[Jack19]

What year did you own your first personal weapon (the first one you bought, not the first one Dad gave you) and what was that weapon?

[cool45auto]

A Mossberg 835 Ultimag shotgun I bought in 1994.

[sm]

Colt Combat Comander in 1973.
HS grad gift to myself

[critter]

1955-Iver Johnson 8 shot .22 revolver with 2" bbl.
AWSOME FIREPOWER! HA!

[Alpha752]

Glock 17 in 2002

[hksw]

Fall 1988

[Charles S]

Spring 1989. Ruger Blackhawk 41 Remington Magnum.

Charles

[s&w 24]

spring 1989 ruger 10/22

[blades67]

The first gun I bought for myself was a Colt Python in the fall of 1989.

[Greg L]

(not counting bb guns...)

Ruger SP101 (now Mrs. L's carry gun) late 80's - early 90's (somewhere in that time frame).

Greg

[StuporDave]

1990 - Taurus mod 82 .38spl revolver

[Dave Markowitz]

1981 - LH Remington 581 .22 bolt gun. I wish I still had it.

[Archie]

I purchased a S&W M15 "Combat Masterpiece" in 38 Special.
A month or two later I bought a Ruger Mk 1 Target Model and a Mauser HSc.

[Stevie-Ray]

Summer, 1979. Ruger RST-6

[Walk Softly]

1969, an Armenius 22 revolver, 38 frame, ventilated rib, and adjustable sights.

[Standing Wolf]

Smith & Wesson Chief's Special, 1967.

[rbrowning]

The first gun that I bought with my own money was in the spring of 1964. I was in first grade and I ordered a Daisy lever action from Herter's. Dad took me to the store to buy the money order for it.

[Matthew Courtney]

1990 S&W 5906

[Warner]

1977 . . . Colt Combat Commander - the satin nickle one.

[TomV]

1983 -- Dan Wesson 357 -- 6" barrel.

[Dave R]

Marlin Model 60. Christmas, 1980. My bride bought it for me. :D

No wonder we've stayed together for 24 years.

[Tamara]

1986, Ruger 10/22.

Purchased the same day Challenger blew up, from Oshman's Sporting Goods at Cumberland Mall in Atlanta.

[landon74]

1994 - A Mossberg Model 9200 12ga. semi-auto shotgun.

[12.7x99mm]

lets see it was 1986... a mossberg shotgun. Still have it and its been loaded ever since.

I took it out to the range a few weeks back just to let it know I still care about it and the last round wouldnt cycle.

Not bad for being full loaded for 17 years hanging on my coat rack

[SquirrelNuts]

August 2001. Marlin 882SS .22WMR rifle.

-SquirrelNuts

[Braz]

1983, S&W 469

I was a late boomer :) But I've always loved guns.

[NapAttack]

Bought a Llama .380 automatic in 1973, since I was 18 I thought it was legal.

Got a call as soon as I got home. The gunshop owner said hey, you're not 21. I didn't know I had to be 21 to own a pistol. He didn't look that close at my birthday.

Luckily my wife at the time was 21. So she went down and fixed the paperwork so she bought it.

[Trebor]

Enfield No 1 Mk 2* in .380/200 Brit (.38 S&W) in 1990. Still have it.

[Arkady]

SIG P228, purchased in 2002.

[modifiedbrowning]

April 2001, Walther P99 9mm. I now have seven more.:evil:

[Andrew Wyatt]

the rifle was rosie, my number4 mk1

[3 gun]

1981 S&W 39

[Admiral Thrawn]

The Year: 2002.

The Weapon: Glock 17.

[Mike Irwin]

1982, maybe?

I had to have Dad buy it, because I was under 21, but I provided the money.

It was a P35 Radom 9mm for $125.

I still have it.

[Leatherneck]

Can't remember. :(

TC
TFL Survivor (I think)

[foghornl]

Rem "Sportsman Model" 20 Ga, sometime in the late 60's

[Moondancer]

1972:

S&W K-38 Masterpiece.
Ithaca Featherweight (Model 37 IIRC) 12 ga. w/ slug & shot barrels.
Marlin 39-D 22 lever action rifle.

The Marlin is the only one I still have.

[Erik Jensen]

Feb 2002, Beretta 92F(1986 model)

I'd been thinking of buying a rifle or something for a while before, but then one of the guys at work actually took me out shooting. that sealed the deal. heh

[Skunkabilly]

2000, USP40F.

