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What was your 1st gun?

texshootertexshooter Member Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I was doing a little cleaning in my shop today, and got to thinking about all the nice guns that I have owned in my life. There in the middle of this group sits my 1st gun. A little Savage 410-22 over and under, the model with the button on the side. Got it for my 12th birthday in 1965. ( now y'all know I am getting old ). My parents later told me they paid $35.00 for it, and yes. it was used. Blueing is pretty thin, and stock finish aint very pretty either, but it is never leaving my hands. Too many memories of after school squirrel hunts.
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  • texshootertexshooter Member Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was doing a little cleaning in my shop today, and got to thinking about all the nice guns that I have owned in my life. There in the middle of this group sits my 1st gun. A little Savage 410-22 over and under, the model with the button on the side. Got it for my 12th birthday in 1965. ( now y'all know I am getting old ). My parents later told me they paid $35.00 for it, and yes. it was used. Blueing is pretty thin, and stock finish aint very pretty either, but it is never leaving my hands. Too many memories of after school squirrel hunts.
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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    Western Field from montgomery ward---22 lever action,father bought it for me around 1963,still have it.

    "It was like that when I got here".
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mod 94 lever action Winchester in 30-30

    I still can't beleive I hunted "yotes with it!

    Got Guns?
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  • pigeoncreek1pigeoncreek1 Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stevens single shot .22 with an octagon barrel

    Ahhh,those were the days that I was happy with just one gun

    Gun control is hitting your target
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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Marlin, model 100, .22 cal, bolt action, single shot. Just recently sent to Arkansas to get an orginal butt plate, Marlin logo emblem, and have the stock refinished.

    It was a Christmas present from my Father in 1957, guess I was eleven years old.

    B - BreatheR - RelaxA - AimS - SightS - Squeeze
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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    texshooter, that was my first firearm also but mine was the 22 mag over the 410. Purchased at a Western Auto parts store.

    AlleninAlaska

    Free men are not equal and equal men are not free
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  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    J.C. Higgins single-shot .22 from Sears(bolt action feed, manual pull cocking). Mowed lawns till i had $19.95 for it. A lot of barn rats fell to that old tack driver. thanks for the nostalgia.

    Duty Honor Country
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  • bhayes420bhayes420 Member Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those little Marlin over/unders make good first guns. Mine was the same, only a 22 over a 20. Bought it brand new in 1975 for $99.00 including a nice case and a box of 22 ammo and a box of 20 guage shells. Those were the days! Still have it, still use it every year squirrel hunting. And no, it will never leave my hands (at least until I give it to my son).
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  • muleymuley Member Posts: 1,583 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll bet none of you had a first gun like my .410 single shot made by the BRIDGE GUN COMPANY. It was called a GREEN BUG. The stock and fore end are green. It has an 11mm choke. Says so on the barrel. My dad bought it for me when I was 8 yrs old in 1948. Still have it, of course.
    muley

    **I love the smell of Hoppes #9 in the morning**
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It was either a H&R single shot shotgun or a 25acp. Raven.
    Not Proud, just Honest.

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    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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  • VarmintmistVarmintmist Member Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester mod 67, father bought it approx WW2, ran a trap line for cash for the family, still have it.

    Those people who see nothing but grey areas, no black and white, are lost in the fog.
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, any body remember a stevens 22 long(not long rifle) bolt action single shot, can't remember the designation(it was lost while i was over seas) first captured weapon was also my first hand gun a french ruby in 7.63 by 25 . respt. submitted dads-freehold

    rodney colson
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    Stevens "Crackshot 26"!! Single shot falling block, 22S,L.LR!! I remember the first sqirrel I shot and also the first GROUNDHOG I shot while hunting by myself! Carried that groundhog a mile home and had to weigh it! 12 lbs!!! GHD
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, to groundhog', thanks man i believe your right, talk about old times, respt submitted dads-freehold

    rodney colson
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester 94 30-30...i don't like that gun too much, it caused me more trouble than good with misfiring.....did shoot my first buck with it though......nice 8-pointer.....would sell it but i just can never part with a gun GOTTA KEEP EM ALL!!!!
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  • mousemouse Member Posts: 3,624
    edited November -1
    Muley; My first was a Bridge gun company 16guage, and I
    just bought it at an auction a month or so ago. Was owned
    by a local artist, A.O.Henry who got it when he was
    younger. (deceased now) His kids sold it at auction.
    Just got my second today. A 24" barrel Sako with a
    Leopold scope, 30-06. I wonder how old the 16guage is.
    Aren't many Bridges around don't think.
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My first gun was given to me for a birthday by my parents.It was a Savage Springfield 67 12 gauge pump.And I love it to this day.

