[SteyrAUG]

When I was 4th Grade I went to a friends birthday party. His family name was Koff and they were quite German. Among my freinds possessions was his grandfathers Luger. I had of course seen them in movies and always though they were cool but this was my first "up close" gun.

I had seen guns before, and even shot .22s with my dad and brother but never gave them much thought. This one was different, it was cool. Factor in that I was a WWII junkie and there you go.

Well apparantly I just wouldn't shut up about my freind and his Luger and how cool it was because that same year for Christmas...


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At 10 years old this was my first firearm. It was also one of my first possessions I assigned real value too.

Btw, the details: 1917 Royal Armory at Erfurt, all original and matching except magazine.

I never looked at my bicycle with the same amount of fondness ever again.

[sam3]

mines not nearly as nice , a ithaca m-66 20ga. supersingle at age nine and i still have it and just taught my ten year old daughter to shoot it last year.

[TheBluesMan]

Sweet, StyerAUG. Very sweet. :)

I still have the 20 ga. single shot by dad gave me when I was 10. Ordered it from the Sears & Roebuck Catalog IIRC. It's leanin' against my desk right beside me, right now.

[Blackhawk]

Nope.

Nor my 2nd, 3rd, 4th....

And I regret it.

[Marshall]

Remington Mowawk 48, 20ga 26" Imp Cyl. w Gold trigger and Gold front bead. Still have it, it's 32 years old and looks like new!

[mack]

Nope, bought my first two myself, well actually one was for my wife (her choice), and have since sold both without any regret. My first gun was a Ruger single six .22 cal. - hated cleaning it and the cylinder pin had a nasty habit of shooting loose.

Wife's gun was a Beretta 21 in .22 cal with the tip up barrel - nasty little gun, I never cared to shoot it, after one shooting session neither did she.

My third gun was a Glock 17 - I still have it, well kind of still have it, I liked it, but had to give it to the wife, or else, she liked shooting it, I still get to clean it. Since then I got a Glock 19 to replace my Glock 17.

However the older my eyes get the more I migrate to rifles. When I get really old in a few years, God willing, I will probably have to switch to shotguns. ;)

[10-Ring]

Nope. I bought a POS for my 1st firearm & I'm glad its gone.

[12.7x99mm]

I wish I still had mine. My dad got it for me. I had to sell it to buy food. It was a bad time with out a job far away from home, first time on my own.

I have all the others I own now and will never sell another because of the one! A 20g over and under 22

I love/hate thinking of that gun. And it taught me a good lesson later in my years.

Take a look at my nic name and guess what I own now +!

[HABU]

I was 12 or 13 when I bought my first firearm. Remington 870, 20 guage I paid for myself. It seems like it was about $160, or so. I recently bought an 870 12 guage for over 600 bucks :what:

At any rate, I sold the 20 guage a few years later for a profit. I sure wish I still had it. Its the only firearm I have ever sold. :banghead:

[cratz2]

Yep... Dan Wesson 22 revolver. And my second, a Ruger Single Six with just the 22 Magnum cylinder.

I seriously doubt I'll ever get rid of either of them.

[SteyrAUG]

Btw, the first gun I paid for with my own money was a HK91. I actually bought a HK91 and a HK93 on the same day for $400 each in 1983. I remember feeling like the biggest sucker on the block to have spent so much on 2 guns.

I don't feel so bad these days. :D

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[Mike Irwin]

There were a couple "first guns" for me...

My first gun that would shoot something out of a barrel was a single-shot black powder pistol that I built from a kit. One of those advertised in the back of American Rifleman, IIRC. Still have it.

My first cartridge gun was an Iver Johnson breaktop .38 S&W. I convinced my Mother that I needed it. $60, IIRC, about 1980. I don't have it anymore. I gave it to Pete Dickey, Technical Director of American Rifleman magazine. He LOVED those old breaktops, and I wanted to say thank you. I learned a lot from just shutting up and listening to him.

My first semi-auto I still have, a Radom 9mm with Nazi acceptance stamps that I saw in my local gunshop for $125. Had to get Dad to buy it for me, as I was 18 at the time. Still have it.

My first modern revolver, and the first I bought on my own after turning 21, was a Charter Arms Off Duty, bought in 1986. Still have it.

My first shotgun was a Winchester Model 1200 that Mom and Dad got at a yardsale. Fun shotgun, Winchokes, I still have it, but it's apart right now.

My first rifle was a Savage 99. Bought it in 1984, my sophomore year in college. I fell in love with 99s when I saw one on the cover of American Rifleman around 1975 or so. For some reason I felt some strange compunction to hit the local sporting goods shop one afternoon after class, and there it was. Had just come in, a 99EG in .300 Savage, made in 1936. I made a down payment on it, and the guy at the shop allowed me to pay $10 to $20 a week until I had it paid off. I've still got that one, and always will.

My first Smith & Wesson, the gun that made me realize just what wonderous creations S&Ws are, was a .32 Long Regulation Police, made around 1920. I got it at the same shop where I got the Charter Arms and the Radom. I'm going to be shooting it on Friday.

Wow. What a litany of firsts! :)

[Hkmp5sd]

Remington single shot, bolt action .22 s/l/lr.

Kept it and several boxes of ammo on a rack on my bedroom wall from 6th grade on. Rack kept getting bigger, finally turned into a cabinet, then morphed into a locker and ultimately evolved into a couple of very large and heavy safes. The old Remington occupies a place of honor on the front row of one.

[Travis McGee]

Yessir, I still have it, still shoot it, and still love it, my first pistol which I bought for about $110 brand new in 1976 just after I turned 18.

It's my beautiful Ruger Standard Model Mark One, blued steel, with the 6" tapered barrel and fixed sights which shoot dead on and which kills soda cans at 100 feet and balloons at 100 yards all day long! I love that gun!

Also, that pistol has been used to train at least a dozen tyros in safe gun handling and the fundamentals of marksmanship. If there was ever a gun that was a great return on investment, it's that $110 Ruger!!!

