How many still have your first firearm

[aarondhgraham]

Sadly, I don't have it,,,
It was a Winchester 189? pump in .22 short.

I bought it at a farm auction in 1963 (I think),,,
For the whopping price of $5.00.

When I went into the Air Force in 1970,,,
I gave it to my youngest brother.

He promptly traded it for a bag of weed.

Aarond

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[264killer]

First gun Winchester single shot bolt action $3.00 when i was 11 or 12 years old . Grand dad"s High Standard Double Nine. My son has theses now. They will go to grand son.

 

[ark-and-spark]

See how a few have already said their favorite is the first in the favorite thread, do you still have your first.
I still have mine and I'll have to dig it out. Got it probably very early 70's. Stevens crackshot 22.
Unfortunately I don't have any kids and my nephews are either woke or wouldn't appreciate it and would trade it for something stupid. Or just sell it and never think about it.

I don’t own the first gun I bought (Glock 21), although I do have another Glock 21. But I do own the first pistol and the first rifles I ever fired. Both 22’s the pistol is an old break top Iver Johnson. The rifle is a 22 savage by Springfield. The pistol still functions but the rifle is just worn out.

 

[GIJROB]

Some how the ex-wife made mine disappear when I was out of the country.

 

[trekrok]

Granddad gave me an Ithaca 22 lever action when I was probably 9 or 10. It's basically a Henry clone it seems.

Couple years later dad gave me a 870 wingmaster 20ga. Still have them both.

Actually, the 870 is on loan back to dad for skunk duty. He's getting old enough doesn't really enjoy shooting 12ga any more.

 

[teslawasframed]

Until I was 16, I just borrowed designated guns from my dad's stable.

When I was 16, my dad gave me a Remington 700 in 308. It's been rebarreled and wears a new chassis, it's one of my work rifles now.

The Gen 3 G17 my mom gave me when I turned 17 is my nightstand gun.

 

[conditionzero]

I wish.. I remember it though! Old RIA 1911.

 

[1911master]

My son has my Remington 510 TargetMaster that was my Dads only rifle. It will be passed to his son.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I don't have the first rifle,,,
But I do still have the first handgun I ever bought.

Like my first rifle I bought this at another farm auction,,,
It would have been somewhere around 1964,,,
The price was a whopping $10.00 bill.

It did come with a "sock" full of ammo,,,
About 40 rounds give or take.

It only took one trip to the "shooting creek" to expend all that old ammo,,,
It wasn't until I attended a gun show in the early 80's,,,
That I found more ammo and what the gun was.

She is a Model 1892 French Lebel chambered in 8mm,,,
This one has the date 1903 stamped on the barrel.

I named her Margaux.

At that gun show I was able to find a dozen rounds of vintage ammo,,,
I still have that ammo as part of the display case she lives in.

I was also told that it could fire 32 Long ammo,,,
But it would make a small split in the case,,,
And wouldn't be very accurate.

Imagine my surprise when I found a local source of ammo for it,,,
sgammo.com out of Stillwater, OK had new manufactured Fiocchi in stock.

I was pretty flush at the time,,,
So I bought 550 rounds.

50 rounds went downrange that first range trip,,,
The revolver handled and shot as well as any new revolver.

I've had this French beauty since I was 15 years old,,,
I'm 71 now so that makes it 66 years in my possession.

I make custom gun leather as a sideline hobby,,,
My next project is a "Doc Holiday" chest rig for her.

Aarond

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[DaveinOKC]

I still have mine. I was given a Winchester Youth Ranger 20 Gauge Pump for my 13th birthday. I also have the Ruger 10/22 that I was given on my 18th birthday....been a few years since then.

David