do you still have your first gun?

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:42 pm

(I do, but I was 47 when I bought it - a Marlin 1894c hardwood)

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:47 pm

Yes,
Shotgun: 20 ga. H&R single shot. (11 yrs. old)
Rifle: Savage 99C .308 cal. (14 yrs. old)

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:50 pm

I wish I did!

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:52 pm

Absolutely...At 12 my uncle gave me an old Columbia 16 ga. single shot. Extractor was broken so I had to pick the hulls out with my knife. Butt plate was broken. Only went off about 75 % of the time (percentage went down until I was flinching so bad I had to retire it.) It was too long for me to put on my shoulder so it rested on my upper arm when I shot. (which stayed a hideous purple/green/blue color all summer from shooting snakes)

It's in the safe while much more expensive guns are hidden in more vulnerable places.

Boreman · Post by **Boreman** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:04 pm

I sure do. It is a Savage M-94C single shot 20 Ga.exposed hammer. Still shoots good and is in pretty decent shape. My parents bought it as a Christmas present. I was 14 at the time,that was 54 years ago.One of these days it will go to my son.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:09 pm

No, I don't.

I had two first guns.

First revolver: It was either a H&R or a Iver Johnson's break top 9 shot .22. The extractor was missing so it wasn't functional. Rather than get it fixed I sold it. Stupid me.

First rifle: It was a Savage .22 Bolt rifle with a detachable magazine.
That ones gone too. Got a pic of it somewhere.

Joe

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:23 pm

Yep, a Marlin 22 autoloader. Dad bought it for me at an estate sale when I was about 8.

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:24 pm

I don't have My first Gun,don't really know what happened to it while I was in the Army. I do have a sporterized Mauser that I bought when I got out of the Army in 1968 ( $150 ) that was almost all My seperation pay. It was rebarreld in 06.

Chas. · Post by **Chas.** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:28 pm

I've never gotten rid of a gun, except one old .303 British. My first was a Daisy Model 25 pump gun. My first firearm was a Christmas present from parents. It was a Stevens 20 ga. model 77C pump gun. I still have both.

gak · Post by **gak** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:38 pm

Yes. Win 69A (.22) chrome-bolt ca 1957. Great gun--lots n lots of rounds through but still in excelent shape. A few years later also "inherited" my 2nd (while my dad was still alive), an Inland M1 Carbine he brought back in '45 from Guam in his B-29--found NIB in the base junk yard. Over the years, many thousands of rounds through and nary a hiccup.

Leverluver · Post by **Leverluver** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:40 pm

Another 69A. Got it when I was 11. The 69A was used when I got it and it has been with me 50 years and it's still a tack driver. Got my first revolver, a Ruger Bearcat, when I was 13. Wish I still had it. Sold it when I went to college. I paid $39 for it and those things have since gone through the roof.

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:49 pm

Yes. I have my father's Remington 511 that he taught me to shoot with. The first gun that I purchased was a Ruger Mark I with the 6-7/8ths target barrel. I still have that as well.

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:52 pm

Yeppers, a Remington 550-1.

Chas. · Post by **Chas.** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:00 pm

Rimfire McNutjob wrote:Yes. I have my father's Remington 511 that he taught me to shoot with.

I also have my father's 511 that he taught me to shoot with. It's still the most accurate gun I have inside 75 yds.

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:00 pm

Yep, Western Field 550 (Mossy 500).

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:12 pm

Yes, the gun on the right was actually my first. My brother had an Ithaca 49 which I sort of confiscated and shot more, but this was the gun my Dad gave me when I was 5. It is a Western Field 47A(Made for only one year...1937). Made by Mossberg.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:15 pm

Sure do. My Dad started me off with a .22 rimfire bolt-action. It's a Harrington & Richardson Model 750 Pioneer. Shot it less than 3 weeks ago. I've had it for 34 years, and hope to enjoy it for another 34 years!