[Schuey2002]

Nope.

Nor my 2nd, 3rd, 4th....

And I regret it.


Ditto! :)

[jmbg29]

Btw, the first gun I paid for with my own money was a HK91. I actually bought a HK91 and a HK93 on the same day for $400 each in 1983.Why don't you just come over to my house and knife me in the heart? :evil:

Those are some sweet looking shootin' irons.

I still have my first, a Stevens .22/.410 OU

[4570Rick]

Still have my $37.95 Ruger 10-22 and still love it.:D

[illuminatus99]

nope, it was a davis .380, glad to see it go.

[Pendragon]

My first gun and hand gun was an Israeli BHP clone - stupid GSC talked me out of the FN one. It never ran right and I sold it to a TFL member (with full disclosure).

I have sold or traded away my first:

Handgun
Revolver
.22 handgun
.22 rifle
1911

I am a pragmatist at heart and decided that I would not keep a gun that I did not trust enough to save my live or a gun that was not other wise suited to do so.

I now own a Valtro and 2 S&Ws. They have never failed to go bang and I have no regrets.

[Tamara]

Nope.

My first gun (a 10/22) was sold by the time I was 21.

[Kahr carrier]

Long gone but my cousin still owns it.:)

[Lone Star]

My paternal grandfather gave me a single-shot .410 at age six, and I still have it. The first gun I PAID for (age 13; Mom had to sign the papers) was a Webley Mk. VI .455 converted to .45 ACP, and I just WISH I still had it. It was stolen from my mother's home while I was away in the Air Force, probably by a crony of my little brother, who shouldn't have shown it to the guy.

Lone Star

[Lone Star]

HABU-

Is your board name anything to do with the Okinawan and Japanese snake called a habu?

Lone Star

[FPrice]

Bought a Marlin Model 39A .22rf lever-action rifle in June 1971 when I graduated from the Zoo. Paid $95 for it. Still have it; it will go to my son.

[CW-op]

Yes. A Daisy BB gun at age 6. Recently gave it to my youngest son. It still works 64 years later. Second gun? Hopkins&Allen 12 ga. given to me by my grandfather at age 8. Still have it. I have however, sold some of my later acquisitions Much to my everlasting regret.

[cobb]

Yep, a Stevens model 46, 22 rimfire rifle. I walked bean fields during the summer to save up and buy it. I don't remember for sure the cost, but I am sure it was in the $13-$17 range. I haven't shot it for years and now it hangs on the wall above my loading bench.

[Meanoldfart]

I got it for Christmas in 1958, a Fox 16 ga. side x side double barrel, two gold played triggers. Its still a great rabbit and quail gun.:D

[Greg L]

Yep,

A Ruger SP-101. It's now my wife's carry gun.

Greg

[Ron L]

I still have my first gun, a Glenfield Model 75 22LR. It's around 27 years old now and still shooting fine.

[MarineTech]

My first gun was a Ruger 10/22 that I got for my 10th birthday. I don't have it anymore. I gave it to my younger cousin when I joined the Marines in 89. I kick myself for that. He still has it though.

[Glock_17]

Still have it, a Glock 17.
Nowadays I use it for IPSC Standard Div.

[meathammer]

Winchester 94 .30-30. I still shoot it now and then. My uncle won it in a raffle (used) for a dollar. He didn't want it, so he gave it to me.

[Hemicuda]

First gun - Daisey "Mod. 99" BB gun - 4 years old

First rifle - Springfield Bolt-Cocker single shot bolt .22 - 6 years old

First gun I shot (non BB gun) - Winchester Mod. 60A Target Bolt

First handgun - Ruger MK1 .22 - 18 years old

First pistol I ever shot - Hi-standard Double-Nine .22 Revolver

First shotgun I ever shot, and owned - Fox Mod. B SxS

[12GA]

Yup, it's a Remington Mohawk-48 12GA autoloader. I bought it brand new in 1974 at the local K-Mart for $125. :D

[nualle]

The first gun I owned, I still have. The Mossberg Maverick 12-guage I refer to in my sig was given to me by a good friend.

The first gun I bought with my own money was a P-08 cobbled together from parts, all WWII era, but different years. I wanted a shooting gun, not a wall hanger, and I got it—but I should have shopped longer. I never liked the Nazi stamps on it and, though it shot, it jammed too often (understandable, elderly workhorse that it was, but no fun at the firing line). I sold it off at a loss with no regrets. Someday maybe I'll get a repro.

BTW SteyrAUG: that 1917 Erfurt is purty!

[Soap]

I still have mine, a Ruger Single Six Convertible that I got for my 12th birthday.

[TallPine]

Nope - first gun was a 50 caliber T/C Hawken. It got stolen out of my camper trailer while logging down in northern New Mexico.

It was loaded with ball and powder at the time, but with no cap. I often wonder if those Mexican kids blew themselves up with it ...?

[4v50 Gary]

Per se my Crossman 760 was my first and it is quietly reposed in the corner of my room. A few years back, I killed a pigeon that was feeding at the neighbor's. Doves are OK, pigeons are fair game ever since one pooped on my head in 3rd grade.

My first firearm was a Remington 700 BDL LH in 30-06. I paid $225 for it and have it today. No regrets.

[V-fib]

yes, a Marlin model 60 tube fed 18rds .22lr. Very nice gun! :cool:

[Ian]

Nope. My first gun was a semi .22 rifle with a recoil spring almost completely destroyed by rust (unknown to me when I bought it). I only owned it for two weeks before I found the seller at a gun show and swapped it for a functional Marlin Mdl 60 (which I do still own, and have no plans to sell).

[kalibear45]

No

[Skunkabilly]

I actually bought a HK91 and a HK93 on the same day for $400 each in 1983.

Steyraug: I hate you. ;)

I sold the first 4 guns I had: USP40F, Remmy 1100, Kimber Stainless Target II, and Benelli SBE. Don't miss any of them, at all.

[KP95DAO]

No. My mother has it. A H&R 949 bought in October '68. I think I paid $55.00 at the Post Exchange.

