what was your FIRST gun?

[JackOfAllTrades]

I always had one available to me so I never bought any when I was younger. First gun that I actually legally owned was a nickel Taurus model 66 with 6" barrel.  Did my first trigger job on that one. Was a SWEET shooter. I then bought a Marlin 30AS. Now called Mr. Lucky. It has 9 notches carved in the sling for the deer it's harvested. Over the years I picked up several others and sort of inherited about 30 at one time. In keeping what I wanted and letting some of the others go, I let that Taurus go to a friend. One of the biggest regrets I'll ever have. I know he won't sell it to someone else. But I know I'll probably never get it back. No, it's not a Python or a rare gun, but I did/do love that particular light framed revolver.

-Steve

[superdown]

single shot stevens 22 bolt action that my dad cut down the barrel and stock when i 4 yrs old.

[woodswalker]

Daisy BB gun at 6-7, Granddad gave me a Hercules .410 when I was 11,, I saved my lawnmowing money for a Winchester 94 in .32 Winchester Special at 14 to go hunt deer with (matched Granddad's Marlin 1893 and Dad's Winchester 94) and I bought a Ruger MkI .22 from a Friend's dad when i was 16.

Lots of water under the bridge since then...but i still have everything but the BB gun...one of my little brothers accidently dropped that overboard one summer afternoon.

[Curly]

Remington 1100 LT 20ga with a 28" modified choke barrel.  Got it for Christmas when I was 11 years old (30+ years ago)  Still my favorite gun.

[thinkingman]

1969 Remington mod 550.
Sitting in the safe right now.

[Kent Hunter]

Mine was a old WWII Chilean 7MM Mauser that my Dad bought for me when I was eight years old. He bought it at Ernst Hardware when back in the day (1964) they had them in 55Gal barrels in the sporting goods section and you picked out the one you wanted. He put a Williams peep site on it for me and I took my first four deer with that gun. It sure was a ugly club, but I thought that it was beautiful!!

[rainshadow1]

Had a pellet gun, and a gun "issued" to me by my Dad (Stevens 20ga single), but my first personal gun took me well over a year to earn and purchase on my own. I was 11 years old. I still have it, still in good to excellent condition, and it's got an honored position in my safe. It's a Beretta S686 Special O/U. 12ga, 30" barrels, F/M, fully engraved reciever, trigger guard, and opening lever. Stainless reciever, gold plated trigger. I hunted birds with it non-stop for probably 20 years, then semi-retired it. Nobody bought it for me, and I spent my last dime on it when I bought it! It's doubled in value, but it's worth 100X that to me now... Still love that gun!

[bowhunterforever]

Red rider at 5 or 6, then a crossman pupmaster at 7 or 8, then a marlin semi auto at 10 or 11 then a ruger m77 270 win at 15. Still have all the guns to this day

[alanger]

.410 shotgun 

[FC]

A Remington .222 when I was about 7 or so.

[wsucowboy]

Had the lil pump BB gun. I harassed the cats pretty good with that. First rifle i had was a 30 30. I think i was 10 at the time? hard to remember. Turned out to be to much of kick for me at the time so my dad got me a 243 savage. Still used the Savage for deer. The 30 30 is used primarily as a coyote slayer.

[Three_Oh_Eight]

Technically, a Crossman 760 .177 caliber BB/Pellet Rifle.

Firearm: Lakefield (Savage) Mark-IY 22LR

[lokidog]

Remington semi-auto .308, given to me by my grandfather at 12.  First one I bought was a 1963 Rem Wingmaster 12 ga, traded it for my x-country skis to my mom and $50 to my dad, I was 14.  Still have it and often use it.

[Rack Hunter]

my first was a rem 700 7mm mag.  still hunt w/ it love it. 

[huntandjeep]

crossman 760 then got a remington .22 and then a wichester 30 30 for hunting