How old were you when you got your first gun.

How old were you when you got your first powder actuated gun

  • 1-10 years old

    Votes: 136 26.7%

  • 10-15 years old

    Votes: 152 29.9%

  • 15-20 years old

    Votes: 97 19.1%

  • 20-30 years old

    Votes: 84 16.5%

  • over 30

    Votes: 40 7.9%
  • Total voters
    509
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I guess I'm in the minority here. My first gun that I personally owned is my SKS, that I got when I was around 18. Not the best choice for first gun, but I don't regret it. I bought it with high school graduation money. I probably should have gotten a .22 first, though. Oh well.
 
got my first gun at 14 mom bought it to make my dad mad, he said my grades were not good enough. I thank her to this day. Remington 870 in 12ga. It has been to mexico several times and I cant count how many dove and clay targets I have shot with it. I taught both my baby brothers to shoot with it. I have not fired it in years but now that my dad hunts I let him use it, but only after asking him if his grades were ever good:evil:
 
I was 23. Church group was doing a fun shoot and my friend was going, said something about bringing his guns (never thought about the fact that he and his dad had several) I decided to go. LAst time I was shooting was with the scouts at camp pendelton. He brought an sks, a .22 bolt, an enfiled, and a mini14. About a month later I bought my mauser 24/47... It's just snowballed since then.
 
i was 6, it was a little 22 single shot that my dad had used to hunt coons with, when i was 9 he got me a .30 carbine and a bunch of ammo that he had me shoot groundhogs off our farm. when i was 12 my folks gave me an 870 12 gauge and a beagle puppy. the rabbits cringed.

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I turned 16 (Hey, this is back in 1964!). I had saved my pennies from odd jobs and bought a new Springfield 03A3. Within a year I also bought a new Springfield M1 Garand. See, I was smart even as a kid. :D

Want more evidence of my brilliance at a young age. At 19 (1967), I bought a brand new Colt Commander in .38 Super. :neener:

Okay, now just to show how STUPID I was... I sold them all. :rolleyes:
 
Started shooting around age 14 in the scouts. Got my first firearm at 25. I kinda blacked out for a time... got a girlfriend, finished HS, finished college, got a good job....then, darn its time! Good to be back.
 
My parents weren't gun people. I got my first gun after I had moved out, had my own money & was able to buy one on my own.
 
I guess I'm in the minority here. My first gun that I personally owned is my SKS, that I got when I was around 18. Not the best choice for first gun, but I don't regret it. I bought it with high school graduation money. I probably should have gotten a .22 first, though. Oh well.
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Not a bad choice for a first gun. You can still learn to shoot with it and when you only have one gun, you want one with some range and power.
 
I was 19. Far too old, but some of us see the light before others. Browning Buckmark was my first, bought the sucker with my own money.
 
Not a bad choice for a first gun. You can still learn to shoot with it and when you only have one gun, you want one with some range and power.
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The SKS wasn't my first experience with guns. I had shot my dad's 9mm handgun and carbine before, and some other things that my dad's gun nut friend had. But still, the SKS kicked like a mule the first time I shot it, or so it seemed at the time. Now it's not so bad. I absolutely love my 10/22, though, that I partially paid for, my dad paid about half and I got for my 19th birthday.
 
I was 9 or 10 when i got my first gun, i'm 33 now, it was a H&R .410 single shot, my mom got it for me, i still have it today.
 
I was 18 when I bought my first gun, a Savage model III in 7mm Rem. Mag. I have only bought one gun since (XD-9), due to lack of money. My mom practically flipped at the idea of having a gun in the house, not because she's against guns, but for some reason she's deathly afraid of them. That nervousness went away when I bought the gun and brought it home. Then she kinda couldn't do anything about it (except yell). I know it was stupid, but it worked. :D
 
I was about a month past my 6th birthday when my uncle gave my brother and I a single-shot 22 rifle for Christmas. That was 39 years ago, and I still have it. There have been a few others since then that I can only WISH I still had.
 
First gun at age 9, a .410 sxs JC Higgins, First one I purchased age 16, a Hi-Standard Double nine .22 revolver with a 9" barrel. Too much Wyatt Earp and his buntline, just couldn't resist it. Still have the Hi Standard, the .410 was sold or traded for a .20 ga Belgium Browning. Still have it too.
News Flash. Bought a 1948 Ithaca model 37 16 ga. for my 5 month old grandson. He doesn't realize it yet, but he was born into a God fearing, gun toting, hunting and fishing family. PETA people cringe at the sound of my name. He! He!
 
Built a fuse fired brass cannon out of plumbing parts when I was 10 in 1956. It used match heads as fuel and worked somewhat, would put a slight dent in wood at 10 feet. Built a "zip" gun under-cover in metal class in 1958. A 22 shell, hollow threaded push rod, nut,drilled bolt, nail, spring, hammer and trigger parts, and stock. Think I got my first "real" gun in 58 too, Stevens bolt action 410. Had been useing some of my dad's and grandpa's 22s and 20 guages before that.
 
About 12 when I got a Crossman pellet gun, 32 when I bought my Hi Power.

I grew up in the city and my dad wasn't a hunter or a shooter. Got my pistol for SD/HD and shot it a lot a first then it sat in a nightstand drawer for a few years til I started shooting again and bought an SKS. It went downhill from there, according to my wife Now I'm just a hopeless addict. The object of my addiction is measured in grains rather than grams or ounces.
 
Eleven

A Remington Semi Auto Speedmaster .22 still hangs in the basement 30 years later.

I was in possession of my uncle's Mosssberg bolt action single shot at the age of 8, but as soon as I got that Remmington with the high gloss and pressed reverse checkering, he got the singleshot back.

Steve
 
I got my first gun for Christmas when I was 16. A Ruger, standard, semi auto .22. The next year I got a Winchester .30-30.

I had been hunting for several years with a Savage, mod 24....a .22/410.

side note to Jackal- I have my Grandfather's Rem. Targetmaster .22 . I love that little rifle and don't know how I managed to get it( I have 58 cousins!)...several of whom have pointedly inquired about as to its where abouts! :neener:

Mark.
 
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