What were YOUR first guns?

[Drm50]

My old man bought me a Marlin 1897 for my 5th birthday. For my 6th I got
a Stevens 94 12g. Then a family member gave me a 6.5 Jap and my first
"hand gun" was a Hopkins&Allen 22 rifle made into a pistol. I had been a
Hawg Killer. I also had a family SxS 12g mule ear and a Stevens Maynard
Junior. After that I've had so many that I can't remember them all.

 

[Cdog]

My first rifle was given to me by my Dad in 68, a Remington Improved Model 6 takedown. First shotgun in 69, a Mossberg bolt action single shot .410 that my wife still uses to protect her bird feeders from pesky squirrels.

First centerfire rifle was my first purchased on my own, a brand new Marlin 336 in .35 Remington. I paid $93.00 for it and a box of Federal cartridges.

The first handgun was a Smith Model 15 I bought from an Uncle.

Lots since. Many I regret letting go for something I only thought I'd like better.

 

[Chubbo]

My first gun, at age 5, was a Red Rider BB gun, a Christmas gift, from my Mom & Dad, around 1936. My first first firearm, at age 6, was a Hamilton Boy's rifle, chambered for .22 LR. It was bought and paid for, by me in 1936. with money that I earned hauling ashes, and trash to the city dump, in an old wheelbarrow. I had to build and install a missing front sight. Some folks don't believe my old true story, but, one's responsibility was assumed at a much earlier age back then. I have nether the guns, or the wheelbarrow. I do have a picture, and scale model of the wheelbarrow, and many memories of them.
Chubbo

 

[raljr1]

my first was a 22 rimfire Remington 512, still have it. Second a single shot 12 ga Stevens, sold about a year ago. Next was a Winchester 94, my son has that.

 

[Justin T]

My first was a Winchester Model 67. It was a snakecharmer with rat shot. Still have it.

 

[ChuckS1]

My first "real" gun was a Remington 514. Got it on my 10th birthday. Still have it and still shoots as good as ever.

Followed two years later by an old Iver Johnson single shot 12 gauge shotgun. It had an external hammer, full choke and slip-on rubber buttpad.

 

[Stevens]

The first gun I ever bought was a H&R 900, a .22 revolver with a pull out cylinder. They weren't popular but the idea wouldn't be bad if one had (I didn't) two cylinders a full one could be swapped out for a 9 shot fast reload. I was 16 or 17 then. Before I had been shooting a borrowed Browning pump .22 or various shotguns of my Dad's.
Good memories. I still have the H&R .22 wouldn't sell or trade it ever.
Steve W.

 

[Bob L]

The first gun was a JC Higgens single shot 12 ga that I got for my 12 birthday. Second was a JC Higgens single shot 22. Firs on that I bought was a Winchester Model 190 22LR. First pistol was a Ruger Mark 1 Bull barrel for Bullseye.

 

[forindooruseonly]

I started out on a Chipmunk .22 at the ripe age of 5 or so. When I got older, I moved up to a Browning BL-22 with the stock shortened. Then from there to a Ruger 77/22. All those were my fathers, which he used to train all us kids, but saw their heaviest use with me.

My first gun that was all mine, given to me on my 13th birthday, was a Browning BSS is 20 gauge. My dad had bought it new and then gifted it to me. I've hunted with it for nearly thirty years and it's still my favorite shotgun.

 

[The_Truth]

First rifle was a Remington Model 700 30-06 for my 10th birthday. First hand gun was a Sig P229 .40.

 

[The Norseman]

First Rifle and First Pistol

My first Rifle a circa 1974 Remington 572
"Field Master" 22Lr Pump Action.

My first Pistol a circa 1983 Ruger Mark 1
Target Model 22Lr, 6"Bbl, Adjustable Rear Sight.

Then at sometime in '80's a Very Nice New in
the Box Ruger Bearcat 22lr.

