Author Topic: What is the first shotgun you ever shot??? (Read 4948 times)

Ringo Steele · « **Reply #30 on:** April 07, 2004, 05:11:38 PM »

The first shotgun I ever shot was my dad's .410 Harrington and Richardson breaktop single shot, the one that would fold in half. Still got it, and it still shoots good!

Topper · « **Reply #31 on:** April 08, 2004, 10:13:46 AM »

H&R .12 GA. was the first shotgun I ever fired. I ended up with a Winchester 1200... a great birthday present for a young boy. Wish I still had them both.

ranger730 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 08, 2004, 04:46:36 PM »

Its amazing no matter how old or young we are now,we can still remember the first shotguns we shot most of the time it was dad or grandpa ,thank god for'em. If your dad or grandpa is still around make sure you give them a hug and a I LOVE YOU this weekend

Cam · « **Reply #33 on:** April 17, 2004, 08:17:47 PM »

The first shotgun I shot was my dad's old 870. I can't remember exactly how old I was but I remember that I couldn't hold it up to my shoulder because it was too heavy. We were pheasant hunting in one of our fields and I kept bugging him that I wanted to shoot it. He finally got tired of me and let me give it a try. Since I couldn't hold it up, I held it down like I had seen people hold machine guns in the movies. I just aimed a little ahead of us into a hill side. My dad was laughing pretty hard, but not nearly as hard as when I finally pulled the trigger. It pushed me back so hard I fell flat on my butt. That was enough shooting for that day but every time we went out after that I got to shoot it at least once. Of course I was finally able to hold it to my shoulder and I'm doing much better at hitting my target now.

skb2706 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 28, 2004, 11:54:56 AM »

Got two at the same time and shot them both on the same day
Iver Johnson .410 w/ 2 1/2" chamber. A Mossberg bolt 20 ga. with the external choke arrangements. Still have the Mossberg.

David Parenteau · « **Reply #35 on:** May 19, 2004, 11:09:53 AM »

I seem to recall it being an Ithica Autoloader.
Dave

C.J · « **Reply #36 on:** May 30, 2004, 09:08:21 AM »

mine was a winchester 1300 rifled deer gun shooting winchester partition slugs at 1900 fps didnt know what to expect it almost knocked me on my ass :shock:

Fred McIntire · « **Reply #37 on:** June 01, 2004, 07:17:00 AM »

My Dad's 20 gauge Ithaca Supersingle. I was probably about 5 years old! That was 35 years ago. Wow!

Dad hunted with that gun almost exclusively until he died 3 years ago. I still have it.

454Puma · « **Reply #38 on:** September 27, 2006, 09:58:31 PM »

Mine was at age 15 Mossberg 500(Wards Westernfield), I just got rid of it! Replaced it with two Browning A5's 12 and 16 Ga ! It was a great gun! I just wore it out! Many Thousands of rounds through it! Got a bad wrist so shucking that pump just wasn't happening!

azshooter · « **Reply #39 on:** October 16, 2006, 08:33:26 PM »

It was my gradfathers Ted Williams 12 Guage Pump - actually made by Browning. My Grandfather loaned it to me and when my dad bought me a new 870 Wingmaster I returned it to him in better shape than when he lent it to me. I shot a lot of cottontail, dove quail, ducks you name it with that old shotgun. I think my Park Service Ranger Uncle (who has no appreciation of firearms) has it now. I doubt I will ever see it again if he has not turned it in for some lame gun buyback program.

Graybeard · « **Reply #40 on:** October 17, 2006, 08:39:04 AM »

How were you able to come to the conclusion it's a Browning? Technically Browning isn't a gun maker or manufacturer, they just import guns made by others. To the best of my knowledge they never imported a pump before the current line of BPS guns which I think were well after Sears stopped selling guns and the Ted Williams brand name had died.

I have been operating under the assumption "most" all the older Sears guns were made either by High Standard is is mine or by Mossberg. Can you enlighten us on how you identified it as a Browning and what the model number is?

30-30man · « **Reply #41 on:** October 17, 2006, 02:52:08 PM »

My first shotgun that I shot and still own is an old 12G s/s AH Fox Sterlingworth. I was too young to know what I was shooting. I couldn't and still can't hit the back side of a barn with it. I still take it to dove shoots just to get comments and other people's stares. The doves I hit just die of heart attacks from the noise because I don't shoot it very well.

azshooter · « **Reply #42 on:** October 17, 2006, 03:17:52 PM »

Quote from: Graybeard on October 17, 2006, 08:39:04 AM

How were you able to come to the conclusion it's a Browning? Technically Browning isn't a gun maker or manufacturer, they just import guns made by others. To the best of my knowledge they never imported a pump before the current line of BPS guns which I think were well after Sears stopped selling guns and the Ted Williams brand name had died.