[Detritus]

January 1997 (or possibly 98 it was a hectic 5 years between 95-00) either way the year that the Savage short actions came out at the SHOT show.

Savage 110FP .223 (yes i bought the long action then less than 6 months later the 10FP came out :banghead: )

worked a second job that christmas at a Luggage store. my December commission check was just over $800 AFTER taxes. went down bought the rifle, a decent scope, a harris bipod, a case of ammo, and a rifle case. then put the rest of the money in the bank. had the gun untill this past Nov. when i had to let it go to pay medical expenses. :(

[JohnBT]

The first one I bought after I was old enough to drive myself to the store was a Single-Six Convertible in 1972.

JT

[shadow 1]

Year: 1991
Weapon: Smith and Wesson 686 SS, white rear/red ramp..still got it...:p

[Navy joe]

'94, pre-ban AR-15, bought after the ban was signed in :banghead: . Kept 8 years, shot 8,000+ rounds and sold/traded it to TFL'ers, it's still out there in New York and Colorado? I think. Good gun. Got just about what I paid for it in cash and trade to include a post-ban Bushy that looks identical and shoots just as good. Not a bad investment.

[coonan357]

1st one I bought for my private use?? 1997 ruger KGP161 &Rossi 92 in .357 , 1st one I bought for work use 1987 S&W Model28 highway patrolman , sold it in 1990 when I got married (should have kept the gun and ditched the wife , it would have been more faithful and useful ) :D

[PageField]

1960 ----Western Auto Revelation .22 (Marlin 60) Ipswich, MA 26.00

[jsalcedo]

May 1988 a very raggedy chinese SKS that looked like it
had been to Korea, Vietnam and a few war movies
$110

Refinished the stock and found all of the orange putty the commies used.....

all matching numbers though
:D

[OkieGentleman]

.22 single shot with Weaver scope -- 1959
.44 mag 1966 $30
.22 Erma Luger new in box $10 1967
.22-250 Christmas present from wife 1975

And several more since.

:D

[TaurusGL]

January 2003
SAR-1

[Slow]

1981, H&R Topper 88 12 gauge single-shot, yes, I still have it:)

[beckrodgers]

Model 10 s&w 1982,1st I paid for.

[webley455]

1962. A Webley MK IV via mail order from Hunter's Haven. $ 19.95:D I still have it and shoot it

[Ala Dan]

First Gun? Arminus 8-shot .22 caliber revolver ($42.50) '69

First Real Gun? .45 caliber Colt Combat Commander ($125) '70

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[Johnny Guest]

Ruger Single Six Convertible, about 1960. That and the next couple, I picked out and had to get over-21 friends to buy for me.

Johnny

[Spieler]

A Hungarian SA-85M (AKM) in 1987. One of the "only 7000 ever to be imported into the USA" - as I recall the advertising. My first evil 'assault rifle'!:evil:

[Hypnogator]

Colt 1911A1, WWII issue, from a friend whose brother brought it home from WWII in a sugar sack. This was in 1967, when I was all of 19. :what:

Ah, yes. The good old days! :D

[Baba Louie]

Old threads never die...;)

I had to call my Dad to ask a question or two about this one.

My 9th birthday, March something 1964, I got money.

I wanted...a GUN.

Dad and I looked through the Montgomery Wards catalog and found... an SMLE MkIII No.1 for $11.00 or $14.00 (He can't remember which either). Two weeks later it arrived at our house. The ugliest, greasiest, smelliest, heaviest most beautiful thing in the world. I had cosmoline all over my hands, clothes and cheek before Dad could stop me.

Before dinner we were in the basement at his workbench (he was a machinist/gunsmith) with the kerosene pot and scrub brushes, screwdrivers, etc.

It wasn't a Springfield in 30-06, but some weird pug nosed looking "British" thing that shot a ???.303??? but it was mine. Before I could shoot it, I had to show him I could handle it and do the whole Port Arm, Right Shoulder Arm thing. He said he's got a picture of me somewhere doing that... he and Mom thought it was cute. :rolleyes:

Still got it :cool: Its the birthday gun.

Adios

[Kamicosmos]

Ruger Redhawk .44 Mag

Feburary 1995

[Bainx]

New Year's Eve, 2000---Norinco SKS. Truly a SHTF gun just in case. Had gotten by with a 1917 Colt 45 wheelgun [given me] for 10 years before that.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Late September, 1985. After graduating from High School and then turning 18 on september 7th....a Fabriqúe National FAL via the Steyr importer in lovely Secacus, NJ.

