I got a shotgun before I had a rifle for good reason I guess. Shotgun was a Win 37A .410 and the rifle was Stevens 22lr bolt that my papaw gave me. In his last few years, he lived in town and still used it to kill stray cats. When the law got to questioning him about it, he decided to pass it down and switch to a pellet rifle.lol

mine was a old bolt action 12 guage bought at western auto

My first gun was a Revelation 20 ga that came from the local Western Auto store. My first rifle was a Winchester 190 22LR. I still have them both.

My "very own" first rifle was a pellet gun. My dad gave it to me when i was 9 and that was over 40 years ago. I still have it, and it still shoots fairly good.

My friend got one at about the same time from his dad, and when he would run out of pellets, he'd shoot steel BB's in it. I remember telling my dad that, and dad told me to NEVER shoot steel BB's in "mine", as it would ruin the rifleing. I never did and that's why it still shoots good to this day.

It was a good investment for dad, as "he" still occasionally shoots it to this day!

Drilling Man

My first "gun" was a bolt action 20 gauge Mossberg with the old style polychoke. I was the proudest 12 year old in the world. (It was a combined birthday/christmas present......it represented a very large expense to my parents at that time. About a months worth of rent and groceries!)

Sadly I no longer own that particular shotgun. With all of the moves and twenty plus year in the military it was somehow "misdirected"!

Dave

My first rifle was given to me when I was 13. It was a Remington 7600 chambered in 6MM. I love that gun and can't wait until the day that my kids will be old enough to shoot and hunt with it.

First that was my own.

Marlin Model 60 .22 cal. Worked all summer cleaning hog barns for it.

After the bbs and pelet rifles ... a Remington model 510 Target Master still have all 3 .

first gun was a H&R single shot .410 from walmart, paid for it myself think it was about $50, i think i was 12 or 13.

first rifle was a marlin 60 .22lr

still have them both.

My first gun was a Rem. model 4 Rolling Block., .22. My dad's dad bought it in the early 1900's for $4.00 and passed it down. The walnut stock split and I made a new one out of maple that looked purty good. This rifle was stolen out of my house in the early 90's along with several other guns. You can imagine how I felt about this rifle getting gone. Have never gotten over it. So, if any of you guys happen to run across it, let me know.