Yep, I still have the bolt action Stevens single shot .22 rifle that was also my father's first rifle. It killed many squirrels and cottontails during the Great Depression, mostly with .22 shorts. As for the first one I actually bought, myself, no. It was a H&R Topper Jr. .410, that started me 'trading up.'
Yes still have it, a Winchester mod 69 bolt rifle in .22 S-L-LR.
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YEP, 1967 Miami was burning, S&W 38 revolver, I think it was called M&P back then. LGS in Hialeah, their was a line of people
in front of the store, they would only let a few people in at one time, pick out a gun, pay for it and leave, no paperwork. I
think they sold out of hand guns & shot guns that night! Paid around $70 for it and a box of bullets.
No. Mine were stolen when I was a kid. A Ruger .44 Carbine and a Winchester 20ga pump shotgun.
I'm very sorry to hear about that BP. :-(
The first gun that *I* owned (ie. Dad let me have a .22 on sort of permanent loan, but it wasn't *mine*) was a Ruger .44 carbine. Bought new in the early part of '82. I still own it and will NEVER part with it.
Luis
Wielding the Hammer of Thor first requires you to lift and carry the Hammer of Thor. - Bigslug
Bolt action .410 that came from Dad's closet. I think he's still got it.
Then borrowed a 20 ga for a summer.
When I was 14 worked enough to buy a Rem 1100. Shot a lot of dove & quail with that gun - it is in Dad's closet too.
I got a newer 1100 several years back to gain the Rem-choke.
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If so, what is it & when did you get it? My first is a Stevens Model 15A, .22 cal.
bolt action, single shot, that I got for my 14th birthday, in 1957. My Dad bought it at The Western Auto store, for $ 11.50,
.22 shorts were 25 cents a box.
Talk about a blast from the past...on several levels. I remember when Western Auto sold just about everything I was interested in. And every kid on our block--it seems like--had a bolt action single shot .22, except for me. My first was a handgun: H&R .25 cal in 1972, for home protection for my wife when I was away or working late. Gave it to my mother a few years later, and then I had no guns until 2004, when the invasion of the Katrina "evacuees" raised the crime rate here, and home protection seemed a good idea again. FNH FNP-9. Then a CHL and a Springfield XD9-SC for carry. Then a Glock 19 primarily for my wife to carry, although she never did, but I carried the Glock for about four years. The FNH and the XD9 are both gone and replaced with an XDm-45, which for some reason I can shoot better than all three of the others, from the first box of 100 WWB, so the XDm is my carry weapon now and the Glock is in the safe.
Welcome, Virginia Boy...are you sure you're not Virginia Codger? You seem like my age!
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history." - Ayn Rand
Yes, for my 8th or 9th birthday I was given a Mossberg model 152 .22lr carbine with 5-rnd magazine. I still shoot it occasionally. When neighbor kids were getting the Red Ryder bb-gun I had a real gun.
Of course I had the RR Daisy bb gun, too. How else can you play war in the old vacant lots and inside that vacant warehouse down the street?
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
I still have my first gun, in fact, I still have every gun I've ever purchased.
My first gun is a Marlin model 60. I bought it back in 1997 or 1998 at Kmart for like $120. Still a great shooter, but it needs a new scope ASAP so I can really start shooting it again.
Yeap.....a Steven's single shot 12ga. It kicked like the devil. I got cute and sawed it off in the late 80s. Wish I wouldn't have done that. Still have it though.
Yes, it was a Springfield .22 bolt action rifle made by Stevens Arms, given to me as a Christmas present by my Uncle. My first revolver was a Ruger Blackhawk .357 mag, 3 screw model that was stolen in the 90's, and never recovered.
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.-Larry Elder I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.-Clint Eastwood
Yep, an old Marlin 25 bolt action .22 that my dad gave me. The magazine catch was lost long before I came around, so for me it has always been a single shot affair.
I also have my first "new" gun, a Ruger 10/22 we bought from Oshman's Sporting Goods.
Not only no,,,,, but H*$& NO. They where all stolen by family or freinds.