    Eric S. Williams
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My grandpa raised me and gave me a 94 win 30 30 as my first gun. My most recent acquisition is a KAHR MK40. Quite a difference but both fill their niches nicely. What got me was that I hear the Kahr is made by the Moonies. Remember the "would you like to buy a flower" routine? Justin Moon is reportedly one of the Reverend Sun young moons sons. Holy$h#. I love the gun but would really have thought seriously about it if I had known that to start with. Worse than buying a S@W.

    Common Sense is an Uncommon Virtue.
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  • drawndrawn Member Posts: 544 ✭
    edited November -1
    Colt Mark IV Gold cup
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  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    First gun - S/S Simson Suhl 12gauge (old gun, quite used - cheapest one on the rack because of a stretched budget).
    Bought it to go shooting clay-targets, it was quite okay - hit 16 from 24 the very first time I used it =o)

    Regards
    Peter E J.
    Greenland.

    I love my silenced .22 Anshutz rifle =o) And soon to be Steyr Scout with 10-round ext-set. ;o_
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  • squeakycsqueakyc Member Posts: 204 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My first gun was a 12 gauge single shot Topper shotgun in 1971. It was given to me by a police officer that I went rabbit hunting with all the time. I still own it but haven't fired it in over 20 years.
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  • mrs.gunpaqmrs.gunpaq Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Tauras M-85 .38spl gold w/rosewood (Lady Smith copy) that Mr. Gunpaq gave me when I got my carry permit.

    Excuse Me!!!
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My first gun was a Stevens 14 1/2 Little Scout .22 my greatgrandfather gave to me at age 5 with the breach removed. At age 7 he put the breach back in as he assessed that I was mature enough to shoot safely by myself.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • jaoobjaoob Member Posts: 441 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First gun was a Remington model 4 single shot .22 It would misfire half the time and when it did fire it would spit back in your face. Every time I look at it I think of my dad and the Mississippi river.

    Jim
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    My first was a Ted Williams .22 single shot rifle. I sawed off the barrel and the stock and made a pistol out of it. What can I say, I grew up in Miami !!
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stevens Favorite, tip up barrel with underlever. Still got it.

    Clouder..
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester model 69A 22lr. It was my grandfathers and he always let me shoot it until he gave it to me. Still have it, still taken em' with it, great shooter.

    A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
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  • muleymuley Member Posts: 1,583 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey mouse.....Yours is the only other Bridge Gun Company shotgun that I've heard of over the years. I think I remember someone telling me that they were made for a hardware company chain back in Missouri, or thereabouts, a long time ago. Sounds logical, but I don't know for sure.
    muley

    **I love the smell of Hoppes #9 in the morning**
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine was a Stevens "Little Scout" 22 Short-Long-Long Rifle, a falling block single shot that my grandfather gave to my dad as his first rifle also ... of course I still have it Second was an H&R single shot 20ga which was destroyed in a fire we had some 20 years ago ... I found another a year or so ago that also had fire damage (what a coincidence!) cleaned it up, refinished re-blued and gave it back to him for his 70th birthday ... although he knew it wasn't the same one, he was pleased.



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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sears 22 and a Winchester model 37a .410 shotgun.They were passed to me at the same time.

    Rugster
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    first gun was a Glock 26...bought it about 8 months ago. I have bought a few different ones since.

    Dad gave me a Hi power that I love...wouldnt trade it for the world.

    All these stories about guns being passed down bring a tear to my eye. Cant wait for the day I have someone to pass mine down to. Got a ruger 10/22 that i bought not too long ago. Waiting for my girlfriends son to get a little older. That one has his name on it.
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