[Tom J.]

Yes,
A Stevens model 66 tube fed bolt action .22 . My father gave it to me when I was ten .

[Ikari]

First gun was a Chinese SKS. I still have it (only bought it 1.5 yrs ago). I've put about 1000 rounds thru it so far. Great beater gun. I went throught the 'dumb college student who goes overboard tricking out a gun that's only worth $150-200 with another $200 worth of accessories' phase. I think I'm getting better now. I plan to keep that gun around. They'll probably be illegal to buy here in CA in the next few years. I'll own a pre-ban weapon. wheeeeee

[scottsw1]

The very first gun I ever bought after I moved away from home was a Remington 870 Express back in 1991. I still have it and use it for all of my hunting trips were a shotgun is required. I also used my express for skeet until I made E-5 and bought myself an 1187 back in 1995.

[blades67]

Yes, I still have my first gun, a Colt Python.

[Chris Rhines]

I suppose that my first gun was the Anschutz sporter that Dad gave me when I was...14? Something like that.

I'm keeping that one forever.

My first gun bought with my own money is my CZ-75b. I have no plans to sell that one either.

- Chris

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

first firearm- 12th birthday, Browning 22. auto takedown model, still have it.

first centerfire rifle-16th birthday, Winchester M70 in 30.06, still have it, but it's in the back of the safe.

first centerfire pistol- 21st birthday, first one I bought for myself- Browning Hi-Power, the first of many. Still own it, shoot and carry it more than any of the other BHP's.

The only firearms I have ever sold were purchased either totally impulsively, like a string of H&R 999 break action .22's (notoriously out of time eventually) and a P-38 which I took an absolute bath on, as I bought it just a few months before they came into the country by the containerload in better condition for less than half of what I paid for it. I recall trading a Marlin 60 to my brother for a nice set of golf clubs once, but I got the better end of the deal by far on that one as I found it, rusting, in the woods one day.

I purchased a pair of Stevens pumps from an OTASCO store that was closing long ago; I kept the .410 and traded the 20 gauge with a small amount of cash NIB for a Browning BDA (early SIG 220) in .45 with a 3 digit serial number.

Anymore, if I find something I want, I buy it and tend to never part with it. I guess I figure if it's worth buying, it's worth keeping....although I own a PT111.

Regards,
Rabbit.

"If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world
peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until
the looting started..."

[Nanook]

Yes, I bought both of my first guns at the same time and still have them. (Remington 870 Wingmaster in 12 gauge, and a Ruger 10/22)

My first projectile shooting weapon was a Sheridan Blue Streak. Although I don't have the actual one I bought, I'm on the third example. The first two went to trades over the years, and I found that I missed it and bought another. It's pretty much been replaced by an RWS 45 but I still keep it around.

[TheFrontRange]

I wish I still had the first gun I purchased on my own, a Mossberg Model 500 12-gauge "Cruiser combo" with both the short and long barrels, the full wooden stock and the pistol grip, etc.

My first handgun was a brand-new Smith & Wesson Model 19 .357 Magnum. It was a beauty...and I hate to say I no longer own it, either.

I've seen some posts about airguns and I can at least say I still have ALL of those! Daisy Models 1897, 840, and a scoped 881, plus a Crosman 1600 semi-auto pistol and a 38T pellet revolver, and even one of those wimpy little Marksman 1010s that are supposed to look like a 1911! My buddy had one, too, and we were always impressed that these little 1010s could shoot not just BBs but pellets and darts LOL...still haven't tried the dart thing!

The 38T revolver has a six-inch barrel and got me started early thinking I was at least as bad as "Dirty Harry" hahaha...my Dad even helped me rig up a shoulder holster to pack it in...I carried that Crosman under a jacket or untucked shirt just about everywhere but to school in my junior high days...surely that must have been at least a misdemeanor!!!

I've inherited a very weathered old Hopkins & Allen 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun that was my grandfather's...it is not functional but it's surely a keeper.

[muddyboots]

First gun was a Benjamin pump air rifle, .22. I got it for my 7th Christmas. First firearm was a Winchester Mod. 77 semi-auto .22 with the tube magazine. I got that one for my 15th Christmas. My first purchase was a S&W Mod. 28, .357, 4" bbl. I bought it at the Wiesbaden Rod and Gun Club in Germany in 1968. Paid $83 new in box.

Still have all three.

[shootist2121]

Mine is a REmington Model 552 pump...I was Seventeen..God that was a long time ago..Still shoots great. Full size adult 22 rifle at the time. I remember buying it with my own money..My father chipped iin 20 when I decided on it instead of a Winchester model 190..I was short...Great memory...

:p :p

[coonan357]

my first gun I bough t I still have its a Ruger KGP161 its in the safe right now cleaned and oiled , ihaven't used it much lately , the first gun I shot It was proprerty of the state and had to give it back :( :cuss: . S&W hiway patrolman

[BOBE]

My parents gave me my first gun for Christmas in 1949, a 16 ga. Iver Johnson, Champion shotgun. It is still in the family. A grandson owns it now. I was very proud to pass it on to him.

[Sprout]

686+, still have it and love it.

[buzz_knox]

Yup. BL-22 .22 lever action given to me when I was around 14. I used to plink in the front yard until the neighbors complained. The first pistol was an AT-84 9mm given to me for graduation from high school. Neither will ever be sold, nor will the Sig 229 given as a college graduation present.

[crawfordew]

Yup! Remington 510 my grandfather gave me when I was a kid (in the '50s).
I shoot it in sporter rifle matches, still does the job.

Gene ;)

[thisaway]

My dad gave me my first gun when I was 10...22 years ago now...a Winchester Model 67 single-shot bolt-action .22. Still have it.

My first purchased gun was a Thompson/Center Pennsylvania Hunter .50-cal. muzzlelaoder. Still have it, too.

[bad_dad_brad]

Heck yes.

An old single shot .22 kid gun.

Never sell it.

