ColinthePilot
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Yup. Don't remember what age, but it was at a Boy Scout summer camp.
Did you start with a .22LR?
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My 1st rifle wasn't a 22LR but it was a 22. The goobermint gave me a really neato black one all my own to love and cherish way back in '71. A really big guy in a funny hat took great pains explaining the difference between it and my penis. Claimed one was for killing and one was for fun. That same really big guy claimed my rifle would take good care of me if I took good care of it. He explained that quite often and for some reason quite loudly (I guess he thought we were deaf or something). He was mostly right - about it taking care of me that is.
Does that count?
Does that count?
starshooter231
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First firearm was a Daisy BB gun, second was a S&W 38spcl.
CH47gunner
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Voted yes.
But, I had a Daisy BB gun first. Tho I don't consider the BB gun a firearm.
My first firearm was a Stevens Favorite, a falling block, single shot .22. I loved that gun.
Bruce
But, I had a Daisy BB gun first. Tho I don't consider the BB gun a firearm.
My first firearm was a Stevens Favorite, a falling block, single shot .22. I loved that gun.
Bruce
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Yep. My first was a .22 rifle.
It was my Dad's Mossberg Model 250K semi-auto. He still has it. Neat memory.
It was my Dad's Mossberg Model 250K semi-auto. He still has it. Neat memory.
heavyshooter
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Yep.
Marlin model 60
Marlin model 60
CHEVELLE427
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A stevens 22
and still have it today
and still have it today
rugerman07
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My first gun was an F.I.E. 12 gauge single shot. PURCHASED NEW AT: Woolworths 33 years ago for $49.95. Talk about a P.O.S.!
My second gun was a Marlin Model 60 22/LR. PURCHASED NEW AT: Woolworths 33 years ago for $59.95. Cool little rifle. Accurate as heck.
My third gun was an RG 22/LR single action revolver. PURCHASED NEW AT: Southern Illinois Firearms (now out of business), 33 years ago for $49.95. Actually, it wasn't a bad little revolver. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door with it past about 10 yards, but it went bang everytime you pulled the trigger.
I've since graduated to more reliable, higher quality firearms.
My second gun was a Marlin Model 60 22/LR. PURCHASED NEW AT: Woolworths 33 years ago for $59.95. Cool little rifle. Accurate as heck.
My third gun was an RG 22/LR single action revolver. PURCHASED NEW AT: Southern Illinois Firearms (now out of business), 33 years ago for $49.95. Actually, it wasn't a bad little revolver. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door with it past about 10 yards, but it went bang everytime you pulled the trigger.
I've since graduated to more reliable, higher quality firearms.
Joshua M. Smith
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Discounting air guns, I started with a .22, a Marlin 880C if I remember correctly. I don't remember what ever became of that thing. I wish I still had it, if only for the memories.
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jimmyraythomason
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nope...single-shot 12 guage.
Officers'Wife
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My Gramps' 39A, someday I hope to find one of my own.
Mad Magyar
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Well, it's nearly 2 to 1 that most who voted started with a .22. The written posts aren't that lopsided.
I was hypothesizing that most Did Not start with a .22. I have a feeling it has to do with a generation gap. That most people over 55+ did not. I'm much older than that and when I think about our neighborhood (multi-ethnic working class-steel mill town in Midwest) we were most exposed mostly to shotguns and heavier hunting rifles. The military for my crowd exposed us to other weapons, w/o ear & eye protection I might add..
Yep, the BB guns of course, but I surmise that the younger generation would be more apt to start with the .22, but just guessing...
Thanks for all the voting & written inputs. Enjoyed reading them all....
I was hypothesizing that most Did Not start with a .22. I have a feeling it has to do with a generation gap. That most people over 55+ did not. I'm much older than that and when I think about our neighborhood (multi-ethnic working class-steel mill town in Midwest) we were most exposed mostly to shotguns and heavier hunting rifles. The military for my crowd exposed us to other weapons, w/o ear & eye protection I might add..
Yep, the BB guns of course, but I surmise that the younger generation would be more apt to start with the .22, but just guessing...
Thanks for all the voting & written inputs. Enjoyed reading them all....
coney_hatch
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Yup, my dad's winchester Model 62A, which I now have....
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Started first on the Daisy Red Rider before they turned plastic. Read wood stock and blued barrel. It had the golden emblem in the buttstock. I still have the original box it came in!
My first actual firearm was a .22 and for the life of me I can't remember what it was. I'm thinking Dad called it a "squirrel" it was a single shot bolt, I know that much for sure. He even started me out shooting shorts out of it. If anyone knows what gun it was I'd love to know!
My first actual firearm was a .22 and for the life of me I can't remember what it was. I'm thinking Dad called it a "squirrel" it was a single shot bolt, I know that much for sure. He even started me out shooting shorts out of it. If anyone knows what gun it was I'd love to know!
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My first firearm (not bb or pellet) was a Sears and Roebuck single shot 20 guage.
ccsniper
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nope, 20 gauge nef single shot
The first firearm I ever fired was a .22 Springfield (United States Armory at Springfield, Mass) M2 bolt action rifle owned by a military academy whose summer camp I attended.
Here's a picture of one from the web--without the leather shooting sling.
http://johno.myiglou.com/springfield.htm
Before that I shot a Daisy "pump" BB gun.
http://thetexasantiquetoycollector.com/daisy%20model%2025%20plastic.jpg
The stock was wooden in those days, if memory serves. Believe me, a nine year old did not cycle that slide from the shoulder!
Later I had a Red Ryder. No compass, nothing in the stock that told time!
Here's a picture of one from the web--without the leather shooting sling.
http://johno.myiglou.com/springfield.htm
Before that I shot a Daisy "pump" BB gun.
http://thetexasantiquetoycollector.com/daisy%20model%2025%20plastic.jpg
The stock was wooden in those days, if memory serves. Believe me, a nine year old did not cycle that slide from the shoulder!
Later I had a Red Ryder. No compass, nothing in the stock that told time!
JWF III
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I voted "Can't Remember" because, well, I can't say for sure.
The first rifle I can remember shooting was a M1 Carbine. I was in the area of 2.5 to 3 yo. My dad had to hold both me and the gun up.
Wyman
The first rifle I can remember shooting was a M1 Carbine. I was in the area of 2.5 to 3 yo. My dad had to hold both me and the gun up.
Wyman
MMCSRET
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No, I did not start with 22LR. My father, Grandfather, Uncle and my Mother were too tight to pay for them. We were all limited to 22 Long. They were about .10 a box cheaper in 1950 when I was 5 and allowed to shoot on my own.
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