What was your first gun that got you hooked on shooting?

[rransford]

Springfield Xd-m 9mm

 

[pilotof727s]

Mossberg 500 was a Christmas present for my dad and I to go hunting with

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Dad's old A2.

 

[indiucky]

Winchester model 37 .410 and a Smith and Wesson Model 28-2....

 

[Bennettjh]

Marlin Model 60 with the squirrel. Probably just like yours. My grandfather and uncle got it for me and I still have it. They've both passed on now. It's my favorite gun.

 

[Excalibur]

Surprising, despite my dislike for the .40 caliber, the first gun I've ever shot that got me into guns was a Glock 22. Of course before that, I was way into Airsoft and that got me into the subject of guns

 

[LarryC]

Father passed when I was 10, so BIL (Jim), kind of became my surrogate father. He had numerous firearms including the 1911 from WW2, obtained when he was discharged. After my father passed Jim would take me out target shooting in an abandoned dump outside my small town. We used many different firearms from the 45 to 22 rifles, I got my own Crossman Pellet gun when I was 11, then used a Mossberg bolt action rifle borrowed from the local storekeeper, for 2 or 3 summers shooting squirrels. I have owned many firearms since then, way too many to remember, now I collect and keep them but don't shoot near as much as I would like!

 

[Winamac]

My older cousins Daisy BB gun. Circa 1969.

 

[thunderchicken]

First gun, I still have is a Browning BPS 12g with 26" barrel. Dad & mom got for me when I was 11. I have spent a good deal of time hunting rabbit and pheasant with my dad and brother. Also have spent countless hours shooting trap and sporting clays together. Still my favorite gun. When I was 12 dad introduced us to shooting hand guns. The firat handgun I ever shot was a S&W 517 .22 revolver with 6" barrel, full under lug and wood grips with carved finger grooves. Would love to have one of those now

 

[gregr]

Ruger, New Model, Super Blackhawk in .44 magnum.

 

[Johnny0]

Must have been 9 or 10 when my dad brought home a Sears & Roebuck 22 cal rifle. That rifle still has the best trigger I have ever shot. Still have that one. As for handguns, I was 15 when my dad came home with a Dan Wesson .357 mag revolver with a 2 1/2 barrel. He didn't keep that around for very long. As some as I was old enough I bought another Dan Wesson, this time with all the barrel lengths.

 

[bgcatty]

53 years ago my Dad gave me a Remington 552 Speedmaster .22, it was a blast and still is all these years later.

 

[DIRTROAD]

A colt 1911 back in the 70's still have it

 

[Saminator67]

Ruger 10/22 with a folding stock. I thought the folder was way cool then.

 

[MRockwell]

Daisy Red Ryder, for my 10th birthday. Been hooked ever since.

 

[Dimitrivich]

Daisy BB gun.

There wasn't a soda can without an absurd amount of holes in it within the Tri county area.

I fell back in love with shooting later in life with a Inexpensive CZ drake O/U. Now I love shotgunning.

 

[88E30M50]

The first one that really grabbed me was a 1911. Before that was a Crossman air rifle and then a Glenfield Marlin 25. The 25 was my first real gun and I still have it, but it was the 1911 that really got me hooked. I don't know if it counts, but I had a cheap, spring action 1911 BB gun when I was a kid that probably started it all. It was mostly a toy though.

 

[oldpink]

The first one that really grabbed me was a 1911. Before that was a Crossman air rifle and then a Glenfield Marlin 25. The 25 was my first real gun and I still have it, but it was the 1911 that really got me hooked. I don't know if it counts, but I had a cheap, spring action 1911 BB gun when I was a kid that probably started it all. It was mostly a toy though.

That 1911 BB gun would be the ubiquitous Marksman, which (useless trivia, but still interesting) is the exact same BB gun that Chevy Chase use to take John Candy under gunpoint to ride rides in the closed Wally World in National Lampoon's Vacation.

 

[Thor]

I was probably hooked long before I held a firearm from watching westerns and Combat! on TV...first gun that was mine was a .410 bolt action shotgun my dad got me. We went hunting for birds and small game on a regular basis. Of course when we went on family hunts for Pheasant I was more than a little under gunned but I'd still bang away from the center of the line, there were plenty of 12Ga to back me up.

 

[Thor]

That 1911 BB gun would be the ubiquitous Marksman, which (useless trivia, but still interesting) is the exact same BB gun that Chevy Chase use to take John Candy under gunpoint to ride rides in the closed Wally World in National Lampoon's Vacation.

I've still got one of those...