[HadEmAll]

Well, I guess maybe somebody somewhere might have that old Brazilian, 5-shot, 1 shot before it seized up, .38 snub revolver that I thought was so cool back in 1974. Glad I got rid of it before it got me killed.

[twoblink]

My first was my Ruger 10/22. I didn't know what I wanted, but I knew I wanted one of these... Still have it, still just as fun 30,000+ rounds later...

My first pistol was a Steyr M40. Still got that too... Actually, the only gun I've sold thus far is my SKS. Everything else, I still have.

[drednekhunter38]

winchester 67a, still have it, gonna hand it down to my 6 yr old when he grows into it. have added an ithica 37 16ga, h&r topper 48 12 ga ( al three i got from my garndfather ), most recently a mosin m44 that im sporterizing, fixin to get a stevens 220 16 ga in a week or 2. btw anyone know much about the stevens 220? i dont know much about them, but this one's the tightest single shot ive ever handled.

[Javelin]

I still have my first; a little Anschutz youth model .22lr my dad bought for me when I was 8. It is a great little entry level competition firearm (a little too small now haha) but maybe one day I pass it down.

:)

[cpaspr]

Not sure if it was a Hawes Western Six Shooter (.22 / .22Mag) or a Remington 760 Gamemaster in .308. Both were given about the same time. Still have the rifle; the poj revolver is long gone. Still have my first purchase - a Ruger Standard Model .22 that's older than I am.

[Sharps-shooter]

Yeah, i still have mine, it's my sharps 1878 in 45-70, and I love it.

But here's a better story-- My dad's first gun was a marlin lever-action .22 rifle. He got it when he was ten, i think. He had it for a long time, and once shot it through the window of his parents' kitchen. They never fixed the broken window, and told me about it decades later.

When he got older, he sold/traded the gun to his cousin, who was 10 yrs younger, and just learning to shoot. He then traded it to his brother. Cousin #2 kept it for years, and taught his kids to shoot on it. When those kids grew up and moved out of the house, he gave the rifle as a gift to my older brother, for his son (who is as yet not shooting age). So the gun changed hands many times, but always stayed in the tribe, and now will be the first gun of the original owner's grandson.

[bluestarlizzard]

dad bought me a new englander single shot .410 gauge when i was sixteen. couple months later he bought me my S&W mod. 19. still got both...

[JKimball]

Still have the Daisy Powerline 856 I bought with the money I earned working on our fruit farm when I was 10 or so. I was getting a dollar for every bushel I picked and people say money doesn't grow on trees. Spent a lot of happy hours with that rifle. Got me into trouble more than once too.

[Hunter0924]

My first firearm was given to me by my Grandfather when my mother was pregnant with me.
It is a Montgomery Wards Hercules 12ga 2 3/4 side by side and I still have it, and I have won a few turkey shoots with the right barrel.

[Intrepid Dad]

For me it isn't that hard. I bought my first gun just over a year ago - a S&W .44 Mountain Gun. I can't imagine selling it. I hope to give it go one of my sons someday.

[MarshallDodge]

My first gun was a Winchester 69A .22 rifle. We were riding in the car one day and my Dad was talking to my mom about selling some of his civil war guns. I was 9 years old and didn't care too much about the civil war guns but I asked what he was going to do with the .22, he looked at me in the rear view mirror and said "It's yours"

You couldn't wipe the grin off my face for the rest of the day. :D

When I was old enough to start buying guns I purchased a S&W 422 pistol. I still have the rifle and the pistol. Years later when my Dad saw how serious I was about firearms he regretted selling the civil war guns.

[SaxonPig]

Stolen in 1986 along with all the others.

[cortez kid]

Kind of a back-handed way, but I have the Single Six I shot when I was a kid. It belonged to my father, who bought it new. I have it for keeps(as long as I can) now. I grab hold of it when I need to go back to a better day.
kid

[doc2rn]

Yes I still have it. When I turned 10 I was dissapointed, all the other boys got their .22's. Dad was out of work and I understood. Next year I got a Ruger MKI. Man where all the other fellas jealous, I got a pistol. Carried it everywhere told them no for a change. Little brother had to beg to use one of their rifles. If I had all the allowance back I spent on ammo, nah kept me out of trouble.

[Lucky Strike]

well if BB guns count then no i don't have it anymore.

If it's restricted to "real" guns then yep....but it's not that impressive since I bought it (SA XD9sc) about 9 months ago

[TexasRifleman]

Yep. An Interarms import of a Rossi knockoff of an old Winchester gallery gun.

Cheap as they came back then. You'd have thought it was the finest gun made as happy as I was. I can't begin to guess the number of .22 "bricks" I've run through that thing. I was 11 I think. Maybe 10, not sure.

That became the standard gift at birthdays etc, a brick of .22LR.

Maybe I'll take it to the range next time I go.

[SGW42]

Daisy Red Ryder - first "gun"
Remington 581-S bolt-action .22 - first real one

Both still reside next to each other in my father's gun cabinet.

I keep the collection I've acquired since then with me.

[arflattop]

Nope. It was a magazine fed Sears bolt action .22 when I was 12. It was stolen some 20 years later by some miscreants who decided that, while I was out working for a living, they'd help themselves to the spoils. You never really get over being violated.........

[xx7grant7x]

the nicest remington 870 wingmaster magnum I've ever seen, it still looks just as pretty as the first day I saw it, my dad bought that one for me first gun I ever bought myself was a high-point 995 but hey.. ya gotta start somewhere and I've still got that one too it's been a great gun, haven't tried those pro-mag 15 rounders yet.......:neener:

[bull420]

yep a springfield 87A 22. it was my grand fathers and if it still works when i have a kid it is what i will use to teach him to shoot.

[rjohnson4405]

Yep, NEF Pardner single shot break barrel 12 gauge. Never plan on getting rid of it and it runs like a champ!

[Coyote3855]

Yep. Basic Daisy BB gun. Winchester youth rifle, single shot bolt action .22 for Christmas in 1952. I was 8 years old.

