What kind of gun did you learn to shoot with?

[RKCheung]

Colt M16A2

 

[Poodleshooter]

With my grandpa's CIL Anschutz .22 bolt action.

 

[secluded]

I learned on a Marlin Model 60. Still have it, 19 years later

 

[Chut1st]

After my dad taught me the fundamentals and safety rules with a Daisy 1894, my first real gun was a Remington 552, which I still have. Learned pistol with my dad's S&W Model 10, purchased before I was born and now resting in a special spot in my gun safe.

Both of these fine firearms continue to be used to start folks off the right way.

 

[one45auto]

I first learned to shoot with a Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum, one of those old three-screw flat tops.

(Unless you count the Daisy BB gun I grew up with... )

 

[Kermit911]

Remington Nylon 66 .22

 

[Richard.Howe]

22 lr Chipmunk.

I still have it!

Rich

 

[fletcher]

A Crosman 1077. My first real rifle was the Norinco SKS I have listed in my sig.

 

[Joe Demko]

A Revelation .22. Dad has had it ever since I can remember. Can't recall the exact model offhand, but it is a hammerless, tube fed lever action. Interestingly, the trigger travels with the lever similarly to what you see on a Winchester Model 88. Since it's a Revelation (Western Auto's house brand) it was actually made under contract by one of the major gun companies.

 

[cookekdjr]

Daisy Red Ryder.
Crossman Powermaster.
Remington 552 Speedmaster.
Browning BL-22.

 

[Gunnutz13]

Learned trigger control...

...breathing, and sight picture with a Sears Air Rifle, plugged with soft dirt...shooting at toy soldiers lined up on a wall. Then on to BB guns...then .177 pellet rifles.

1st real firearm: S&W Model 19 blued with 6" pipe stoked with .38 wadcutters...then on to the .357 magnum loads. Still have the Smith...wish I had kept the others.

 

[Bear Gulch]

Marlin "Frank Buck" Model 22 single shot. My dad got it for his 11th birthday back in 1931.

 

[hso]

.32 Browning Patented Colt Pocket Auto

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Winchester Model 1903 .22 semi-auto carbine

 

[41mag]

Ruger Blackhawk .41Magnum

 

[Bear Gulch]

Thanks WayneD for posting those Springfield pics. I bought 2 of them this weekend for $100. Only one had a bolt but that is what ebay is for. Ever since my Marlin, I have been a sucker for single shots.

 

[SlowStar]

I was started out with a Remington singleshot .22. Have no idea as to the model. At the ripe old age of 8, I was allowed to buy a used Win 06 from an uncle. This was in 1937. I spent many days trying to figure how to buy a box of .22 shorts that cost $0.17. By '39, I had graduated to a 25-20 Winchester for sand hill deer and antelope.

Slowstar

 

[MilsurpShooter]

.22 'Chipmunk'

 

[T.Stahl]

Heckler&Koch G3A3, 7.62mmx51.

 

[Wedge]

A bb gun at Cub Scout day camp and a .22 LR at boy scout summer camp.

 

[Bear Gulch]

Scouting is one of the last hold outs in the building of new hunters. They have even started a Hunting Merit Badge where scout must stalk and photograph an animal. I would think that the photos would be more appropriate after field dressing, but I tend to be inflexible when it comes to these things.

 

[smokemaker]

An old marlin single shot, before it was called the model 15. That old gun still is in the family. We pass it on to the next member with kiddo's that are at that age to start shooting. I'll get it back in a few years when my oldest is ready.

 

[Eskimo Jim]

First Air rifle -some sort of air rifle at summer camp. Ditto for the 22lr single shot bolt action. I did well with the air rifle but the following summer my eyes changed and needed glasses so I was terrible with the .22lr.

Many years later when I bought my own gear, I started off with:

First rifle that I learned on was a No1 MkIII* SMLE that was changed from .303 British to .22lr. I still have it.

Second rifle I used was a No 4 Mk II .303 British. I still have it.

First handgun Walther PPK/S in .380ACP. Still have it.

Second handgun Ruger Mk II Gvt Bull Barrel. Still have it.

-Jim

 

[Farnham]

Marlin Golden 39A.

Learned the M-9 pistol on Uncle Sam's time.

 

[Nitram68]

single shot .22 (still can't find the mfg. and I'm looking all the time) and a colt .22 mdl. 9422, I think) First pistol I ever fired is a black hawk .357 and is now sitting in my safe