brother's Marlin 30-30.

The 1st rifle that was bought for me; a .30 M1 carbine. I was 13 & learned to reload using a Lee loader.

The 1st pistol I bought NIB was a Colt Officer's Model .45 acp. I traded it later for an AMT Hardballer that I built into my IPSC gun. I still have it.

 

[ancient-one]

My dad bought me a Remington Improved Model 6 when I was eight. My grandson has it. My brother, daughter, grandson and great grandson all
learned to shoot with it.
I bought a Stevens bolt action 20 Ga. when I was about twelve. It is long gone.
My first handgun was my Dad's Police Positive. My grandson has it. It is one hundred and one years old.
The first handgun that I bought was a Standard Ruger 6 inch barrel. My grandson has it.

 

[steveno]

303 British jungle carbine. my dad and uncle went through a barrel of them to get what they thought was the best one for $32. I wish they would have bought the whole barrel of them. a big mistake as getting rid of. I was 14 at the time and my uncle had me reloading for it the same year

 

[alwslate]

My first gun was a Stevens Mod 15 bolt action single shot .22 rifle that
I received as a Christmas present in 1958 when I was 13 yrs old. I still
have it and will keep it until I no longer need it.

 

[BigBill]

A mossberg shotgun, 12ga 36" barrel bolt action goose gun.

First handguns, (70's)

1. Colt Python, 357/6" blue
2. Ruger SBH 44/7.5" Barrel blue
3. Ruger police service six 357/2 3/4" bbl gf-32

 

[Skeet 028]

My first was also a Winchester M-69 22. Still have it all these years later. I was 7. Paid 10 dollars for it to a fellow that I happened to know. He was getting out of farming(and being married) and I had helped on his farm driving a tractor pulling a wagon for picking up straw. Paid with my own money too. Fist centerfire was a M-1 carbine given to me by a fellow that worked at Aberdeen Proving ground. He gave me ammo too. I wore that gun out. Oh it was a Winchester. First shotgun was a Winchester M-37 410...It was a great shotgun for me...but hard to hit flying critters. But I shot my first Canada Goose with it when I was 11. First handgun which I still have is a SAA in 38WCF in exc 60% or better condition. I bought it when I was 11. for 15 dollars. Have never fired it. and it is residing back east in a safety deposit box . First semi auto handgun I bought from Kleins Sporting goods mail order when I was a bit too young. Military 1911. it was cheap...and worth almost every penny I paid.

 

[CH4]

Winchester 77 22lr
Winchester 70 06. Pre 64
Remington 11 20 ga
Remington 8 30 Rem
Savage 1899 rebarreled to 30-30

 

[rwsmith]

Model 10 snub

Savage 110 30-06
Browning A5 Shotgun

I had these for a long time, then they started to grow.

 

[Moo Moo]

My first gun was a High Standard Victor with the 4" barrel. (Similar to the one in the photo). I purchased it when I was about 16 years old. Mainly used it in ISSF competitions for a few years. Ended up trading it in on a Pardini SPE. Still have the Pardini.

 

[chief38]

My first was a Marlin / Glenfield model 25 Bolt Action, 7 round Mag. Rifle in .22 rimfire. It shot Shorts, Longs & Long Rifles and came with a 1/2" 4X Marlin branded Scope. The Glenfield version was a cheaper line of Marlins and used Beachwood instead of Walnut for the Stock material. The fit and finish was slightly less quality although the rifle remains a "Tack Driver" till this day! Believe it or not, the damned rifle had a much better trigger pull than almost any production Rimfire Rifle does today!! I think my Dad bought it for about $39 bucks complete! I'd spend countless hours on the weekends shooting box after box of .22 Shorts through it and still have my original Sears Cleaning Kit in the red steel box.

I've never mounted the Scope and it is still NIB (original box) along with the little Descant package it came with. Being only a 1/2" in diameter it's pretty much a "junker".

Mt first Shotgun was a 12 Ga. Savage Stevens Pump with an adjustable Choke attached. I bought it when I was 14 for Pheasant Hunting and sold it when I went off to college. Wish I still had it just out of nostalgia.

