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Stevens 311 in 20 ga. in 1975.

kwg

I was born in 63 and in 76 I gave my father the $$$ for a Rem Model 700 ADL in 7mm Mag since I couldn't do the purchase myself since I was only 13. Still have it and still hunt with it. I have older rifles from my grandfathers and father but that was the first one I bought with my own money.

Savage 72 22 LR. Made in 72, bought this year. Still in the box with tags and plastic wrap.

Well, Mom bought it for me for Christmas in 1967, a Remington 581. Doesn’t get out much and one of my descendants will get it in time.

I have a CZ 452 American .22lr thats maybe 6 years old, i guess its the oldest gun in my safe as no other gun in my safe is over 3 years old.....Hb

I’m pretty sure I have only bought one new rifle for myself ever. A Weatherby Mk 5 Euromark .270 Wby Mag. Pretty wood and matte finished blue. Shot some deer with it but it’s been a long time. Bought in 1983 I think.

My first new rifle was a win m70 in 30.06 bought in 1977. Have killed several moose with it over the years and still have and use it.

I bought a marlin 336CS 30/30 from Service Merchandise back around 1988. My first centerfire. I bought it for shooting wild hogs in Florida.
It was on a clearance sale. I watched it go down in price every week for a month. When it got down to $125 I bought it.

I was poor as a church mouse in them days just getting started. Not much extra money for hunting gear. Fortunately it was a good shooter. I had bought a new Remington 1100 a few year before mostly for shooting doves. But once in the lease I was shooting slugs and buckshot thru it. I killed quite a few hogs and deer with my shotgun but wanted a rifle in the worst of ways.

I only used the Marlin for a couple seasons before I bought a LNIB Ruger Tanger 30-06. Never used the marlin much after but its still in the safe. I hung on to it as I thought maybe someday Ohio might allow 30/30s. I do a deer hunt every year with family up there.

First used rifle a 1958 Savage 99F 308 $165 in 1975.First new rifle Ruger 77 250Sav in 1976 $202.

Rem 700 BDL in 270 Win I bought in the late 60s. Killed dozens of elk, more deer and javelina and 9 bears with not to mention countless varmints. It's on it's 2nd barrel (a Hart stainless). I gave it to my youngest son and he got his first elk with it. Still looks good and shoots good even though I slid 50 feet down a talus slope with it.

Bottom rifle is the BDL



Son with his first elk

I bought a 1974 production 700 ADL 30-06 new in 1975. I was 17 at the time. The rifle was $175. That was before sling swivel studs came from the factory. I had the gunshop install them, bought a sling, Tasco scope, Weaver bases, and 1 box of ammo for $250 OTD.

I still have it and used it a lot up until about 10 years ago. It is basically retired now.

Not nearly as old as most in this thread, but Remington 700 in 270Win, left-handed back in...1998? Put an inexpensive Nikon Buckmasters on it and hunted with it until I was out of college. Had it rebored to 9.3x62 a few years back and dropped it into a Remington KS stock with a Meosport R on top. Need to get around to bedding it. Lots of use in thick WV woods.

A Howa 308 that I bought in 2011. Got a 25-06 at the same time.

Since you said rifle my single shot H&R 410 bought new for $48 in the early eighties when I was 11 doesn't count.

So rifle bought by me would be my 700 bdl 6mm I bought new at age 14 mid eighties for $385. It's got a pretty worn throat but still looks great and shoots well. It's killed probably a dozen deer and tons of rabbits and rock chucks. It also likes crows and coyotes.

Bb

Mine is a Sako Vixen in .222 Mag. I bought it through the mail in '64 or '65. It still is a very good rifle. Redfield 4x12 scope.
Have a great day.
Jim

Not a rifle, but I bought this one saving money from mowing yards. Beretta a390 bought new in 1994 from a local gun shop. Still hunting with it.

While I have many shotguns that I purchases new, off the shelf - most of my early rifle purchases were used. The oldest I can clearly remember is my Ruger 77 Mk II, (boatpaddle) in 260 Remington. Paid $379 for it at the Fargo Scheels.....

Kaiser Norton

700 BDL 243 in 1983

I bought my first deer rifle a Glenfield 30A 30-30. I bought it money I saved from working in rice fields. I was 12 years old and the year was 1982. I killed several deer and other things with that rifle. It has a Weaver K4 that needs to be replaced. I still have and it shoots less than an inch at 100 yards. I often think about taking it out hunting.

Marlin Mountie 1969 and have shot hundreds of sage rats with it when I lived in OR.