What was your first gun? - Page 3

TRex99 · April 18, 2013, 12:15 AM

Ruger 10/22 I got for Christmas when I was 11.

bikerbill · April 18, 2013, 08:14 AM

Taurus 85, about 20 years ago ... still have it, it still works perfectly.

Rumpelhardt · April 18, 2013, 12:11 PM

Single shot 20 gage I got when I was 12, 42 years ago.
I had to stop using it because it became unsafe. It would go off if dropped on it's butt.
I can't remember the brand. I think it might still be stored in my mothers garage but I'm not sure.

Jeff #111 · April 18, 2013, 04:03 PM

Marlin Model 81 rifle back in 1982. My 14th birthday. I still own it.

Garycw · April 18, 2013, 04:15 PM

Red Ryder (wore that sucker out) then Ithaca 20 ga. My dad had matching 12 ga when we went hunting.

K-Loader · April 18, 2013, 05:04 PM

Bought a Mossberg .410 single shot bolt action when I was 12 years old. It cost me $29.00 of my paper-route earnings!

Ruger480 · April 18, 2013, 05:16 PM

My first gun was a Crossman 177. It was a 10 pump .177 cal BB/pellet gun. My first "real" gun was an Iver Johnson single shot 20 gauge. It's downstairs in my safe. I'll post pics later.

justplainpossum · April 19, 2013, 01:35 AM

My Ruger .357 Security Six with the 7 inch barrel. Ya'll talked me out of selling it! (much appreciated!)

Garycw · April 19, 2013, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by justplainpossum

My Ruger .357 Security Six with the 7 inch barrel. Ya'll talked me out of selling it! (much appreciated!)

Haven't seen one with 7" barrel. Can you post a pic?

timpierce · April 19, 2013, 07:13 AM

My first gun was a Crosman pump pellet rifle that my dad had as a kid. In 1985 I bought a new Browning Buckmark .22 pistol that I still have, and shoot.

lcpiper · April 19, 2013, 10:34 AM

I am not even sure who makes it. But it's a single shot bolt action .22LR and I still have it.

Evan Thomas · April 19, 2013, 12:36 PM

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But it's a single shot bolt action .22LR and I still have it.

Lucky you. I learned to shoot with one of those (from Sears and Roebuck) when I was 9. Then somebody broke into our cabin, and it was stolen.

Eppie · April 19, 2013, 12:54 PM

When I was 17, in the summer of '72, my uncle Sam loaned me an M16 . He only let me use it for about 7 weeks but it changed my life.

justplainpossum · April 19, 2013, 02:51 PM

Woops! I meant six inch barrel; sorry, Gary! Guess that's why I shouldn't post when I'm sleepy...

lcpiper · April 19, 2013, 03:45 PM

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Lucky you. I learned to shoot with one of those (from Sears and Roebuck) when I was 9. Then somebody broke into our cabin, and it was stolen.

I'll tell you a funny.
My niece from Korea came to live with us awhile and get some school in here in Arizona. I wished she could have stayed longer, but the school folded and we couldn't find another that would work so she had to go home.

But while she was here, I got that girl out to the range so she could do something almost no other Korean girls ever get to do. Shoot a real gun.

Of course I figured that my old .22 was good enough for me, it would be good enough for her. Wrong, we tried, she tried, but it was so slow going shooting one round, pulling back the bolt, trying to get another skinney little .22lr round into the breach, chambering, aiming, shooting again. She could only get one or two shots off before they would call cease fire again to go check targets.

A couple of tries and I pulled that old dog off the line and brought out my AR-15 and she was ear to ear grinning and having a blast in no time. My old first gun is just my old first gun, but it isn't the best thing to learn on any more.

**Aguila Blanca** · April 19, 2013, 04:38 PM

A Marlin lever action carbine in .30-30. My bother and I owned it together. He was never "into" shooting as much as I was and wasn't especially good at it. One fine day he sold the Marlin for a fraction of what it was worth, without asking me. To add insult to injury, he never gave me my half of the money. In fact, he didn't even tell me he had sold it until the day I couldn't find it and asked him if he knew where it was.

"Oh, yeah ... I sold it."

BumbleBug · April 19, 2013, 04:58 PM

I had BB guns, then air rifles & dad had a pump .22 which I loved but it was the family gun. What I consider my "first-gun" was my deer rifle. It was handed down to me from my brother. It was a used Savage 99 take-down .250-3000 that dad had bought from a friend. It had a Williams peep sight & I shot 100gr silvertips out of it. Killed my first deer with it & many more there after. It was a real tragedy when that rifle was stolen years later.

