Calmwater Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I got my 9th birthday present a few months early for hunting season. A H&R 20 gauge single shot. It's in the basement right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_P Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 My 1st was a Sig P229 9mm almost 3 years ago. I was 24 at the time. I still have it, but unfortunately don't shoot it all that often. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug H. Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 When I turned 18 I went to the police station and got a pistol purchase permit (required in NJ) and bought my first gun, a used High Standard Trophy Model Military .22 pistol. I shot that happily for many years and sold it when my daughter was born. A few years ago I found one exactly like it at a gun show and bought it on the spot. If anybody has seen my original, Serial #2287980, I would be willing to buy it back. (yes, I still remember the serial number) Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meotai Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 22 years - Ruger Mark II 22/45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 para's Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 At about 8 years old a Sheridan Blue Streak. Then at about age 10 I got my first real gun a Ruger Super Bearcat 22 cal. for $54.00 bran new from the "The Gun Room" in Elgin,IL. It was beautiful !!!! Awe the memories.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropic Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Never OWNED one until I was 21...S&W 2206 from GAT guns in Dundee, IL. The thing jammed every shot with anything but CCI minimags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I apparently voted in this poll at some point, but I don't see a post by me. So... I shot my first gun in our garage when I was about 4. It was, if memory serves, a .22 revolver. My first gun was a Stevens Marksman single shot .22 Pop had one when he was a kid in Virgina and bought one, it was so worn out, rusted that the barrel was useless. He got a H&R barrel, turned it to fit and I still shoot it today over 50 years later. My first 'good gun' was a Remington 513T Matchmaster, dad cut a couple inches off so I could shoot it. Almost made it to Distinguished Marksman, but got PO'd with the club and quit. I still have that gun, although I had to add a piece to the stock so it would fit. For what it is worth My daughter is sort of following in my footsteps, shot her first gun at 4, has a Chipmunk that she gat at 7 and an Anschutz and a Beretta T87 pistol that she started shooting steel with this year. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-charlie Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Note: Merged thread. Haven't found an official thread regarding this, but I was curious what everyone else started with when I opened up the safe and smiled when I picked up my first pistol I ever bought/fired. Since everyone started with something different I figured to just list the "firsts" for all 3. Pistol: Beretta 92D Vertec Shotgun: Beretta S686 Essential O/U Rifle: Rock River Arms LAR-15 M4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Pistol: Taurus M65 .357 Magnum Shotgun: Remington 870 Express 12g Rifle: Remington 541 Target .22rf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Pistol: Ruger Super Blackhawk .44mag (still own) Rifle: Marlin 336 .30-30 (stolen) Shotgun: Ibaraki Arms .410 single shot (broken but still have) Edited February 21, 2011 by Paul Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_M Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Pistol: Beretta Neos Rifle: Marlin Model 60 Shotgun: Remington 1100, 20-gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassochist Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 my first pistol was a tanfoglio lim custom rifle none shotgun none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Come on fellers !!! memory is short I know but http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24399&st=0&p=284346&hl=your%20first%20gun&fromsearch=1entry284346 Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimdoe Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 pistol: ruger p95 (sold) rifle: ruger 10/20 shotgun: rem 870 12g (sold) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-charlie Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Come on fellers !!! memory is short I know but http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24399&st=0&p=284346&hl=your%20first%20gun&fromsearch=1entry284346 Jim Damn it!!! My search-fu is weak!! Forgot to put the quotes around the topic title when searching to see if this had been discussed yet. I feel a merge coming in the near future. Sorry mods. Edited February 21, 2011 by alpha-charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Deleted since I already posted in the Other Thread. Merge and Purge is in order here. Edited February 21, 2011 by Jim Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Pistol: Ruger .22 revolver or MK II I don't remember which Rifle: Sears Robuck 22 bolt action. Put a weaver 4X scope on it and still own it. Believe it or not it is very accurate for such a cheap gun. Shotgun: Used 870 20 gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avezorak Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 My first rifle was a Remington 788 in .243 from my dad. First shotgun was a NEF .410 single shot also given to me by Dad. My first purchases: Rifle Winchester 94 Trapper 30-30 Pistol Charter Arms Undercover 38 Spl Shotgun Fox Double 20 ( the only one I dont still have) Ahh memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Amish 1 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Winchester 1300 pump at the tender age of 30 or 31 and then a .45 Hi-Point a year or so later. Still got the shotgun but the pistol lasted only 2 months before it was traded in for something that worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS101 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Pistol: Ruger Single Six .22 - I was 7 or 8 - (This was a great gun, had cylinders for .22lr and .22 mag) Shotgun: H&R .410 - 10 years old (it was a full choke, never hit a damn thing while hunting with it) Rifle: A .22, do not remember the brand.... 10 years old (stock was so long, I could not shoot it comfortably till mid teens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Damn it!!! My search-fu is weak!! Edited to add, mine was a single shot 22 rifle (from Monkey Wards...I think). A hand me down from my brother. I was 8 years old. The tin cans that I could get my hands on did not survive the onslaught. Edited February 22, 2011 by Jman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwana Six-Gun Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 So many firsts, I don't know where to start. 1st Rifle-Sears 22 single shot I took from my older brother when he left for the navy. Probably shot 100,000 rds through it before he came home and took it back. 1st Shotgun-Ithaca M-66 in 20 guage for my 15th birthday. Let my dad sell it when I went in the army. Wish I still had it, it would be a great starter gun for my grand-son. 1st Pistol-Replica of a 1858 Remington New Model Army .36 cal black powder. Still have it. 1st Real Pistol-High Standard Sport King w/6" barrel. Sold it when I was in the army and have regretted it ever since. 1st Competition Gun-Browning Superposed Pidgeon Grade with Purbaugh tubes that I got to shoot skeet. Later added a full stable of Reminton 1100's, but the Browning is still my favorite. Still have them all. 1st Competiton Pistol-T/C in .22LR for NRA Silhouette. Later added .357 and .32 H&R Magnum barrels. Still have them. 1st USPSA Pistol-Springfield 1911 .45ACP. Still have it, but have not used it in years, since I saw the light and went to revolver. 1st "GOOD" Revolver-S&W M-25 6 1/2" barrel, .45ACP. Started with that in USPSA and will one day pass it on to my grand-son, along with most of my other guns. There have been a lot of other guns, but these standout in my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 First gun I went and bought was a Ruger p95 right when they came out. But grew up shooting 1911's and either a Ruger Security Six or a Smith model 19, but those were not mine the first gun bought for me was a single shot 20 gauge winchester shot gun to go hunting with my dad and brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major9 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 rifle - Anshutz 1407 pistol - Browning Hi-Power shotgun - Rem 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry cazes Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 1st rifle was a Mossberg 22LR military issue trainer Bolt gun. 1st pistol was a Ruger MKII that has since been tweeked into a first rate steel challenge gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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