[The Annoyed Man]

A 1943 Ithaca 1911-A1 I inherited from my dad when he died in 1990. I was 38 at the time.

[rugerman07]

My first gun was purchased 33 years ago at Woolworths. It was an F.I.E. 12 gauge single shot shotgun. What a piece of junk. No, I no longer have it!

[Darthbauer]

Nope and I just sold my second gun too. I didnt know what I was doing back then and just bought a gun cause of the name brand or cause it looked cool. Now I know better.

[Nugilum]

My first toy... Ahh...

It is a "Springfield 84 C-" made by J. Stevens Company. And yes, I still have it! :p

It's old, It's beat up, and it's a tack-driver. :what:

I bought it at a pawn shop in Hattiesburg, MS eighteen years ago.
All I've done is buy two ten round magazines and replace the rear sight step. My scouts love to shoot this one! ;)

[USAFNoDAk]

Still have my original daisy BB gun from my 7th birthday, my Winchester Model 250 Deluxe Lever action .22 rifle (With Weaver 3X Scope) from my 12th birthday, and my inherited (from paternal Grandfather) Remington Model 31 pump shotgun, with solid ribbed, 28" barrel, in 16 gauge from my 13th birthday. As a matter of fact, I still have every gun I've been given, purchased, or inherited.

[macadore]

I got a used Lefever Nitro Special when I was 12. It’s a solid chunk of steel and still shoots great. I have thought about selling it, but it is worth more to me than I could get for it. I’ll probably give it to my son.

[james_bond]

For my 11th birthday I dad got me a little Marlin .22 single bolt action, not a chipmunk but VERY small. My dad has it now so he can take my little brother shooting, but I can uset it when ever I need.

[Cannonball888]

No. I had a lever-action scoped .22 as a boy but I don't remember the make. It was still the most accurate .22 I ever had.

[AirplaneDoc]

1873 Springfield Trapdoor 45-70. Given to me by my father still have it and shoot it.

First gun I purchased was a stoger luger 22. Still have it as well

[kle]

My first gun is a HK P7M10, purchased from a friend a year and a half ago. Heck yeah I've still got it!

[tn-dave]

My 1st firearm was a Davis 380. Still have it, cracked slide and all. I have removed and hidden the firing pin though.

I did a little better with my next two: A 20g 870 Wingmaster & A Norinco SKS
Still have and shoot both of those..

[ArfinGreebly]

One of the hazards of reviving a four-year-old thread is that some character will want to see the actual picture in the original post.

So, my good man, since that picture link has decayed, do you have one that's more current?

'Cuz we wanna see it, and inquiring minds wanna drool.

[NG VI]

HK USP .40, still got it love it bought it used at a bit before my 19 birthday, looks beautiful

[Constantine-p89]

Magtech 151 single shot 12 gauge(grandpa). First one I bought was the dreaded Jenning 9mm.

[BRASSM]

I still have my first firearm, a Ruger Blackhawk .357 Mag/9mm. I purchased it the week after I left the east coast. I've had it since '78 and it will definetely outlast me.

[doubleg]

First gun was a New Haven 600AT pump that was given to me by my grandfather.

First gun I bought was a Kimber Custom II .45 acp.

[Mr White]

Yes. Argentinian High Power purchased 1 week before the 94 ban went into effect. Was able to get 3 normal capacity mags for it. (as opposed to the 10 round low capacity mags allowed by the ban)

Unfortunately I wasn't around guns when I was a kid. I was interested in them but dad didn't huunt or shoot and mom was afraid of them. The first gun I ever fired was my neighbor's sporterized .30-40 Krag when I was 14. From there it was a Crossman 760 until I went to college, then a lot of years with no time or real interest in guns. And now here I am with what the media would call an arsenal (remember, anything over 2 guns is considered an arsenal).

[S&W45]

I still have my Chipmunk .22 Bolt Action Single shot. Have the box with papers and the grey shoft case. I will never part with it.

[Black Majik]

Colt NRM Government 1911. Still got it.

[MilsurpShooter]

.22 chipmunk. Sit's in my safe waiting for it's day to shine again

[fletcher]

First gun ever, a Crosman air rifle - still have it. First "real gun", SKS, has been sold. First handgun, GP100, will be in my possession forever.

[Tommygunn]

Winchester Model 94AE in .30-30. Still got it!!!!

[f4t9r]

not really my first but traded my first single shot 12 ga to a marlin 22 that I still have 36 years later.

[Sheldon J]

Not only do I have it but.. every gun I have ever owned, as well as my dad's, Uncle's, Father in law's, and I just received the grandest one of all, my Grandfathers 12 GA double barrel!!:D:D:D

[oklahoma caveman]

got it? yes of course. :cool: remington targetmaster with a looong barrel

[romma]

Yep, Keltec P32... In my pocket right now! ;)

[todd128]

my first was a ruger 10/22 do not still have it some low life scum broke in & stole it but did go out & buy another one with the insurance money

[phoglund]

My first was a Ruger 10/22 my father gave me. I still have it although it has a different barrel and stock and has a scope mounted.

[KBintheSLC]

5 yrs old. Dad brings home a Ruger 10/22 and says happy birthday son. I have had it ever since.

[SoonerSP101]

Yep I do..

[41magsnub]

yep, Winchester model 120 20ga youth. Still have it and shoot it, but it is in the gun hospital right now.

[fearless leader]

Yes, a Marlin auto loading 22. I forget the model, and my second.

The first one I ever bought, an 8" 41 mag. Model 57 S&W was stolen in Norfolk, VA.

Remember when you join the service, when the recruiter says it's one of you military benifits to use the base armory to secure your firearms when you are deployed, he's lying.

[Stevie-Ray]

Yup, Stevens model 34 bolt action .22 rifle. Got it for my 12th birthday 40 years ago. It still amazes me with it's accuracy.

[MRIman]

Hell Yes!! I still have my first gun.