I've looked at gun shows just to hold one again, but they are scarcer than hen's teeth!

...bug

Dalek · April 19, 2013, 06:17 PM

Grandfather gave me his Webley MkVI when I was 5 and that was the first firearm I ever owned or shot. Still have it to this day and, would rush into a fire to save it if I had to.

2ndsojourn · April 19, 2013, 10:15 PM

My dad had a 22 pump action that he taught me to shoot with and when I was about 7 or 8 he bought a Marlin 22 39a that became mine. I loved that rifle. It got stolen from my dad's, along with some others, when I was away in the Navy.

Just thinking about it makes me want to replace it.

Water-Man · April 19, 2013, 11:33 PM

Savage Model 3 .22Short - .22 Long - .22 LR

Got it from my grandfather in 1951. Still have it.

rebs · April 20, 2013, 04:30 AM

JC Higgins single shot bolt action 22 from Sears & Roebucks

lcpiper · April 22, 2013, 01:05 PM

I keep forgetting to dig out my .22 Single Shot Bolt gun to see who made it.

One sort of distinct feature is the safety which is the knob type on the end of the bolt. It has three lugs and one is painted red.

Anyone have an idea what it might be? I need to check it out, but I only think about it when I am checking this forum and I do that at lunch at work.

EDIT: Searching I think I found it. I looks like it might be a Remington 514. My father also got me a Remington 700 in .243 for my first deer rifle.

littleherb · April 23, 2013, 12:51 PM

bought a Remington 521t (.22 target) sometime in the late 50s. it is still going strong.

Beepy · April 24, 2013, 11:45 AM

My first gun was a Sears & Roebuck 12 gauge pump my dad gave me when I was 15. I took a bunch of ducks, geese and pheasants with that gun.

My younger brother lost it for me while I was in the service ca. 1977.

BP

JagFarlane · April 24, 2013, 11:56 AM

Like so many others, a Crossman BB gun. That was followed up with a Kmart 16ga single shot.

April 18, 2013, 08:14 AM	#52
bikerbill Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2007 Location: Lago Vista TX Posts: 2,425	Taurus 85, about 20 years ago ... still have it, it still works perfectly. __________________ "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." Albert Camus

April 18, 2013, 04:15 PM	#55
Garycw Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2011 Location: Ohio-Kentucky - florida Posts: 1,221	What was your first gun? Red Ryder (wore that sucker out) then Ithaca 20 ga. My dad had matching 12 ga when we went hunting.

April 19, 2013, 10:34 AM	#61
lcpiper Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2011 Posts: 1,405	I am not even sure who makes it. But it's a single shot bolt action .22LR and I still have it. __________________ Colt M1911, AR-15 \| S&W Model 19, Model 27\| SIG P238 \| Berreta 85B Cheetah \| Ruger Blackhawk .357MAG, Bearcat "Shopkeeper" .22LR\| Remington Marine Magnum SP 12GA., Model 700 SPS .223

April 19, 2013, 12:54 PM	#63
Eppie Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 802	When I was 17, in the summer of '72, my uncle Sam loaned me an M16 When I was 17, in the summer of '72, my uncle Sam loaned me an M16 . He only let me use it for about 7 weeks but it changed my life. __________________ "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.” -Vladimir Lenin "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson (An early warning to Obama care)

April 19, 2013, 04:58 PM	#67
BumbleBug Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2013 Location: Near Heart of Texas Posts: 870	Savage 99 .250 Savage I had BB guns, then air rifles & dad had a pump .22 which I loved but it was the family gun. What I consider my "first-gun" was my deer rifle. It was handed down to me from my brother. It was a used Savage 99 take-down .250-3000 that dad had bought from a friend. It had a Williams peep sight & I shot 100gr silvertips out of it. Killed my first deer with it & many more there after. It was a real tragedy when that rifle was stolen years later. I've looked at gun shows just to hold one again, but they are scarcer than hen's teeth! ...bug

April 18, 2013, 12:15 AM	#51
TRex99 Member Join Date: March 30, 2013 Posts: 47	Ruger 10/22 I got for Christmas when I was 11.

April 18, 2013, 12:11 PM	#53
Rumpelhardt Member Join Date: April 29, 2010 Location: Maine Posts: 31	Single shot 20 gage I got when I was 12, 42 years ago. I had to stop using it because it became unsafe. It would go off if dropped on it's butt. I can't remember the brand. I think it might still be stored in my mothers garage but I'm not sure.

