Can you remember your first gun purchase??

[1911crazy]

Sorry its your very first gun?? Military or Modern its your very first purchase. Mine was a used marlin bolt action 12ga 36" barrel goose gun it was a cannon with that barrel.  I didn't have a clue it was for bird hunting so it had a 36" bbl those birds are at 20,000ft right?(kidding)    BigBill

[Chuck White]

My first gun purchase (back in 1968) was a Fox, (M-411, I think) Side-by-Side 16 gauge shotgun.  USED!!!!
I used it quite a bit!
It didn't take me long to figure out that the left barrel had to be fired first, otherwise if you pulled the right trigger, both barrels went off at the same time.
I really liked the gun and only paid $40.00 for the gun and a bunch of old shells the dealer had laying around!
When I went into the Air Force, one of my brothers sold it on me!

[MGMorden]

Well my first gun was an NEF Pardner, but my father bought it for me so I guess that doesn't count.  My first gun that I actually bought and paid for myself was a Savage 110 .30-06, only about 2 years ago.  Before that I was a 3-gun man, all of which my dad bought me from the ages of 8 to 14.  After the Savage I've bought 3 more (a Ruger P95, a Ruger 10/22, and a Remington 870).  As you can tell my "inventory" is a bit small, but I'm only 22, I've got plenty of time to get more .

[.45 COLT]

The first one I actually bought for myself was a Springfield trapdoor .45-70. Gave $45 for it. A LONG time ago.

[Rojelio]

1976 becentenial mini 14 from Montgomery Wards. I can't remember what I paid for it, but, I think it was around $200. I bought it on credit. It's long gone now and I've owned 5 mini 14s since then and none of them was as good as that first one. Right now I have one blued mini 14 and one stainless ranch .222 that is unfired in the box. Roger

[RB Rooson]

The very 1st gun that I ever purchased was a Llama .22 pistol from Coast to Coast Hardware (remember those days?) - I think I paid about $40.00 for it.......I foolishly sold it off to someone else about 5 years later.

[NRAJOE]

Crappy little .25 Jennings... :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

[grendel]

Marlin model 336 in 30-30.  Bought it used from Roseburg Sporting Goods in Roseburg Oregon for about $100 back in 1975 (my first year out of High School).  I used if for 2 or 3 years on a half dozen deer then traded it in for a  Model 98 Mauser in 257 Roberts which I used for 5 or 6 years on more then a dozen deer.   Then I traded it.

Still wish I had that 30-30 (I'd give it to my son in a couple of years), even more I wish I had that  old 257Roberts.  That one I MIGHT have given to my grandson (if I was done with it by then) but no one else.

Stupid, stupid.  Never should have traded either of them off.

[S.S.]

My First cartridge gun was a 20 Ga. single shot
bought for me by my parents.
My first purchase was
A model 94 Winchester 30-30!
A Dan Wesson .357 Mag was my first Pistol.
I still have all of them.

[bconway84]

Mossberg Model 385T bolt action, clip feed 20 guage shotgun. Bought it for slug hunting of deer in 1977.

I still actually have it, even though it hasn't been used for almost 20 years.
Take it out every few months to inspect and make sure it stays in good condition.

BigBill, yours would probably be considered anti-aircraft gun now. :-)

[SBF]

My first "modern" gun purchase was a Smith and Wesson Model 1000M 20 gauge semi-auto.  This was back in the early eighties, bought for with paper route money.  First C&R gun purchased was a Enfield No4 Mk2 about 15 years ago.

[ihuntbucks]

Mine was a Rem 1100 12 ga. when I was 15 yrs old.Best I remember it cost $115.00.Guess I just dated myself  :lol:      Rick

[azshooter]

Ruger model 77 in 25-06 22 years ago and I was 15.  Still have it and it shoots like new.

[Evil Roy]

First one I bought for myself was a Ruger 10/22, from Woolworth's. I think I paid 69.95 for it. Still have it!