Learned shooting a Revolver with Dad's
Ruger Single Six 22Lr prior to the above,
seen below.

 

[Bozz10mm]

This was my Father's first gun and then passed on to me at about 11 years old. Even tho it was my Dad's, he didn't take it with him when he left home, so Grandpa kept it. Grandpa wouldn't give it to me, but he said he would sell it to me for what he paid for it. I got it for 50¢, but I suspect he actually paid a couple of dollars for it. . It's a German made, sometime in the 1930s, single shot .22 cal. It shoots shorts, longs, and long rifle. I refinished the stock in 1981 with either Tung oil or boiled Linseed oil, can't recall for sure.

IMG_5613 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/152171653@N05/

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Rifle: Winchester M1917 Enfield.
Handgun: Browning High Power.
Bought them in 1967 when I was in the Army. Still have them.

 

[Gaffer]

A Winchester 1890 .22rf pump. That had an octagon barrel and I ran thousands of rounds thru it. It was and still is somewhere around here.

 

[URIT]

My first gun was a Winchester Model 1902 bolt action single shot .22 short that had been my father's first rifle.

 

[Mexican Kerry]

Mine were a Cooey 64B and a Win 94 I got from my mom's dad when I was 12. He claimed they were old family heirlooms that were dear to him, but I expect he probably stole them or swindled someone somehow. I think the Cooey is still here someplace in pieces, I gave the 94 away years ago.

 

[walnutred]

First rifle was a Stevens Favorite, originally in 32 RF but a machinist friend of dads converted it to 32 S&W Long. Which also got me started reloading as the local hardware would not sell me ammo but would sell me primers. When I turned 12 I inherited my G-Grandfathers Winchester 67, which I still have.

First muzzle loader was a Belgian flint trade musket from the mid 1800s that I bought at a yard sale. I used that for squirrels for years.

First handgun was an H&R or IJ hammer-less that I bought from a classmate IN 8th grade history class.

 

[RobertJ.]

My first rifle was a 7.65 Argentine Mauser, with a 22" barrel and Redfield peep sight. I bought it from my dad's friend Jim for 30 dollars, when I was eleven years old. I killed my first two deer with it.

My first handgun was a Walther PPK/S in .22 LR. I traded a Fisher turntable and 50 dollars for it when I was 19.

My first revolver was a Virginian Dragoon .44 Magnum. It was my first NIB gun, and my dad bought it for me, since I was 19. I paid $239 for it, and soon wished I had bought a Ruger SBH instead.

I started reloading when I was 19 also. I couldn't buy loaded .44 Magnum ammo since I wasn't 21, but I could buy all the components I needed.

 

[chuckie]

My first rifle was a Ithaca x15 Lightning .22 semi-auto.
First shotgun was a Harrington Richardson single shot 12 gauge.
First handgun, S&W m586 no dash.

 

[Bert Man]

First that I ever shot was my dad's Winchester Mod. 69 .22 rifle. The first of my own was a J.C. Higgins 12 Ga. 3 shot bolt-action that showed up for Christmas in 1958 when I was 13. Still have both of them and occasionally shoot the 69 although the shotgun probably hasn't been fired for over 40 years. Just keep it because it was my first.

 

[CalmerThanYou]

Although not a real gun I have very fond memories of my Daisy Power Line from the 70's
Countless thousands of rounds up north killing chipmunks, or down by the local river shooting cans and other junk targets.
That pellet gun taught me more about marksmanship than any other gun I have come to own. I actually wore it out.

 

[JimBianchi]

My very first gun I owned was a Mossberg 20g bolt action, 1975-ish. I was 12-13. Used it for bunnies and birds in the desert around Phoenix.

Then I had an Explorer pistol, (1976-77?) the pistol version of the AR-7. Would not feed a single bullet. What a ***. My neighbor was a great old guy, Mr. Sloan, he was 80 in 1977 and he pronounced that pistol a ***, and I should buy a revolver, so I did.