April 18, 2013, 04:03 PM	#54
Jeff #111 Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,072	Marlin Model 81 rifle back in 1982. My 14th birthday. I still own it.

April 18, 2013, 05:04 PM	#56
K-Loader Junior Member Join Date: March 14, 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 8	Bought a Mossberg .410 single shot bolt action when I was 12 years old. It cost me $29.00 of my paper-route earnings!

April 18, 2013, 05:16 PM	#57
Ruger480 Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2013 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 720	My first gun was a Crossman 177. It was a 10 pump .177 cal BB/pellet gun. My first "real" gun was an Iver Johnson single shot 20 gauge. It's downstairs in my safe. I'll post pics later.

April 19, 2013, 01:35 AM	#58
justplainpossum Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2013 Location: duh, Texas! : ) Posts: 222	My Ruger .357 Security Six with the 7 inch barrel. Ya'll talked me out of selling it! (much appreciated!)

April 19, 2013, 07:13 AM	#60
timpierce Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2007 Location: Cincinnai, Ohio Posts: 116	My first gun was a Crosman pump pellet rifle that my dad had as a kid. In 1985 I bought a new Browning Buckmark .22 pistol that I still have, and shoot.

April 19, 2013, 02:51 PM	#64
justplainpossum Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2013 Location: duh, Texas! : ) Posts: 222	Woops! I meant six inch barrel; sorry, Gary! Guess that's why I shouldn't post when I'm sleepy...

April 19, 2013, 04:38 PM	#66
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,460	A Marlin lever action carbine in .30-30. My bother and I owned it together. He was never "into" shooting as much as I was and wasn't especially good at it. One fine day he sold the Marlin for a fraction of what it was worth, without asking me. To add insult to injury, he never gave me my half of the money. In fact, he didn't even tell me he had sold it until the day I couldn't find it and asked him if he knew where it was. "Oh, yeah ... I sold it."

April 19, 2013, 06:17 PM	#68
Dalek Member Join Date: April 10, 2013 Posts: 64	Grandfather gave me his Webley MkVI when I was 5 and that was the first firearm I ever owned or shot. Still have it to this day and, would rush into a fire to save it if I had to.

April 19, 2013, 10:15 PM	#69
2ndsojourn Senior Member Join Date: January 15, 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,416	My dad had a 22 pump action that he taught me to shoot with and when I was about 7 or 8 he bought a Marlin 22 39a that became mine. I loved that rifle. It got stolen from my dad's, along with some others, when I was away in the Navy. Just thinking about it makes me want to replace it.

April 19, 2013, 11:33 PM	#70
Water-Man Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,126	Savage Model 3 .22Short - .22 Long - .22 LR Got it from my grandfather in 1951. Still have it.

April 20, 2013, 04:30 AM	#71
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	JC Higgins single shot bolt action 22 from Sears & Roebucks

April 22, 2013, 01:05 PM	#72
lcpiper Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2011 Posts: 1,405	I keep forgetting to dig out my .22 Single Shot Bolt gun to see who made it. One sort of distinct feature is the safety which is the knob type on the end of the bolt. It has three lugs and one is painted red. Anyone have an idea what it might be? I need to check it out, but I only think about it when I am checking this forum and I do that at lunch at work. EDIT: Searching I think I found it. I looks like it might be a Remington 514. My father also got me a Remington 700 in .243 for my first deer rifle. __________________ Colt M1911, AR-15 \| S&W Model 19, Model 27\| SIG P238 \| Berreta 85B Cheetah \| Ruger Blackhawk .357MAG, Bearcat "Shopkeeper" .22LR\| Remington Marine Magnum SP 12GA., Model 700 SPS .223 Last edited by lcpiper; April 22, 2013 at 01:17 PM.

April 23, 2013, 12:51 PM	#73
littleherb Junior Member Join Date: January 10, 2013 Posts: 9	remington 521t bought a Remington 521t (.22 target) sometime in the late 50s. it is still going strong.

April 24, 2013, 11:45 AM	#74
Beepy Member Join Date: April 19, 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 46	My first gun was a Sears & Roebuck 12 gauge pump my dad gave me when I was 15. I took a bunch of ducks, geese and pheasants with that gun. My younger brother lost it for me while I was in the service ca. 1977. BP

April 24, 2013, 11:56 AM	#75
JagFarlane Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2008 Posts: 282	Like so many others, a Crossman BB gun. That was followed up with a Kmart 16ga single shot. __________________ Too many to list...enjoy em all!