How old were you when you got that first gun

[juk]

BB gun at 9
12 ga. mossberg 500 at 17.
.308 and handgun at 20.
22 lr at 22

 

[LSCurrier]

My father gave me a single shot .22LR when I was 4.

It was my brothers 5th birthday and my father figured he better give me a rifle like he was giving to my brother otherwise I would cry. He was right!!

Luke

 

[Fractal X]

Started shooting my Dad's .22 when I was 6, got my 10/22 when I was 12. I still love that gun.

 

[gunNoob]

I bought my Mosin Nagant and Yugo SKS from someone on THR after getting my FOID at age 18.

Parents didn't own guns. Dad was Army and mom is somewhat anti.

 

[Ske1etor]

Started out with pellet guns at a very young age. Probably before I turned 5.

Was given a Savage Stevens .22/.410 O/U at the age of 9. It was given to me in a box, in pieces. Dad said he would teach me to shoot it if I could put it together. He taught me how to shoot it about 30 minutes later... =)

 

[Landlocked Pirate]

Growing up we had a housefull of guns and I called a Stevens .410 single shot "mine" at about age 8. But the first gun I actually bought, after getting back into guns, was a Ruger Single-Six when I was 28.

 

[ruger_dude]

I was given a marlin 60 before I was born, started shooting when I was 3.
Bought myself a glock 17 when I was 13.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

crosman 760- 4
marlin mod 60 -8
nef .410 bore- 8
then the list begins to grow......

 

[caseypj]

11, it was a marlin 2000L .22lr

 

[Texpatriate]

The first "firearm" I bought for myself with my own money wasn't until I was 25 and it was a Benelli Nova 12 ga. But dad gave me my first BB "gun" when I was probably about 8, and my first "firearm" was a youth model Winchester 1300 20 ga. when I was about 11 or 12 probably. My younger brother traded it for who-knows-what while I was off at college.

 

[Hot brass]

18, an airgun, a shotgun and a .22 rifle.

 

[Down South]

I think that I was born with one or at least it's too far back to remember.

 

[XDGirl]

I was 14 and my dad got me a .22lr single shot rifle

 

[Magilla Gorilla]

Fifty-two. Thought I'd be the oldest until I saw svtruth's post. I generally like to think long and hard before I do anything. Didn't get married until age 45, so maybe I do overthink things.

 

[jrfoxx]

first gun was a Crossman bb/pellet gun at around.Took my dad's bolt 22 shooting at a friedns cabin a few times around 12-13.Around 14 started going hunting and skeet/trap shooting with my dad, and joined a smallbore competition group at the local gun club. Around 16 my uncle gave me his Mossberg bolt .410 he got when he was 13, but that had been at my dads house for around 15 years and I started going hunting alone with that. At 18, bought my first gun, a Ruger Blackhawk .357 mag.

 

[halfbreed808]

Benjamin BB gun when I was 5. My dad had reurned from Vietnam and bought it for me. Then when I was 16 he bought me a winchester shotgun. I still have the shotgun,but my youngest brother lost the BB gun.If my youngest son does well this year he gets to pick what gun he gets. He alredy owns a BB gun along with two airsofts. I figured they would be good to teach him firearm safety and techniques. Really hope he picks a gun I already own so I have an excuse to buy me new toy.

 

[Beagle-zebub]

Bought myself a glock 17 when I was 13.

What era was that?

 

[Gairwyn]

I Purchased my First gun at age 27. It was an AK-47 underfolder.

Michelle

 

[tbtrout]

8 yrs old, Stevens model 73. Santa was good to me.

 

[TXziggy]

20 ... my grandfathers Winchester 101

 

[doc540]

I got a gun for Christmas every year from grades 1-6.

Started with bb guns (Daisy Golden Eagle being tops), then pellet guns, then a single shot .22 rifle, single shot .410, then a 12ga pump (after the 6th grade).

I eventually bought my own Ruger Single Six when I was 17. My dad "signed for me" at Oshmans Sporting Good.

If I had a dime for every .22 long I shot thru that gun I'd be a wealthy man.

 

[Triphammer]

My first firearmwas a .58 caliber Zouave when I joied the NSSA @ about 22.
My kids started w/ Red Ryders @ 3 & 22s @ five.
My grandkids got Red Ryders when their moms brought them home from the hospital. I took my grandson shooting ( 22 to 44 cal)the first time when he was 4

 

[Stevie-Ray]

12. Stevens model 34, bolt. Still have it, still shoot it.

 

[nambu1]

I was 6 when my father gave me a J.C. Higgens 20 Ga. bolt actions for rabbit hunting.

 

[rdoggsilva]

I was 8 years old when my Granddad got me a 22 rifle, I still have it.