I have been operating under the assumption "most" all the older Sears guns were made either by High Standard is is mine or by Mossberg. Can you enlighten us on how you identified it as a Browning and what the model number is?

When I took the forend off of the shotgun to clean up the wood, it was Stamped Browning on the barrel. It also had a single transfer bar. I willo look around and see if I can find any history on it.

jro45 · « **Reply #43 on:** October 18, 2006, 05:42:15 AM »

It was a J.C Higgins Sears model 12 ga. Wasn't to long after that I bought a 410 Mossburg and started Ground Hog hunting.

It was in the 50's I think I was either 7 or 8 years old

Ahab · « **Reply #44 on:** October 18, 2006, 08:50:05 AM »

Uncle gave me an old single shot 12ga. Don't know the make. I was 13 then and it kicked me so hard I never shot it again. Didn't shoot another till I bought a Browning Auto 5 eight years later.

nabob · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2006, 10:42:52 AM »

Topper 12 ga., my Dad's when he was a kid. First shotgun I owned was an Ithaca SuperSingle 20 ga. First one I bought for myself was a Winchester Model 12. Both my Dad and I shoot nothing but M12's for hunting. He owns a few and I make sure I own at least one more than he does!!

azshooter · « **Reply #46 on:** October 20, 2006, 07:18:29 PM »

Quote from: azshooter on October 17, 2006, 03:17:52 PM

Quote from: Graybeard on October 17, 2006, 08:39:04 AM
How were you able to come to the conclusion it's a Browning? Technically Browning isn't a gun maker or manufacturer, they just import guns made by others. To the best of my knowledge they never imported a pump before the current line of BPS guns which I think were well after Sears stopped selling guns and the Ted Williams brand name had died.

I have been operating under the assumption "most" all the older Sears guns were made either by High Standard is is mine or by Mossberg. Can you enlighten us on how you identified it as a Browning and what the model number is?

When I took the forend off of the shotgun to clean up the wood, it was Stamped Browning on the barrel. It also had a single transfer bar. I willo look around and see if I can find any history on it.

Well I can't find any info on the gun. It makes me wonder if it was some kind of overrun made for Browning that sears picked up?

whacker · « **Reply #47 on:** October 20, 2006, 07:24:32 PM »

The first gun I ever shot was a single shot 10 ga with a 3 1/2in shell, that had a plastic stock and fore end. Just thinking about it makes me hurt all over again

daddywpb · « **Reply #48 on:** October 21, 2006, 02:20:36 AM »

My brother's Remington 1100, 12 gauge, 3". I was about 12 I guess, and I shot it at the base of some sugar cane stalks.

gunpilot · « **Reply #49 on:** October 29, 2006, 11:32:33 AM »

Ithaca model 37 featherweight deerslayer slug gun20 GA imp cyl. Couldn't miss a grouse with it. My new EA Baikal pattern is so far off, I can't hit a bird even at 5 yards.

rocky_taco · « **Reply #50 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:48:23 AM »

H&R 20 gage single shot break action with hammer.... Love that gun....

rocky_taco · « **Reply #51 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:49:48 AM »

H&R 20 gage single shot break action with hammer.... Love that gun....

rocky_taco · « **Reply #52 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:52:49 AM »

H&R 20 gage single shot break action with a hammer..... what fun I had with that gun.... I'm still not in love with a safety on the trigger guard. The hammer just seemed more natural.

rocky_taco · « **Reply #53 on:** November 04, 2006, 02:54:32 AM »

evidently the first couple posts worked even though I got errors and the computer hung up.... sorry for the duplicate posts.

Swampman · « **Reply #54 on:** November 04, 2006, 03:09:25 AM »

It was either a J. C. Higgins bolt action .410 or a Revelation break open .410. I was so young, I can't remember which was first.

HappyHunter · « **Reply #55 on:** November 25, 2006, 04:50:37 AM »

I was 11, it was my grandpa's Ithica 12 ga featherweitht M37.

My son inherited this gun when he was 11, and has killed deer with it.

I think I will go to the gun room now and re oil it.

Fred

Bill in IL · « **Reply #56 on:** December 11, 2006, 11:29:16 AM »

My first gun to shoot was a single shot .410 that belonged to my great uncle. Don't know the brand, but it was old then and that was 48 years ago.

Jedi Woodsman · « **Reply #57 on:** December 12, 2006, 04:30:41 AM »

My first shotgun shot was my own Mossberg 500, now own a Remington 11-87!

caprocker · « **Reply #58 on:** December 12, 2006, 12:12:27 PM »

stevens double barrel 20 guage...50 something model....and if i could find another one like it to teach my son to hunt with i would buy it right now....any suggestions on how/where to find one??

Matt · « **Reply #59 on:** December 15, 2019, 06:22:56 PM »

The Remington 1100 in 20ga as best as I can recall.

Matt

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