savage275

Red rider BB gun was my first
My dad bought a Springfield 1903-A3 30-06 sporterized for me to use for deer hunting, heavy as a log and kicked like a mule, at least to a 14yr old kid. Shot my first buck with that gun. He had a chance to trade it on another gun and I told him to go ahead. I would trade any gun in my cabinet for it know.[:'(]

polack

My first gun was a Ithica md37 16 guage, the first year they came out with the flouescent site, about 1956. My first rifle was a pre 64 model 70 in 1957 that cost $90.
Polack

johnkeltgen

Oh DUH! How can I forget my first BB gun?!?! How could I put the .410 before the old Red Ryder? How many grackles and sparrows died at the hands of that little five year old carrying that fearsome weapon? Ah yes, like someone here posted, we must just be a sentimental bunch. As a matter of fact, you've all given me an idea for next weeks article! I cannot guarentee that my mentioning the message board here will get printed (my small, home-town paper tends to look down upon "pops"), but by God, YOU are the ones who gave me the idea! Thanks guys and gals!

totoe

..Mine was a pre-64 30-30 winchester...no scope just iron sights..

eldeguello

I bought a Winchester Model 47 single-shot with unfinished stock (walnut!!) when I was 13. It cost $22.05 in 1952, and my father was dead set against it, because he "hated guns". Seems he had a BB gun as a child, killed a bird with it, and never got over it! I had to finish the stock, and used Linseed oil. It came out real pretty after rubbing in a couple of coats of oil each week for about 6 months.

It was a very accurate rifle after I put a Weaver B6 scope on it. It would shoot half-inch 5-shot groups from the bench at 50 yards with Rem. HV HP ammo.

Don't have it any more. Don't have ANY rimfires any more. after owning this rifle for about 6 mos. I bopught a Rem. 721 in .30/'06, and shortly thereafter started reloading '06 ammo, and quit shooting rimfires!

hunter338

Man-O-Man!!

What alot of remebering.. I have gotten alot of greate replies from everyone here.

Sounds to me that everyone has had a great childhood with very understanding mother and fathers.
But really hope that everybody takes and teaches their own the same way that we grew up..(WITH THE OPPERTUNITY TO HUNT AND ENJOY)

Thanks to everyone who has replied to this.
Leroy.

Gobbling Buck

Mine was a single shot Stevens .22 SLLR. Still got it, and I'll put it up against any of the new ones.

Briman

Mine was a single shot falling block .22 that my dad bought at a garage sale. The front sight was bent on it and it didn't have an extractor. My dad would drop me of at the rifle range with a brick of ammo, I would shoot up the entire brick in an afternoon, but my fingers would be bleeding and my nails would be worn down to nubs from picking the spent casings out of the chamber- but I had loads of fun with it, and mastered the art of Kentucky windage with it.

PABuck_HNTR

I've never owned any guns

wahunterinrok

my first was an western field tube fed bolt action. At the same time my Dad bought a remington nylon 66. After about a year I traded my dad for his rifle. I dont know what happened to the western field, but I still have the nylon 66