Did you start with a .22LR?

[RNDMEVIL]

Not counting BB guns. My experience with firearms started at 10 years old. Ruger Blackhawk with magnum loads/black powder rifle. The first guns owned were a Marlin lever action in .35Rem. and a 20g single shot shotgun. Didn't pay attention to who made it but I was 11 years old. The first firearm I owned as an adult was a 1911. I've added several toys to the toy box since and I've been carrying a USP40 full size for the last 12 years.

 

[GW]

Yep.
A Marlin lever action 22LR

 

[ZombieKiller]

My parents were absolutely against guns growing up, even BB guns. So I never got around to shooting until I was 19 years old I believe. Started off with a friend's .357 and 12gauge.

 

[RandyB]

.45 T/C Hawkin. I bit too big for me, but the old man got a seneca and away we went. Shooting BP guns did teach you to either make the shot or notr since reloading took time.

 

[Maelstrom]

Single shot .410

 

[Kuglespritz]

Marin model 60.

 

[franconialocal]

My first .22

Wards Westingfield ??? bolt action little "cricket" gun. I miss it!!!

 

[PointOneSeven]

.22 pistol. Wanted to learn the basics and good form since none of my friends or family were into guns.

 

[tyler500e]

I don't remember which firearm I used first as a boy scout, but the first firearm that I purchased was an AR-15. Then, I bought a 10-22 a few weeks later

 

[CountGlockula]

Nope. Early years with a BB gun, but took a basic handgun class and shot a Ruger GP100 in .38spl.

 

[MacTech]

Yes, the first gunpowder-fired firearm I shot was a .22, an Ithaca model 49 single-shot (I still own it, in fact)

technically, the first projectile firing device I started with was a Daisy model 105 (pre-Buck), shooting tin cans and soda cans off a sawhorse, under supervision of course, Dad made me treat even that underpowered air gun with respect

 

[xx7grant7x]

hi-point 9mm carbine then ruger 10/22

 

[MikePGS]

The first time i ever shot a gun it was a .22 semi-automatic (not sure what brand). It was my grandpas, and after that he introduced me to his .357 mag (he was a retired volunteer police officer). The first shot was very amusing to him, but he switched me over to .38's which were fine, but i was really shooting them just to shoot them, not sure if i really hit the target so much

 

[gp911]

Nope, bb gun then .410. Handguns were much later.

gp911

 

[tribbles]

Yeah, at Scout camp. We used single-shot bolt-action .22 rifles, and for each round of firing activity, we were 'issued' a wooden block with five rounds of ammunition. When we were done, we had to hand the block in with all brass accounted for.

 

[UnTainted]

In terms of general firearms, the first one I fired was a ruger 10/22 when I was very young.

In terms of pistols, the first I fired was a hi-power 9mm when I was 11. When I was 18, my father gave me a Hi-Power 9mm, and within 6 months I saved enough for him to purchase a buckmark .22lr to give to me for me to practice with.

I heart the .22lr in sidearm format!

 

[littlegator]

Nope, Win 94-32 w.s. inherited from dad.

 

[sojournerhome]

BB gun, then .22LR.
I remember when I was 15 the .22LR was loud.

 

[Noebb]

Nope,

BB gun, then 12 gauge (rem 870) and a 45 (sig P220).