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My first gun was a Winchester Model 69A that I received for Christmas 1957. The first rifle I paid for was either a Model 1903A3 Springfield that I got from the DCM in 1958 for $15.00 or a Remington Rolling Block in 7mm Mauser that I purchased mail order from Golden State Arms for $8.99 plus shipping.

I still have both. Unfortunately, I "sporterized" the 1903A3.

$37.95.. Winch. M37 in .410.. And yeah, that tells you I'm old..

First "gun" $5.54 for a Red Ryder via Sears and Roebuck in 1948.
First shotgun was a Christmas gift. Winchester M24 in 16ga 1950 still have it.
First rifle. Win M70 fwt 270 that I paid $94.50 wholesale through the local general store. 1954 still have that one too.

BCR

You are indeed an "astute horse-trader". You managed to lose $1 plus an investment in ammunition. Being the lousy horse-trader I am, I probably would have lost even more!

Since my folks wouldn't even let me have a BB gun growing up, I didn't get my first until the week I moved out to go to college. I bought a Remington 700 ADL (wood stock) in .270 and put a Redfield Partner scope on it. Paid $325 for the rifle and $40 or so for the scope.

Seems like I had 5 guns or so by the end of that first year. Boy was my mother pissed. Don't have the .270 anymore as I gave it to my best friend who was needing a hunting rifle.

H&S imports .22 revolver for $80. 1989

Winchester 9422XTR, NIB, $215 in 1981, still have it. Back then that took a good chunk of the paper route money I was earning and my dad had to make the actual purchase since I was still a youngster at the time.

Remington model 700 in .270 for $99 (new). I'd been reading a lot of JOC articles. Got a scope and mounts and rings at a Herter's store for $30.

1976- Remington 870 Wingmaster w/ vent rib- 3" magnum = $180.00 NIB

Gonna take it hunting today!!

the first one I bought myself, a Winchester 37a in 16ga. $65 in 1975. My first centerfire rifle was a Remington 788 in 308.

When I was in the navy my brother borrowed that shotgun for a freind of his. He left it leaning against the truck as he backed out of te driveway. He ran over the muzzle making it an oval. I had it ciu off and rifle sights installed, killed a few deer with that shotgun.

$40 for a Davis 16ga "certified" shotgun.

My first ones were gifts too. A Marlin 12 gauge pump from my Uncle, a Remington model 12, 22 rf from my Grandma, a model 270 Winchester .22 pump from Mom and Dad and a Browning 2000 12 gauge from Mom and Dad as well. Still have the first two. The first gun I bought was a model 788 Remington in 308. It was under $200 with tax at TG&Y. Came with a 4x Tasco already mounted and iron sights packed in the box. I took my first Whitetail with it. My first handgun was a 949 H&R .22 from a local hardware store, now long gone. I think it cost less than $150, all-told.

paid 175 for an ithaca 37 corn cob 16 ga

Parker-Hale Super..243 $150 in 1968


Ingwe

$O,Grandfather handed over a model 99 .300 Savage,for deer hunting the swamps just south of Houghton lake in north central Michigan.

Mine was a Cooey, can't remember the model # though it's still in the safe. It is a tube feed, bolt action, I seem to recal is was around 12 or 14 dollars in 1969. Bought it with money saved up off my paper route.

1971, i was 13 years old and working at a deep rock service station. there were a couple other guys from school working there. they had drivers licenses and were all about buying cars.

i put a 700 bdl .17 rem on layaway at the woolworth store in town...
when it was all paid off for ~$175 i brought it home with a hardcase, 2 boxes of ammo and a weaver k4 mounted up on it...


i was still working there when i was 16 and bought my 67 fairlane the week before i took my drivers test...

Not my first gun, but the first I paid for ... Remington 700 BDL in .308 new $33 in 1973.

I worked at a West Coast chain in college and we got stuff at cost +10%. This one had been in the store's inventory since 1962 with an original cost of $30.

Same as most, my first guns were gifts. But the first gun I bought on my own was after watching Dirty Harry. I tried to find a SW29, yeah right! So I settled for a SBH 7 1/2" barrel. Don't remember what I paid for it; in '72 I think.

Bought a pre-mil Savage 99-F .308 in 1975 for $165 and killed my first buck with it that fall.Gun's gone,but I still have the receipt.