 

[BigBoy99]

My first rifle was a Nylon 66 and my first handgun was an all matching, including magazine in like new condition Luger. I sold the rifle about a year ago but still have the Luger. I think I paid $20 for the Luger.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Remington 870 in 12 gauge with a 26" vent rib barrel, at age 13, followed shortly by a Remington 700 BDL in .30-06, both left handed actions. I still have both . . .

 

[Old cop]

1968 Colt Cobra, purchased new as my first off-duty gun, for $85 and I still have it.

 

[double-dipper]

Remington 870 in 12 gauge at about age 13 or so. I had a paper rout and one of the stops was a gun store. I wanted an 870 really bad so I saved my money for a few months and bought it. A man named Clifford that worked the counter sold it to me. It must have been quite a sight to see a paper boy delivering the rest of the paper rout with a shotgun. I don't think anything thing like that could ever happen today.

 

[old tanker]

First gun I shot was an old Mossberg military trainer 22.
First shotgun was Remington 11-48 16 gauge. I loved that gun, clunky as it was.
First center fire rifle was a old Winchester 94 30-30. Think all 6 of us boys started deer hunting with that gun
My dad was not overly fond of handguns. Didn't hate them, just saw little use for them.We had one in the house. Hi Standard Sentinel 9 shot 22 with a 3" barrel. Still think about getting another one just for old times sake.

The Mossberg 44US was not the first gun I shot, but it was the first gun I was allowed to own. Bought at age 12, with paper route money. Schools still had rifle teams in those days. Memories of that Mossberg occasionally outshooting some rich kid's Remington 513T or Winchester Model 52 still make me smile.

A hand me down 94 was the first deer gun for me too.

First handgun in the house was a DCM 1911 obtained with the connivance of the same uncle who passed down the .30-30. Like yours, Dad never had much us for pistols.

I guess I should add that I still have all three of those guns.

 

[loknload]

My first was a hand me down Winchester 69A .22 rifle with a scope. That rifle went just about everywhere with me. Still have it and it's been a long long time since it's been out.
My first Handgun purchased was a Ruger Super Blackhawk.357 still have that as well.
My first Smith and Wesson Handgun was my Chiefs Special Md# 37, it was my first CCW and that one still resides in my safe!

 

[tops]

When I was 12 I got a 20 ga. single barrel Iver Johnson for my birthday and Christmas. My son has it. I saved my pennies and lunch money and when I was 15 I bought a Win. 67A .22 and it is now long gone. At 16 I got a part time job and bought a .303 British and it is long gone. A few months later I bought .25 auto (Spanish or Italian) and it is long gone. In a sentimental way it might be nice to have my first guns but I was too poor to keep everything and the ones I don't have have been upgraded for something better. Larry

 

[desi2358]

First gun, hmmm

well my very first was, of course a Daisy BB gun... First real gun I can remember shooting was an old, beat up Winchester 22 pump (an 06 I believe) and then an old single shot 12 ga. shotgun my uncle had. Dad wasn't much into guns after his Army service but he was very active in the local Legion post and one of his friends in the post let me shoot a handgun one day (our house was across the road from the local shooting range). I have had a fascination and love for Lugers ever since.

First gun I ever bought with my own money was a flintlock pistol, had become obsessed with the Hornblower novels and wanted one like they had back then. Must have stuck with me as I have a number of muzzle loaders (and a few swords too) and still find them the most enjoyable guns to shoot.

I still have that flintlock, don't know what happened to the old Winchester or the single shot 12 ga. (think one of my cousins has them but not sure). I did end up with a 16 ga. my dads father had, one of my uncles had it and passed it on to me as he thought I would appreciate it the most.

 

[NYlakesider]

My first gun was given to me at about age 12 by my father. It was a rather well used Mossberg .22 Do not know what the model was, but it was carbine length auto loader with a 7? round magazine with a plastic forend that would drop down to be perpendicular with the barrel.

My second gun was a joint venture between my father and me (we sort of shared costs) It was a 16G Ithaca pump at age 14.

My father was a occasional hunter and not realy a gun person but as I have said here before he talked with the local gun dealer and I did all my own trades after that. Ny next gun was the sweet little .22 Browning auto loader I have mentioned on here a couple times.

Never shot a handgun till I was about 18. Due to the gun laws there were not that many people in our circle that had a handgun.

