Stevens model 22-410 and H&R 622. They belonged to my Grandfather who raised me. I still have both and my dads Sears 22.
Whats the first gun your dad let you shoot?
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A P-38, CYQ manufacture, that my dad took off a dead German during the Battle of the Bulge. He gave the gun to me, and being the unwashed, ignorant soul that I was (am?), I had the gun re-finished in a high polished blue, and several years later sold it. I did ask my dad if he would be upset if I sold the gun and he said it wouldn't bother him at all. Well, to this day I regret doing what I did, especially since my father has passed on.
I did buy another one years later to replace it, but it wasn't the same and I sold it last year.
I did buy another one years later to replace it, but it wasn't the same and I sold it last year.
99savage308
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At the very young age of 5. Winchester mod 06 pump 22. First handgun was a Walther p-38 at the young age of 5.
added note: I have the winchester. Dad traded that Walther for a car my Mom's brother had. It was an old Hot Rod 34 Ford. My Uncle and Dad had a time of it explaining the deal. My Dad sold the car to my other Uncle,Mom's sister's hubby. He, the other Uncle, raced it at the old dirt track. My Mom's sister had a fit. She was that way. No since of humor. He did win some races with it though.
added note: I have the winchester. Dad traded that Walther for a car my Mom's brother had. It was an old Hot Rod 34 Ford. My Uncle and Dad had a time of it explaining the deal. My Dad sold the car to my other Uncle,Mom's sister's hubby. He, the other Uncle, raced it at the old dirt track. My Mom's sister had a fit. She was that way. No since of humor. He did win some races with it though.
CAJUNLAWYER
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P-38 .
CW Spook
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Most likely it was the little .22 Marlin pump gun that my brother has, but it might have been my grandad's IJ .410 single-shot that I have. That was probably a couple of years before I got my own first rifle, the 1898 Krag that still rests in my gun rack.
amazingflapjack
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Winchester 1890 22 short gallery pump; still have it.
beemerrider
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My "first" at age 6 was a Winchester 'Gallery Special" in .22 short only. I think it held 22 shorts in it's tube that I loaded through a slot in the stock and compressed with a spring loaded tube inserted into the butt of the rifle. Open sights, but it shot quite accurately. "Killed" lots of tin cans with this rifle.
mg357
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My dad who is technically my stepdad is not a gun guy and he does not own any guns so the first gun I got to shoot was my grandpa's 16 gauge and his 12 gauge shotguns. Unfortunately I only got to shoot it with dummy rounds but the experience was very memorable.
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A 1946 edition of a Marlin 39A which I proudly now own.
Only a BB gun
My dad had a shotgun and an old hand me down break open revolver, but he or we never shot anything except my bb gun. When I was an adult I got a REAL revolver and that was the start.
My dad had a shotgun and an old hand me down break open revolver, but he or we never shot anything except my bb gun. When I was an adult I got a REAL revolver and that was the start.
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My dad had anything for me to shoot. First gun I let him him shoot was my High Point 995.
41RF
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Hartford Arms .22 auto pistol; forerunner of High Standard I think. He bought it new in the 1920s.
Colt Woodsman, one round only in the magazine.
foggood11
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I was about 5, maybe 6. Pop and my older brothers were dove hunting. He let me shoot the single-shot 410 that he was hunting with. Pretty sure everybody got a good ol' laugh at the "felt recoil" I experienced.
Tommytom092971
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My first was a 38special Detroit police issue. Funny part was that he was considered a marksman and I out shot him at the range.
Model of 1891 single shot 10" barrel.
Selling it was one of my many youthful bad decisions.
Selling it was one of my many youthful bad decisions.
dave holl
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A S&W K22.................in the basement of our home in Cleveland. Dad traded it in for my first shotgun, a 20ga Lefever side by side (which I still have)
Wish I still had the K22.
Dave
Wish I still had the K22.
Dave
I guess I was late to the party. Dad gave me a brand new Remington single shot bolt action .22 with a 4x Busnell scope for my 11th birthday. Since we only got to go "out" on weekends, well, really Saturdays since he was a preacher, Mom consented to a shooting range in the basement, where I spent hours shooting BB and CB loads. That gun could hit empty 30/30 shells at 25 yards. Wish it was in my safe and Dad was in his chair.
Hofstet
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Mossberg 16 ga bolt action shotgun.
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A Colt Woodman, when I was eight years old. He bought when he got out of the Army in 1945. I still have it,and still shoot it. My son will get it when I gone and hope it will be past on down the line.
charger73se
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Savage Stevens and Springfield .22 semi auto rifle. It's in my safe.
EllDee
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Marlin 39A w/Weaver 4X on it. Dad bought this new in about 1955 or so for $50 with the scope. He still has it (he's 86) although it hasn't been fired for years. Looks like new, but I did put a dent in the stock for him. 
First rifle was Dad's Remington 514 .22 single shot, still have it. I was about 7 yrs old then. We shot Winn Dixie Check soft drink cans and some PBR cans off a pine tree stump.
A year later we shot his P-38 WW2 bring back pistol. Could not hit the broad side of a barn with it. Still being a semi-auto I thought it was so cool. Still have that one too.
I was hooked on guns and shooting, never to look back. When I was 17, he helped me buy a S&W 19-2, 6", nickel. I saw it in the case at Montgomery Wards and knew I had to have it. Still have that one too along with the receipt for $195.00 plus tax.
A year later we shot his P-38 WW2 bring back pistol. Could not hit the broad side of a barn with it. Still being a semi-auto I thought it was so cool. Still have that one too.
I was hooked on guns and shooting, never to look back. When I was 17, he helped me buy a S&W 19-2, 6", nickel. I saw it in the case at Montgomery Wards and knew I had to have it. Still have that one too along with the receipt for $195.00 plus tax.
M3Stuart
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A Sears "Ted Williams" bolt action .22 (sadly it got stolen).
Whats the first "real" non-BB-gun your dad ever let you shoot.
Mine was a single barrel stevens .410 I shot a 3" #8 remington bird shot....I still got the ol' green plastic hull.
The first real gun that my father allowed me to fire was a top-break .32 revolver. I was so little that I doubt I noticed what name of the manufacturer. Sadly it went away when one of my brother's decided to trade it off to get my father a better handgun. What's really sad is the 4" nickle plated 19-3 that I'd given my father (TT, TH, TS, WO, RR) also got traded. The fine handgun that replaced the two revolvers... Beretta 92F. My father hated it. So, he ended up with a COLT Detective Special.
My Dad let me shoot his 12 gauge pump shotgun when I was 10 years old and it knocked me on my butt. He laughed and said he would wait a couple of years before he let me shoot it again. I said to him that now that I know how much it kicks I would be ready for so he let me fire it again. I stayed upright on the second shot but I had enough for day 1 of my shooting career.
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