JaPes
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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.
What were YOUR first guns?
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Chief Wiggums
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Ithaca Model 51
3+1 12G
1976
man that thing weighed a ton back then ....still does
3+1 12G
1976
man that thing weighed a ton back then ....still does
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ShivasIrons
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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.
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.
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A Ruger single-six convertible 22lr/22mag that my dad got for me and my brother in 1969! I still have it!
Hang-Fire Hank
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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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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...
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...
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 . . .
, issued me an HK G3 and a Walther P-38 before I was old enough to buy my own firearms (21).
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.
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.
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
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My first guns, purchased in the 80's, were the Colt Combat Commander in .45ACP and Ruger Mini 14. No longer have them.
bamacisa
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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.
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