What were YOUR first guns?

[nachogrande]

AS A LATE BLOOMER (18 Y/O)

1975 I had never fired a real gun. Being in the right time at the right place, the police were then allowed to go from 38's to 357's & some fine old model 10's were flooding the market. I would buy 1-3 of them, drive them no more than 20-30 minutes & sell them to another LGS for a 5-10 $ profit. It kept me in beer $ for awhile in college & NEVER had 1 more than an hour. My first keeper guns: Glenfield mdl 60 with scope & brick of 22's for under 100$ @ K-Mart, Mossberg mdl 500 12ga with bird & smoothbore slug bbl, Ruger superblackhawk 44 mag & MKl 6" target bbl in that order kept me good to go for some time. (> 12 years)

 

[Laketime]

My first was a new model 28-3...then a 27-2 six incher ..third 29-2 6 1/2inch. All three were blued.

 

[moosedog]

My first gun was a Benjamin 177 caliber pump handgun. Boy did I cause trouble with that gun. I got paid back though when I purchased my first real gun which was a M-1 Carbine made by Universal. The M-1 was total junk.

 

[hittman77]

My first rifle was a Savage 170 pump in caliber 30-30. Got it for my 15th birthday and it slayed many a whitetail in northern Missouri. No, I don't still have it. When my son decided he wanted to deer hunt a couple of years ago I went ahead and gave it to him figuring he'd inherit it someday anyway.

First shotgun was a 20 ga. 870 Wingmaster I bought with my own money the same year I was gifted the 30-30. Sadly, I sold that to pay bills shortly after I got married.

First handgun was a 4 inch blued Security Six bought at the local Western Auto store in the mid-70's. That one left me the same time the 870 got sold.

 

[Chubbo]

True first

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

I would like to amend my account of what my first gun was, as I had overlooked my truly first gun. Whether it was operable, is questionable, but, it was defiantly my first. In 1935 my Dad found and gave to me a side by side, double barreled, cap lock, Black powder, pistol to play with, when I was 4 years old. I had forgotten the house that we lived in then, and it just came to mind. A neighbor boy stole that gun from me me, and I never saw it again. We moved to our next home when I was age 4, so I know the date and my age, at the time is correct.

 

[inspcalahan]

I went through a few .22 bolt actions over my learning years but, none were officially mine. When I was about 12-13 I got my first gun that was actually mine, all mine. It was a Winchester Model 12 12ga that had been in the family since the 50s. It needs new springs but I still have it and it's going strong. I also received a JC Higgins 20ga pump about the same time. It's debatable which one has put more meat on the table. I believe one of the Nylons in the late 80s pic was mine as well.

 

[michael1000]

first up for me was an iver johnson .410 single shot. it still resides in the master bedroom.
my first purchase was a 59 smith 9mm. too big for my hands, so i sold it for a model 19 4".

 

[rubiranch]

I gt my first gun back in 1975. I traded a carburetor for a Ruger .22 LR pistol that also came with a .22 Mag cylinder. It was later stolen out of my truck.

The first gun I ever bought was my 640-1 .357 back in 2008.

 

[Usmc5811]

My first gun would have been my crossman 760 pumpmaster. After that I moved on to dads marlin 39a. First shotgun is a Winchester model 37 20 gauge youth model that was given to me by one of my father's friends. I still have my pumpmaster and my 37, and dad still has the 39a.

 

[Texas40]

Mine I still have a Sears Roebuck .22 single shot bolt action rifle. Dad paid less than $20.00 bucks for when I a kid around 1969.
One of my favorites to shoot even today. Accurate still.
Want to teach your kids to shoot with accuracy send them squirrel hunting with a single shot. You learn quick to make the firat one count as you usually wont get 2nd one off.


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[JaPes]

Growing up, living family or friends were not firearms enthusiasts. While I would go to the range and rent a firearm from time to time, I started personal ownership later in life. My first firearm was a Glock 19 Gen4.

 

[Chief Wiggums]

Ithaca Model 51
3+1 12G
1976

man that thing weighed a ton back then ....still does

 

[mclovinuga]

Remington 582 .22lr

 

[ShivasIrons]

First .22- Glenfield model 60 Jam o matic, but I still have it. Forced me to buy a 10-22 when I got out on my own.

First Deer Rifle. Remington model 7600 pump. .270 Still Have it

First Handgun: 357 Magnum GP100 Thanks Mom! Still have it.

First Shotgun: Western Field 410 Pump Still have it.

 

[murphydog]

An Ithaca model 72 .22 LR lever action, I believe closely related to an Erma product and the current Henry rifle of the same type. Bought at JC Penney's and still have it.

 

[Bakebfr480]

A Ruger single-six convertible 22lr/22mag that my dad got for me and my brother in 1969! I still have it!

 

[Donn]

Got a Remington 1100 12ga on my 18th birthday, (70 now). Still have it, haven't found one I like better.

 

[Univibe]

First gun: marlin glenfield .22 semi auto rifle, tube-fed. I think it's at my boy's house.

First handgun: milsurp 1911. Stolen out of my office desk by cleaning crew.