[freddogs]

Mine was a 12 guage bolt action Coast to Coast (mossberg) shotgun. I think it cost about $45. A long time ago. It served it's purpose but made a poor duck gun. I sold it to a buddy, I think he still has it.

[captainkirk]

I bought a Rem model 700 30-'06 with a weaver 4x when I was 16 (dad signed, but I payed) for $225.  I have put many rounds through it at the range and at least one connected with a western turkey tom some years back.  Found out later it was built in the year of my birth: 1970...  

I may eventually rebarrel it, but it will always be mine (or my boys)

captainkirk

[Kragman71]

You beetcha,I remember.
I was 15 0r 16,and the rifle was a Remington 510 single shot 22 rimfire.
The Dealer wanted 7 dollars and change,but my Mother would not give me permission. I was working steady,setting pins at a bowling alley,and had the money in hand.
She finally relented,and when I went back to the Dealer,the price went up 2 dollars.
Frank

[Ghostrider]

:yeah: I remember, It was setting in a garbage can in the sportinggoods section of Gibson's Discount Center(Pre Wal-Mart). It was a Model 95 mauser in 7mm. They were asking $9.00 each. I was only15 years old and you had to be 18 to buy it. My father had passed away and my Mother certainly wouldn't buy it for me so I used the only means left. I went out on the street and found Mr. Zan Tumlinson. You could spot his big western hat two blocks away. He was tall and thin ,an old freighter( he actually freighted in supplies by wagon when the small sawmill town of Crossett Arkansas was just a lumber camp.) I told him my delimma , and he told me" Boy, thats the silliest law I ever heard of . I f you want that darned thing,and you've got the money, we will get it!"
then he took my money and he and I went into the store and he bought the gun for me and handed it to me in the store with a wink and said that I would have to handle my mother.
 Crossett is now one of the largest paper complexes in the free world. A lot has changed, but I'll never forget the old man or the gun.

[BIGBOREFAN]

Winchester Big bore 94 in 307 Win. Man I wish I still had that gun.


BBF

[txpete]

first gun I bought was a iver johnson 410 single shot shotgun.I bought it from a old man for 10.00 money from my paper route.
my first gun was a rem 1909 rem pump .22 my dad gave me and it sits in my safe.
pete

[RayO]

I bought an Enfield #5 jungle carbine at Sears for $19.00 in 1962,still have it.

[blair]

My first was a Remington 521T with a Weaver K-4 with a dot to match my Dads.  Still have it and it will out shoot the Anshutz that I have.  That is one gun that won't be sold

[Runs with Scissors]

It was 1962 and I was 10 years old.
I was hanging out in the sporting goods department of a large discount store while mom shopped with my four sisters :roll:
I was looking at the new rifles for sale and spotted a Winchester Model 61 .22 pump that had a $19.95 price tag on it.
I knew it was mis-marked so I found mom and begged her to buy it for me. I had to promise to do certian chores for the rest of the summer before she did, and the agreement was I couldn't have the rifle until I was 12 years old.
I basically sold my soul, but mom bought the rifle (for $19.95).
Mom has been gone for a long time now, but I still have that rifle.
It's among my favorites.

Bill

[gwhilikerz]

I remember my first gun purchase very well indeed. I was with my Dad at a gun show back in 1962. I got to wandering around while Dad talked trade with another "gun nut". I found this 1903 Springfield that looked like it was new. I asked the guy at the table what he would take for that rifle. He told me that since he was loading up to leave and had not sold much of anything all weekend that I could have it for $20.00. I ran back to my Dad who was still talking trade. I told him I needed 20.00 to buy a gun. Now Dad never gave me any money without my working for it, but this time he just laughed and told that other trader that I needed a lesson about buying junk guns. I took the money and ran back to the dealer  and bought that gun. This was before all those silly gun laws. The dealer just ssort of waved at my Dad asking if it was ok to sell me the gun. Dad waved back. You should have seen his face when he saw that cherry '03. You should have heard his trading buddy laughing about who was the "real" trader in the family. I'll never forget that gun or that day.

[His lordship.]

