The first gun you shot?

[LAZY DOG]

my father and i was squirrel hunting with this crazy walker dog. that old dog treed a groundhog up a little tree .and my dad let me shoot him out i was about 9 ,the rifle was 22lr springfield semi auto .

 

[spencer rifle]

.45 flintlock I made from a kit.
.22 Ruger Mark II.
All of these later in life, as my family of origin "did not believe in guns."

 

[MeatyBacchus]

Remington 12 guage Shotgun

 

[WOLFEMAN]

Wow, long time ago. I was 6 years old and shot a Marlin 39 22 rifle
built in 1945 which I still own. If I remember correctly I took down
my first squirrel.

 

[JennyO]

16G

 

[84VETTE]

I can remember how old I was but it was an awful long time ago, It was my dad's Browning A-5 20ga.

 

[pappy56]

Late 60's. My father got his Hi-Standard Model B (and its ammo) out of it's shoe box storage for the first time since returning from WWII (it was a trainer that he sent home from California). We cleaned the ammo of its green crud and wiped down the pistol. Went across the road and did a little plinking. He remembered real quick that it is not a good idea to use a high grip. The first shot the slide sliced his thumb open.
Now if I can just talk him into firing his T-99 Arisaka Okinawa bring back.

KWL
pappy56

 

[jd42k]

My dads police issue pistol. I think it was a semi-auto but am not certain. Don't know the caliber. It was around 1970'ish.
I speculate on the caliber as I own a couple of his retired revolvers that are the detective 38 and his 357.

 

[Kagnew]

An old rusted and pitted break-over 12 guage which my Dad had inherited from his grandfather. (Lord only knows how old it was.) I shot a rabbit with it when I was 9, and it knocked me a..-over-teacups. I found out later that my Dad always put a Band-Aid around his middle finger to keep the back of the trigger guard from cutting his finger! (The funny part of it is that some scum-bag broke into our garage and stole it, several years later. Hopefully, it blew up in his face!)

 

[coinman]

12 gauge shot gun

 

[Lytlewaitandbleed]

If memory serves me right it was an M1 Carbine

 

[swtoombs]

Old school .410 double barrel

 

[STEEL CORE]

How could I forget.................age 10, Bald Mountain state range (Michigan) my Dad handed me his M-1 Garand as I sat at a wooden picnic table. Next thing I knew I was lying on the ground behind the table with an M-1 Garand across my chest.

 

[Wingcollector]

7mm Mauser when I was 11! My father thought that it would teach me respect for guns. It DID! It only took an hour or so before I could feel my arm again. First pistol was a really nice Lugar next time on the range.

 

[H&SFarms]

I pretty sure the first gun I shot was a walther p22. it was my fathers and he thought that it would be a good starter handgun.

 

[MtnBiker6510]

Remington Nylon 66 in stainless/apache black. With my dad at Boy Scout Camp when I was 8.

 

[shelbygunner]

first guns I shot

Crossman 760 bb/pellet gun
Ruger 10/22
remington 870 LE
Clot m16
S&W model 66 357Mag
SKS 7.62x54
M1 carbine
mini 14
Colt 1911 45 Gov. model
Colt M4
Ma deuce 50 Cal.
S.A.W
AK47
4.2 inch Mortar
m60 7.62 machine gun
60mm mortar
m203 Grenade launcher
in that order as best I can remember

 

[The Gavman]

Stevens bolt action .410

 

[Greenhorn]

.22 bolt action rifle when I was kid.

 

[sbrville]

mac-10 9mm about 8 years old dad helped me hold it!