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What are some of the first guns you were given or bought? When I was 9 my Dad gave me a Winchester model 37 single shot .410. When I was 10 he gave me a Marlin model 99 M1 .22 rifle, For Christmas of my 11th year, my parents gave my brother and me 12 gauge 870 Wing master shotguns. When I was 14, my Dad bought me a Remington 788 243 with a Weaver K4 scope on it for getting all A's and B's on my report card. I still have all of those guns. How about you guys?

Ron

Well, I got a Daisy BB Gun for Christmas when I was eight (replaced with a Crosman .177 pellet rifle when I was fourteen), but the first real gun I got was a Remington Fieldmaster pump .22 for my sixteenth birthday.

I bought a Browning (Belgium) Sweet Sixteen in 1966. Still have it. Totally awesome shotgun.

Ithaca Mdl 37. Shotguns were all we did back then. Rifles were for rich people.

At 8, my Dad gave me a Stevens 22/410, which he had won right after WWII. At 10, I earned some money and split the price of a Remington Nylon 66 with my Dad. At 13 (I think), I split the price of a Browning Nomad 22 semi-auto pistol with my Dad. At 14, I saved enough money,mowing a few lawns and picking up pecans, getting enough cash to buy a Winchester Model 88 in .308 Win. At 17, I bought a S&W Model 28, which my mother had to sign for as recently the 1968 Gun Control Act had recently passed!

I starting hand loading, with a Lee Loader, at age 16 for the .308 Win. The rest is history! memtb

Nylon 66 purchased by me with paper route $$...I was 13...next was a Rem 700 ADL .243 pencil barrel with a Redfield 2x7 (50 years ago) still own and now sits in a tracker stock and Hart barrel...still killing stuff with it.

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My first rifle gift was a Marlin model 15Y .22. Now my son lights things up with it.

My first big game gun was a Savage 110E that I bought at 15. That action has seen 4 barrels since, and about to wear #5 in 6mm Rem.

My dad gave me a Winchester Model 63 when I was about 15 that he got for Christmas in about 1950. My parents got me a Ruger RST6 for Christmas in about 1976. My grandparents got me a Ruger SBH 7.5” for my 16th birthday. I bought myself a Ruger 10/22 Deluxe Sporter and a Glenfield Model 25 and a Mossberg 500 when I was between 15 and 17.

Hmm, I shot my father's Excell 410 single shot, and my brother's 22's. My first would be the PO Ackley 22/250 when it was a wildcat.

My dad traded a pig for a Winchester 37 in .410. I was 10 at the time and used it for a few years and got a Remington 11-48 in 12 gauge.

The first gun that was "mine" and given to me at age 10 was a Stevens 20 gauge single barrel. HORRENDOUS trigger probably 20lbs... very hard hammer to pull. Got a Winchester 94 at age 14. Was given a Ruger Security Six .357 at age 17...

Shot lots of ducks, doves and a few deer with them. Still have the single barrel.

Mother bought me a 552 speedmaster one afternoon while she was at the PX. No special occasion. Maybe I was 13,14?



Myself, I bought a 788 carbine in 308 with grocery sacking tip money. Took a lot of quarters and dimes. 👍



Then for some reason back to mother, she gave me a brand spankin new 7400 in 0/6 for Christmas same year.

I didnt need it. Actually hated it. Wish I still had it.

Still have the speedmaster and the 788


An aside: mother didnt want anything happening to me while I was always out arrowhead hunting. Same summer she bought me a S&W 422, 4” semi auto. I was packing illegal heat when I was 15, driving with a learners permit. 😃

I can't remember which guns actually came first. I got four in a short space. My Uncle gave me an old Marlin pump shotgun, which I still have. 12 gauge. My Dad bought me a Winchester model 270 .22 pump. My Grandma gave me my Grandpa's model 12 Remington pump .22. Just a short while later, my Dad got me a Browning model 2000 shotgun. I cannot recall which of the first two came first.

I bought my first big game rifle, a Remington 788 with a Tasco 4x scope installed. .308.

I also bought my first pistol, a H&R .22 nine-shooter.

first "real" gun and not a pellet gun was my grandads h&r 929 revolver. i was proud as hell of that gun. its not much of a gun but it was all mine. i still have it and it is my camp gun, hanging inside an old pair of coveralls.

Mossberg 42M when I was 7. 22 Accurate and reliable even today. Still have it 47-48 years later. Plan to give it to a grand child if we ever have any.

What kind of trade would you take for it?

My first handgun, which I bought at age 19, was a Ruger Speed Six .357 Magnum. Still have it. My brother has my Remington Fieldmaster pump .22 (my sixteenth birthday present). I sold it to him when I was about 20.

That's essentially the semi-auto version of the Fieldmaster.

Wore out several BB guns in grade school no idea how old I was when I got the first one.
The first firearm that was mine was a depression era Remington 22 single shot my Dad gave me.
Saved and bought a Sheridan pellet rifle at 12 or 13 and a Winchester model 270 pump 22 before I was High School age