MRI

[Jubjub]

Yes indeed. Remington 514 that I got for Christmas when I was 11. Along with it I got a box of shorts, a box of longs, and a box of long rifle ammo. Apparently, my dad took the S,L,LR marking literally. ;)

[GBExpat]

Your First Gun...Still Got It?

Ayup, .22 semi-auto rifle ... a Christmas present from "Santa" in 1964 ... :)

[Kind of Blued]

I had my friend pick it up from my house while I was at work so we could go shooting straight from work. He put it on top of his car, put my ammo, my shoes and my change of clothes in his passenger seat, got in, and took off.

It was probably the perfect first gun. Browning Buckmark Hunter, 7.25" barrel, accurate as hell.

I miss it badly.

[Mojo-jo-jo]

First here was a Chinese SKS. I sold it when I bought a M59/66, since I couldn't justify having two SKS's.

I should have kept it.

[Working Man]

I had my friend pick it up from my house while I was at work so we could go shooting straight from work. He put it on top of his car, put my ammo, my shoes and my change of clothes in his passenger seat, got in, and took off.

It was probably the perfect first gun. Browning Buckmark Hunter, 7.25" barrel, accurate as hell.

I miss it badly.

But do you miss the friend? :cool:


As for the first gun, yup still do. Stevens SxS 20.

[ARKIESTEEL]

My great grandfather bought a springfield stevens model 82 single shot bolt action with a straight pull hammer .22 when he was a boy for $6 bucks. When my grandfather was a boy my great grand father gave it to him. When my father came along (oldest son of my grand father) he got the gun. It became mine at the age of 7 (28 years ago) and still lives in my gun safe. I have killed much small game with it and it still shoots good. I dont shoot this gun very often anymore but some day my child will have this gun and get the same story I got; some things just aint for sale.

Its not fancy its about half unsafe (when loaded and the hammer is cocked if you move or try to cycle the bolt the gun fires and there is no safety other than whats between your ears) but its mine

[Remington788]

Ruger 10/22, given to me for Christmas when I was 12, still have it, will never get rid of it.

[32winspl]

Nope, Yep and Yep!
My Dad had (still does) a Win '94 in, you guessed it, .32 Winchester Special that I truly longed for. For my 8th Christmas (1966gave me ), Dad, gave me a Daisy "Spittin' Immage" mod 94 bb gun. Bet I put a half million bb's through it before it died. I still hunt with his old 94. I'm regularly amazed just how fast it comes to shoulder and on target. A lot to be said for 40 year old muscular memory.
When I was about 10, an Uncle gave me his Rem 572 Fieldmaster. Still have it though I seldom shoot it anymore, the action gets gummed up so easily... I mostly use a hvy bbled 10/22.
The first gun I ever bought was an Ithaca featherlight 20 ga. when I was late 12 years old. I delivered a lotta Milwaukee Journals to come up with that $126. I really had my eye on a Rem pump, but being a lefty, my Dad suggested I'd do better with the Ithaca's bottom ejection. As usual (dammit!) he was right.

[Bobby Horn]

Following the required Daisy lever-action my first was a Ruger 1022 (christmas gift at 11). The first on I bought was a Raven MP25 .25 ACP. Unfortunately don't have either. But I will... I will.

[esq_stu]

Browning BDA .45 (same as Sig P220), bought in '79, traded for a 1911 Series '70 Gov't in the same year.

[RH822]

Nope, it was a Stevens tube feed semi-automatic .22 (I forgot the model number). I got it for my 12th birthday. I gave it to my nephew before I went overseas and 26 years later, he still has it.

[m700m]

i still have it, 1932 Springfield single 12ga. my dad gave it to me when i was nine. 30 inch full choke, hollow stock. ouch........................

[sharkhunter2018]

First gun was a Stevens 311D 16ga. SXS. It is one of two that my Grandfather got. The other was given to my dad. Manufactured sometime in the late 60s ('68 i believe). Until I got it in 2004, it had only been shot once and spent most of its life in a closet. Some of the bluing has worn and has small rust spots in between the barrels. Stock has a few scratches, but the bores are in perfect condition. No other shotgun I have used (semi, pump, and O/U) points and shoots as well as the Stevens does.

First gun I bought was a Century M1. Been a great shooter and has been reliable.
I still have both, and don't plan on getting rid of either.

[loki.fish]

First gun: Star Firestar Plus. First real experience shooting a pistol was with my Uncle, who owned this same model. He died of a heart attack and the pistol was MIA. I was hoping to get it for sentimental values, as the experience shooting it with him was really got me into being the firearms fanatic I am today. Found one at a gunshow a few months later NIB and bought it. Still have it today and will never get rid of it. May not be the same one my Uncle took me shooting with, but it means just as much to me as the one he owned would have.

[stevereno1]

my first gun was a remington .410. I loved that gun. killed a few birds with it. It was stolen along with my Dad's entire gun collection in the early 80's. never recovered.

[no_problem]

My first guns ( Got them both together) was a French MAS36 and a Moisin Nagant 1891 (long version) with the octogonal receiver. I had it back when I was in Philly.

The Mas 36 got lost over the years, and I traded the MN for a couple of model kits and a WWI steel helmet and liner.

I wonder whatever happened to that MN? Later, I got a Mini 14 which came from the factory with an 18 inch barrel. I promptly had the barrel croppped to 16 inches, and added a Choate folding stock to it. I soon sold it to a buddy. Wonder what happened to my old buddy and the old Mini14.

[Blackbeard]

Well it's only been 7 months, but yes, I still have my G17.

[w_houle]

My first gun was a Jennings J-22 and it had too many problems to list and I sold it to the pawn shop that sold it to me

[throdgrain]

My first gun was a BSA Super Meteor in mighty .177 calibre :) It was in 1977, and yes its still in the attic now :)

[AZ-K9]

I don't know what year it was, but yeah I remember and still have the rifle. Falling block 22, Savage I think. Havent shot it in years but it remains in the safe, way back in the corner holding its own.

