What was the caliber of the first gun you owned?

[SC Shooter]

The first gun I ever owned, was my Daisy BB gun. Then at 14 I got my Winchester Model 57 .22 as a gift from my grandfather and then shortly after that, my parents got me my first shotgun, a Western Field 16ga. with modified choke. This was my "go to" gun for small game and birds. I also harvested my first deer with it using rifled slugs.

 

[*Kemosabe*]

Pellet Gun

The first gun I was given at age 10 was an original Daisy Red Rider BB gun hand-me-down… still have it.

The first gun I bought at age 16 was a Sheridan pellet gun (that’s my “other” on the poll) and I passed it on to my LEO partner’s son.

 

[Inebriated]

Oh, if we're talking first guns given, it was a little gold Colt SAA cap gun replica from a local theme park. My great grandmother got it for me, actively ignoring my mom's explicit dislike of firearms. So that sparked it. Mom now has a couple of her own guns, and my great grandmother still talks about how much my mom hated it.

 

[hso]

.32 1903 Colt

 

[mboylan]

First gun was an old Winchester 69 Target. My dad traded it in for an Anschutz 1407 when I got better. Both .22s.

 

[bainter1212]

6.5x54MS

 

[JRH6856]

Not counting BB guns (Daisy Model 25), the first gun I owned was a JC Higgins 101.1 (Savage 94) .410 single given to me on my 12th birthday. First gun I bought was a Revelation 110-2140 (Marlin 783) bolt-action .22 which I bought at Western Auto when I was 14.

 

[H.m.B]

S&W Model 59 in 1976.

 

[Hardtarget]

For me it was a Colt diamondback .38 special...4". Still have that one and a .22 6" to go with it.

Mark

 

[CSballer89]

The first gun I actually owned was an M44. 7.62x54r

 

[almherdfan]

Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Mag

 

[tomrkba]

My first gun was a SIG P220 in 45 ACP. It was just fine as a learning gun and the double action/single action trigger made me focus upon trigger control as a skill. This has served me well over the years.

 

[Tommygunn]

The first gun I bought for myself was a Winchester 1894AE in .30-30.
I had been given some BB rifles as a kid but I don't really count them as real "guns" ...or firearms.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I voted "other" because my first was a .22 magnum rifle, not a .22 LR.

I bought a brand, spanking new Marlin 783, bolt action, tube magazine .22WMR for my first gun when I turned 18. I had been looking at guns for months in anticipation of my 18th birthday before settling on that particular one. I wanted a .22 rifle mainly for plinking and small game/varmint hunting, but being a typical teenager I was also attracted to the power of a round with the word "magnum" appended to it.

Never regretted it and never looked back.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

My first gun was the .22lr because it was a Christmas present and I was 12.

At 16 I purchased a Remington Mod 742 Woodsmaster Carbine in .308 Win.

My first pistol was a Blackhawk in .357 when I was 21.

 

[MustGoFaster]

7.62x54R 91/30 Mosin was the first I paid for.

A Ruger Single Six .22LR pistol is the first I can remember shooting.

 

[bikerdoc]

Ruger Police Service Six 150 series.

 

[Darkhorse]

My first was a 22/410 savage. It was a great first gun!

Mine too - I still have it.

 

[watergun]

Winchester .22

My dad bought me a used Winchester Model 67 at age 10. He paid $3 for it and finished the stock himself.

 

[Reloadron]

November, 1958 and it was a Remington 510P single shot 22. It was my first go hunting with the grown ups in Upstate NY. A friend of my uncle gave me the gun to carry so I dragged that rifle up and down the mountain all day (without ammo). Late afternoons I was given a box of 22s to shoot. When we were leaving after a great weekend my uncle's friend Charlie gave me the rifle as my own. I was 8 years old and today having recently turned 64 I still have that rifle.

Ron

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

My oldest brother recently gave me his .22 bolt action he's had since he was 12, when an uncle gave it to him. That was over 50 years ago, now. I intend to give it to my youngest daughter some day.

 

[HOWARD J]

67 years ago I took a streetcar 9 miles to downtown & purchased a savage model 22410
I took it apart & brought it home in a paper bag. Dad was in WW 1 & 2---he didn't like guns----6 months later he found it-- I was lucky as he let me keep it.
My brother lost it in the wood--I replaced it with a model 24V--which I still have today

 

[jakk280rem]

FEG PA-63 in 9x18 Makarov.

 

[rcmodel]

BB Gun when I was 5 or 6.

.22 Winchester rifle when I was 8.

12ga single- shot when I was 10.

.357 S&W & .45 ACP when I was 17, and a 30-06 shortly after that.


Rc

 

[damienph]

My first gun was a Remington 514 single shot that my Dad gave to me for my 7th birthday in 1961.
The first gun that I bought for myself was a Ruger Single Six Convertible 22LR/Mag in 1972 when I turned 18.

I'ved never owned a BB gun