I blame Soldier of Fortune magazine and all those cool stories of the mercs in Rodesia.

[Ala Dan]

1970 Arminus 8-shot "Burgo model" .22 LR caliber revolver


Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[Devonai]

1997, a Beretta 92FS.

Two weeks after turning 21. :)

[Dionysusigma]

Marlin Model 60.

The year? How about the month?

May.:)

[Combat-wombat]

An AR-15, in 6 years when I move to New Mexico.

[Moparmike]

25 July 2003. Yugo 24/47 Mauser.

19 Sept. 2003. 2nd gun, Legacy Escort Aimguard shotgun. Ultra-evil black 7+1 18in barrel. :D

[stevelyn]

1982 NIB S&W M-36 J-Frame .38 Spl.

[telewinz]

A Marlin .44 Magnum 1894 lever action that I bought at K-Marts for $99 (1970's, on sale). I decided on the .44 magnum after doing research (I was going to do this right) on the cost of factory ammo. A box of .44 magnum went for $7 while a box of everthing else went for $9, rifle ammo was way too expensive. Only after I bought the Marlin and went to the range and picked-up a box of .44 magnums did I realize that all pistol ammo boxes do not contain the same amount of ammo. Of course the .44's only had 20 rounds in the box and everything else came with fifty rounds. I started reloading shorty thereafter.:D

[Brian Williams]

1971
Sears 22lr bolt action
$23

[Black Snowman]

Summer of 1995. Glock 24P.

Told the guy that I liked the glocks and wanted something that punched holes in paper really well. They had a 23 and a 24P. The 23 had a laser installed and was almost $200 more and not at all what I wanted. He thought it was cool and kept trying to convince me I "needed" the laser.

I put the gun up and said "Yep, goes right where the sights do. I'll use the sights and save myself a few hundred dollars."

Love that gun. Still one of my favorites to shoot. Had 3 people offer to buy it from me, but not at a reasonable price considering I can't replace it. Out of production since the 34 and 35 came out and all.

[R-Tex12]

Fall of 1955. An Ithaca Model 37 20 gauge. Still have it.

[Ridgeway]

2003(about a month & a half ago)
Glock 22(yeah still have it lol)

[mussi]

1994 a glock 17. Still have it, still love it.

[Fed168]

1995, a 586 I picked up for about $280 with tax. I was in school at the time, thought it was a good price.

1996, a Practical BHP for $425. My treat to myself for getting into the academy.

Slippery slope it is.

[powerstrk]

A LNIB AR-15 SP-1 for $300 in 1978:)

[curt]

S&W model 39 in 1977. First time out with it my girlfriend got tired of watching me shoot stuff at 20 ft and walked a coke bottle out to ~20 yds. I figured if i was going to miss i was going to miss with style so i drew and fired a DA first shot...blew the middle out of that bottle so cleanly that the top fell into the bottom. I blew smoke out of the barrel just like in them westerns and calmly reholstered it all the while praying that she wouldn't ask me to do it again.

[Marko Kloos]

The year was 1999, and my first personal weapon ever purchased in this country was a SIG Sauer P239 in 9mm Luger.

[Werewolf]

The Year, The Weapon

I first started shooting way earlier than this with way better weapons but the first one I ever bought with my very own money was in 1974 right after I got out of the army and was a student at Texas A&M University. It was a 22LR Bolt Action with 22" or 24" barrel (I don't remember the brand). I used it for target shooting. There was a rather large and deep gully near the Texas Speedway in Bryan/College Station I used to go to. I shot it at paper bullseye targets and tin cans. [sniff] ahhhh crap now I'm getting all misty eyed thinking about it. I'll probably have to go get me 22 now (haven't fired one of them for years but this time it'll be a good one like maybe a Kimber - yeah that's the ticket - you bastard - my wife will be cursing your name - she doesn't understand why I've got so many guns now!)

[Maddock]

First one I bought with my own money? -- 1968
1917 "Enfield" '06
"Sporterized" it with a Herter's unfinished stock.
Sure wish I still had it.

[Soap]

Sig 228 in 1996. Okay so my dad bought it since I was 15. But I paid for it and I got to shoot it whenever I liked on our property.

