Your first gun...

[kimbercollector]

Since millions of Americans are responsible gun owners and enthusiasts, I thought it'd be interesting to hear some people's stories and experiences concerning the first gun they ever fired/owned. I was around 7 when my dad took me out to shoot my great granddaddy's .22 Marlin. I still have it today, wouldn't trade it for the world.

I'd like to hear from the rest of the Indiana and hear about the assorted experiences and memories.

 

[Anonym]

First gun I ever purchased was a Marlin Model 60 back in the mid-80s as a young teenager. Still have it and it's still in excellent condition. Think I paid around $100 for it from mowing lawns and doing odd jobs.

First gun I ever fired was an old Winchester Model 60A that was a rifle handed down through the family. It was the most accurate .22 I can remember shooting until I got into small-bore competition. I'd pick limbs off of trees 20-30 yards away with open sights with it. I've sence inherited it and plan to pass it on to my children. The bore on that old rifle is so tight that a standard .22 cleaning rod would not go down the barrel. Wasn't until the .17 calibers were introduced that I could find a cleaning rod that would work with it.

 

[backfire]

Age 7 I think, Daisy 25 Pump Action BB Gun. Plinked many-a bird with that thing in my early youth...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Had a couple of Crossman pellet guns... a 760, and a .22 caliber (don't remember the model number). First "real" gun was a Mossberg bolt action .410 when I was about 12. Great little squirrel gun! Wish I still had it.

 

[UncleNorby]

First gun I bought was a 50 cal T/C Renegade in say 1982 for $165. First gun I fired had to be a .22 rifle, but I can't remember which gun it was.

 

[sumphead]

I honestly don't remember the first time I fired a weapon, but my father tells me it was with his old S&W .38. The first gun i was given was at 12, for christmas I got a mossberg 20 guage pump. It was awesome! Unfortunately it was lost in a house fire I had back in 2000.

 

[O'Shark]

I'll never forget it. I was 11 years old and Dad took me to Kirk's Sporting Goods in Muncie. He asked the lady behind the counter to show me some shotguns in my "size." I came home with a 20 gauge Ithaca M-66 Super Single. I still have that little shotgun and it's priceless to me.

 

[tsugaruroman]

My third year in US, bought Mosin rifle. Lived in Japan for a while, their air soft guns cost more than real ones here (I mean about $300 for a toy). And BB ammo there is about the price of bulk .22 lr here. I couldn't believe the prices here.

 

[IndyDave1776]

My first firearm was a Series 80 Colt I bought from one of my professors who gave me a good deal for which I demonstrated my appreciation by not saying a word such that he would not have to deal with any jabs from the left.

 

[snowrs]

It is a Browning Superposed Lightning, It was purchased for me in 1976 just before I was born. My dad and I have shot it a couple of times first time when I was 10. The gun behind it is one of the guns my Grandfather gave me before he passed away.

 

[Brandon]

A daisy bb gun my dad bought for me around my 10th birthday. Shot many cans with it in the back yard as the land behind us was an unused field.

My first real gun was a 12 gauge 870 express (later stolen). My friend was really into shooting and trying to get me into it. It was about all I could afford at the time but I sure shot the heck out of it.

 

[Cavman]

A Sears and Robuck break down 20 gauge shotgun. Still got it.

 

[jayhawk]

Other than various air rifles when I was a kid, I kind of claimed my grandfather's Remington Model 33 .22 during my teenage years. First gun I actually owned was an M&P9c. Believe it or not, I still have it after all these months.

 

[PappyD]

I had fired .22's and shotguns from the time I was about 8 or so.

Bought my own .22 when I was 14. A beautiful Winchester Model 320. They only made 'em for a couple of years. It's a clip-fed, bolt action based on the popular Winchester Model 70.

Saved up my grass cutting money all summer. My mom took me downtown to a place called Em-Roe's. A big sporting goods place that was on Washington Street. I had the purchase all planned out from countless hours of reading Outdoor Life magazine and early copies of Guns and Ammo. I think I paid around $60 bucks.

Here is a link to a youtube on the 320. This is not me, but the fellow does a decent job. And yes, I still have it!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVBLfnoSyk[/ame]

 

[sbrville]

Marlin 39D. Dad gave it to me when i was about 11 or 12. Shortly after i got a Ithica Deerslayer 20Ga. for a shotgun. i have probably took more game with those two firearms than anything else.

 

[Redtbird]

Due to an uncle getting killed in a deer hunting accident, real guns were not allowed in my house when growing up. I could have a BB gun, and that was it!

The first rifle I shot was a military M-14 in basic training. The first gun I bought was a Bersa Model 97, .380, in January of this year.

Since then, I have added two Crosman guns: A C11 Tactical, CO2 powered, and an M4-177 pump-action AR-15 copy. Then came my Marlin 336W, .30-30, with a Bushnell scope. And on June 2nd, I received my Springfield M-1A. Su-weet! :-))

I think I am done buying...for a while!

 

[XSVskill]

1st gun I had was my father's sears tube fed .22....the first gun that I bought with my own money as a kid was a ruger 10/22 that I still have to this day.

 

[shooter521]

I don't remember the first firearm I ever shot, but it was in my early teens at the Atterbury range with an adult friend.

The first firearm I ever owned was a Ruger KP95DC 9mm, bought while I was in college.

 

[bmgreen13]

First time was when I took a hunters ed class with my uncle and each person got to shoot at two clay targets with a 12 gauge. Went 1 for 2 and have been hooked since.

 

[Amattern]

First time shooting was with my dad, shooting a Remington Nylon 66 before I was even able to hold the gun up on my own. First gun that was mine was my Mossberg 500 20 gauge my dad bought me for christmas when I was 12. My first gun I bought was when I turned 18 and had just received my LTCH Which was a Gen3 Glock 22. I still have all 3 and plan and never getting rid of any of them.