My first gun was a 1944 Spanish Airforce Mauser rifle in 8 mm.  I collected military hats and medals, thought a Mauser 98 would be next.  A few days after my 18th birthday I went and found it in the used rifle section at a local gun shop.  I did not know about checking the bore for wear and corrosion, it had noticable rust damage from somebody firing surplus ammo through it, but otherwise the rifling was reasonable.  The stock was cracked on the handguard, and the blued finish was 50% gone.

Took 2 years before I finally put a live round into it.  That rifle shot reliably and accurately with a chipped firing pin, fixed the problem with a new one before I traded it off.  The Mauser served me well for 20 years, target shooting, hunting, etc.  I have only seen 3 of that model of Mauser after 26 years of guns shows, but I have no regrets of trading it off, only a regret at being so "gun dumb" in my youth, as my anti-gun parents forbade me from having a firearm, or even pocket knives.  Kept it hidden in the trunk of my old Ford until I moved out.

[crow_feather]

My first weapon was a Stevens 311 12 ga sxs.  My dad took me to the local dump for my first shot.  I was twelve years old.  I pointed it at a tin can and pulled the trigger.  That thing rattled my bell. I had to check the chambers to make sure that both barrels hadn't gone off. It sure felt like it did.  

C F

[rockbilly]

In 1954, I blew the engine in my '46 Ford.  I walked to town, about 8 miles, and went to Wards to see about buying a short block.  When I left I had a Westernfield 12 gauge pump and two boxes of shells, if I remember correctly, the gun and ammo cost $60.

I used that old gun for many years, then passed it on to my son.  He has now passed it on to his son.  I coudn't haul all the game taken with that old 12 gauge in two F-250s.  We used it for everything from Quail to Deer.

I later picked up a junk-yard motor for the old Ford.  I got aboput eight miles per a gallon of USED oil, but I drove it like that for several years.

[Kentone]

It was 1972, the gun is a Ruger Blackhawk 45 convertible.
Bought the gun brand new and was very proud of it. I still am!

Take Care

[Robert357]

The first gun I had, was purchased by my dad from Charleston Hardware in Bremerton.  It was a Wincherster 22 cal lever action.  I still have it and the box it came in.

The first modern firearm I purchased was a 12 guage Winchester Ranger Shotgun from 4-Day Camera in Downtown Seattle.  They use to sell cameras at deep discounts and the owner then got into trap shooting and would sell shotguns at deep discounts along with cases of federal 12 gauge trap ammo.  If you saved the once fired hulls, and brought them back when you purchased another case of Federal ammo, he would give you a heavy discount.  I have used this shotgun for trap shooting, duck hunting, snow geese, and upland game (grouse & pheasant).  Still works well.  It is not very pretty, but it is reliable and I have not qualms about taking it out into a duck blind and letting saltwater splash on it.

My first military rifle, I purchased was a Norinco SKS several years ago.  I paid $99 for it and the gun store (Kesselring's) included 100 rounds of Chi Com ammo with it.  It even included a bayonet.  I was so pleased with it that I went back and got a second one so I would have one for each of my two sons.  They were great first centerfire rifles for young teenagers.  I took one of them and added a Choate monte carlo stock, a recoil buffer, a DC Engineering scope mount and a Tasco Red Dot sight and no bayonet.  The changes were so that my youngest son would get really excited about taking hunter safety.  At the range I belong to, their state required hunter education safety course requires either the use of a shotgun, bow, or centerfire rifle of caliber greater than 6mm, and using it in the live fire test at the end of the course.  The rifle he used got lots of attention from the other kids and the instructor did a double take and looked it over pretty carefully.  It's 7.62x39 ammo and gas system made for modest recoil and hunting rifle capability of about a 30-30.

My boys still enjoying going out to the range with a "battle pack of surplus ammo" and shooting and shooting and shooting the SKS.  They are surprisingly accurate, inexpensive, and pleasant rifles.

[Ruger4Me]

Remington 1100 12 ga. Bought it new for $187. tax included.  

Still have it still use it.