Your first five firearms purchases...

[Hkmp5sd]

Near as I can remember....

1. Charter Arms "Pathfinder" 6" .22WMR

2. Winchester Model 9422XTR .22LR

3. S&W Model 59 9mm

4. Uzi Carbine 9mm

5. Ruger Mk 1 .22LR

 

[protolith]

Just Getting Started

(1) M-48 Yugo Mauser - 4 years ago

(2) Sig P220 - 4 weeks ago

(3) Ruger MKIII - 4 Days ago

 

[airmonkey]

1. Ruger 10/22
2. High Point 9mm carbine
3. Mosin Nagant M44
4. Reminton Model 788
5. Winchester 94
Traded 2&3 and some cash for 4&5 then traded 5 for a Mauser 98 in 45/70.

 

[Metapotent]

1. Ruger 10/22
2. Winchester 1300 20 gauge
3. Remington 700 in .270 Winchester
4. Bushmaster XM15 with 20inch barrel and A3 upper in 5.56/.223
5. DPMS Agency Carbine, 16inch barrel, in 5.56/.223 with EOtech, surefire, and rail system.

I actually had alot of different guns in between these but the ones I listed were the most significant ones.

 

[repsychler]

Here's my best guess...

Lee-Enfield SMLE
Remington 870 Express
Savage 110 in .308
Ruger P89DC
Sig P232

 

[silascobb]

1) Springfield M1 Garand
2) HRA M1 Garand
3) 1903A3 Springfield (all three from CMP)
4) Remington 870
5) Beretta Storm CX4 in .40 S&W (should have gotten the 9mm).

I just started collecting a year and a half ago , but I think I definitely started in the right direction.

 

[sarge83]

1. Colt 70 series .45 Commander
2. Colt Trooper MKIII .357
3. Ruger 10/22
4. Springfield Mil-Spec .45
5. Glock 23

 

[lee n. field]

First 5 gun purchases, what would I change?

I wouldn't have gotten the Jennings j-22. Icky-icky-bad-icky.

I would have gotten some other .22 rifle than the Charter Arms AR-7. Not quite as dirty-bad as the Jennings, but not reliable.

I might very well have gotten the Ruger stainless Mark II instead of the Taurus Model 66 that I ended up with. It just "felt right".

After that, the order gets a bit muddled in my mind.

 

[03Shadowbob]

not my first 5 but here's 5

oh well, I can't figure this resizing thing out!
last one is my 336cs

order is: mossberg 500 26", Savage 30-06, targetmaster .22, 870 Magnum, 336cs

 

[Guncrazy45]

Lessee...

0. Armalite AR-7 .22 "survival rifle" (permanently loaned from my uncle).

1. H&R .32 S&W revolver (purchased in a school cafeteria).

2. S&W .22 pistol, can't recall model (purchased from friend when I was 20).

3. Ruger P89 stainless (purchased at Wal-Mart, when they still sold handguns).

3.5 A .22 caliber single-shot derringer, no marks, no serial number (found in a gutter in Nashville, TN).

4. Beretta 92FS

5. Para-Ordnance P13.45.

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Oh yeah, what would I change?

0. I wouldn't have XXXXXXX (redacted, on advice of legal counsel), necessitating a new trigger assembly. Hell, I was 17, mechanically curious, and stupid.

1. This gun wasn't worth half what I paid for it, but then again, I didn't know anything about them, or what they were worth. I suppose I did get a good bit of fun out of it, when I could convince the cashier at Wal-Mart that yes, I was 21.

2. I should never have sold this one. In fact, I actually can't remember ever selling it. What the hell happened to this gun...?

3. Gave this one to my brother as a Christmas present one year. He left it at his parents-in-laws' house, and didn't retrieve it before he got divorced. In retrospect, I definitely should have kept this one.

3.5 I do wonder if perhaps I should have turned it into the police, as it might have been used in a crime. At any rate, the frame cracked eventually, and I threw it out.

4. Should never have sold it.

5. Should definitely never have sold it.

Overwhelmingly, the most common regret I have about guns I've owned, is that I ever sold them.

The only exception is this one Taurus PT-111, but that's another story for another thread...

 

[Grizzley Adams]

only own 4 guns a marlin 1895 cowboy,a mossberg maverick in 12 gauge,a bersa in .380 acp,and a rossi .357 magnum revolver.and i wouldnt change my mind on any of em,i love em all and they serve me well.

