[natedog]

Mine was a 20 gauge Winchester Model 12 shooting clay pidgeons at a Boy Scout event. I got a Marlin 795 .22 for Christmas that year, and started shooting my dad's old Colt Officers Model that hadn't been touched in 20 years. The next Christmas I got a Ruger Mini-14, and my parents are going to get me a USP 45 come my 16th birthday or Eagle Scout, whichever comes first.

[Gunhead]

First: FEG P9R.
Learned to shoot on: .22LR MCM Margolin and Czech Champion

[cool45auto]

I can't remember just one. My dad's been collecting forever and I shot whatever he was shooting at the time. Good times!:D

[txgolfer45]

First was a .22 rifle at summer camp. Not sure the make or model.

First handguns were Glock 17, Glock 19, Glock 30, H&K P7M13, and an Infinity 9mm. Shot them all the same day. My buddy has a nice collection and this was only a small part of it.

Scott

[Mil Novecientos Once]

My first gun was a Daisy .17 that a friend gave to me after he shot his cat and her mother beat the crap out of him. That was circa 1987. I kept it for almost 5 years, then I trade it for a skateboard.

While I was in New Mexicco State University back in 1996 I went to my roomate's home (he is Navajo) At the reservation I shot a shotgun, can't recall brand, and a Remington 700 in .308

Finally, the gun that I learned to shoot was my first gun: a CS9. A very reliable little blaster, accuracy is not that bad.
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[PlayTheAces]

Far as I can recall the first gun I shot was a bolt action .22 at a Boy Scout camp. A few years later I got a Winchester .22 model 60 from my grandad and started shooting on a regular basis with friends when I was in high school. Then bought another .22, and then a handgun, and things kinda snowballed after that.

[JW2]

I think the first gun I ever shot was a 410

[Nightfall]

Remington 870 20 gauge. I've been told I shot a .22LR as a kid, but I don't remember. So the 20 gauge wins. :p

[BallisticTip]

Remington single shot .22, still have it.

[RandyB]

A T/C Hawken rifle in .45 cal. My dad had to load it and place it on a table for me to shoot, but I was hooked.

[Brian Williams]

An old Daisy shooting strike anywhere barnburners.....

My first gun was and is a Sears 22 bolt, I begged for a year and a half to get it and it cost me $22 and change over the counter.


My first school was with an M16a1 in the Marines

first handgun was a 1851 navy clone

first centerfire handgun was a Taurus tracker

[goon]

Ruger 10/22.
Shot it for the first time at about 5 years old in the woods behind our house. My dad got me started.
Forgive him, for he knew not what he did.

[Sisco]

That would be this one, a High Standard Double Nine. Dad taught me how to shoot it when I was 8 or 9, about forty years ago. It's the first one my kids shot, God willing and Hillary don't get elected it'll be the first one my grandkids shoot.

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[tsenn]

First gun I ever shot was about a year and a half ago. Took the "old" Basic Firearms Safety Test. The instructor had us all shoot the 1911. A few different models, but that is all we shot. I've since tried all the new da/sa, polymers, etc. and still can't shoot as good as I did my first night shooting!

[Mike Irwin]

My Father's Remington 521-T.

Great rifle.

[Gatsu]

First: Mossberg 500

Learned to shoot : IMI .45 Baby Eagle

[Baba Louie]

Dad's Marlin 39.

He learned to shoot with it and so did I. I love the takedown feature. He started me off with shorts, then longs and finally long rifles.

I was hooked for life.

Adios

[Wayne D]

I can't remember how old I was, 10 or less, but the rifle was a Springfield Model 15, it's a single shot .22 bolt action. My Dad bought it when he was 13 (1941) with the money he earned from trapping rabbits in box traps and selling them to the local general store. It was the gun my daughter learned to shoot with and it will be the one my son learns with.

[Kcustom45]

The first gun I ever shot was a S&W 422. My dad taught me to shoot when I was 5, and I am very grateful for that. I still have the gun and still shoot it on occasion.

[Carlos]

Guess I was about 10-11, and shot Dad's 30.06. :eek:
He also had a H&K .22 revolver that was sweet to shoot.

I have the 30.06 Czech Mauser to this day. Inherited it.

I still remember the kick of that beast on that first day shooting a "Man's Gun".

:)

[powerstrk]

Winchester Mod 63 .22 cal
Winchester Mod 42 .410

Thirty nine years later still got them:D

[P12]

P-38

[CB900F]

Like several others, I can't remember. I was very young and it was a long ----- long, time ago. It was a .22 rimfire bolt action. But whether or not it was a repeater or single shot, brand, model, is lost in the mists of time. What I do remember is shooting it in the warehouse of the trucking terminal we lived in. That brings back some memories.
900F

[The Silver Bullet 1719]

Rifle: Winchester 67 .22 Bolt-Action

Pistol: S&W 10

[BowStreetRunner]

first shot:
single shot 20 gauge summer after frosh year
first gun:
a tie between my grad present Makarov and Nagant revolver :D
more to come!
BSR

[Hardtarget]

I'm sure the first gun for me was a Savage mod.24, O/U (22/410).
Still have that one and still hunt with it and plink with it.
First revolver was a S&W K-frame .22. My brother has the Smith now...Dad gave it to him just because I have a .22 revolver :(
whats up with that!? how it goes.
Mark.

