anidar
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Stevens 410 single shot breakdown. I still got it.
What Was Your Very First Gun? Toy? BB? Real Gun? How old when you got it?
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I got my first squirt gun on my 2nd birthday, and had it for 2 days before Mom realized the magnitude of her mistake. During those two days, I went through probably 5 gallons of water and none of the cats would come near me for MONTHS afterward.
When I was 5, I got one of those toy guns that fire the little plastic discs, and got pretty good with it. They are surprisingly accurate under 30 feet, especially if you trim the molding flash from the discs.
I got a Daisy when I turned 8, and by the time I was 12 I had rebuilt the pump seals twice myself.
At 13 my Dad gave me an old Remington .22, and my war against the pop can legions began.....
When I was 5, I got one of those toy guns that fire the little plastic discs, and got pretty good with it. They are surprisingly accurate under 30 feet, especially if you trim the molding flash from the discs.
I got a Daisy when I turned 8, and by the time I was 12 I had rebuilt the pump seals twice myself.
At 13 my Dad gave me an old Remington .22, and my war against the pop can legions began.....
fordman650
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I had lots of cap guns and rubber bands with hair pins,my first real gun was some bad memories,a friend gave me a 22lr and i was just iching to shot it so iwent in the basement and put a target on 12 pieces of brand new shelving my dad had leaning against the wall he wasn't real happy with the holes in them,he took it away and hid it.of course i found it.
next experence i went down to the river with it with some friends and prceeded to shot the rope down that they would swing out into the river with got caught and got my ass kicked by the older boys and I don't know what ever happened to it after that I was 12 at the time
I had lots of cap guns and rubber bands with hair pins,my first real gun was some bad memories,a friend gave me a 22lr and i was just iching to shot it so iwent in the basement and put a target on 12 pieces of brand new shelving my dad had leaning against the wall he wasn't real happy with the holes in them,he took it away and hid it.of course i found it.
next experence i went down to the river with it with some friends and prceeded to shot the rope down that they would swing out into the river with got caught and got my ass kicked by the older boys and I don't know what ever happened to it after that I was 12 at the time
oweno
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First one was a Red Ryder carbine, replete with leather thong on the ring and no, it did NOT have a built-in compass and I never saw one that did.
Second, a home-made, bolt-action, single-shot .22 pistol made from parts scrounged off the scrap pile at Stevens Arms...hop the fence on a Sunday afternoon, etc. I was maybe 12 and yes, a 12-year-old could buy .22 ammo at the local Westen Auto store. My friends and I would make them, blaze away at tin cans at the local dingle until a neighbor called the cops; they'd come and confiscate our guns. Cops would say something like "Stop doing this!" and that'd be the end of it. Let's see, that would have been around 1949.
Second, a home-made, bolt-action, single-shot .22 pistol made from parts scrounged off the scrap pile at Stevens Arms...hop the fence on a Sunday afternoon, etc. I was maybe 12 and yes, a 12-year-old could buy .22 ammo at the local Westen Auto store. My friends and I would make them, blaze away at tin cans at the local dingle until a neighbor called the cops; they'd come and confiscate our guns. Cops would say something like "Stop doing this!" and that'd be the end of it. Let's see, that would have been around 1949.
Caps guns (pistols and carbine) at age 5ish (1965). It was a birthday present from paternal grandparents.
Daisy lever action BB rifle at age 8ish (1968). It was a birthday present from parents.
Marlin .22 Short, Long Long Rifle at age 22ish (1982ish). I bought it myself for $5.00 at the neighbor's garage sale.
Because by parents were not pro-firearms, all others that I used for hunting were borrowed from aunts/uncles until I graduated from college and could buy my own. A lot of good their "anti-ness" did.
My parents frequently comment/ask, where I ever got the extreme affinity for firearms that I have. Thanks the Lord for good uncles, aunts and grandparents.
Doc2005
Daisy lever action BB rifle at age 8ish (1968). It was a birthday present from parents.
Marlin .22 Short, Long Long Rifle at age 22ish (1982ish). I bought it myself for $5.00 at the neighbor's garage sale.
