Have you ever given a firearm to someone as a gift?

[FMJMIKE]

Have you ever given a firearm to someone as a gift ???

 

[panoz77]

Yes, yes I have

 

[Nowhere Man]

Yes. My son and my daughter.


Dave

 

[MountainBear]

Yes, a few actually.

 

[2TransAms]

Yes, I bought a Smith 19-3 "for my wife".

I actually got my grandpa a .22 revolver a few years ago too.

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

My wife, step-daughter and son. Just getting started. : )

 

[dakotasin]

yes, several of them ranging in price from $200 - $800.

i regret giving every one of them except the ones i bought for my daughter.

 

[Erik M]

I gave one of my brothers a Llama 1911 clone.

 

[Ed Ames]

Sure, though most have been black powder guns.

 

[Cosmoline]

I've passed along a few guns of my own. Gave a newbie I was teaching a VZ-24 Mauser. Gave another newbie a sporterized Arisaka. Gave my Dad, who is a half Swede himself, a Swedish Mauser. Gave an old friend a first generation import Sar-1 to cheer her up. That last one was maybe more than I should have given away. It only cost me $250 but the suckers go for a lot more than that now. It was a very nice AK clone. Gave a neighbor an M44 Mosin for bear protection. Gave an ex a nice Winchester 94 --not sure why I did that actually. I'm building a Trade Gun for my bro as a Christmas present this year (don't tell him).

Pretty much if you hang around me long enough you'll end up with some kind of firearm.

 

[Oro]

Over the last 15/20 years,

Given three
Received three

Guess that's about fair! Well, actually, the value of the guns I've received far outstrips the value of the ones I've given. Maybe I need to fix that this year...

The best was a surprise Christmas present - a Beretta Silver Pigeon O/U clay gun and fitting service at the Beretta Gallery. Now that really was a surprise and pleasure.

 

[CooperThunder]

Yes I have...this was way before I was initiated into guns...I just believe that they should have a heads up in life though at that time, I thought it was too late for me to start even touching a gun....

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Quite a few, mostly to my kids. At least a dozen or so.

I believe such things come back around, though. My son, who is 32 now, gave me a S&W AR15 for my 60th birthday a week ago (on behalf of him and my wife and daughters, but still, he picked it out).

My dad passed away about two years ago and my two brothers and I had to decide who got what family heirloom firearms. It would have been a lot easier if dad had just given them away while he was still with us. There was nothing of great value, but they meant something to family.

 

[M2 Carbine]

Yes, I've given several pistols to friends.

 

[longtooth]

Several.
Son, Son In Law, 2 Grandchildren, Mom, wife.

So far aint got one from any of them though.

 

[ZeBool]

I bought my girlfriend a model 642 about 3 weeks ago. Gave it to her a few days ago. She loves it

 

[MikeS.]

My best friend, who was 57 at the time, retired, moved to Ogden, Utah and got married the same week. I gave him my Marlin 1894 .357 he had always coveted.

 

[Legionnaire]

Yes, to my kids.

 

[darksidemxer]

yes i proposed with a kimber custom TLE II with custom grips and laser engraving on the slide saying "Love till death do us part..."

 

[Walkalong]

Yes I have.

 

[vett3v]

Yup.. To my wife.. Now her piece is bigger than mine.. heh

 

[1-cavediver]

Sure enough!

The ones that come to mind are:

Gave my Dad a new .22 Colt Peacemaker revolver for a Christmas present long ago
Gave my son a new Remington .22 bolt action as his first gun when he was 10years old
Gave my son a new Winchester 1300 20 ga for a Christmas present
Gave my son a new Ruger P95DC for his birthday
Gave my daughter a new Ruger SR9 because I felt she needed one

I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting about.

I've been on the receiving end of many gifted guns, mostly from my Dad

 

[Ltp0wer]

I've passed along a few guns of my own. Gave a newbie I was teaching a VZ-24 Mauser. Gave another newbie a sporterized Arisaka. Gave my Dad, who is a half Swede himself, a Swedish Mauser. Gave an old friend a first generation import Sar-1 to cheer her up. That last one was maybe more than I should have given away. It only cost me $250 but the suckers go for a lot more than that now. It was a very nice AK clone. Gave a neighbor an M44 Mosin for bear protection. Gave an ex a nice Winchester 94 --not sure why I did that actually. I'm building a Trade Gun for my bro as a Christmas present this year (don't tell him).

Pretty much if you hang around me long enough you'll end up with some kind of firearm.

Hi, I'm Justin

 

[CoRoMo]

Yes, of course. Given and received some.

How about you, Mike?

 

[kamagong]

Yes, I gave a 1911 to my brother when he got married. I told him that since he was now responsible for another's safety, he should have the means to defend her.