Your First Gun

[calhunter]

Mine was A Stevens 22-410 over/under for $22

[folsoml]

A 1929 model Volunteer Arms single shot .410. It was a family heirloom. Grandfather, to Father, to Me, soon to be to my son (see my profile).

[TriggerT]

Hmm...Thats a tough one. I used my grandfathers gun when I shot competition trap, so I guess the first gun I can say was 100% mine was a Sig P226, on my 21st birthday. Mom and Dad are NOT fans of guns. I must have been addopted.

[ipscron2000]

Marlin .22 rifle at age 19. Because I to, had to move out of Mom and Dads house to own a gun. My first pistol was a Smith and Wesson Model 27 .357 magnum with a 8 3/8 barrel paid for 2 months before I turned 21. I picked it up on my birthday and took the day off of work to go shoot it. I honestly thought the gun would fly out of my hands or knock me off of my feet. (what an idiot I was) I was hooked on pistols after that one. And reloading.

[knightkrawler00]

Remington 1100 LT20 when I was 2 days old. Dad bought an 1100 20 gauge for my older brother and picked up the LT20 for me. I had to wait a few years before I got to shoot it though . Plan to give it to one of my kids, if the stork ever flys over my place.

[MasterLefty]

My dad gave me my first gun at 8. It was a Browning takedown 22.

When I was 11, my mother gave me an Ithica featherweight model 37 in 20 gauge for Christmas. Before she let me unwrap it, she told me that if I didn't like it, she was keeping it for herself.

The best part was her boss bought me a case of Winchester AA every year for quail season.

Kenny

[stingerjg]

My first gun was a Marlin 995 22lr when i was 18. When I turned 21 i bought a Browning Buckmark, Dan Wesson .357, and a EAA 45ACP. The Buckmark and the Marlin are the only ones i still have.

[RIIID]

I remember it like yesterday, I went to my dad and asked if I could get a BB gun. His response was, "Your not getting a god damned BB gun." As I walked out the room he said "Your getting a pellet rifle."( Sheridan Blue Streak) I was six years old. I started shooting at 5 with a Ruger Mark I.

Rich

[George]

First was a Remington single shot bolt action .22 that my dad gave me for Christmas when I was 12. I got my boy scout marksmanship merit badge with it that summer.

My first real gun was a Sig P-226 in 1986. It is the most reliable mechanical thing I have ever owned PERIOD and is still my favorite pistol for any social occasion ;-)

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[kimel]

I assumed we weren't including BB guns here. Got that at 6. Still have it somewhere. Spring is so weak it won't even fire BBs anymore.

My first "real" gun was a Mossberg 500. $100 at K-Mart when I was 11. Still have that one too.

[tightloop]

BB gun at 5...shot my grandads .22 then too...he gave it to me the next Christmas, I was 6..still have it...got his Stevens 410 the next Christmas, I was 7...my brother bought me my first pistol...ruger standard 22 auto, I was 15...got my first centerfire pistol at 21 in the service at the Augsburg Rod and Gun Club, an S&W mod 10 with 4" bbl...bought a .45 Colt Govt Mod. when I got back from the service and have been buying guns since....LOL

[BDH]

I was probably 4 or 5 when I got my first 'gun'. It was a really nice shotgun carved out of a piece of oak by my Uncle. That allowed me to go out 'hunting' with my Dad, Uncles, and Grandpa. I still remember them always asking or telling me stuff like....

'Is your safety on?'..... 'Watch your muzzle direction'..... and stuff like that.

What I wouldn't give today for that old piece of oak I carried afield 45 years ago.....

[stingerjg]

Well if you count my frist gun. My Dad bought me a 'Red Ryder' BB gun when i was born and then a Crossman peletgun when i was about 10.

[warpspeed]

8 years old - H&R single shot 410 shotgun.

[SRT Driver]

8 years old.

Pioneer single shot .22 rifle for $25 at a gun show.

[EricW]

Mine was A Stevens 22-410 over/under for $22 

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Same gun here. You are obviously someone of taste and refinement.