I bought a H&R 949. Had that gun until 1987, I think I was 24. I think my ex sold it with a few other things I really liked. (A few years ago I found one just like it so I bought it, got to relive old memories!)

When I got an assignment to Greece in 1989, I had to store my guns (6 guns, 20K rounds of ammo) before reporting overseas. I was stationed in Alaska when I found out Greece was a no-gun country. A good friend stored them in Seattle. It was suppose to be for two years, ended up being 5+. We lost track and I can't find them. The guns were not very valuable, but they were mine. I reported the guns stolen years ago. Never heard a peep about them since.

Now I own what I want, I have a big enough safe for a little expansion and currently trying to fill my safe so full the door won't close.

Hey, a boy's got to have a dream!

 

[S-W4EVER]

My Dad wouldn't allow guns in the house when I was a kid. He wasn't anti-gun, he just didn't want any accidents. Only rifle I ever fired was a .22 at Boy Scout Camp.

After that, it was a M16A1 in Army BCT and a M1911A1 and a Riot Gun in AIT. After I left the Army, my Dad bought me a S&W Model 28-2 6" bbl. I put a lot of rounds through that revolver while I attended college. The LE agency I joined issued the same weapon (I have that one too) and I shot Master while in the Academy.

I always felt I missed out on a lot of fun, not being allowed to go shooting so when I grew up I broke the cycle. My girls are adults now but one of them told me a couple years ago that one of her fondest memories was the time I picked them up after school (guns, ears, etc. in the truck) and we went shooting.

BTW, they started out with Marlin Little Buckaroo .22 Single Shot Rifles.

 

[OLDSTER]

Colt Frontier Scout .22 revolver.
Old model 12 16 ga.
Marlin .25-20 lever action rifle

 

[husker51]

The first firearm I ever owned was a Marlin 12 gauge goose gun that I paid $50 for. Bolt action, 36" barrel, 3" chambered with a two round detachable magazine. Of course it had a full choke. Great for waterfowl. Not so great for pheasants.

 

[delcrossv]

Very first one? An 1891 German Commission rifle in 8mm. Sold to me by a friend in high school for gas money. He said it was his grandfather's brought home from Europe.

Still have it.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Stevens Favorite........ when I was 10. Refinished the stock in the 80s all new springs in the 90s Metal is in the white with a coat for Renaissance Wax.

Dad gave me a Remington 511-X Scoremaster when I was 11 or 12; w/ a 3/4" 4X Tasco scope.

Still have both the first hangs over the door in my den/office. The Scoremaster is at the cabin.


First handgun was a 4" Model 10 "like my Dad's" right out of law school..... well except mine was a heavy barrel and his was a 4" pencil barrel from 1946. Mine got traded pretty quickly for a 2 1/2" 19 but I still have Dad's!!!!!

 

[2tall79]

The gun I learned on was my brothers Remington 511. My first "kill" for the table was a rabbit with my dad's J.C. Higgins 12 ga bolt. The first gun that I can actually say I owned was a brand spanking new Ruger .44 carbine...... I was 17 and my mom had to sign for me. I bought it at The Bon Marche (now Macy's) in 1966. My dad had passed the year before. Man, I wish I still had that Ruger.

 

[shouldazagged]

First one I actually owned was given to me at age 12 by a family friend who had been an infantry officer in WWII. It was a Walther PP 7.65mm, in a military holster with the late owner's name penciled inside the flap.

Before I ever got to shoot it a neighbor kid who knew I had it broke into our house to try to steal it. My mother sold it at a pawn shop. I never quite forgave her for that till I was much older.

 

[jimbo728]

Winchester Model 37 16 Ga. single barrel shotgun was my first firearm.
Wish I still had that one. Paid 15 bucks for it to my friends Dad. I think I was 14. He said, "I trust you". That meant the world to me. Good thing my Mom didnt know. Had to hide it in the basement.
Jim