I got my 4 year old a Henry Abolt for his birthday in July, he loves to shoot it. Got the 6 and 7 year olds Ruger 10/22's on Christmas, hopefully they will remember.

[Officers'Wife]

My very first firearm was a Marlin 39A .22 that was a gift from my Grandfather. He bought it brand new when he was like 17 or 18 and it's still the most accurate weapon I have. It has a place of honor in the family 'gun' closet and I hope in 12 or 13 years to be able to use it to teach my daughter the art of 'riflery.'

Selena

[green-grizzly]

I just gave it to one of my boys.

[Wolfgang2000]

I got my first rifle on my 11th birthday. It was a Marlin auto safe 22 single shot. My son has it now. Even though I bought my grandson a Rossi combo the day he was born, I'm sure he will end up with it when he is old enough.

I received my first handgun for Christmas when I was 16. It was a H&R 22. I don't remember the model, but it was a 9 shot that loaded like a single action, but it was a double action. It was stolen from my brother.

[Bud Tugly]

Wore out several BB guns when I was a kid.

First gun was a Western Auto single shot bolt action .22 bought with paper route money when I was 12, and I still have it.

First shotgun was a Sears 12 gauge single shot bolt action. It was a big clumsy piece of crap and I traded it for a Savage/Stevens model 94 .410 which I still have.

First center fire rifle was a .303 British Enfield that I bought in 1966 for $15. It was covered with cosmoline and looked like crap, but I cleaned it up and refinished the stock. It looked good and shot great but I sold it to a young guy who wanted to get started in deer hunting. Bought a Winchester 94 in .30-30 for myself. Wish I had kept the Enfield, but still have the Winchester.

I have my dad's first shotgun. It's a 20 gauge Mossberg model 85A 3-shot bolt action he bought in the mid-1930's. It is very plain and hasn't been fired in abut 15 years, but I'll never get rid of it.

Never owned a handgun except for BB and pellet guns.

[BobbyQuickdraw]

My first guns were BB and pellet guns, no idea where they are! My first rifle I shot wasn't my own, but one my dad had bought for my mom, a .243 Winchester. It's in his gun safe.

The first firearm I legally could call my own was a Glock26 which I didn't get until 2004. I do still have that.

[RoxboroRedneck]

My dad gave me a single shot 410 when I was 11, which is sitting in the safe right beside the first gun I bought for myself, a Bushmaster AR. Wouldn't sell either for any sum of money.

[rxraptor02]

My first gun was a Remington 512, single shot bolt action. It was given to me by my grandfather when I was about 8 years old. I got to shoot it before then. I still have it, however it has not been shot in a few years but it's a tack driver.

My first handgun that I shot was a Ruger single six. It also belonged to my grandfather. When he passed away it went to my uncle. Well about 6 months ago my uncle gave the single six to me to keep, but to never sell.

Both the single six and 512 will never get sold....

My first handgun purchase was a Beretta PX4 Storm in 9mm. I still have that and plan to keep it.

-James

[JenW]

My first gun was a Mossberg 500 12 ga. pump shot gun. I bought it when I was 17, and the barrel on it seemed so long that some of my friends joked with me that I was trying to reach out and touch someone.

[Sgt.Dusk]

My first one was CZ 122 sport.
A perfect 22lr. pistol
A huge mistake...

[dirty dave]

Mine was a Enders special service 410 double.made by cresent arms.still have it.

[deanf]

yes. mossberg 500 .410

[Walkalong]

Yes. North American Arms .22 Mag mini revolver. I do not have the H&R Model 999 I bought next, too bad.

[Legionnaire]

Whoah! Zombie thread with more life now than when it was originally posted back in 2003!

In answer to OP's original question, yes, I still have my first gun: a Mossberg 500 combo with vent rib and slug barrels. A gift from my wife shortly after we were married.

[gmhamilton3]

I bought a Savage 110 .264 WM in 1969, it was around $100. It is still a good gun though most people would say I should have spent a little more money and got the Winchester Model 70 in the same caliber.

[ColinthePilot]

I inherited 5 guns at once; Beretta 1934, (the rest are all to old to know brands) 12ga side-by-side, .22 single shot breech action, .55Cal muzzle loader pistol, and a .32 S&W revolver. still have all of them. Only shoot the Beretta and then only occasionally.

[bikerdoc]

if memory serves, my uncle gave me a berreta .22 i think it was a 948 model hard trigger pull and impossible to find a second magazine - sold it to pay tuition and bought a used 10/22 i still have. After vietnam i bought a model 19, still have it and many more followed because i use the rule "in addition to rather than instead of"


"no plastic frames, no rubber grips, just steel guns with wooden grips"

[ishida]

Marlin Model 39, Golden trigger. It was my Great Grandfather's, then my Grandfather's, and now it's mine. And It'll be my kid's, when I ever have any.

[Average Joe]

Yep, got my first rifle, a Sears .22 single shot , and my first shotgun ,Ithaca Model 66 Super single.

[greenjeans]

Single shot, bolt action, .22 LR, Mossberg New Haven. A Christmas present from my dad when I was 12 or 13 (soon to be 62). My 8 yr. old grand daughter calls it her gun now and is pretty good with it.

[thebaldguy]

I still have my Crosman 760 pump air rifle that my dad gave me back in the early 70's. The seals are shot, but I can't bring myself to throw it away.

[2nd 41]

No. I bought a S&W mod 37 in 1980 for self protection. I had a business and kept it under my shirt for 25 years. Closed the business in 05 and gave it to a friend. Legally transferred of course

[BridgeWalker]

Nope. I got a cheap and ill-suited Rossi 20 gauge single-shot. As soon as I started shooting regularly, I learned in exactly what ways it was unsuitable and got more or less the most perfect for me shotgun I could afford.

I've sort of done the same thing with my first revolver. I didn't really get how or what to look for in a revolver, so I just got a cheap and basic Heritage. When I get to know it better and figure out more about how a revolver feels and functions, I'll be better equipped to choose subsequent models.

[jdorian]

Still got mine, simply because I can't bear to sell it and because its still my primary weapon.