 

[memtb]

Not counting my Benjamin Pump, my dad gave me a Stevens 22/410 over/under that he had won...for my 8th birthday. I killed my first deer with that little Stevens. I saved my lawn mowing and Pecan money, and bought my first centerfire rifle (Win. model 88 in .308) at 14. I started Handloading for it at about age 15. My first centerfire handgun was a S&W Model 28 purchased @ age 16, which I still own....my mother had to sign for me (1968 Gun Control Act)! I started casting bullets at about age 17 or 18.....so I could shoot the "Smith" a lot more!

There's been a "lot of water under the bridge" since that first firearm! memtb

 

[BC38]

I got a Stevens model 24 22lr/410 over/under for my 19th th birthday. Wish I still had it, but it was stolen in a home burglary. I still have Marlin bolt action 20 gauge Dad bought me actions actions replacemet.

 

[jimmyj]

First was a Daisy BB rifle (1946)
Second was a Savage Model 1904 .22 B/A single shot (1950)

 

[kimporter]

First was a Remington 514 youth,long gone now,got it when I was 6 and used it till I got about 10 then dad got me a Winchester 69a,still got it,first shotgun was a single shot Stevens 16 ga my uncle got me for my 10th birthday(''twas a good year for me),then when I was 12 my dad gave me his ren 722 222,used all till I joined up in 73

 

[Farmer17]

First gun was a Ruger 10/22 I bought from my barber for $37 when I was 11 years old in 1970 with my lawn mowing money. Next was my first shotgun, a JC Higgins 12 gauge pump my dad found while hunting. Next was my first center fire rifle which was a Marlin 336 in .35 Rem that I bought from JC Pennys for $66. When I turned 16 I bought my first handgun, a Hawes cowboys style .22 revolver and buscadero holster purchased from a friend for 20 bucks. First centerfire handgun was when I was 20 and purchased a M39 S&W 9m/m pistol.

 

[Rastoff]

The first gun I ever bought was a Marlin .22LR bolt action, magazine fed rifle. I have no idea what model it was and I sold it a few years later.

The second gun I bought was a Colt Delta Elite 10mm. What a pile. It malfunctioned on every magazine and I ended up returning it. With the money I bought a Dan Wesson revolver that I still have:

 

[walkinghorse]

First rifle was a Ruger 10/22, first revolver was a High Standard Sentinel. 22, first centerfire rifle was a. 243 Win. Remington 700ADL, first shotgun was a Winchester 101 20ga. All bought with my own money, as I was tired of not having my own. Being left handed the 101 was perfect for quail and doves. Never got into waterfowl, so the 101 as perfect for me

 

[crazyphil]

I had a little single shot .22 bolt action rifle when I was 9 years old.
That seems kinda young to have a gun, but I never did anything very
stupid. Don't know who it was made by.

 

[notsofast]

My dad bought me a Harrington & Richardson .410 crack barrel, I was 14yrs old. Still have it.
In the late 70's or early 80's I bought new a 6" m66 and a m60 2". Regret selling both.
My father in law willed to me his 1933 Colt 1911 Gov mdl, still have it.

 

[Black Sunshine]

The first gun I ever bought was a Marlin .22LR bolt action, magazine fed rifle. I have no idea what model it was and I sold it a few years later.

The second gun I bought was a Colt Delta Elite 10mm. What a pile. It malfunctioned on every magazine and I ended up returning it. With the money I bought a Dan Wesson revolver that I still have:

Beautiful! I have one that looks a heck of a lot like yours, but not quite as pretty.

 

[Big Cholla]

My "first" was a Winchester M 12, 20 ga. which my Father bought the week after I was born. He got away with it because he told my Mom that he would give it to me when I was 12 y.o. He did and I still own it. He had a gun cabinet full of long guns which after I was 12 were mine to use as I saw fit. The next gun that was "mine" was a Winchester M 52 B which I bought with my money to use on the high school rifle team. Sadly, I traded it off on something else while in college. The third gun that I bought with my money was a custom rifle built on a FN Mauser bolt action. It was chambered in a wildcat called the "30 Newton Improved". It had been custom built by Gunsmith Walt Iler for Bill Harrah, the founder of "Harrah's Club", Reno, NV. I still have it but it now has a new barrel and is a 6 mm Super Pooper... . After that they came and went so often that I have forgotten the guns and the order that they came and went. ...........