Because by parents were not pro-firearms, all others that I used for hunting were borrowed from aunts/uncles until I graduated from college and could buy my own. A lot of good their "anti-ness" did.
My parents frequently comment/ask, where I ever got the extreme affinity for firearms that I have. Thanks the Lord for good uncles, aunts and grandparents.
Doc2005
Radagast
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My first toy gun would have been a cap gun. When John Wayne died all of his movied were put on back to back. I was well prepared having purchased two cap rifles and two cap pistols, which I had burn't out by the end of the movie marathon.
My favourite toy gun as a kid was a plastic toy that was pretty much a copy of a german PPK. it was spring loaded and shot small white plastic balls. I replaced those with small round black seeds, which had better range and were more readily available in my garden. Lots of fun, I'm grinning at the memories.
The first rifle I shot was a .22 single shot at age 12, my first owned rifle was a .22 bolt action at age 18 and my first pistol was a swedish nagant at age 23. I'm 37 now and I've owned real guns for two thirds of my life.
My favourite toy gun as a kid was a plastic toy that was pretty much a copy of a german PPK. it was spring loaded and shot small white plastic balls. I replaced those with small round black seeds, which had better range and were more readily available in my garden. Lots of fun, I'm grinning at the memories.
The first rifle I shot was a .22 single shot at age 12, my first owned rifle was a .22 bolt action at age 18 and my first pistol was a swedish nagant at age 23. I'm 37 now and I've owned real guns for two thirds of my life.
NCLivingBrit
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Being as my dad taught me to read with Guns and Ammo annuals and the Guns and Ammo Book of Old West Gunfighters the gun interest part is sort of easy to pin on him
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Age 6. Wanted a bb gun for Christmas but parents would not get me one. You know the story "You will shoot your eye out". I go to my grandfathers for Christmas and there under the tree was a Savage single shot 22 with short stock. When you put one in the chamber the safety was automatically on.
My Dad said you can only shoot this gun with your grandfather and I did shooting rabbits and squirrels (sp?). I still have this gun and I don't think I will ever sell it or my first shotgun or my first deer rifle.
Age 6. Wanted a bb gun for Christmas but parents would not get me one. You know the story "You will shoot your eye out". I go to my grandfathers for Christmas and there under the tree was a Savage single shot 22 with short stock. When you put one in the chamber the safety was automatically on.
My Dad said you can only shoot this gun with your grandfather and I did shooting rabbits and squirrels (sp?). I still have this gun and I don't think I will ever sell it or my first shotgun or my first deer rifle.
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Dasiy Red Ryder
'bout six years old, I think~?
'bout six years old, I think~?
1st Gun
As others have probably said, wanted a BB gun, but (we all know the old standby) folks said "you'll put someone's eye out!". Next thing i know, I've got a Sears (Winchester) .22 SS. Go figure. Still have it and will refinish stock and pass to grandson in a few more years. BTW... finally bought that BB gun a couple years ago. Great fun in the backyard.
As others have probably said, wanted a BB gun, but (we all know the old standby) folks said "you'll put someone's eye out!". Next thing i know, I've got a Sears (Winchester) .22 SS. Go figure.
Still have it and will refinish stock and pass to grandson in a few more years. BTW... finally bought that BB gun a couple years ago. Great fun in the backyard.10-Ring
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My parents were not gun people. I got my 1st gun w/ my own $$ a few days after my 21st b'day....I sold it a few months later & used the money for my HK P7M8, a pistol I still have by the way
field70
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Before I bacame a teenager, I always got a cap pistol for X-mas..when I turned 13, a long time ago, my Dad bought me a Marlin bolt action .22 rifle with a stainless barrel, tube mag, either 15 or 18 round tube fed mag..At 16 he bought me a Stevens 20 gage pump. I don't really know what happened to those guns, but I went into the Navy at 18, and their house burned..I think maybe they burned also...My first handgun was an old S&W, looked like a model 10, but not certain.It was stolen in 1987 in a breakin. And oh, how could I have forgotten the Daisy Red Ryders..........
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