Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How much did you pay for your first gun?

I don't even remember really. The first firearm that I bought myself that wasn't a gift was likely a Remington 870 Wingmaster in .410. At that point I probably "owned" a dozen guns I just didn't pay for them.

$50. Kodiak 22 magnum.

$176 in 1975 for a brand spanking new Ithaca model 37 featherlight. Still have it too.

1960-17yrs old, mowed lawns, cleared lots, birthday money. Used mod.70 winchester in .308 w/balvar 8 scope, $125. Wish I had it today.

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Nothing my grand dad gave me his old Marlin Octagon Barreled 22 Lever Action and a old Damascus twist Double Barreled Shotgun. It was only safe to shoot low base 112ga Shot Shells through it as we were afraid it would come unwound.

First deer rifle was a Remington Model 742 BDL in 30/06 paid about $250 NIB.

First new Shotgun was a International Arms Springloaded 12 Ga Semi Auto for about $250 NIB

First new Handgun was a Ruger Security Six just after Ruger released the Security Six on the market paid $97.50 NIB.

All three of the last three was purchased in the middle '60's.

Paid $129 for a Remington 788 6mm Remington from Rankins Hardware in Warrenton Va. It was 1975 and I was 15 yrs old.

First one I bought myself (not a gift from my parents, etc.) was a Winchester Super-X, Model-1 shotgun I purchased in 1976 for $230.00 from my local hardware store.

First one I bought myself was around $200 for a Marlin 1894 in 44 Magnum at K Mart.

Before that my Dad bought me a 6.5mm Carcano for $35 or $40 for my 10th or 11th birthday. It was about the same size as a toy gun that I had so I thought it was cool.

Come to think of it, my Dad did buy us some cool toys. At one time I had a toy '03 Springfield, a toy M-14 that shot spring loaded plastic bullets and a battery powered toy M2 on a tripod.

The first one I bought with my own money was a Marlin Model 60 22lr. I paid about $60.

My first rifle was an Ithaca lever action single shot 22, fifteen dollars used back in 1970.

My first one was a J. C. Higgins shotgun that I received for Christmas at the age of 11. The first one I bought myself (in 1961) was a .30-06 Model 70 Fwt. from Fed-Mart (anyone remember them?). It cost $101.25, as I remember. I don't think that Texas had a sales tax in those days...

Savage 410 single shot for $8 from a traveling salesman, later a 1917 Enfield for $15 from the J.C. whitney catelog.

Heck, this makes me think - I'm getting old.
I got my first rifle, a single shot, bolt action .22, with S&H green stamps in the 50's.
S&H were 'trading' stamps we got from the stores we shopped in.
I don't know the face value of the rifle, but recall that my brother and I saved a lot of stamps to trade them in for the rifle. Actually our father traded them in for us - that's all, no dumb government rules or silly PC stuff back then.
And, my brother and I survived to lead productive, responsible lives! Without all the government intervention!
Go figure.
Merry Christmas!

I paid about $60 for a Marlin semi auto .22 with a Tasco scope when I was 14 years old in 1970. I hitch hiked to a department store(Monky wards, sears or something, cant remember) and hitch hiked home with it. This was in PG County MD. Try that today! The gun never did shoot right.