Stevens 20 gauge shotgun - 1st shotgun
Remington 722 .243 Win - 1st rifle
Ruger MKI 22 LR - 1st pistol
Remington M700 .270 Win. with a Weaver 3X9 scope - 1st rifle I paid for. (New)
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
- Richard Henry Lee
It is a Remington 11-48 12 ga I got at age 12; I have it and it has a broke firing pin or firing pin spring and some metal missing from the pollychoke. If it was just the pin or spring, I'd fix it; but, the pollychoke is probably a major barrel overhaul.
Yes, I do. It is a Remington Model 510 TargetMaster single-shot, bolt-action rifle. I believe I got it in the 1950's, I think (it was a long time ago & my memory is a tad dim). Brand new it was around $8-$10. I think I was paying about 1/2 cent a bullet back then.
I trained my son on it, all my nephews & nieces & now their kids.
Yup. It was a Savage 340 in .30-30 I bought from my brother's friend. Had it re-blued and refinished the stock myself. Not a classy, fancy sleek rifle but it's a darn GOOD shooter. Misplaced it for a while but luckily it was merely tucked into a corner at my father's house. It's now back here where it belongs.
Actually, I do have my first firearm, that I bought anyway. It's my Veneralble much loved, much hated, .270 Win. Model 70, 1966 Model Push feed piece of crap. Well, that's what I was told by a couple of so called GuRus. But one thing about the rattly piece of crap. It is tight where it counts and it shoots damn good. And I found out that it is actually stronger than the Pre-64 due to the fact that it has a flat breach. Myself, I think that is purly academic and doesn't really mean much in the real world. Don't even start to get me wrong, because I would still give my left testicle for it to be a pre-64. But it's not. A dumb kid bought it in the summer of 1966 and thought it was the most beautiful rifle he had ever seen, what with it's shiny stock and pressed basket weave checkering. Later on my educational process moved on and I realized that shiny stocks were out. So I took off the varnish and applied a million or so coats of True Oil and it was shinier than before. So I took it down to the wood and some benevolent soul felt sorry for me and gave me a bottle of something called Winchester Antique Finish. This was the ticket. That ratty old .270 still wears that finish, albeit it's full of dings and scars. It has earned every scratch and ding honestly. It has a lot of character now. And it still shoots good. It is still, after 45 years, my go to hunting rifle.
Daddy, what's an enabler?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Yes, my winchester 190 .22, and the trigger sucks... got it in 1974. I was 14 yrs old.
D
"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
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Yes it has a good kick, and it still just has that plastic butt-plate.
"The Un-Tactical"
in front of the store, they would only let a few people in at one time, pick out a gun, pay for it and leave, no paperwork. I
think they sold out of hand guns & shot guns that night! Paid around $70 for it and a box of bullets.
I'm very sorry to hear about that BP. :-(
The first gun that *I* owned (ie. Dad let me have a .22 on sort of permanent loan, but it wasn't *mine*) was a Ruger .44 carbine. Bought new in the early part of '82. I still own it and will NEVER part with it.
Luis
DPRMD
Then borrowed a 20 ga for a summer.
When I was 14 worked enough to buy a Rem 1100. Shot a lot of dove & quail with that gun - it is in Dad's closet too.
I got a newer 1100 several years back to gain the Rem-choke.
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Welcome, Virginia Boy...are you sure you're not Virginia Codger? You seem like my age!
Of course I had the RR Daisy bb gun, too. How else can you play war in the old vacant lots and inside that vacant warehouse down the street?
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
My first gun is a Marlin model 60. I bought it back in 1997 or 1998 at Kmart for like $120. Still a great shooter, but it needs a new scope ASAP so I can really start shooting it again.
It's my home defense boom stick, now.
Marlin 781 bolt action repeater. paid 64.00 in 1979. used $$ from my saturday job at my cousins store (min wage) and mowing lawns.
- Don Burt
I also have my first "new" gun, a Ruger 10/22 we bought from Oshman's Sporting Goods.
Stevens 20 gauge shotgun - 1st shotgun
Remington 722 .243 Win - 1st rifle
Ruger MKI 22 LR - 1st pistol
Remington M700 .270 Win. with a Weaver 3X9 scope - 1st rifle I paid for. (New)
- Richard Henry Lee
I do have my Fathers 12 gauge O/U bought in 1935
I trained my son on it, all my nephews & nieces & now their kids.
With a 1911 and a 30-06
Dad 5-31-13
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
D
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