Did you start with a .22LR?

[esq_stu]

The first gun I shot was a BB gun.

The first gun I owned was a .45 ACP Browning BDA (made by Sig) when I was 24.

 

[ByAnyMeans]

I voted yes because my first rifles were a Marlin 60 and Ruger 975. My first handgun was a Ruger MARK III.

However my very first gun and what I had shot for many years before I recently got into rifles and handguns was a 12 Gauge shotgun.

 

[Mal H]

If we are excluding air guns (Daisy Red Ryder for me), my first firearm was an H&R tube fed .22. I think it was a model 422.

 

[shevrock]

first shot out of a real gun was a 7mm then a 22.

EDIT: i was 6 when i first shot. and i was tiny.

 

[gvnwst]

my first gun was (is, i still have it) a savage MKII, base model from wally world.

 

[twenty711]

However, I remembered that my first experience with shooting actually was with a .22. It was at a Boy Scout shooting range. I rather suspect that the Boy Scouts don't do shooting anymore... I'd be relieved to hear I was wrong.

They did when I was at some camp some 10-8 years ago... I never got to take the rifle or shotgun merit badges as they were the most popular badges and were filled up instantly. However we did go shooting many other times where we weren't out to earn a badge.

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/meritbadges/rifleshooting.asp

 

[Stevie-Ray]

First gun I ever fired was a Mossberg .22 autoloader and then the first handgun was a Ruger RST-4. Both at 11 years old. Then the first rifle I owned was a Stevens model 34 .22 bolt at 12, and the first handgun I owned was a Ruger RST-6 at 23. The last firearm I bought was also a .22, a GSG-5. .22s are more fun than anything to shoot.

 

[SteelyNirvana]

Yep. My first memory shooting a gun is shooting my Sears 2200 (Copy of Ithaca model 49) 22lr when I was 5.

 

[Legionnaire]

I voted "yes."

First gun I ever shot was a .22 rifle; a bolt action owned by a friend.

First firearm I owned was 12 gauge Mossberg 500.

First handgun I bought was a Browning Buckmark (.22).

 

[doc2rn]

Learned on a Sears bolt .22 lr and my first weapon system was a Ruger Standard that I got when I was 11.

 

[RX-178]

Didn't have a .22 when I first started shooting.

There was a .308 Remington 700 BDL, there was a .38 special revolver, and there was a single shot .410.

Started on the .410. We still have it, and the .38 spl. Dad sold his Remington 700 about 8 years back.

 

[cavman]

Actually my first purchase was a Ruger P345, but a month later a Ruger Mark III Hunter .22 followed.

I shot and trained with the .22 probably 20:1

So I voted .22

 

[subierex]

First firearm I ever shot was a college buddy's .22lr rifle, dunno what type.

My first firearm was a S&W586 .357mag, and I miss it dearly.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Rifle and I still have it.

 

[natecade1]

I voted yes. .22LR were the only firearms I ever shot til I was about 15. But the first Rifle I purchased was in .300 win mag.

 

[Iggy]

Stevens "Favorite" .22 rifle. Bought new for $3.50 by my Great Uncle.
I got it when I was 6yrs old. in 1949

I still have it. My son and grandson fired their first shots with it.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Owned no guns until I was 18. I then leaped right in. First firearm....30 WCF mod 94. It was old when I bought it and I still have it...

 

[Relayer]

My first gun, given to me when I was 6 (way back in '62) was a .22 cal Winchester model 55. Still have it.

 

[searcher451]

I learned to shoot with a Ruger Bearcat. Still have it, along with two other (and newer) models. It's still a lot of fun to shoot and a great gun to introduce new shooters to the sport.

 

[frankcostanza]

The first rifle I owned was a 22. I cant remember what the first long gun i ever shot was. I think either a 22 or a 410. First handgun I shot was a Ruger SP101 in .22LR - sweet little gun.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

It depends upon what you mean by "start out". Do you mean, with a firearm, or with a gun, including airguns? Can't vote.

 

[mgkdrgn]

Nylon 77, bought it new ... still have it and shoot it regularly.

 

[Ramius]

Remington Nylon 66

Early on, my dad let me use a Crossman CO2 rifle in .22 caliber, but traded it off (against my objections) when it needed work.

My maternal grandfather let me practice with a .410 shotgun a few times, but I liked to shoot it so much he traded it off for a Buick Electra rather than buy shells for it...

But the first rifle I called my own was a beautiful Black Nylon and Chrome Remington Nylon 66, which my paternal grandfather encouraged me to use to help control varmits on the farm. When he died (tractor rolled on him) my grandmother handed me the rifle, and told me grandpa always wanted her to be sure I got it.

Not only do I still have it, I still shoot it regularly. And it has quite a few siblings to keep it company.

So I voted 'yes' on 22 LR. Oh, I also ended up with Granny's H & R 9-shot 22 pistol. Dispite being a 'cheap' pistol, it has served very well for many years.

 

[Ramius]

MGKDRGN good to know I'm not the only Nylon fan around here....

 

[K5mitch]

My first was a NEF 20 gauge youth model. It wasn't until I was 21 that I purchased any additional firearms (benelli nova, marlin 981t, and a taurus .357).

The first rifle I ever fired was my father's mint BL22, one of these days I'll purchase one of them. Beautiful rifle.