Your First 3 Guns

[BRD@66]

Revelation Model 350A 20 Gauge single shot- bought at Western Auto in Seguin, circa 1966. Don't remember what I paid, but couldn't have been much more than $25.

Rohm 63 22 Cal Western style revolver - bought at now defunct Gulf Mart in 1971. That was just North of where Highland Mall is now. IIRC it was around $27.

Ruger Mark I Target Model, 6 7/8" barrel. 1978 from McBride's in Austin. $87.50

Still have all 3, but haven't shot the first two in probably 40 years.

I'm pretty sure the Rohm 63 is what a buddy of mine bought out of a magazine ad when we were 19 years old. Not much money involved. Not even a felony. Fun plinkin'.

 

[Nietzsche]

Margolins never fail to make me drool. When I was a kid, they were exotic unobtainium and my fascination with them has never gone away.

I hope you've still got it.

In the UK they weren't that popular and I picked it up used for around $70. Unfortunately I had to surrender it along with my other three pistols after the Dunblane massacre in 1996.

 

[benenglish]

I had to surrender it along with my other three pistols after the Dunblane massacre in 1996.

Shit.

Things happened so fast. I remember trying to get some FFLs to jump on the situation and do as many private imports as possible. I remember trying to put out feelers to handgunners over there to find neat stuff to import.

The FFLs didn't want to do the paperwork. The poor folks over there just seemed resigned to their fate.

A garbage situation, all around.

 

[phoenix]

eaa 38 special for like $199
GLock 17 for $400 * used
Smith & wesson m&P15-22 for 399 or 499 its been quite a while. All on the same day

 

[ed308]

Sears single shot .22 caliber rifle. Bought it off a friend when I was 8 years old.
Marlin 99M1 .22 caliber rifle.
Sears Model 200 12 gauge Shotgun.
Still have number 2 and 3.

 

[leVieux]

Guess I was spoiled!

1) Anschutz .22 youth rifle

2) J P Sauer 16GA double "Grouse Gun"

3) Belgian Browning "Sweet 16"

However my favorite was GrandPa's Winchester .22 pump, which was my constant companion outdoors.

Somewhere, my parents gave me a .22 Benjamin Pump air rifle, too.

leVieux

 

[orbitup]

Shit.

Things happened so fast. I remember trying to get some FFLs to jump on the situation and do as many private imports as possible. I remember trying to put out feelers to handgunners over there to find neat stuff to import.

The FFLs didn't want to do the paperwork. The poor folks over there just seemed resigned to their fate.

A garbage situation, all around.

I haven't seen your list. Are you going to play?

 

[Chirpy]

.410 Snakecharmer for $110.00, because I was broke and it seemed like a good apartment gun.

Browning HiPower - last of the Belgians, quite accidentally.

Mossberg 500 combo, pistol and rifle stock, long and short barrels. Used to shoot skeet with it, when I was young and dumb and didn't know any better. And probably shot better with it than I do my RedLabel now...

 

[dbgun]

Mossberg 600AT pump, 12 ga.
Remington 7400, 30-06
S&W Model 586 6"barrel, 357 mag. (only one I still have)

 

[deemus]

Chinese SKS for $60 x 4 (I would shoot 1K rounds through them, then sell it for $150)

British Enfield 303 (sporterized) for $40. Old guy sold it to me because neither his kids nor grandkids wanted it.

S&W 422 pistol for $175. Walmart had caved and were getting out of the pistol selling business.

 

[benenglish]

I haven't seen your list. Are you going to play?

A Sears .22 rifle with a 40-pound trigger pull for Christmas when I was 6.

A Ruger .45 convertible Blackhawk when I was 16.

Right after that I got into silhouette shooting and bought a bunch of guns. I honestly don't remember which was #3. A M29 or a Contender or my DW Pistol Pac? I actually can't remember.

 

[Ozzman]

In this order:
- Mossberg Maverick 88 (12 ga) $120
- Glock 21 $460
- Chinese SKS $65

 

[HKaltwasser]

Marlin M60
Saiga .308 new @ 268.00
Sig 2022 .40

 

[ed308]

A Sears .22 rifle with a 40-pound trigger pull for Christmas when I was 6.

Single shot? Probably the same model I had. Can't remember what happened to that rifle. But thinking I sold it back to guy I bought it from.

 

[Pops1955]

Grew up with:
Old Remington .22 LR bolt action (actually took shorts, longs and long rifle)
Rhome .22 revolver
J.C. Higgins pump 12 gauge (a pheasant killing son of a gun)

Bought:
old Tanfoglio /380 Pistol
Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag / .38
Original Bushmaster AR 15

My little brother drew for and got the Higgins when Dad died.
All the others are gone accept for the Marlin. Still have it. My favorite shooter.

 

[TKS597]

It almost seems like a lifetime ago, but I had bought a Mosin Nagant when I had just gotten to my duty station in Missouri. I later on bought a Sig M400 SRP and then a Beretta 96A1. I almost miss the Beretta.

 

[Orbie]

1) Chipmunk .22 that was a Christmas gift at age 6

2) Youth model 870 20 ga. I received some time in middle school

3) Ruger 10/22 also from middle school

All 3 are sitting in the safe waiting for my boys to be of age.

2 of my nephews were introduced to firearms with the Chipmunk. Both of them also killed plenty of doves with the 870.

 

[BigTexasOne]

in 1963 A Savage 1903 22 short pump action rifle. $35.00 at an auction
in 1965, a Ruger 10/22 for, I think, $56.95 at a sporting goods store
I am totally unsure what the third might have been, I think maybe a Sig P239

 

[Dancing Heretik]

First was a Walther PK380.
Second was a Phoenix HP22A.
Third was a H&R 733.

And, since I'm almost finished:
Fourth was a Ruger Mark IV.
Fifth (just yesterday) was a Rossi 22 LR revolver.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

First was a Walther PK380.
Second was a Phoenix HP22A.
Third was a H&R 733.

And, since I'm almost finished:
Fourth was a Ruger Mark IV.
Fifth (just yesterday) was a Rossi 22 LR revolver.

I never knew that was possible....