Do you remember your first?

[HDCamel]

Of course I remember my first rifle.
I bought AND sold it less than a year ago.

It was a Russian cap K98k that I liked but didn't love and sold at a $30 profit.

The first rifle I ever shot was my Uncle's WWI M1903 Springfield and I've wanted one ever since. However, I always either can't find one or can't afford it when I do.

 

[damienph]

First rifle

My first was a Remington 514 that my Dad gave me for my 7th birthday in 1961. It was stolen, along with 2 shotguns and two .22 revolvers that were being stored while I was at Ft. Ord for basic training in 1973.
I've aquired a bunch of guns since then but of all the guns that I no longer have, I would really like to have that old Remington single shot back.

 

[el Godfather]

I cant even remember how old I was, but my first gun was .22 in M16 shape. I regret to this day selling it off for real M16.

 

[wgaynor]

Christmas at my Grandparents house, they presented my brother, my cousin, and I each with a NEF 20 Gauge single shot.

Got my first dear and many squirrels with it..

 

[Texaszach]

Another NEF 20 gauge single shot here

Still my go to close range "critter gitter".. Everything from squirrels and coons to cottonmouths.

 

[sixgunner455]

I bought my first gun when I was 22. It was a .22LR Ruger MKII pistol, and is sitting in my safe at this moment.

My first rifle is also in the safe. I think I was 24 or 25 when I got it. It was a .50 T/C Hawken. I hunted deer with it, instead of having to borrow from others.

 

[cl4de6]

I first fell in love with the 1911 when I was in the Army. I didn't get into guns until about 10 years ago when I shot a Glock 22 and decided to go through the New Jersey permitting process to buy one. I guess the Glock was the "first" gun, technically, but the 1911 was the first in my heart. That piece of plastic is a fine gun, but it isn't in the same universe as a 1911.

Around last summer I took my two boys to see Captain America. My oldest son asked me if I could buy a 1911 just like the one Captain America had. I thought about it, poked around online and found one for sale in a private transaction.

My son's eyes were as wide as dinner plates when I brought it home. It was an Auto Ordnance 1911A1 with U.S. Army stamped on the slide: just like the one I had in the Army and just like the one Captain America carried in the movie.

I promised my son that 1911 would be his when he turned 21. I've even let him shoot it a few times with one round in the magazine and me standing right behind him. So maybe in a few years, my son will be posting this story in a similar thread, but from his perspective, as his first gun.