How old were you when you got that first gun

[CHEVELLE427]

i saw the thread What was your first gun?

and there were alot of current guns listed,

so how old were you when you got that first gun.

i was 6-7 but it was a BB gun then at 10 came the 410, 22, and so on.

 

[exar]

Air riifle at 6 as well as my dad's .22lr single shot bolt from time to time. He taught me to shoot a 12ga at 10 and I killed my first fowl in front of him on our first outing. He gifted me my very own, keep in my room gun (NEF 20ga single shot) at 11 years old. I love that old man, I guess that's why I spent 6 hours building a wireless network for him.

 

[General Geoff]

Nineteen

 

[Jason M]

I was fifteen and it was a Marlin 880. I still shoot it today.

 

[orvpark]

at 5 I got a Daisy 880

At 10 I recieved a Marlin Model 60 .22

At 13 a NEF Single 12ga

At 18 I got a Iver Johnson .22 Revolver



I stuck with those til I got out on my own and started to fill the gaps. I still have all the originals!

 

[herohog]

Daisy Lever BB gun? Geez... REAL young
Stevens .410 Single shot, 8 or 9.

 

[Vermont]

At 22 I got a Winchester Wildcat .22
Then, at age 22 I got a Winchester Model 94
Then at age 22 I got a CZ75B

I hope to get an AR at age 22, but I've got to do it in the next month.

 

[Chipperman]

I was about 12 when I got my very own first gun (Mossberg 500 20g). I had used my Father's guns prior to that.

 

[romeo212000]

I was 15. It was and still is a Winchester 1400 12 gauge auto shotgun. I still hit better with it than anything else but won't carry it when quail hunting because it is so darn heavy. It is an awesome gun though.

 

[22-rimfire]

I had a bb gun at age 7. I had my own 22 rifle at age 14 (9th grade). First center fire was at age 16 (just barely). I bought it myself.

 

[Reddbecca]

I applied when I was 18, but by the time all the paperwork came through and was finalized I was 19 before I finally got my first gun.

 

[Yo Mama]

I was never allowed even toy guns growing up. I think my mom knew that I would be a gun guy.

I was 19 when I got my first gun, and never had anyone show me how to shoot. I taught myself, and sucked up to anyone with good information.

Now that I have my daughter, she will be learing to shoot much much younger than I did.

 

[CajunBass]

I don't know how old I was when I got my first BB gun, but Roy Rogers and Sky King were still on TV. I guess I was six or 7 or so. I literally wore that BB gun out. The only gun I can say that about.

Santa dropped a 20 ga Ithaca under the tree when I guess I was 13 or 14.

 

[GeezerwithGuns]

A Winchester single shot .22 that I bought with money I earned tossing papers and doing odd jobs. 1958 - I was eleven years old. I went down to the local hardware store and purchased the gun and ammo myself. Nobody blinked an eye.

Here's the "rest" of the story: This actually happened in California.

Times have certainly changed, haven't they? With the help of the likes of Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, Jerry Brown, the Governator and a host of other social engineers, the state is now a much, much "safer" place to live. - for criminals, that is.

I'm truly thankful, I got my butt outta there.....

 

[jjbduke2004]

12 1/2 -- Remington Model 522 Viper, yes I still have it but I don't shoot it. If you've ever felt the trigger, you'd know why I didn't know any better, I just wanted the gun because it looked cool. My first EBR?

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

12 - pellet gun
15 - shotgun
19 - handgun
23 - rifle, rimfire
24 - rifle, centerfire

 

[72coupe]

I was 11 and driving a combine on wheat harvest. I bought a Nylon 66 from the gunstore in Campo, Colodrado.

 

[doc2rn]

BB-7
.22lr- 11
.300 Win Mag-18
105mm- 25
120mm- 28
TOW-29

I think there is a pattern here but I cant tell what it is.

 

[M2 Carbine]

I think I was about 13-14 when I made my first gun.

Maybe about 16 when I bought my first store bought gun. It was a single shot bolt action Remington.

 

[KiltedClaymore]

before i was born mate. no joke.

 

[Soybomb]

23 maybe

 

[svtruth]

57

moved from NY to RI, a much easier place to own and shoot guns.

 

[lions]

Got a bb gun at 6-7, just about everything on our 10 acres got hit with a bb!
Santa gave me my 870 at 12, one of my two best christmas memories. The other was my 10/22 at 14.

 

[Ifishsum]

BB gun at 12, my mom was against it but I think she knew she wasn't going to stop me from shooting. A couple of years later her dad gave me a .30-40 Krag that he'd had for years, that was my first real gun.

 

[Crystal River Charlie]

Age 6
Stevens Crackshot
Charlie