What kind of gun did you learn to shoot with?

[big inch]

I learned on a Winchester model 290 .22 rifle. I am not sure if my dad had it before I came along, but he taught me to shoot it when I was about 7 or 8. I still have it some 20 years later.

I don't have a pic of it on my computer, but here is a pic of one like it:

 

[dasmi]

Smith & Wesson 686.

 

[fjolnirsson]

Glock 21.

 

[HI express]

Hey Big

Learned on my grandpa's Marlin lever action.22 rifle. He had a little farm out in the tullies. Had a lot of feral cats and dogs to shoot as they came after his pets and chickens.

Had to shoot mostly in the night though. I started as the flashlight holder.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Marlin Golden 39A.

After I had mastered the Red Ryder BB gun.

 

[hrb02]

Learned on a.22 single shot Winchester on the family farm. Squirrels, rabbits and the occaisonal groundhog.

Also learned to watch where I step while hunting. Hit a bumble bee nest and was out of comission for a week.

 

[R.H. Lee]

Colt Huntsman .22

 

[MikeyBee]

M16A2

 

[GRB]

I learned on both Remington and Winchester .22 rifles. I don't remember the model number, that was a long time ago at summer camp. Learned my first revolver shooting with a S&W Model 10 and , my first semi auto on a RG .25 pocket pistol (yeah I know it stands for rotten gun) but that was the first I owned and I taught myself about it. Got real training with Colt Border Patrol for revolvers, and with a Beretta 92SB for semi autos.
Best regards,
Glenn B

 

[gulogulo1970]

Mossberg 500 12ga. Bought It the day I turned 18, shot it the next. Kinda beat me up til I learned how to hold it so it wouldn't get a running start before it smacked me. Shot 50 rounds, some cool bruises, good fun, except I didn't remember to bring ear protection until the second time I shot it.

It's now in a home defense configuration but I still shoot some clays with it for old time sake.

 

[homeka45]

Learned on a benjamin .177 pump. Wish I still had it.

 

[dakotasin]

ruger single action 357.
was maybe 10-12 years old, uncle took me and my younger brother out, sans hearing protection. we were scared to death of guns, and especially the 357 for years afterward.

 

[Wags]

Harrington & Richardson 999 Sportsmans .22LR pistol, and a Mossberg 46a/b .22LR bolt action rifle.

 

[oneslowgun]

Mossgerg 142A

I still have it.

 

[reagansquad]

First one I fired was a s&w .38 special... But I learned to shoot on my 870.

 

[Captain Bligh]

My family were big shotgunners. My first gun was a Mossberg 185K, bolt action 20 gauge. Dad bought it used for me and I kept it until I stepped up to a Browning A5 after I got out of high school.

 

[Wayne D]

Springfield Model 15 single shot .22 purchased new by my father in 1941, at the age of 13, for $3.25. The money was earned from trapping rabbits. I was around 9 or 10 when he started letting me shoot it. I still have it. Its the only one of his guns I managed to get away from his second wife.

 

[donkee]

Stevens bolt action 16ga and Stevens .22-.410 OU. They became the propetry of some crooks that broke in. Someday I'll find a replacement for the OU to give to my kids like it should have been. Handgun was my Dan Wesson .357. The woodchuck population suffered greatly with that baby!!!!

 

[Frandy]

I still have the Marlin .22 that my dad owned and I learned on. Learned on? Heck, I'm 56 and my father never taught me anything. When we left NYC for the Jersey suburbs in the 50s, I would occasionally prop the kitchen door open and shoot into the backyard. Mean lil' cus that I was...I shot crows, baiting them with bread. I never gave a thought to neighbors hearing the shots (I never heard of complaints or whatever) and did it until I shot a whole through the storm door frame. Patched it up and stopped that shooting binge. Of course, I soon realized that it wasn't exactly the right thing to be killing the crows for no good reason, so a couple of years later when I was old enough, I bought a Springfield O3 A3 and went to a real range. Wish I still had that one! Thanks for jogging my memory.

 

[Kramer Krazy]

Mid-70s Daisey "Champion 99" BB-gun. I still have it, with all original paperwork and the replacement front sights. It's probably in 85-90% condition (except for dried seals), and I actually keep it in my safe with all my "real" guns. As for non-air powered rifle......a 1981 Ruger 10/22. That's in my safe, too.....at about 98% condition.

 

[mjb]

Colt Frontier Scout .22 revolver

 

[Browns Fan]

On rifle, Crossman 760. On pistol, Essex frame 1911.

 

[Ala Dan]

Winchester single-shot, bolt action model 67A.

 

[Tory]

My father's .22 Crosman CO2 pellet pistol

and his Ithaca Model 49 .22 rifle. He also had a sporterized .303 Enfield I occasionally shot.

 

[Sistema1927]

I was 8 years old. Dad's Winchester Model '06. He gave it to me many years ago.

40+ years later, it is still taken out from time-to-time. It was the rifle I used to teach my kids, and will be the rifle I use to teach my grandkids.