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the first single shot was h&r shikari in 45/70 got it for Christmas when i turned 16, i shot the hell out of that gun! wish i still had it. the first single shot that i bought with my own money was a tc contender in 256 win mag wish i still had it very cool!
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New England Firearms .410, 12yo, Refinished the new stock myself with Formby’s Tung. A modest little gun, but learned a lot or responsibility, probably kept me out of some trouble, killed a lot of cans, squirrels, a few game birds. Taught self to shoot clays from a foot thrower - I didn’t know enough to know how hard that actually is.... Still have it, sits loaded with rubber buckshot for wandering dogs, etc.
Golldammed motion detector lights. A guy can’t even piss off his porch in peace any more.
"Look, I want to help the helpless. It's the clueless I don't give a [bleep] about." - Dennis Miller on obamacare.
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A used High Standard 12 gauge pump my step father got for me. I never deer hunted until college, so that was my small game/ bird gun for a few years before that. Heavy thing. Passed it on to a brother, he sold it sometime later. Might've been one of those made for Sears
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My first gun was a Marlin 336 in .35 Rem. My first single shot was a Handi-rifle in 280 rem with a green laminate stock. I went a little overboard with the spare barrel program adding 45-70, .223 and a 20 ga & 12 ga 3 1/2 inch turkey barrel. Then I had to get the shotgun stock to match of course. Kicks terribly with those 3 1/2" turkey loads but is sure "handy" to carry and hold across one knee when waiting for a tom to show himself.
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The summer between junior and senior year of high school I worked at EUCOM Rod & Gun Club on Patch Barracks, Germany. I saved all my money from that and on the last day I bought a Winchester 101, 20 gauge with my employee discount. I still have it.
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It is better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
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My first 'real' gun was a Glenfield 60. I burned through box after box of ammo until it eventually just got old. I traded it for a summer for an Ithaca 49 and fell in love with single shots. Haven't stopped loving them yet.
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My first gun was a Winchester model 37 in 410. 55 years later I still have it.
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A Springfield break-open 20 ga., until I bought an 870. It then went to some younger cousins. Years later I got it back, still have it, but would not use it now. It has seen a lot of use; My moonshiner/gun trader great uncle gave it to my father and uncle, used, at least five of my cousins started out with it. Besides being such an ill-designed stock, the last few times it was fired it was likely to open on it's own.
First "Mine only" gun was a 700 ADL, .270. Unfortunately that one was stolen over 30 years ago.
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My first gun was a Winchester model 37 in 410. 55 years later I still have it. Mine too. Dad swapped a pig for it. Wish I still had it.
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The first 2 guns I ever used were my dad's M99 300 Savage and his Winchester 62A pump 22.
The first 2 I ever owned were first an Ithica M66 20 gauge and second an original Colt 1851 Navy Model revolver.
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First gun - chrome plated single action revolver {cap gun}.
First projectile firing gun - Daisy model 102 lever action BB gun.
First firearm - Ward's Western Field model 172B 12 gauge bolt action.
First rifle - Marlin model 989M2 semi auto .22 LR.
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First gun - a Sears and Roebuck 20-gauge bolt action shotgun. I desperately wanted a pump, but I had three younger brothers and my Dad liked the idea of being able to remove the bolt when the gun was in storage. In hindsight, this wasn't a bad idea. When I was 19, in college and living at home for the summer, I left a .22 pistol, with a rat shot load in the chamber, in my duffel bag while I was out on a date. My youngest brother, who was nine at the time, found it and put a load of rat shot in the wall above my desk.
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Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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Remington 580. Still remember the day my dad said "it's time for your own rifle". Think I was around 11 or 12. Prior to that I used his Winchester 68
Charter Member Ancient order of the 1895 Winchester
"It's an insecure and petite man who demands all others like what he likes and dislike what he dislikes." szihn
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Winchester model 270 pump, .22 rimfire. Got it for Christmas in 1964. Wish I still had it. Shot hundreds of jack rabbits, and other critters with it.
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Winchester 370 16 gauge 50 years ago still have it. I think my Dad paid $39.99 for it new I have the paper work somewhere.
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My first given to me from my dad was his winchester 67A that he got when he was 9. The first one I bought I was 13. A model 94 .44mag. new for 90.00 a month later I bought a new Remington 660 in .308 for 90.00 . Haven't stopped since. I've passed some on to my son and nephews.
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Remington 700 BDL in 308 Winchester (C Suffix serial #) Leupold 3x9 Vari-X II Leather Gun Case 2 boxes ammo
$435.00 in 1977
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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My brother bought me a Win Mod 67 about 68 years ago. Still have it.
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At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".
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