Whats Your First Gun Experience?

[Kliegl]

First I can remember is shooting styrofoam coffee cups off a fence post at the hunting camp deep in the Green Swamp of Pasco County, FL, which is now the Swift-Mud Green Swamp area (Southwest Florida Water Management District. SWFMD, swiftmud was the name it got.) The cabin is actually a Boy Scout Camp now, I should go back there.

Anyways, I'm dispatching these coffee cups with the BB gun, and to conclude the lesson, my old man puts a 2 liter of tap water up there, and gives it some love from his dad's Model 97, which he had just inherited since Granddad passed around then. Hydrostatic pressure impresses a 7 year old.

I might have shot stuff previous, can't recall. Shot 22s for a while, moved on to slaying Bambi with a 20 gauge when 9, went downhill from there.

 

[philpost]

My son, age 6, and his first experience shooting a Daisy BB gun in our backyard, yesterday. The cycle continues.

 

[Bravo Sierra]

My wife does not like guns much, but she was complaining about the squirrels eating the flowers and next years flower seeds.

So I got out the BB gun and permanently relocated a couple squirrels.

I just "happened" to leave the BB gun out in view of my daughters when I knew they would be out on the deck. My 8 year old had questions and wanted to use it, and so it was a good opportunity to have a talk about guns. We had that talk, and she still wanted to use it, so of course I helped her out. My 5 year old heard everything but was not interested in touching the gun. My wife was out on the deck too, adding correct bits of information to the gun safety conversation.

We however never resolved the question about what guns should be pointed at. According to my wife, it should never be pointed at those cute squirrels. I think they are just rats with bushy tails.

My daughters learned quite a bit about guns and gun safety, and I think the oldest one also learned not to talk with mom about guns.

 

[LongTimeGone]

It was a bolt .22 I was about 5. Dad, Grandpa and I put a lot of rounds thru it.
It was the only gun I shot until I was 16 and could drive a couple of miles to bird hunt so I had my Grandpa's model 12 Win. 16ga.
Kept that 'till the Navy. Gave it to my Uncle then.

 

[VT Deer Hunter]

My uncles .22 at the range. Had a great time and love guns!

 

[Tinstarfirearms]

The first time I can remember being trusted with a gun by myself was around 6 or 7 years old. We had a problem with moles in our yard and my dad was tired of trying to catch them with the traps. He had an RG .22lr and he put one round in it for me. I was told to shoot the mound of dirt if it moved. The mound never moved and I went and gave the gun back. Looking back, I am not sure if it was loaded after all. Might have been a test from dad. He is still alive and I have the gun now. Not worth $25 on the market but priceless to me.

Andrew

 

[valnar]

I ignored this thread for awhile and just now looked at it. I was still going to ignore it until I read the 1st post. Funny....a SIG P229 was my first gun too. I bought it without ever firing one, nor firing any other gun in my life. I researched handguns to death, found that a 9mm fit my application and then looked at the best reviewed offerings that fit that caliber. I came to the "knows-enough-to-be-dangerous" conclusion that I wanted a SIG P229. I bought it in the mid 90's.

Still have it, still shoot it, still love it.

 

[searcher451]

Ruger Bearcat: Bought it, took it down to the river bank, and learned what gun control was all about. As many others have said in this thead, I still have it and still enjoy shooting it, lo these many years later.