Did you start out on a .22lr?

[grumpy66]

Bolt action Marlin .22magnum for my 8th birthday, traded it to my dad for his Remington 30-06 on my 10th.

 

[talldragon]

Marlin Mod. 60 (Glenfield).

 

[KennyTHX]

Not really... A Marlin 60 will be my first firearm of my own, but I've shot air rifles ever since I was 10 and the first firearm I shot was a 9mm when I was a real young kid, then a .357 and a .30-30 on the same day when I was a little older. First .22 I shot was a 10/22 I shot the same day as the .357 and .30-30, but I saved it for last.

So I dunno, my first gun of my own will be a .22, but it was actually one of the last calibers I've shot.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

Marlin Glenfield, I, still have it. You just can't beet a good .22.

 

[NavyLCDR]

M-16a1

 

[Bravo Sierra]

One of my buds took me out shooting when I was a teenager. He had a 22 and a 12 gauge. I have no idea what make/model.

I still stick to these if I ever have to sell the guns. I'd keep the 22 and my 12 gauge.

 

[jonn5335]

I got a winchester model 94 and a glenfield model 25 on the same day when I was 13 (my first guns) I only shot the 30/30 that I remember but I had shot 22's and shotguns before

 

[Inebriated]

Voted other because I technically "started" on .22LR, but mostly just had a bb gun to practice marksmanship.

 

[Sav .250]

Mine was a Remington, model 511. Bolt action with a clip. It had a peep sight . What a great 22.

 

[OARNGESI]

Mine was a 380

 

[dexter]

yes.mossberg 42m almost 60 years ago.was my dad's gun.i still have it.

 

[pockets]

My first firearm was a Savage M24D in .22LR/.410 for Christmas when I was 12 (1965).
So I suppose I started with both rim-fire and center-fire.

Speaking of Mossberg 42m's; I had one as my second gun. I bought it from a buddy for $10. I love 'em, had to buy myself a couple more recently.

.

 

[CajunBass]

My first gun was a 20 ga single shot.

My first handgun was a Model 19, Smith & Wesson (357).

My first rifle was a Winchester Model 70, in 30/06.

However, I do have about a dozen and a half 22's now.

 

[oldfool]

well, yeah, technically a BB gun, but I never shot my eye out, so my two 1st real firearms were a 22 rimfire autoloader rifle and the occasional loan of a 410

 

[Erik M]

yes an old sears model then a remmy pump action, both my dads. I had more bb/pellet guns than i could count before that though.

 

[Legionnaire]

Yes, no idea what it was, though. Shot a friend's .22--some kind of bolt action--at his parents' farm. Didn't really shoot much again until college, when I went out for the rifle team. We shot Anschutz match rifles, but I don't remember the model number. So all my early shooting was with .22s. First firearm I personally owned, however, was a Mossberg 500 12 gauge.

 

[SwissArmyDad]

Started out on a 12 gauge.

 

[janedoedad]

Taught to shoot by step-dad with a Winchester 1902. That was the family 22 (4 boys) for a few years. Later he bought a Nylon 66 for us to use. He gave me his Winchester Model 52 several years later.

 

[lowerunit411]

single shot 20ga......id give an arm, or at least a finger or two, to have it now.

 

[springfield30-06]

The first three firearms that I shot were a 12 gauge, .30-06 & .357 Magnum (in that order) between the ages of 12-16. I didn't personally own a .22lr for a long time, and the reason why I bought one was because the ammo was so much cheaper to shoot.

 

[crue cab]

Marlin (Glenfield) bolt action that my dad got me around 12 years old.
Good times with that one and my dad at the range.
Still have it.

 

[hso]

No

32ACP and .38special

 

[DAP90]

No, first gun I shot was a .223/5.56 out of a M16A2 in Basic

Then I purchased and sold a series of rifles that steadily decreased in power until I finally got my first 22lr, a CZ 452 varmint.

 

[napjerk]

Ruger Bearcat .22 revolver, when I was 10 years old. Grandpa gave it to me, I'll never sell it.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Nope... .30 caliber M1 carbine. Didn't get my first .22 until I was 65. Winchester M290.