FlSwampRat
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Inspired by Olon's post. As the title of the thread says, first gun you bought yourself, not handed down or a gift. I was 21 when I bought my first Python. But, guns are like potato chips, you can't just buy one!
What was the first gun you ever bought for yourself?
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MifflinKid
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A High Standard Sentinel Deluxe 9 shot .22LR revolver. I bought it used, with a holster, on my 21st birthday in 1972. As I recall I paid $35.
It killed a lot of rats at the township dump.
It killed a lot of rats at the township dump.
aarondhgraham
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It's been so long ago,,,
I can't remember which I purchased first.
It was either the British .303 I mail-ordered from the Aldens catalog around 1965 for $14.95 plus $1.00 shipping,,,
Or the French Lebel revolver I bought at a farm auction for (I believe) $10.00.
I still have the Lebel,,,
It's actually quite a good shooter.
Aarond
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I can't remember which I purchased first.
It was either the British .303 I mail-ordered from the Aldens catalog around 1965 for $14.95 plus $1.00 shipping,,,
Or the French Lebel revolver I bought at a farm auction for (I believe) $10.00.
I still have the Lebel,,,
It's actually quite a good shooter.
Aarond
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JohnBiltz
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Mossberg pump shotgun, with the extra barrel and a S&W model 66. Bought them at the same time.
Sergei Mosin
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Ruger 10/22
George Dickel
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It was a Remington Nylon 12 .22lr. The nylon rifles had only been out a year or so and I really liked the looks of it. I worked for a neighbor farmer at a dollar an hour and it took a week's pay to buy the rifle. I think I was 15 at the time, a lot of years ago.
Armored farmer
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I bought a boxed nickel model 27 S&W just before I got married at the old age of 20.
Up until then, my dad kept me pretty well armed.
Up until then, my dad kept me pretty well armed.
Speedo66
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At about 12 I had my parents buy me a Marlin 80DL .22 target rifle with money I'd earned.
If only I'd known about trigger jobs I could have shot so much better, although I don't know where in NYC it could have been done..
If only I'd known about trigger jobs I could have shot so much better, although I don't know where in NYC it could have been done..
guyfromohio
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18 years old....I ordered a Winchester 9422. Best gun I ever owned.....biggest regret I've ever had selling a gun.
foxmeadow
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Chevelle SS
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HI-Standard Duramatic
LoneGoose
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Ruger Single-Six convertable, 6" bbl.
DeepSouth
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I’m not sure I remember. I think it was a Colt 1991 and a NAA mini I bought both from my dad the same day. He had purchased several guns from a pawn shop going out of business to resale most of them.
I easily could have bought some before that, but if I did I don’t remember.
I easily could have bought some before that, but if I did I don’t remember.
NorthBorder
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In 1974 I bought an old 12 gauge shotgun. Kept it in my dorm in college.
Legionnaire
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Remington Model Seven in .308.
theotherwaldo
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An R/G-14 bought at a Payless Drug Store for $29.95.
My, how the world has changed... .
It was soon supplemented by an 1858 Remington cap-and-ball clone, bought on lay-away from a Bi-Mart for $69.95.
I still have this one.
My, how the world has changed... .
It was soon supplemented by an 1858 Remington cap-and-ball clone, bought on lay-away from a Bi-Mart for $69.95.
I still have this one.
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FlSwampRat
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Wow, some great guns. Some I've owned, a few I've thought about owning, especially the double deuces. I have to admit I fell in love with the Python from a photo spread in Shooting Times March '74 edition. Pure gun porn. Luckily I picked a great gun to start with. My Dad, Jersey City LEO, carried a Colt Official Police .38 so we could use the same 38s at the range and we had a lot of fun poking holes in targets.
Yes, I bought that Python in NJ and in 1974 I was boggled by all the legal hoops I had to jump through back then. Can't imagine what it's like in 2019.
I was telling someone a story about seeing the gun on the cover, so I jumped online to see if maybe there was a picture of the cover of that issue of ST. Lo and behold there was, on an ebay auction! I bought it for old time's sake.
Yes, I bought that Python in NJ and in 1974 I was boggled by all the legal hoops I had to jump through back then. Can't imagine what it's like in 2019.
I was telling someone a story about seeing the gun on the cover, so I jumped online to see if maybe there was a picture of the cover of that issue of ST. Lo and behold there was, on an ebay auction! I bought it for old time's sake.
GBExpat
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In Spring'73 a few months after my 21st birthday, I purchased a NIB 4" blue Ruger Security Six serial 150-33573.
Blkhrt13
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Taurus model 82ti
.308 Norma
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Wow! I could have almost quoted your post and just said "+1," MifflinKid. And I was only a few years ahead of you.
The first gun I bought for myself was a High Standard Sentinel (don't know if it was a "Deluxe") 9-shot .22LR revolver too. Only differences were I was probably only about 17 or 18, and I bought the gun through my mom's and dad's country store in 1965, or early 1966. It seems like I still paid close to $30.00 for mine though, and that was wholesale. So you must have gotten a bargain if you only paid $35.00 for yours in 1972.
I too killed a lot of rats at the county dump with mine. It also accounted for a lot of forest grouse, and put more than one ran-over cat out of its misery over the years. I foolishly sold my High Standard Sentinel sometime back in the '80s.
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tygranch
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Remington 591 5mm magnum in 1979, followed shortly by a Marlin in .22 magnum. The guy I bought the 5mm from neglected to tell me Remington discontinued the ammo. Still have the rifle and a couple of boxes of original ammo plus some of the Aguila.
Ignition Override
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A question deserves a straight answer.
Imitation M-1 Carbine, by Auto Ordnance: brand-new, from Guns And Ammo in Memphis.
Age 52, in 2007. The gun soon suffered a serious malfunction, and it was immed. sold when it was returned from the factory. Really bad first impression of a modern, semi-auto US-made rifle.
Imitation M-1 Carbine, by Auto Ordnance: brand-new, from Guns And Ammo in Memphis.
Age 52, in 2007. The gun soon suffered a serious malfunction, and it was immed. sold when it was returned from the factory. Really bad first impression of a modern, semi-auto US-made rifle.
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