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I will never forget the day my father packed up us three boys and our meager allowances and savings and headed into Seattle's Skid Road (the only place "hock shops" were allowed at that time) to buy us kids a "22 Rifle".
The year was 1954 and I was so excited I had to pee all the way to the shop.
We deliberated over a used $17.00 Winchester Model 69 and a much cheaper used Remington Model 510 Targetmaster ($13.00).
Due to money issues we bought the Remington 510 and I haven't been the same since.
I have told this part of the story on this forum in the past but the owner of that pawn shop was a Jew and had the Nazis inflicted tattoo on his forearm. I made the mistake of asking him what those numbers on his arm were for - my father backhanded me but the owner came to my defense and took no offense at my naivete.
I was 7 years old at the time and 15 years later as a rookie police officer walking that skid road beat I befriended Mr. Freidman and his son and bought several more firearms from his shop over the years.
Still have that nifty old family 22 and it has shot a "ton" of Starlings and Crows over the ensuing 70 years.
Haven't shot it lately - but I just might get it out and shoot some of these nest robbing Magpies that surround my place to celebrate this new forum.
Bought a LOT of Remingtons since then but this was my (our) first.
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VarmintGuy

That's a great story! Get out there and celebrate. Mine was a 870.

Wasn’t mine, but cut my teeth shooting a dear friends (now deceased) Model 512 Sportsmaster in the early 1960’s. Not a lot of money as 10 or 11 year olds and we shot shorts, longs or long rifles depending upon how many pennies, nickels and dimes we could scrape up together.
First Remington I owned was a 243 700 ADL that I bought at Walmart sometime in the mid 70’s.
In 1980 purchased a 270 700 Classic that I’m still chasing PA and NY bucks with 43 years later. Joe had four of them in the back room, brought them out, put them on the counter and told me to pick out a piece of wood. Bought a Leupold M8 4X the same day that is still on the gun. Never wanted or needed anything else. The 270 has lots of Mojo.

First Remington that was actually mine was a 700 mountain rifle in 30-06 . I've replaced the stock with a Grayboe, Timney trigger, Leupold 3.5-10 . Shot a pile of deer , a dozen or so bear , Bobcats, turkey and a few others over the years.

X-mas morning 1971.
581 .22
I couldn't even try to guess how many bricks have been through it.
Blazers were $5.60 a brick. I could mow lawns for ammo.
Amazingly accurate. .22 tip-off scope on it.
It was followed 2 years later by a Wingmaster as I got bird hunting fever.
I ordered a 760 BDL 30.06 a couple years later & put a Redfield widefield 3x9 on it.

My first one was a 511 Scoremaster, for Christmas when I was 12. I was expecting a single shot, so I was surprised when I got it. I still have it, have killed a gazillion assorted critters with it, and it is still the most accurate 22 rifle I have ever owned or shot.

First .22 M24., first shotgun 31TC, first big game rifle 721 30-06..

Poconojack: That Remington 700 Classic in 270 Winchester is one of the few "Classic calibers" I have never owned.
Several friends of mine do own them in that caliber and like you they love them and they won't let them go.
Over the years I slowly became aware of how universally accurate these slender barreled Remington 700 Classics are - I am talking in all the calibers I have owned and seen shooting (from 17 Remington on up through 35 Whelen!).
Keep enjoying that Remington Classic.
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VarmintGuy

MikeS: I had to look up that Model 24 Remington 22 to remind myself about it.
I have never owned one myself.
That was a John M. Browning design.
If you still own it enjoy it they were discontinued in 1935!
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VarmintGuy

A 580 around 1965. My first firearm and still have it!

I no longer have it unfortunately. One thing that I will always remember about it as the barrel was marked .22LR Lesmoke or Smokeless. Apparently Lesmoke was an interim powder between black and smokeless.

First one I owned was a 870 12 gauge (modified choke) Christmas present from my parents, a long time ago. Still got it and use it if/when I am looking for a couple grouse for the camp.
First remington I bought was a 700 mtn rifle in 280, IIRC. Maybe a dozen or so other remingtons (all centrefires) since then but only the 870 is here currently. Model 70s have pretty much taken over the centrefire lineup!

LH 788 308 Win and wish I still had it............

A 878 12ga that I got at 15 years old

First was my dad's 514 single shot 22. It was originally bought by his father. This is one of the few guns my grandfather's brother did not steal upon grandpa's death.

The first I bought was a 20 ga 870 Mag. It was built on a 12 ga frame so is heavy but doesn't recoil much. I still have both though the 870 isn't used much. The 22 is used now and then for pests.

A used 742 in .308 Win, bought it instead of a .30-06 because it was $15 cheaper. No telling how much saving the initial $15 cost me over the years with the extra cost of .308 ammo vs .30-06?

A 514 when I was 8 years old. I still have and still take it out on occasion.

When I came of elk hunting age my dad handed me a 1962 M700 ADL “carbine” chambered in 270W with a steel tube Weaver that had a distinct yellowish tint when looking through it. Killed a raghorn bull that fall. The following year I had enough money to put a Bushnell Banner 1.5-4 on it.
It definitely improved the view….

I guess from what I read I was a late bloomer, when I was about 20 I walked into Sears and bought a nylon 66. When I was about 45 I bought a model 81 in 300. I have great respect for the old rems, the quality is right there.

Mine was a rifle/scope combo……a 788 .308W with a 4X scope of unknown origin.
Bought it new in 1970 and if my memory serves me correctly it was $109.99.
Bought a case xx fixed blade with sheath at the same time and killed my first buck a couple weeks later.