Started out hunting with my BB gun. Moved up the Stevens when I was 10ish or so. Mine was a hand-me-down from my Dad, who I suspect "liberated" it from an Air Force survival kit.

[Beethoven]

8 years old.

Marlin bolt action .22LR. We were trying to convince my mom to let me get a Ruger pistol in 22LR but she said no way to the pistol...never really wanted me to have the rifle either, but my dad let me get it.

[Flyin40]

My first gun was a single shot 20 gauge. I was 7yrs old then, chasin squirrels. I shot my first deer with it when I was 9. At 12 I stepped into the big leagues when my dad bought me a new 12 gauge 1100. That was in 1983. I still hunt with it. Its been reblued several times, rifled barrel, scope and used only for deer hunting.

Man has shotgun slug hunting come a long way. I had 3 kills over 150yds this yr with the gun. Only part I ever had to replace was the O-ring.

Flyin40

[infinity]

Mine was a Taurus PT92 when i was 12 or 13.

[Tman33_99]

1st was a Daisy BB gun at 5 or 6. 2nd was a Stevens side by side 410 when I was 8. When I was 10 or 11 I got a SKB 20 GA semi-auto. When I was 13 I got my Remington 700BDL in 243. There as a Hawkins 50 CAL muzzleloader in there as well as 22mag. My first pistol was a Sig Pro in 357 Sig.

[texasag93]

I was 9. I got my father's old Winchester pump .22. Got a 20 ga. when I was 11. TXAG

[diehli]

Glock 22 when I was 13. Ruger 10/22 when I was 14. Funny part about it is that neither of my parents are/were into guns, so I guess it was 'cause I was an only child... and a pain in the ass.

[Shooter Grrl]

My Dad wasn't into guns when we were kids - we were CITY PEOPLE! He did own 2 rifles, which we would take out to Lyttle Creek and fire occasionally.

I got my first gun right after we got married. David bought it for me, a Ruger GP100 in Stainless with a 4" barrel. Still got this one, and it's still got it's place of "honor" in my home!

[3quartertime]

My Dad was a part-time firearm collector/trader. He had a dealers license most of the time I was growing up. There were all sorts of guns floating back and forth at my house as far back as I can remember. He had a huge gun cabinet with no locks. Funny how things have changed.

Pretty sure the first one he gave me was a single shot 12ga. when I was 5. Probably got it for free out of a trade and decided it would be a starter for me. A smidgen of reason must have occured and he swapped it for an Ithica .22 lever action. Looks just like a Winchester Model 94-22. By the time I was ten he would let me take it by myself down the the train tracks to shoot varmets. Great first gun and of course I still have it!!! I have a picture somewhere of him and I on Christmas morning 71'. My mom had got him a Model 94 in 30-30 and he had recently given me the Ithica. We posed like two cowboys in our pj's. I was all of five but I was armed and dangerous!!!

First time I shot a pistol I was so little I could just barely hold it up with both hands. The old man didn't see a need to own a pistola that couldn't take down one of the free roaming wooley mammoths of central Indiana, so no puny .22's here! It was a Model 19 S&W in 357 mag. (Dad never owned a chrono, so he loaded for feel. A soft load didn't kick much to him. But he was 6'2 !!!) We had a 25yard back stop behind the house but he just wanted to see if I could handle shooting it. I stood on the concrete back porch, aimed at the ground about 10 yards in front of me and pulled the trigger. I had never shot anything but my .22 rifle. Not sure if it was the recoil or the surprise, but I dropped it right onto the concrete. I looked up at my dad and he was staring at me so hard I thought his eyeballs were going to spring out of his head and smash me!!! But he found out that I was too small to handle a pistol for a few more years and I was more than happy with my rifle.

[JFD]

I don't remember exactly when I got my first BB gun, but my Dad got me a Nylon 66 when I was 8. Think I got my single barrel Stevens 12 gauge at 10, and a convertable .22 LR/Mag H&R revolver when I was 12.

He finally broke down and gave me his Colt .38 Super when I was 14.