[ACP230]

The first gun I shot was an air pistol at age six. I never found out what kind it was.

The gun I learned on was a Crosman 1400 single-shot .22 caliber air rifle. It was still working until about 12 years ago and I started my oldest son shooting with it.

[Neal Bloom]

Single-shot Springfield .22 rifle. My dad gave it to me when I was turned eight. Still have it after all those years.

[Crimper-D]

An H&R Sportsman Model 999, a 9 shot .22 topbreak with a 6" barrel. I was 4:D = Got pics:D :D Modified Weaver stance;)
Still got a 999 and shoot it often.
My first rifle wasn't till I was in Scout Camp, a Remington smoothbore .22 for what they called "MoSkeeto" shooting, clay birds at close range out of a hand trap.

[Praxis]

Pistol: Ruger Mk II. Still love shooting it, amazing accuracy, talk about a tack driver. Parents said I couldn't have a gun while living at home so I got it when I left for college. ;)

Rifle: Friend's Yugo Mauser. Shoulder was sore for a few days but boy did I have fun :D

Praxis

[chetrogers]

410 shotgun and then i shot a .22 then a 243..sall in that order on the same day..man that was a great day.

[sig970]

Rifle: Marlin model 60 .22lr

Shotgun Model 1100 20g

Handgun Uncles BHP Sweet handgun

[Chuck Dye]

First was when I was ten - a singleshot bolt .22 LR, J.C. Higgins, I think, on an outing with uncles and cousins.

The real learning came when I was eleven on the firing line of the Davey Crockett Junior Rifle Club at Fort Myer, Virginia, with a Winchester Model 75 Target. Does anyone still speak of pinwheels and snowballs?

[carp killer]

Winchester 1890 .22short. Great little gun.

[Moparmike]

Chinese SKS. Good gun to start on, but the 22 was probably a better gun.

[KP95DAO]

Rimfire: marlin, tubular, bolt action
centerfire rifle: 30-40 Krag
shotgun: Marlin 16 ga bolt action
centerfire handgun: Colt 357 Trooper
rimfire handgun: H&R 949

[Solinvictus70]

.22 Revelation semi auto. Dad still has it. :D

[Dionysusigma]

1st gun I ever shot? Not including BB 'guns', probably my friend's 12ga pump shotgun (that was in February):uhoh: Learned to shoot on? Marlin Model 60.

[5ptdeerhunter]

The first gun I have any memory of shooting is a 9mm handgun. I was only like 6 or 7 or something like that. All I remember is my dad crouched down behind me helping me hold the gun steady.

Then I got a .177cal. BB gun from my grandmother when I was 10. Then a 16ga. when I was 12.

[bjengs]

I wanted to publicly acknowledge an excellent experience I had when I got my first gun.

I don't even remember why I bought it. None of my friends were interested in guns. My wife was skeptical. I just knew that me having one was one step closer to me being a free man.

I went to the nearest gun store, B & B Guns in North Hollywood. You really can't get any useful data from the gun mags, because every gun they review is "just awesome." I also hadn't thought about taking training at that point. So I warily put myself into the salesman's hands, hoping he wouldn't rip me off.

Turns out I got a pretty honest fellow. I didn't even realize until a few months ago that the store had been getting ready to shut its doors, and everything was cheap. All I told him was that I wanted .40 S & W. He recommended a brand new Sig P229 for a little over $500 (this was in 2000). He could've really impressed upon me the need for something pricier (and I was ready to plunk down more), but this gun really just works well for me.

I forgot his name, but if he runs across this post, "Thanks man."

[A. Partisan]

I don't remember the first gun I shot, but in 1971 I bought a new Marlin 781 for $40.00 and a new Tasco 4x scope for $20.00. A squirrel killin' combination. I still have it.

[10-Ring]

I thnik the 1st gun I shot was a Winchester 30-30...WOW what fun that was! :D The gun I actually learned what I was doing on was a Beretta 92fs....I think that's why I still like'em ;)

[El Tejon]

Stevens dbm bolt action .22. First rifle my father bought as a boy.

[Guy B. Meredith]

Back about 1956 or 57 I attended a Hunter Safety Course with the Boy Scouts. I believe we took the Remington 514 that is in my closet now and a Stevens bolt action with the plunger cocking mechanism. The Stevens model name had some youth theme, but can't remember. We might also have borrowed a .22 cal target rifle with peep sight. I've been a sucker for peep sights ever since I saw the first one.

First handguns were a Ruger Standard probably MKII and a .38 sp of unknown manufacture.

[Dorian]

First gun ever shot was an M16A2 in basic training. Then I moved on to a Beretta M9 in MP school.

First gun I LEARNED to shoot on was a my USP Compact .45 in police academy.

[Edward429451]

I dont remember for sure. My dad collected S&W handguns. It was probably that little black 22 revolver that spit lead in your face, forget what model it was but I dont think it was the K frame 22, cause we had a K-38 and the 22 was smaller framed. The K-38 was my fav. He also had a slew of 357's and a 29.

