your first gun ever.
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First Gun Ever
Dad died when I was 5. Left me a Winchester 63
and a ???25ACP. Still have and always will have the 63. First real pistol, Ruger Single Six (K-mart in Augusta, GA in 1969 or so). Traded it for a Super Single Six in 1971 which I also still have!
Dad died when I was 5. Left me a Winchester 63
and a ???25ACP. Still have and always will have the 63. First real pistol, Ruger Single Six (K-mart in Augusta, GA in 1969 or so). Traded it for a Super Single Six in 1971 which I also still have! fast eddie
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Mossberg .410, b-day gift from dad. Stolen years later from my home; still miss that shotgun.
littlegator
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Winchester 94-32 w.s. that I inherited from my dad.
Black Adder LXX
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Beretta 90-two. Learned to shoot with Uncle Sam's guns...
thekid
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Bolt action Savage .22
XD-40 Shooter
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Ithaca model 49 saddlegun, youth model lever action, single shot .22. Mine is the "presentation grade", premium wood, gold plated trigger and hammer. These are no longer made, as Ithaca is defunct, but its a very nice little .22, definitely a keeper, I'll teach my kids to shoot on this gun. By the way, this gun was my b-day present when I was 8 years old, pretty cool.
By the way, this gun was my b-day present when I was 8 years old, pretty cool.mjb
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Marlin model 99C .22LR
JUNK!
JUNK!
hemiram
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Taurus Model 83, mine was in nickel. Total junk. Seemed like a ton of security guards had them in 1977-79.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Apart from all the cap guns and BB guns I had as a kid (and I used to shoot borrowed .22 rifles from an upstate NY farmer) the first powder-actuated gun I actually bought on my own was a Beretta 948(?) pocket .22. (Around 1958 or 9 or so.)
Got it from a guy in college for $15, kept it in the dorms for a month until I went home during winter break.
Used to shoot it in our unfinished basement at about 50 feet at business cards when my Mom wasn't home. Got pretty good with it. Many 3/4" plywood sheets backstop, with solid concrete behind that.
But a pain in the patootie to pick up all the little cases that flew around. Sure enough, one ended up in the laundry, and I pleaded iggerence and stoopidity when she found it. "Wul, how should I know how it got there? " Duhhh.....
...(passage of several years)....
Got married, used to keep it in a bedroom nightstand. Stolen when we left the back door open one day.
(Anger at me for leaving door open.)
Next actual purchased-by-me was a Nylon 66 bolt rifle. Still have that one. It's a real workhorse rifle. I was unhappy with the way the barrel was mounted to the receiver (wringing press fit and a pin) so I glued the barrel into the receiver and cut the top part of the fore-end off to reassemble the gun. Really accurate now. Mounted a 4X Leupold on it.
---EDIT: You know, I forgot the actual first gun that was "mine" was an Amberg 1918 Mauser. My brother-in law gave it to me when I was about nine years old, and told my mother it was a deactivated souvenir, so she let me keep it. Years later, I converted it to .30-06 and sporterized the stock.
Got it from a guy in college for $15, kept it in the dorms for a month until I went home during winter break.
Used to shoot it in our unfinished basement at about 50 feet at business cards when my Mom wasn't home. Got pretty good with it. Many 3/4" plywood sheets backstop, with solid concrete behind that.
But a pain in the patootie to pick up all the little cases that flew around. Sure enough, one ended up in the laundry, and I pleaded iggerence and stoopidity when she found it. "Wul, how should I know how it got there? " Duhhh.....
...(passage of several years)....
Got married, used to keep it in a bedroom nightstand. Stolen when we left the back door open one day.
(Anger at me for leaving door open.)Next actual purchased-by-me was a Nylon 66 bolt rifle. Still have that one. It's a real workhorse rifle. I was unhappy with the way the barrel was mounted to the receiver (wringing press fit and a pin) so I glued the barrel into the receiver and cut the top part of the fore-end off to reassemble the gun. Really accurate now. Mounted a 4X Leupold on it.
---EDIT: You know, I forgot the actual first gun that was "mine" was an Amberg 1918 Mauser. My brother-in law gave it to me when I was about nine years old, and told my mother it was a deactivated souvenir, so she let me keep it. Years later, I converted it to .30-06 and sporterized the stock.
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SSN Vet
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Break Action Ithica 20 ga. single.....with a lever action style break release....
got it for Christmas when I turned 14....
AND..
after I completed the Michigan Safe Hunter program
got it for Christmas when I turned 14....
AND..
after I completed the Michigan Safe Hunter program
hankdatank1362
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First I ever bought with my own money, not a gift?
Firestorm 1911 .45ACP Gov. model.
POS. But I had to have a 1911.
No such thing as a good $300 1911, I learned.
Firestorm 1911 .45ACP Gov. model.
POS. But I had to have a 1911.
No such thing as a good $300 1911, I learned.
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My first gun was/is a Springfield arms 20 gauge that was made April 20 1915. It is a great gun that i still have and use for small game birds.
My first gun was/is a Springfield arms 20 gauge that was made April 20 1915. It is a great gun that i still have and use for small game birds.
Silvanus
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My first gun ever was a Glock 17. I still have it and never regretted that purchase.
Innova
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Taurus M85 on my 21st birthday. A present to myself. I later sold it to get my wife her first ccw piece.
MrTuffPaws
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Break action .410. Still have it, but have not shot it in years. Many a rabbit and squirrel taken with it.
kjeff50cal
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I got the same gun at the same age but in .410, it was my second gun. My first was a Garcia Bronco in .22 Mag at age 12. Bought by my mom. The salesman said I could shoot longrifles out of it and I did until I got tired of picking split cases out of the chamber.
Creature
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Astra A-75 (.40S&W).
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Hi-point 9mm compact handgun. Hey, it shoots and I can afford it.
Picknlittle
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Remington, bolt action, 22 single shot. I still have it. Got it for my 12th Christmas. That little dude is a tack driver.
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