First New gun YOU bought?

[YZR]

Springfield XD9-SC and it's a great gun!

 

[Ringer]

S&W Model 586 - Distinguished Combat Magnum with 6" barrel. Purchased at a small gunshop in Dayton, OH. Without digging out the receipt I'd say it was around 1984. Haven't shot it for a while but it's in the safe downstairs.

 

[searcher451]

A Ruger Bearcat, years and years ago. Still have it, still shoot it from time to time, and still enjoy shooting it. I've bought three others since: the new model in both blue and stainless and a second old model which I gave to my son this past Christmas. Great gun, wonderful crafstmanship, lovingly made, highly recommended.

 

[akolleth]

Yugoslavian 59/66 SKS for $80 about two years ago. I was 32 at the time

Better late than never. I now have 12 milsurps and general use rifles in my collection.

 

[Mr White]

I bought an Argentinian Hi Power 2 weeks before the '94 AWB was enacted. The receipt is dated Sept 1, 1994 and was for $265, which would be $250 plus tax. It came with one 14 rd mag and I bought 5 more 13 rd Browning mags.

At the time I figured those 'high capacity' magazines would be worth a fortune in a year or 2. Well into the AWB, you could still find 13 rd HP mags for under $20.

 

[Ethereal]

My first gun was a Mossberg 500 that I picked up the day I turned 18 from Big 5 sporting goods. First handgun was a Beretta 92FS....wish I still had that specific one since it was my "first".

 

[JimJD]

When I moved from NYC to the free state of Florida, I decided that one of the first things I would buy with my first paycheck would be a firearm (not my first btw).
The choices were amazing to say the least! I could buy pretty much anything my heart desired. Back in NYC, the selection was very slim.

So, I decided to get a pump shotgun. I felt it was and is, one of the most versatile firearm platforms out there. I purchased Remington 870 Magnum Express with factory installed magazine tube extension.
On top of that, my collection has grown by leaps and bounds. It was a real PITA every time I went to purchase a firearm in NYC. Here in Florida, I fill out the paperwork, go through NICS, and walk home with my longarm or pistol (I love CCW).

 

[velocette]

S&W model 41, I had read that it was a great .22 pistol, so I bought one. Still have it, now some 35 years later, it still shoots Xs. Probably the best $ I have ever spent on a firearm.

Roger

 

[Bobo]

First and only, Kel-Tec P3-AT, about three years ago.

Never felt the need for one, the world has changed, I'm 69 and very sad it has come to this.

Bobo

 

[navypt]

I am also a native from NYC. I will never move back.

Anyhow, ever since moving from NYC, I was stationed in Okinawa and then on board an aircraft carrier. After returning from my 2nd deployment, I bought a SA XD-9 4" with Trijicon NS, f/b a Remington 870 18.5, parkerized barrel, 7 shot extension, beefed up springs and a Knoxx SpecOps stock. Both fun weapons to shoot. Now I am in the market for a pocket pistol - torn between one of the .38 Airlight revolvers and the Kahr PM9 (I am leaning toward the latter).

 

[jkingrph]

May of 1968. My graduation present to myself for finishing Pharmacy School. A 6" S&W K-38 with wide target hammer and trigger. Cost $67.50 NIB at a K Mart.

 

[yokel]

Purchased my Ruger Mini 14 and Norinco SKS M at the same time circa 1993/94.

 

[doc2rn]

Ruger P89 DC I had only shot my Ruger standard for the previous 10 years, it was given to me by my dad so it doesnt count according to the poll.

 

[2nd 41]

S&W Model 37 in 1980 for about $235

 

[cbrgator]

Savage Mark II-FXP .22lr for 100 bucks at walmart when i was 18

 

[RNB65]

My first gun was a S&W Mod 60 in 1989 at Green Top Sporting Goods. I bought it because I grew up shooting my Dad's Mod 36 and the S&W snubby was the handgun I had the most experience shooting.
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[ADKWOODSMAN]

Worked through my second college summer and saved enough to purchase:

Remington Woodsmaster Mod 742 .308 carbine, 18 1/2". What a deer gun, that same year I killed my first buck in Tupper Lake NY 10 Points!!!

I believe it was $149.00

 

[kc 516]

Rossi/Interarms Model 68 .38 special...still have it...

 

[Hands of blue]

Glock 19 so far my first and only gun.

 

[jsconnelly]

Awesome thread!

Mine was a Browning Buckmark $219 NIB at Relo's in Cincinnati, Ohio. The year was 1989. I was 21.

 

[jlday70]

I inherited a .243 Remmy 7600, Mossberg 20ga, and a Marlin .22.


First gun I bought for myself was a Beretta CX4 Storm .45, Ruger P95 DC, Then a Glock 27

 

[cpttango30]

First gun I paid for was a NEF 410 shotgun. Never fired a single shot out of it and gave it to my brother 6 months later.

 

[22-rimfire]

First gun I purchased with my own money was a Daisy BB gun in 2nd grade.

First "real" gun was a Mossberg Model 800 in .243 for combination deer and varmint rifle. I was 16. My brother filled out the paper work.

 

[ddcarter3]

1rst gun: Mossberg 590. 2 weeks later Hi-Point .40 to practice for my CHL class. About to get either the XD-40,45 or the M&P 40,45.

 

[220_Swift]

The day of my 18th birthday I went to the gunshop and bought a Remington 700 Classic LTD Edition (1992) chambered in 220 Swift. That was in 1995 and the gun was LNIB and cost me $400 +tax. I wish I could find one for that price today.