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I still have my first gun - a Ruger Security Six in 357 Mag - that I picked up at a pawn shop in '92. I was 46 at the time, but have been around guns all my life, and bought this one for security reasons.

More interesting is that my wife of eleven years bought her first gun at about age 20 - a Sterling Model 302, .22LR Pistol - that she bought for personal protection. She taught her son how to shoot it as soon as he could hold it secure enough. Her son is now 38, an avid shooter, and has been a reserve sheriff. I bought a Sterling Model 300, .25 Auto, to keep the 302 company.

Between the two of us, we've begun a modest collection, ranging from that Sterling .22 up through some big bore rifles. We enjoy target shooting and running "drills" from time to time.

Woody

Look at your rights and freedoms as what would be required to survive and be free as if there were no government. Governments come and go, but your rights live on. If you wish to survive government, you must protect with jealous resolve all the powers that come with your rights - especially with the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Without the power of those arms, you will perish with that government - or at its hand. B.E. Wood

[lionking]

yep still got it,a Remington .22 bolt action,trigger is broken though.I never get rid of guns.

[AgAce]

I passed both of my first firearms to my grandson on his 7th and 8th birthdays - a single shot lever action .22 and a single shot break open .410. He's now almost 14, and outgrown those two, but plans on keeping them for his kids.

[Jeffreii]

Yeah still have the first one, but then again, I never get rid of guns. I don't get rid of anything really for that matter;) - it is all still around.... somewhere.

Oh, and yeah, my first was a 22LR. I bet that is what most people have had as their first. At least my first vehicle was equipped with a 454 Big Block Chevy instead of a 4 banger.

[BlackBearME]

I do. Win 94 .30-30. Bought for my tenth birthday, just in time for hunting season. I've bought and sold several since then, but I've always kept that one.

I look forward to the day I can hand it on to my daughter. I just hope she wants it.

[Picknlittle]

Yep! :) I found a Remington .22 single shot, bolt action under the tree on my 12th Christmas. At one point the ejector broke, and I fixed it with a touch of heli-arc weld and some pretty nice file work. Later refinished the stock and it is still my baby.

[jackstinson]

For Christmas when I was 12 years old, my mother gave me a used Savage 22/410. Many fond memories.
I went to live alone in Australia when I was 17 (long story). When I returned to the USA a few years later, I learned that the Savage and the rest of my guns had been "acquired" by my brother-in-law and were never returned to me. Bummer, one was a nice old Mossberg 42 which had taken many a groundhog....Ah well.
NOTE: I have my son's first gun stored for him.
Jack

[moooose102]

well, i guess technically, my first gun was a daisy bb gun, yup, still have it, next year my son is going to get it for his first gun for Christmas. now my first REAL gun was an ithica over/under .22 win mag over a 20 gauge shot gun. shot a lot of squirels with that gun but i really don't miss it much. it was HEAVY! and i was young when i sold it! however, i did miss the .22 mag part of it so much i had to go out and buy one of those.

[jkingrph]

Still have the Marlin 39a that Dad got for me in either fall of 51/ spring of 52. I was in the second grade at the time. Also have the Win mod 70 featherweight 30-06 he got me when I finished high school in '63.

[Essex County]

Yes. A Remingtom 41P Targetmaster single shot .22. Dad bought it new for something like 18 bucks. I still shoot it from time to time.....Essex

[grnzbra]

J.C.Higgens semi-auto .22 rifle. It's iffy and I have misfires about 10 percent of the time with it. Not really in the mood to buy another .22 rifle.

[Notch]

Bought myself a Ruger Redhawk... stainless with a 7" barrel. Still have it.

[Vicious-Peanut]

Not counting a BB gun, it would be my Marlin 925M that I got last Christmas. ('06)

[RockyMtnTactical]

Glock 27, and yes I still have it. I carry it daily. In fact, it is on me right now.

I bought it when I turned 21.

[caltek1911]

USP9, bought it last year.

[JustinL]

My first was an Anshutz which my father bought me in 1990. I still have it, but have not fired it in at least 10 years.

[JustinL]

My first was an Anshutz which my father bought me in 1990. I still have it, but have not fired it in at least 10 years.

[Phoneman]

I still have my .22, Ithaca Saddle Gun that my mom and dad got me for Christmas when I was 12. That was 1968.

[rico700]

Also Ithaca but a single shot 22 lever gun. Cock it-- drop your round in-- close--
aim & fire.
Still have it but only use to burn old ammo and train kids.

[ornithoid]

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[ornithoid]

My first firearm was a Smith & Wesson model 411 .40 caliber pistol. I still have it.

The first firearm I ever fired was a Remington .22 rifle that belonged to my brother (since he was 16). That's in my custody since he can't even have it where he lives.

The first "gun" that was ever mine was a Marksman repeater pistol, the kind that is styled to look like a model 1911. I still have that, too. :)

[MrAnteater]

H&R .410 single shot. It's still in the collection.

[Fisherman_48768]

My first firearm was a Winchester M-77 Mag fed, still have it. Dad gave it to me on my 12th birthday in 1959. Bought and sold a bunch since but never that one.

[Regolith]

If we count BB guns, then no. I was given one at 9, but it was used and abused and pretty much fell apart by the time I was 14 or so. I think the pieces of it that are left are still at my parent's house somewhere.

The first honest to goodness firearm I owned is the shotgun I bought last July, which I do still have. Up till then I just used my father's firearms, since he has plenty of them.

[Sun195]

My grandfather gave me my first gun - a single shot .22 of unknown origin w/ a poorly carved stock. The lockup was... not good. Whenever I'd shoot it, the back of the round would blow out and spray me with bits of brass and whatever. It took me a couple of shots to figure out what was happening. Back to grandpa it went and it was several years until I had another gun (Marlin 60 this time).

[TAB]

I've still got my 1st gun, It will be going to the kids/grand kids. My 1st BB gun I gave to a employers son a few years back... shot 2.5k BBs in a week...