 

[marksman13]

1. Ruger 10/22

2. Remington 870 Express 12 gauge

3. Browning A Bolt 7mm WSM

4. Remington Model 58 Sportster 16 gauge (inherited from grandfather, great shooting shotgun)

5. Ruger P 94 40.cal

 

[armedpolak]

HA! HAPPENED TODAY!

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=225841

 

[yongxingfreesty]

10/22
winchester defender 1300

glock 19
taurus 38spl 5shot
xd.357sig 4"

sold all of them for better ones

 

[slocum]

1. Sig P226 (.40)

2. Sig P220

3. S&W 686 (deal too good to pass up $300)

4. S&W 586

5. Glock 17 (cheap to shoot)

And just for good measure I added a S&W 629 last month. Gun was cheap ($400), and only had 50 Rds through it. Ammo, unfortuantely, remains expensive. Oh well. Still more fun than I am normally allowed to have.

 

[deadin]

I started buying/trading firearms when I was around 14. (I'm 65 now, so the memory is gone. ) The best I can remember are: 45/70 Trapdoor ($35.00),
WW1 98 Mauser ($10.00), Stevens/Springfield M15 .22 single shot, ($??), M1917 Enfield 30/06, sporterized (my first deer rifle) ($50.00), and I honestly can't remember what was next . (They all begin to run together. )

Dean

 

[Python]

First 5 firearms

These are my first five I purchased in the early 70's:

357 Python
38 Colt Detective special
357 Ruger Blackhawk
44Mag Ruger Super Blackhawk
45ACP Colt Gold Cup

All of which I still have and have no intension of parting with it

 

[illini52]

1) Remington 700BDL 30-06
2) Beretta M9
3) Russian SKS 1952 Tula
4) Mosin 91/30 1935 Tula
5) Workin on an AR-15 or AK-47

 

[Legionnaire]

Hmmm. Not certain of the exact order, but pretty close:

1. Mossberg 500 12 gauge with vent rib and slug barrels (definitely first, received as gift); still have and hunt with it.
2. Remington 541T .22LR; still have it.
3. Browning Buckmark .22LR; still have it.
4. S&W 4013 .40S&W; still have it.
5. Remington Model Seven .308; still have it.

I'm quite happy with my early selections. They all continue to see use. I've since bought and sold others, though.

 

[Lonestar.45]

1. Marlin Model 60
2. Remington 700 BDL .270
3. Remington 870
4. Sears Model 100 Ted Williams 30-30 lever action (Win 94 clone)
5. Ruger Single Six

 

[mike101]

Ruger Old Army
Uberti 1860 Colt
Uberti Colt Walker
Ruger Security 6 6"
Ruger Security 6 4" (Should have kept the 6")
NAA Mini .22 Mag.

 

[.45Guy]

1. H&R Topper 16 gauge
2. Winchester 67 .22 lr
3. Mossberg 500 20 gauge
4. Russian SKS
5. RC 98K

I don't think I'd change a thing.

 

[Black Majik]

1) Colt NRM Government 1911 .45 ACP
2) SIG Sauer P226 9mm
3) Kimber Classic Royal Series I .45 ACP
4) Remington 870 Wingmaster 12 ga.
5) S&W 686-4 PP 6" Powerported

 

[PistolShooter1]

S & W 469 9mm
Marlin 39 .22
Ruger Ranch Rifle .223
Winchester 1300
Ruger GP 100 .357

 

[Dr.Rob]

Hmmmm

some of my earliest guns were gifts... so bear with me.

I know I bought a Savage 110B from my brother when he joined the Navy. It came witha 4x Leupold gold ring scope and the grand total was either $100 or $150. I gave the rifle back to him ten-odd years later when he left the service. I kept the scope.

I bought a 1917 Colt New Service Army .45 ACP Revolver I came across in a gun shop shortly after college. I had read about these warhorses in an old Gun Digest and had wanted one for a long time.

Bought an FEG hipower clone on a lark (they were cheap so I ordered one) about the same time I had a custom Colt .45 1991A1 built up on an ODI Viking DA frame. The franken Colt cost 5X as much as the FEG when all was said and done. The franken Colt was a dismal failiure at IDPA, the FEG shined.

Somewhere in there I picked up a .44 mag Vaquero.