How many remember???
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: central Ky
Posts: 601
RE: How many remember???
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
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Posts: 1,813
RE: How many remember???
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 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
#15
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Posts: 1,491
RE: How many remember???
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
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
#16
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co. Maryland
Posts: 1,574
RE: How many remember???
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.
#20
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 55
RE: How many remember???
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.