 

[Hang-Fire Hank]

MY FIRST FIVE

Dad gave me a Daisey slide-action BB rifle for Xmas around 1950 when I was eight. Didn't poke my eye out, so.....

He then gave me a Marlin 81-DL bolt-action .22 around '52. Carried for many a mile in NE Ohio. Still in the family (passed it on to my son & expect him to pass it on to his son).

Bought my 1st revolver in early '62 when I was 19. An Italian single-action in 357, which got me started in CAS in the early 80s. I still have it & take to the range several times each year.

First shotgun was an LC Smith 16 ga., which I inherited from my Dad when he passed on. Had it fully restored in the '80s in his memory & honor. A "thing of beauty & a joy forever".

First semi-auto was a Star PD in .45, which I sold to a friend in the 80s.

Enjoy holding in my hands & reliving memories with these ol' timers that I still have.

Hank M.

 

[JohnnieBoy]

I grew up shooting a large assortment of my granddads guns starting at a young age. Shotguns, all different caliber rifles and a huge candy store of pistols. I think my favorite was shooting clays with his Merkel(s) and the power the 30 06 produced (I was 8). I also fancied his M66 snub quite a bit, probably why I have such an affinity for Smith revolvers today.

On my 18th birthday, I walked into a Big 5 and bought a Mossberg 12 gauge pump shotgun for $139. I also bought a few boxes of shells, a box of clays and a hand thrower. My buddies and I headed right out to the closest desert and had a grand old time.

On my 21st birthday, I walked into a gun store in Culver City called Martin B. Rettings and bought a S&W 5906. I think the handgun waiting period in CA back in 1989 was 15 days. SMH.

I moved to Hawaii a few years later and sold all my guns before I left L.A.

I do still own the very next gun I purchased after I moved back to the mainland (and almost every other one I bought subsequently) , which is a Colt Series 80 Mark IV Officers Enhanced .45acp.

 

[Valmet]

Winchester Model 67A Youth, single-shot .22 for my 6th bday back in 1987. It was my dads when he was a kid. Then when I turned 8 my bday present was a Savage 220D single-bbl 16 Ga. Still have them both.

First gun I ever purchased for myself was a 1967 Winchester Model 70 Target in .308 from a close friend in summer 2001, between freshman and sophomore year of college. Has Redfield Match sights and is amazingly accurate. He's purchased the rifle for himself in 1981-82 from a USMC shooter at Quantico and just didn't shoot as much as he used to- so he sold it to me for $850 and it's arguably one of my favorite firearms.

 

[Echo40]

Aside from the Daisey Red Ryder BB Gun? My first real firearm was a Walther PPK/S in .22LR.

Great little shooter.

 

[ContinentalOp]

First gun I ever shot was a .22 Charter Arms AR7 when I was 9. Didn't care for the noise at the time and switched over to archery.

Later I got into handguns and bought my first gun, a mid-90s Beretta 92FS. At first I got a Hartts recoil reducer guide rod (remember those?), a Wolff Border Patrol trigger spring conversion (still going strong), and IWI PT night sights (now dead...sights have since been blackened with a Sharpie). More recently I installed a D hammer spring, Wolff recoil spring guide rod, and a set of VZ/LTT grips with a new set of grip screws. I've also got a G conversion kit, but I haven't installed it yet. I'm also thinking of getting a flush hammer spring cap.

Oh, I guess I should post a picture...

 

[Muss Muggins]

Left out my first handgun, a Browning Challenger II .22 semiauto pistol, a high school graduation gift from my father. Still have that one as well . . .

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 . . .

 

[Kurusu]

My first firearm:


And I still have it.

Note: My Uncle who's not named Sam, issued me an HK G3 and a Walther P-38 before I was old enough to buy my own firearms (21).

My first gun (an airgun was a Diana air rifle when I was 13. Still have it too).

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

The first rifle I ever shot was my dad's 67 Winchester. It resides today in the back of my safe.
The first shotgun I shot was my grandpa's Iver Johnson 410 single shot. I don't have THAT gun, but I have one very similar to it in the safe next to the 67 Winchester.
The first gun I could call mine was a Remington Nylon 66.
My first handgun was a High Standard Sport King I bought from a fellow student at school. I mean he brought the gun to school and I gave him $40 for it and he handed it to me in the hall if the school.
My first center fire rifle was a M700 Remington BDL in 243 Win.
I could write pages about any one of these, but like most of us here, I will be content to reminisce.

 

[H Richard]

Mine was a Winchester auto model of 1903. (Had been my Grandfather's gun). For those of you who know, the ammo (larger than a 22RF) was hard to find and expensive back in the mid 50's. About 65 years later I finally replaced it with one I could shoot, the Model 63 in 22 LR.

 

[Backlighting]

My first guns, purchased in the 80's, were the Colt Combat Commander in .45ACP and Ruger Mini 14. No longer have them.

 

[deanodog]

MY first was a high standard double nine 22. Still have it.

 

[bamacisa]

I shot a bunch of my Dad's guns, but the first one that I bought with my money was British N0.1 Mk3 that I paid $15.00 for. I was in decent shape and kicked like a mule. I wish that I had not sold it, but I now have two more. They are in better condition than my first 303. I like military rifles.