Barcelona Rick · Post by **Barcelona Rick** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:34 pm

Proud to say that I do...Christmas 1962 (I was 8 years old) the long narrow box held a Stevens 940A .410.....two boxes of 2 1/2" #6's and I could hardly wait until Christmas Dinner (lunch for my northern friends) was over. We stepped out the back door and dad showed me how to open, load, close, cock the hammer and then let it down. Two shots later into the woodpile and dad looks at me and says "do not kill anything you won't eat and don't shoot your little brother or yourself". Six years later I bought my first rifle with money earned mowing yards....a Winchester Model 190 . 22 semi-auto. Still have it also....

rick

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:39 pm

yep,
A 1941 Springfield Armory M1 Garand
Was handed down to me as my first gun at age 12 for Deer/Bear hunting in New Albany Pa.(Cahill Mountain)
Big deer/bear/rattlesnakes!
Still one the most beautiful places on earth(to me)
Gun still shoots very well!
Also, I still have the first gun(I bought with my earned money) 1973 Ithaca deerslayer

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:42 pm

I sure do, a Win model 67 22 single shot my Dad gave me. I also have my Dad's rem model 870 wingmaster in 20 ga. I used it more than him when I was a kid shot alot of partridge with it.

Molasses · Post by **Molasses** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:46 pm

Depends on how you define it. First BB gun was a Dasiy 1894 "Spitting Image" that's still with me.
First cartridge gun was a Remington 581 that I eventually traded off towards a brand new 1976-production Ruger 10/22, but despite that, there's a 581 in the safe right now...

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:00 pm

Yep!

A Winchester Model 69, circa 1938.

I got it when I was 10 or 11 years old and I still have and I still love it! It is a tack driver and so much fun! It will get handed down to my girls someday...

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:31 pm

My first firearm, a Topper, Jr. Model 480 in 20ga, I still have. It went through my brothers, then their children and is back with me. It will go to my nephew's boys to continue that tradition in a couple years. My first rifle(I don't even remember the brand) a 22 bolt action was traded on a new Marlin Model 60 in 1973 that my brother bought from me and still has. My first pistol, a Dan Wesson 15-2VH with a 6" barrel, I still have, though I wore out the original barrel. Good thing they are easy to replace(I still have the original barrel, I even still have the box the revolver came in).

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:40 pm

Yep, for my 14th birthday, a beautiful Winchester model 64 in 25-35. I will never part from it in this lifetime.

2x22

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:42 pm

nope, not even close, but you knew that

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:45 pm

I did up until a few years ago. It was a junker so I took it to the gun buy back program and got $100 for it. The streets are so much safer now thanks to the bright individuals who do such creative work in their Liberal think tanks. God bless these rightous saints.

I believe the gun was called a Daisy--------Sixgun

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:10 pm

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:21 pm

I still have my first rifle, a Marlin youth model .22 single shot, I'm not sure the exact model. My dad got it for me when I was about 4 yrs. old. My brother learned to shoot with it. My wife's brother and sister are 11 and 12 yrs. old (she's 23), and I just taught them to shoot with that gun. It will be passed down to my kids, and so forth.

I still have my first shotgun, a Mossberg 20ga. Heck, I still have pretty much every gun I ever bought minus one or two junkers I've sold or traded. Most have sentimental value and will never leave my possession till I'm dead, others don't have such a certain future.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:47 pm

Yes, I do. Winchester Model 67. The ideal "boys" rifle. Single shot .22. Shoots shorts, longs (do they still make these?) and long rifles.

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:42 am

Yep. Ithaca Model 49 .22 single shot lever gun. Got it for my 12th birthday.

