At what age did you get certain firearms?

[guzzijohn]

First BB gun (Crossman that you pumped the barrel) at six, I was close to 7.
First BB pistol at 9, the Daisy model that look like a Colt S/A.
First .22 at 10. A clapped out Winchester pump, shorts only.
First Shotgun at 11. Ithica 20ga. lever action break open single shot.
First pistol at 15, was a Ruger MK I Target 5.5 BBL.
First Centerfire at 16. Custom 22-250 built on a Mauser action.
First centerfire pistol at 18, a Llama .38 Super.


GuzziJohn

[mdwest]

I honestly dont recall..
 
I know I got my first bb gun when I was still very young.. maybe 6? graduated to a pellet gun when I was probably 8 or 9..
 
my grandfather gave me a little marlin .22 when I was maybe 12 or 13..
 
for the most part when growing up, I just used my fathers guns whenever I wanted to go hunting or shooting.. he had an old winchester 12 ga and a winchester 20 ga that I took to the woods quite a bit.. and an old beat up italian 6.5mm carcano that was what I took deer hunting a couple of times as a kid.. I didnt start accumulating guns of my own until I was an adult..
 
 
that said.. I bought my son a .22 chipmunk rifle, a .22 ruger bearcat SA revolver, and an H&R .410 youth model shotgun while he was still in the womb.. he started shooting the .22 rifle at about the age of 6.. started shooting the revolver at 8.. and toyed around with the .410 a little bit starting at about 10 but never really took to the shotgun.. I recently converted it to .44 mag and he now likes it much better 
 
he got a bb gun at about 8.. but never really took to it since he had already been shooting a .22 for a few years at that point...
 
 
 
 

[briarpatch]

12 years old got a browing auto 12 ga. Dad was a big winner in a poker game, for once. 
That thing will kick your brains out. I hunted everything with it and still got it.
Gave my kids every description of guns but none will hunt, except one, and he rarely.

[teamnelson]

Daisy Red Ryder very early.
H&R Topper 410 and Ithaca 49 22 when I was 8 (Dad had bought them years before and left them for me with Granpa when they split up.)
Mossberg 20 pump and Ruger 10/22, early teens.
Taurus 66 357 with 6" barrel, french gray, when I was 19. (Like an Idjit, I sold it ... stupid.)
Lots more since.


My son had a Daisy Red Ryder very early.
Ruger 10/22 when he was 10.
Taurus 66 357 with 6" barrel, blued, when he turned 12. (Rite of passage.)
He's 16 now, and also has a Taurus 94 22 w/5" barrel, and an Ithaca 37 clone 12ga pump to go with the rest.


My daughter is 18 and on the Combat Shooting Team for the Coast Guard Academy (She'll be at the Steel Challenge next week.)
She never had her own, but she's shot pretty much everything that ever passed through our family.
She has a TC Renegade in .54 that I built while my wife was bedridden pregnant with her; I'll be handing that to her husband one day at their wedding.
And she'll have a handgun of her choosing upon graduation (I have a really nice 586 tucked away for her, but I'm thinking she'll want a Sig).


My wife was raised anti-gun, never fired a gun until we were married.
She got her first gun at 39, an SP101 in .32 H&R Magnum with CRT grips. She also claimed my scoped Remington 512X as hers.

[Old Fart]

I grew up around them, so it was pretty young. I remember us older three boys all had bb guns when we were real little. Firearms were put up and only used when dad was around until we were big enough to work alone on the farm. At that point it seemed we always had a rifle or shotgun with us.

[spikehorn]

My first BB gun was an old Daisy lever action not sure if it was a red ryder or not. Got it from a nieghbor who's kids had grown up. it wouldn't pick up a BB from inside the barrel so had to use it like a muzzle loader. Got that when I was 6-7. When I was 8-9 my parents bought a Crossman powermaster 760. A couple years later I traded it for a crossman CO2 22 cal pellet pistol. My first 22 I got for Christmas after I turned 12, it was a Winchester semi auto. When I was 14 Itraded the 22 in on a Savage 24 22/20ga. At 16 I sold that and bought a Mossberg bolt action 12ga with the C-lekt polly choke. Sometime after I turned 16 I bought a Universal M1 carbine from JC Penny

[DDZ]

I got a BB gun around 7, started shooting my dads single shot .22 around nine. My dads 30-06 at 12. got my first shotgun at 12 years old. Guzzi the same one you got, a Ithica 20ga. lever break open single shot. My Grandmother got it for me for Christmas. I got pretty efficient with that shotgun. I still take it out at times to hunt rabbits. Saved up my money and around age 14 bought my own .22, A Winchester semi auto, I think cost me $60.
 
 Got a 25-06 and an 870 wing master at 16, also got my first hand gun at 16. A Ruger single six. I still have it, it still shoots great after thousands of rounds through it. Probably pass it to my Grandson when he reaches age. I still have all my first guns. Wish I had a nickel for every round through my 870. Never had a lick of trouble with it. I have three barrels for it a 30, 26 and 18. When I'm not hunting with it, its under my bed with the 18 inch tube loaded with #1buck. The Rem. mod 700BDL 25-06 cost me $149 38 years ago. At the same time I paid $80 for a 3-9 leopold scope that is still on the gun. 

[LONGTOM]

I got my first gun when I was 8.
It was a H&R 410 full choke.
That is all I remember about it.
Next when I was about 10 or 12 I got a rare Remington model 30S EXPRESS in the rare 25 Remington caliber along with about 1000 rounds of Remington 117gr round nose and about 200 rounds of Peters High Speed HPs. I still have a box or two of the ammo.
Took my first 2 deer with this gun and still have it in 90% condition to this day.
Next was a 3 gun deal when I was 14.
A 1890 Winchester 22 short pump, a Belgium Browning A5 Sweet 16 and my pride, a Winchester pre 64 model 70 Featherweight in 270.
The model 70 has accounted for well over 60 deer and who knows how many varmints of all kinds before I retired it for a newer model 70 Featherweight in the same caliber.
It has since been retired and replaced by a still newer model 70 Featherweight in 270wsm and that has been replaced by the newest model 70, A heavy barrel Coyote model 70 in 270wsm.
I love my 270s!!!
I still have all of them along with the rest of the collection.
And to think, it all started with a lonely little H&R, and now here I am again loving those same ole single shots in all their many calibers and gauges.
Life does come full circle.
 
 
 
LONGTOM

[JustaShooter]

Even though my father was military, my mother was anti-gun. So, my first firearm of any kind was an old Mossberg .22 that my grandfather handed down to my dad, who gave it to me when I was heading back to college after grandpa's funeral.  Don't get me wrong, I shot my fair share growing up, usually at grandpa's farm (or with friends whose parents allowed BB or pellet guns).

Still have that old Mossberg - and it is still a tack driver.  My oldest son knows it is his when the time comes - along with half of the rest of my weapons.  The other half go to my other son, of course. 

They'll both have to make room for them of course - they started young with airsoft and built from there with BB & pellet guns and such.  I did make them wait till 16 for a real firearm though - we do live in the city, had I raised them on a farm I imagine it would have been different.

Just a Shooter

[Conan The Librarian]

The one that really matters to me is the 20 gauge over/under I bought when I turned 40. I have used that gun widely and for many applications, and loved it more than any other. It cost me $1300 new, and I have never regretted purchasing it. It's truly a once in a lifetime gun.