Marlin Model 60.

.243 winchester that was my unlces

Remington 742 Woodmaster in 6mm...tack driver...wish I still had it..

Pre64 Model94 30-30. Can not wait to hand it down to one of my kids......

I guess maybe technically it was .177 as it was a pellet gun but my first hunting rifle was a Marlin 60 .22LR, i think thats what everyone grows up with here in KY, my first deer rifle was the .270 WSM

Daisy 840 that I musta shot 3 million bb's thru. "Graduated" (??) to a Model 37a Winchester .410. First rifle was a Remington 700 ADL in 243.

I cut my teeth on a lot of other peoples rifles, 22's, 30/30's, but my very own first rifle was a 1903 Steyr Mannlicher that had been rebarreled from the original 6.5 X 54 MS to 7 X 57.
Took me weeks of saving to buy it in 1967 for around $70. Still the smoothest bolt I've ever worked. Wears nice express sights only as the split bridge doesn't beg for drilling and tapping. It can be done, but I'm gonna leave the way I bought it.

First rifle I ever shot was an old Remington single shot bolt action .22. My Dad still has it. First rifle I ever purchased was a Remington ADL in .270 Win.

My first rifle was a .30-06. First gun I bought for myself when I was 13 was a Winchester 370 Jr. 20 gauge.

I got the .30-06, Remington Model 742, with a Bushnell Banner 3-9x scope, at an Ace Hardware Store when I was 15. I was a bit on the small side, and that thing gave me a serious flinch. I couldn't shoot it worth a crap. One of the reasons my son's first centerfire rifle is a .243...

Rem model 7 in 6mm..tackdriver--still have it (20 years later)and stillis my number one gun for whitetails in wooded or semi-open country