Guns you got for Christmas

Benelli Nova I wanted bad because I had to have a 3 1/2” chamber 12 ga and it was a pretty decent price with good reviews.

The only 3 1/2”s I ever shot were some #2 steel at a fleeing woodchuck. I got it at about 50 yds so that gun shot well and patterned great with that load at that range.

Shot a ton of rabbits with it and then bought a 20 ga and have hardly touched any 12 ga since.

I just received a RIA XT22. I t won't take the place of my first ever 22 rifle I found under the Christmas tree when I was 11 years old but it's pretty nice even if it was a gift from me to me.

Never got a gun for Christmas .
I did get myself some gunpowder this year with a tag that says it's from the wife- that's as close as I've ever gotten.

I got my very first gun as a Christmas present. Although I got it early, so I could hunt with my dad, grandfather and cousin that year (1970).

My wife gifted me a Colt Series 80 1911, in 1985, so it's hard to pick a favorite!

Really?

It’s still the 24th, daytime. Santa won’t be here until tonight. I’m expecting a chunk of coal.

I have never received a gun for Christmas. My wife will not buy guns for me for Christmas, but she did buy me a S&W 442 for my birthday in 1997.

My wife got me a Browning 1885 Low Wall, cal. 223 Remington., octagon barrel. Total surprise as she always complained about my guns. She saw me admiring it in the store once and I guess she was out of ideas that year. Sweet shooting little gun. Pretty too.

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I've received one gun for Christmas in my life. In the early 2000s, my brother had a CRFFL and he surprised me with a K31 on a Christmas Eve.

I had a removable scope mount and 4x scope on it for a while, but now the K31 has its adjustable rear sight back on it where it belongs.

Thanks again, bro!

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Bought myself a Keltec Sub2000.

Merry Christmas to all on THR. I didn’t work much this year so I spend a lot of time on THR and spending time with family. I did a lot of shooting up until all the ammo shortages. For the op. Dad gave me several guns over the years for Christmas. My favorite was a Ruger 10/22. God bless us all for 2021.

Ru4real said:

Really?

It’s still the 24th, daytime. Santa won’t be here until tonight. I’m expecting a chunk of coal.

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Now that's the Christmas spirit.

I got a 686 6 inch barrel. Guess I was pretty good this year. Still holding out hope for some primers in my stocking.

Ru4real said:

Really?

It’s still the 24th, daytime. Santa won’t be here until tonight. I’m expecting a chunk of coal.

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Use the coal to mix up some black powder.

Ru4real said:

Really?

It’s still the 24th, daytime. Santa won’t be here until tonight. I’m expecting a chunk of coal.

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By gosh, you're right!
I wonder which grips will be on my new bfr!!! If Santa stiffs me again this year it'll be time to declare war on the north pole. I may have said that before but this time I mean it!

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Nice one!

chicharrones said:

I've received one gun for Christmas in my life. In the early 2000s, my brother had a CRFFL and he surprised me with a K31 on a Christmas Eve.

I had a removable scope mount and 4x scope on it for a while, but now the K31 has its adjustable rear sight back where it belongs.

Thanks again, bro!

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Always liked those darned things. Action like a Swiss watch.

Christmas when I was 12 (1967) Dad gave me a 22lr semi rifle. Don't remember the brand, probably Glenfield. It was badly damaged in a house fire in 1971 but still usable. Passed it down to my little brother who sold it.

Bought myself a Christmas present when my year end bonus was more than I was expecting a few years ago, Brand new Ruger Blackhawk in 45 Colt / 45ACP. My oldest son has it now, great shooter.

gunlaw said:

I got a 686 6 inch barrel. Guess I was pretty good this year. Still holding out hope for some primers in my stocking.

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Wow, primers. You wish pretty big.

First year we were dating my wife got me a Mossberg 500. True love, I tell you what. The only gun from my early gun nut days that I still have.

Obturation said:

Never got a gun for Christmas

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The only one I ever got for Christmas wasn't even real. It was pretty neat though. When I was 8 or 9, my folks bought me a toy rifle that looked like a Model 94 Winchester. It had a loading port on the side just like a real Model 94, and you could run the "shells" through it by working the lever.
Not to boast or brag, but years ago when they first came out, my wife and I bought my dad a Ruger Blackhawk 32 H&R for Christmas. Dad was an "anything 32" type of guy his whole life, and when the 32 H&R Magnum came out, he was smitten. Unfortunately, at that time Dad was having some health problems that were taking a toll on his and Mom's finances, and they simply couldn't afford to buy guns.
My wife and I weren't exactly "well off" either, and we still had kids to raise and a mortgage to pay. But at least I was healthy and had a job. So when I saw how Dad was looking at a magazine picture of a 4 5/8" Ruger Blackhawk 32 H&R, I knew what we had to get him for Christmas. I mean, I knew full well that Dad and Mom were never really "well off" when I was growing up either. Yet they managed to buy me a .22 LR rifle for my 10th birthday, a .308 Winchester rifle for opening day of deer season when I was 14, and a Remington 12 gauge shotgun for my 16th birthday.
BTW, Dad's been gone a while now, but we still have that 32 H&R Ruger Blackhawk.

Christmas 1973 my mom and dad gave me a Browning BL-22.

Fir a good ten years, I terrorized the birds, mammals, amphibians, and fish that lived in or along the little creek that ran through the pasture where I grew up.

I wrapped up a JTS M12AK for myself this year, can't wait to get it tonight! Also bought 3 ten round mags for it to put in my stocking tonight after everyone goes to bed. It'll be my first Christmas gun.

Armored farmer said:

Christmas 1973 my mom and dad gave me a Browning BL-22.

Fir a good ten years, I terrorized the birds, mammals, amphibians, and fish that lived in or along the little creek that ran through the pasture where I grew up.

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Still have it??