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I had great times shooting my dad's old heavily traveled peep-sighted Winchester 72A. It was uber accurate with Stingers.

Very cool, FC. That's the way to do it.

browning pump 22 got it free still have it ,my grouse killer.

then 1899 mod B hex barrel 30-30, still have it.

Winchester Model 67

Childhood in England 55 years back closest we had was Sekiden pistols (Made in Japan as all the cheap stuff was back then). Sure had some truly epic combats in the old, empty factory/railway area across from our street. A bit like Stalingrad for kids 🙂



Didn’t have real guns until I bought them for myself here in the US as a teenager. The first was a Mossberg target .22 rifle, traded it off for a .22/20ga Savage Mod 24. Sold it off before I went to Africa.

Here in Texas for about 30 years I had the Mod 24 Camper’s Companion version. Sure was a handy and fun little rifle/shotgun to have at hand. I gave it to this guy maybe 5 years back and his daughter now shoots it. I sure do miss it tho.

I love that. These guys bought their first guns or whatever, with the pocket money they made. I liked getting paid to work, from a young age. A principle sadly missing many places, especially MA, where I hailed from, but had a good sort of parenting involving work ethic.

Anyways, I know you hate your Maine Days. But this is one of the reasons I love that damned state. I camped the state park on Rangely in may. The trolling was awesome.

Tough question. Probably my first.22. it was a bolt action single shot given to me by dad when I was about 8 or 10

Dad and I used to go to the local dump and shoot rats with his .22 cal Western Field C4M300A bolt action single shot.

Hunted a lot of pheasants with Dad's 16 Ga Western Field Model 30 pump.

I still have both guns but haven't shot either in a long while.

Mine was a Stevens bolt action model 59 A in 4-10. It had a tube feed and a blond stock with nice wood. Dad gave me a BB gun at age 12 and I wanted a .22 at age 14 but he thought a shotgun made more sense. I used that gun to kill more than my share of rabbits, squirrel and partridge all the while I grew up. When I left home 54 years ago to go to basic training it disappeared. I should try to find one because I could really shoot that thing.

Now dad in-law had a marlin 60 hanging on his gun rack when I was about 15 said he didn’t like auto 22s 🙄 I talked him into a trade for weed eating a bank took about 30 minutes still have the gun

It would either be Grandpa's early 70's Nylon 66, or Dad's mid 50's Winchester 94 in .32 Winchester Special.

earlybrd;
Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the week was kind to you and all who you care about are healthy.

Thanks for the interesting thread and thanks of course as well to the folks who've shared their favorites.

For me if I had to pick one, it'd be this rifle, made by the factory that now makes Savage rimfires, but back then was known as Lakefield Mossberg and it's MK II. Dad traded my CZ Brno made Slavia pellet gun and some cash for it so I'd have something bigger to keep the gopher and pest population down around the farm. I want to say I've had that one 50 years now if my math is right.

Over the years it's been modified several times by me, so the walnut fore end tip and grip cap as well as the bobbed barrel and different front sight are my interpretation of what I wanted then.



The coyote carving was my sole attempt at stock carving as far as I can remember too, but it's appropriate however as I want to say that thing has accounted for something like 7 yard coyotes here in BC over the years.

If we got to pick another one, it'd be another Lakefield Mossberg - again made up on this sided of the medicine line, this one a 500 pump gun which I bought with my own money about 3 years after Dad gifted the Mk II to me. It's the top one in the photo, but it's been so reliable that when I was putting together a tenting shoo bear device for our eldest daughter, I built hers on another Lakefield Mossberg - that's the bottom one.



Thanks for the thread again and thanks to all who've posted.

All the best to one and all as we near hunting season.

Dwayne

I grew up in a very anti gun house. Didn't get my love for firearms til the Marine Corp. I can only go back 30+ years but it has to be the 45acp.

Ironically my anti gun parents learned that guns aren't the problem. Bought my dad a sks back in 91 and I have it in my basement. He has more guns than me. Before my mom died last year, she had multiple .22's pistols.

Education goes a long ways

Rem. 870 Wingmaster 20 ga. that I got when I was 12.I gave it to my son several years ago but it still resides in my gun safe. Hopefully he will show interest again in a few years.

A Winchester model 61 22 lr that my grandmother gave me, I’ll never sell it , think she paid 59$ when she bought it!

Old school heard a story from my dad he went rabbit hunting after cleaning it the night before and forgot to reinstall the screw that holds it together said he was about 10 yr old and remembers the barrel falling off when he shot and the rabbit running away I call BS but believe it

Forgot about this one my “papa” had it propped up in his bedroom corner and had a old school picture of a turkey flying on the wall he’d let me prop it across the bed and practice shooting the turkey it was heavy enough I couldn’t hold it up back then

my first name is Stephen so that’s why I picked it out of the lot I need to take that one spring gobbler next time tall tale my grandad killed 2 gobblers with one shot with it

I had two, the one I still have and the one I had but decided to take apart and clean.

High Standard Supermatic Citation with 5-1/2 inch bull barrel. My first handgun, which my parents bought for me when I turned 16.