[Hot brass]

Dan Wesson 357 with 8" vent bbl. Man was that gun accurate. I have not shot another revolver as accurate as that DW. I sure do miss it.:(

[Dorian]

2002

HK USP .45 Compact

[Sodbuster]

I didn't play the first time around. :D

In 1975 I purchased a S&W Model 39-2 9mm pistol. Bought from J&G Rifle Ranch in Montana. Yeah, THAT J&G.

[luxone]

Febuary 2003, Springfield XD-40. Now that I'm hooked, Ive purchased four guns since then!

[duckfoot]

Mossy 590 in '98

[BluesBear]

1971 - Remington Rand GI 1911A1 $55.00 (Yeah I was only 16 but I drove myself to the gun show and bought it with my own money. Things were a lot different regarding kids and guns back then.)

September 1, 1976 - (4 days after I turned 21) Colt Mark IV Series 70 Government Model - brand spanking new for $200 tax included. Allied Sporting Goods in Bashford Manor Mall. I tried to buy it on my birthday but they didn't have one in stock.

[MuzzleBlast]

1986, S&W Model 19, 6" barrel pinned and recessed. Bought it from another guy in my company.

[Dorrin79]

I'm still pretty new to firearms ownership.

My first gun was purchased in early 2002; a Ruger P89 9mm

[Rebel Gunman HK]

2000 - Ruger P95.

[buzz_knox]

Glock 26 in 1997. Previously, I'd split the cost of a Sig 229 with my folks (college graduation present).

[Bigjake]

age 14, remington 870 12 gauge, scraped and saved to buy it from a family friend (with dad's permission of course)

[Jrob24]

2002
Remington 597 HB .22lr

[Larry Ashcraft]

Slightly used Remington 11-48 in 1971. I was 22 at the time and I had always used my dad's guns until then.

[radmeter]

1956 . A single shot .22 rifle
1962 first pistole .22 auto Ruger , bought used for $15.00 (Wish I still had that one)

[SPG]

1977
4" Colt Diamondback nickle .38
:banghead:
Never should have traded that one.
SPG

[ninjalawyer]

Norinco MAK-90 in 1995.

[mattjoe]

Spring 1991, turned 18, had a store order me a Spas 12.

[Mil Novecientos Once]

2001 - CS9

[SRYnidan]

1979 Browning GP35

[natedog]

K-31 a week ago

[Ryder]

1975

S&W Model 19 357

The pass me downs were 12ga single bbl shotguns.

[Airboss]

The First gun i bought with my own money was
.303 Jungle Carbine bought via mail order from
Ye Old Hunters Warehouse for $24.95 plus shipping
in 1958 when I was 12 got a set of reloading dies for
my birthday that year and kiled a deer with that gun and reloaded ammunitionThat year.And that was with the iron sights that came with the gun.:D

[Kharn]

Olympic Arms AR15, 2000.

Kharn

[Futo Inu]

15 years old (1984)

Smith & Wesson model 3000 riot shotgun 12 ga (pistol grip, folding stock, rifled barrel). Damn I wish I still had it.

[Smoke Rizen]

My 1st. was a ruger 22 semi-auto. It was in 1969. I was in college. Bought it in pieces for $8.00 I did'nt get it put together till 1978. I traded it in 79-80 for a G.E. clothes dryer. And yes it was a Red Emblem ,now a collecter. Moral, Never sell a gun!

[jercamp45]

We had just moved to Moosecreek, Alaska during the pipeline rush....I was 15 and more or less in charge of my younger siblings in the boonies while my parents worked everyday in Fairbanks.
I worked all summer pressure cleaning wrecked Alyeska construction equipment to be repaired to afford my pair of Rugers.
Took my a while to decide, but I ended up with a Ruger .44 magnum carbine as my beat around in the bush gun and my first handgun, a Ruger standard auto 4.75 inch. Learned alot about shooting with those two guns!!
Lost both in a fire three years later.
Jercamp45

[CZ-100]

Summer 1988, Colt Delta Elite, 10mm :D

[BAB]

Ruger .357/9mm New Model Blackhawk, 6.5" bbl.

1999.

[jacketch]

1967, I bought a Colt Gold Cup and a S&W K38 the same day from the PX in Taipai, Taiwan.

[Pumpkinheaver]

1988 I bought a H&R single shot 20 ga, my first firearm purchase.