Best,
Oly

Alan Wood · Post by **Alan Wood** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:27 am

I do still have my first firearm. A very late production tang saftey Winchester 94 in 44 magnum. Like El Chivo I didn't get a firearm till in my 40's.

the telegraphist · Post by **the telegraphist** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:15 am

No mores the pitty, it was a Webley Scott .177 air pistol. Traded it on something, cant even remember what now, was near 50 years ago.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:49 am

Winchester 94 Canadian 30-30, in 1974. Dad got it brand new for 100 dollars. I am the only person to ever kill anything with it - always been my deer rifle and will be doing it again this season. With luck, my boy will be big enough to use it in a few years. Thanks to this gun I have been a dedicated leverhunter for a long time!

peter richards · Post by **peter richards** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:31 am

Yes, a 9422 Winchester I bought when I was 14 years old back in 1987. I saved my $20 a day wages from my weekend job on a dairy farm.
I have since bought one for my oldest son, & am on the lookout for one for my yougest son.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:36 am

Yes, K22, 1966,

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:54 am

I've still got a King single shot BB rifle my Dad gave me at the age of 4, that's 58 years ago, so you can see he started me right and I have been addicted to American Leverguns ever since.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:37 am

Don't have THE gun but one just like it. a Remington single shot .22 with the twisty safety on the back of the bolt. I forget the model number. It's in Jr's closet right now. We need to shoot it some I guess... good idea.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:44 am

Yes sir!
A Browning 22 lever

Driftwood Johnson · Post by **Driftwood Johnson** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:50 am

Howdy

Yes. I have my Dad's old Winchester Model '06 gallery rifle. He gave it to me when I was around 14 or so. His Dad bought it for him in New York City in Abercrombie and Fitch in the 1930s. Imagine that!

I'll take a photo and post it sometime.

SFRanger7GP · Post by **SFRanger7GP** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:00 am

Yes. It is a S&W M17 .22LR that was placed in the crib with me the day I was brought home from the hospital.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:49 am

yep!
Savage arms/Stevens semi auto model 87d 22LR

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:06 am

Yes, but it has changed some since 1968. It was once my Aunt Virginia's gun.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:11 am

Nope.

Had an ex-girlfriend get mad at me and she sold it (or gave it away, who really knows) while I was out of town to get even with me for some perceived wrong. Lost a Marlin 336, an AR15 carbine, and a little 20ga shotgun to that wrathful little witch

I still have the next one I got after that which was my Mini-14 (bought for me by my new wife.) That was 1982.

lthardman · Post by **lthardman** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:41 am

Absolutely. It was the first rifle I purchased as a much younger person. Its a Ruger Model 77 in 7MM-08. I took my first buck with it, and I am looking at the mounted head as I type this. I still sight it in every year and it is always ready. If it had a removeable magazine, it might still be my choice on opening day.

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:50 am

Yes, Ruger Blackhawk Convertable revolver in 45 Colt and Legacy (Rossi) 454 Puma rifle. Amazing how many of us still own our first guns! -Tutt

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:01 pm

NO! And quit reminding me!!!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:50 pm

It's one of the .22's in this picture I just posted on another thread. Several of the guns belong to the guy who took the picture, but about half are mine. In the middle of the picture is a Ruger M-77V in 6mm Remington, that was the first firearm I actually pondered for quite a long while about getting, and custom-ordered after reviewing the ballistics of the various rounds.

BAGTIC · Post by **BAGTIC** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:05 pm

Yes. A SAKO L-46 in .222 Remington. purchased in 1958 IIRC. It has taken everything from ground squirrels to deer. It has accounted for my three 'best' shots. A crow at 275 yards, a jack rabbit at 440 yards and a coyote at best calculation based on fence lines, 660 (on second shot) I have lost count of the 25 yard misses as they are too numerous to tally. All taken eith the little factory tw0 position aperture. None of the victims ever realizef that they weren't the victim of some 24X 'Super Whatzit' that cost more than the gun..

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:00 pm

SFRanger7GP wrote:Yes. It is a S&W M17 .22LR that was placed in the crib with me the day I was brought home from the hospital.

loaded?

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:07 pm

Yep still have mine. It is a Savage Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 that my dad gave me for my 16th Bday. If it ever leaves my possession it will be because it goes to one of my boys.