What was your first gun?

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Handgun - Springfield Mil Spec 1911.
Shotgun - Mossberg 500
Rifle - Yugo M70 Underfolder AK
 
1st Gun Marlin Model 60 with the squirrel on the stock bought by my dad used for me when I was about 7.

1st Shotty was a used single Shot 12ga H&R a few months after getting my Marlin.

1st Pistol was a used Browning Buckmark that my dad bought me when I was 10.

1st Revolver was an old H&R 9 shot .22 that I traded some Motorcycle parts for. I was 14.

1st Centerfire revolver was a model 10 38spcl I traded my cousin the Buckmark for when I was 18 (I did get some boot).

1st Centerfire pistol was a 9MM luger copy that I gave $150 for at a yard sale.

1st Centerfire Rifle (that I actually bought my Grandpa left me a great 1903 Springfield) was a beat up 700 Remmy in 30-06. I gave $175 for. Refinished the Stock, re-blued the barrel and traded it and some boot for a Browning A Bolt when I was 18.
 
First "Real" Gun

I had a BB gun when I was a bit less than five years old. And, no, I didn't shoot my eye out, or shoot anything I wasn't supposed to. We didn't have the movies and video games back in the 1950s to inspire us to be stupid.

I have an 8x10 B&W photo of me all dressed up nice with my little BB rifle. I don't know what kind it was. I was at an Army base in Germany, so it could have been American-made or European.

But I got my first "real" gun in 1966, when I was ten. My dad gave me a Savage Model 5 bolt action/tube magazine .22 rifle. He would take me out to the country east of town (about a 15-minute ride back in those days) and teach me to shoot standing, sitting and prone. I loved that gun.

My mom gave it away to someone when I was in college. She gave away my Ruger Single-Six, too. She was nuts back then. Still is.

I replaced the Ruger with a new one from a gun shop, and recently found a Savage Model 5, after years of looking, at gunbroker.com.

So now all is right with the world.
 
My first firearm was a Remington Number 4 rolling block in .22 RF that I got when I was 11 years old from a neighbor for mowing his lawn. I still have it.

My first pistol was a Smith & Wesson model 1 1/2 tip-up revolver in .32 rimfire that I bought at a local antique store when I was 12.

My first shotgun was a Stevens 20-gauge single-barrel that my stepfather bought me when I was 13.
 
stevens crackshot .22lr .22L and .22short that belonged to my father. His father has on that he got for his father when he was a kid and he's 80 now so its an old gun and still shoots fine. I love that gun still use it to shoot pesky birds its a tackdriver.
 
First gun/shotgun- Stevens 311H(or is it G) 20 ga. 26" barrels choked imp/mod. My dad cut the stock down so that my little butt could shoulder it. 12 -15 years later added a piece of 1/8" thick oak where the saw blade cut the stock, added the cut off section back to it, and refinished it. 2 or 3 coats of stain, and close to 10 coats of polyurethane later, it's the most beautiful gun in the world (at least to me). I still have it, and will never get rid of it. That is the gun (for me) that goes along with the saying "...from my cold, dead hands."

First rifle-An old Remington 5??, .22 lr with a 5 shot magazine. I still have it.

First pistol- Ruger Mark I, made in the year I was born. Marked on top of the receiver "Made in the 200th year of American Liberty." I still have it also.

First centerfire rifle- Marlin Model 336 in .30-30. I still have this one also.

First centerfire pistol- Walther PP in .32 ACP. Made in the late 60s. (Maybe 66 or 68). I still have this one too.

If you can see a pattern, I sell very few guns. 2 in fact, in 22 years (3 if you count one that my dad traded for a Trapdoor Springfield). And I wish I had only one of them back. And no it isn't the one my dad traded. I was kind of glad to get rid of that jam-o-matic CAR-15. I just wish I could've sold it during the years of the AWB, instead of just a couple years prior to it.

Wyman
 
first rifles (got them at the same time) : mosin nagant and yugo sks

first shotgun: mossberg 500 12ga

first handgun: coming soon
 
Shotgun - Mossberg 500

Rifle - Bushmaster M4A3

Handgun - S&W 629 .44 revolver (yes, it really was my first handgun. Not that I'd make the same decision again).
 
Rifle- Winchester mod. 70 pre64 .243 inherited when my grandfather died.
Handgun- Ruger Mk 1 my dad bought for me when I was about 9
Shotgun- Remington 870 wingmaster

Still have th Ruger and Winchester. Pawned the shotgun for tank of gas and case of beer, regreted it every since.
 
My first gun....

Model 37a Winchester, 20ga single shot, Hunted rabbits at home with my Dad and Sam (our good ole rabbit Beagle, R.I.P.)
 
1st rifle: Finnish Mosin Nagant M39. It shoots great but it's mostly a safe queen these days as I have another M39 to use as a beater.

1st handgun: CZ75 compact. It's still my nightstand gun.

1st shotgun: Remington 870 Wingmaster TB. I use it to break clays a couple times a month.
 
a poorly sportorized 1903 i made my mother buy when i was 15 i got a 10/22 shortly after followed by a 1911
 
Mine was a Remington Model 600 in .308 I got it when i was 6 or 7 during my first season at deer camp.

The following summer i got a gun i could shoot a Daisy BB gun of some sort.. and i still have two good eye's.....lol
 
Marlin 925 bolt action .22LR in 1977. Dad kept it locked up so I could only shoot it under his supervision. I sold it in the early 1990's during tough times to a retired federal marshal. It was dead accurate. I should have kept it! I once shot a crow out of a tree at 100 yards with that thing! My second gun was a Savage Stevens Favorite .22LR made in 1895 (#453). Grandma gave it to me claiming that it was a garage sale item she picked up. This probably took place in 1980. I found out in June of this year it was my great grandfathers childhood rabbit gun! My dad was more than a little taken aback (read upset). I guess I never mentioned it to him before. This rifle I kept but haven't fired it in more than 20 years. Much to dad's disgust I'm keeping the rifle unless he can kick my a**! I'm 43 and he's pushing 70 so he opted out of the tussle.
 
First shotgun - H&R break open single shot in 20ga
First handgun - Browning HP
First rifle - SMLE No.1 Mk III*

Though the second two on my list might imply it, I'm not terribly interested in commonwealth arms. :D
The Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire on the other hand...
 
1st pistol = S&W 39-2 9mm (still have it):what:
1st rifle = Ruger Mini-14 223 cal.
1st shotgun = Mossberg 500 12 ga.
 
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