Steve Milbocker
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An Excel 20 ga that my grandma gave grandpa before they were married. He gave it to me when I was about 12 I guess. I’m 64 now and it still looks like the day I got it
My first was a Marlin 60 I got in 86. My brother got my grandfather's bolt action 22 in 85 and I was pretty upset that all I got was a bb gun( I guess technically that bb gun was my first.) lol. So the next year "Santa" got me my Marlin. I still have it to this day, and will have it till the day I die. Then it's off to one of my kids.
What was your first rimfire or centerfire gun? Do you still have it?
Mine also. It was a Christmas present from my mom and dad. I think I was in 7th grade. I still have it.Mine was a Savage model 24 22lr/20ga. I gave this firearm to my nephew. The first rifle he shot; now owns.
The first firearm I ever spent my own money on was also purchased from Service Merchandise, but mine was a Glenfield model 60 instead of a Marlin. This would have been around 1979 when I was still in high school so my mom was the actual buyer. That gun was stolen along with a bunch of other stuff in a burglary in 1992.LOL. The first firearm I bought was also a Marlin 60, purchased in 1985 or 1986 from Service Merchandise. And I didn’t really get interested in guns till about 7 years ago, but I still have that .22 rifle and the original box & papers.
The first firearm I owned was an inexpensive single shot 12ga given to me as a teenager. My dad broke the stock of that one hitting a bull over the head. Don’t know what became of it after that.
My first was a Marlin 60 I got in 86. My brother got my grandfather's bolt action 22 in 85 and I was pretty upset that all I got was a bb gun( I guess technically that bb gun was my first.) lol. So the next year "Santa" got me my Marlin. I still have it to this day, and will have it till the day I die. Then it's off to one of my kids.
What was your first rimfire or centerfire gun? Do you still have it?
swamprat, was your gun made by Mauser at Oberndorf, or one of many other manufacturers that produced the Sportmodell or other mauser-type trainers? If not apparent on the gun, I can get you some source info. I had one that was made by Walther, and still have one made by Anschutz.Rimfire Mauser .22 LR single shot. Story my Dad told me was that it was used in between the WW's to train as the treaty ending WWI prohibited manufacture of weapons of war. The bill of sale I have on it says the price paid was a pound of coffee and a carton of cigarettes.
And yes, still have it.