First SG would've been my bro's double barrel 12, forget make.

First rifle was either my bro's Nylon 66 or my dads Kodiak 22 mag.

[Smoke]

Excluding BB and Air guns....

Granddaddy (Paternal Grandfather) taaught me to shoot on a .22lr Savage Bolt action Single shot.

Pop, (Maternal Grandfather) taught me to shoot on a Stevens double barrel .410.

Oddly enough the guns they gave me were somewhat reversed, Granddaddy gave me his Win. Mod. 42 Pump 410.
Pop gave me a Mod 99 300 Savage.

[eotp]

Rifle: Sears Model 2T -- .22 LR/L/S with 20" barrel

Handgun: Smith and Wesson Model 66 Combat Magnum Stainless .357 Magnum with 4" barrel

[RVSinOK]

Can't recall the model, but it was my dad's lever action Marlin .22. A GREAT gun, and he still has it....I just got to shoot it again last Christmas.

[blades67]

The first handgun I learned to shoot with was a S&W Model 19 .357 Magnum shooting .38 Special ammunition. The first rifle I learned to shoot was a Marlin Model 60 .22lr.

[Matthew Temkin]

First rimfire rifle...Marlin bolt action single shot.

Ffirst centerfire.. Marlin Model 336C in 30 30

First shotgun..Mossberg 500

First handgun..S&W model 10 in .38Spl.

First semi auto pistol..Beretta Model 84 in .380.

[WingZero]

The first gun I ever shot was an SKS.

[TheActor]

My first was a .410 shotgun I'll never forget training bird dogs with my dad and uncle on pen raised quail. One got up and I took a shot missing of course. The bird lit in a tree and pop let me shoot it. I remember having to move closer because the .410 is so weak. That was the only time he let me do that as it was my first. Also the day I learned what a Gentlemen's Sport quail hunting is. Heh I was probably 9 or 10 I guess.

[DNA]

First handgun: S&W Sigma at the shooting range last October... it had the nastiest trigger I've come across... luckily I also rented a 6" 686... :)

First rimfire rifle: A savage of some sort that my friend owns.

First pitol I bought was a RugerMark2, first centerfire was a S&W M27-2... Now i've gotta get my hands on a shotgun and centerfire rifle....

Dan

[mainmech48]

My Dad taught me the rudiments of marksmanship and the Absolutes of safe gun handling with the same Winchester single-shot .22 that'd been his first rifle. I was seven or eight years old.

He was patient with lapses in technique that caused poor groups, but the slightest breech of The Rules when it came to safety would result in that "burning sensation" on your ears and behind.

He taught me to hunt rabbits and quail with his old Iver Johnson .410 when I was nine. At eleven I got the first of my own guns, a used Mossberg BA .410, for my birthday. I graduated to my grandfather's Winchester 97 TD 12 ga. at fourteen.

My first experience with handguns was with his Colt OP .22 revolver. I didn't shoot a centerfire pistol until I went to boot camp at seventeen.

I'd done some very limited shooting and deer hunting with my Uncle Lou's "sporterized" '03 Springfield by age sixteen, but the M14 and a jarhead Gunnery Sgt. were my real teachers.

I bought an old Stevens "Favorite" .22 to teach my nephews and niece with. Very shortly I'll be a greatuncle, and I've already got a brand-new Chipmunk in anticipation.

[kalibear45]

Taurus PT-92 :)

[jsalcedo]

Winchester 94 30/30

Walther PPKS

1982 was a very good year:)

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

I was maybe 5 or so; My dad took my mom, little brother and myself to the farm and we shot into the high bermed dam on the other side of the pond. IIRC, we shot his K22 S&W, and one of a pair of Lord model Colt .22 short derringers, which I now have. We later went back and shot his postwar blt action .22 Marlin, which my brother may still have. Not long after that he taught me how to shoot his 1911A1.

Regards,
Rabbit.

[Erik]

A Colt SAA buntline .22LR. My dad's first gun, and mine.

[bpisler]

My first rifle was a inexpensive
single shot 22lr soon followed by a
winchester 94.First handgun was a model 28 smith that i carried in the woods of alaska for 5-6 years starting when i was 14.

[nygunguy]

I think it was the Western Auto .22 single shot that my Dad bought me when I was 12. If not that it was a Winchester M94 in .32 Special.

[stevelyn]

First rifle .22 Winchester lever gun using shorts when I was 6 (don't remember model).
First centerfire Winchester 94 .30-30.
First shotgun 20 ga. H&R single shot.
First revolver Webley-Scott Mk IV .38 S&W.
First auto loader 1911A1 courtesy of Uncle Sugar.
First full-auto M-60 MG, grenade launcher, rocket launcher, and other implements of smoke, fire, and destruction courtesy of same uncle. :D

From age 8 to about 14, I was never without a B-B or pellet gun.
Daisy Golden Eagle, Daisy/Sears Ted Williams 1894 w/ octagon barrel, Daisy Powermatic.

[Skunkabilly]

USP40F. Tactical poser from the very beginning.