What was your first gun?
10-21-2006 | 11:55 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Spring Grove, Pa. USA
RE: What was your first gun?
35 yrs ago--a .410 single shot.Still have it.My 1st rifle was a Marlin 336 lever action in .35rem and my 1st big shotgun was a Western Field 12g pump with one of those big poly-chokes on the end.
10-22-2006 | 08:53 AM
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From: Hoosier Country, Baby!
RE: What was your first gun?
Remington 870 Combo Express Magnum, 20ga
My husband bought it for me shortly after we were dating. I'd never hunted and he wanted me to give it a go.
I shot my first deer with it shortly thereafter and shortly after that, before I moved in with him, he had pawned it for bill money.
I wasn't happy when I found out, but he was single, crazy, and not a budget minded person. I moved in two months later, lost the gun, gained a husband, and got him and his credit on the right track. I guess that's life... I try not to hold grudges or to cry over spilled milk, but I do so miss that gun. I would've liked to have had it since my first deer was taken with it. Oh well, life goes on. Now I own a little Winchester 20ga. with a shot barrel only for my bird hunting and I huntshotgun season with a CVA Hunterbolt .45 cal. muzzleloader.
I also have a Whitetails Unlimited (with medallion) rifle that I won at last years banquet, but it still has tags on it and I haven't even shot it yet.Rifles are illegal in Indiana, but I will use it to hunt Michigan.
My daughter is 7, and I recently bought her first gun for her. A little Rossi .22/.410combo. She has shot the .410a couple of times, andthe .22 a little more than that.
My husband bought it for me shortly after we were dating. I'd never hunted and he wanted me to give it a go.
I shot my first deer with it shortly thereafter and shortly after that, before I moved in with him, he had pawned it for bill money.
I wasn't happy when I found out, but he was single, crazy, and not a budget minded person. I moved in two months later, lost the gun, gained a husband, and got him and his credit on the right track. I guess that's life... I try not to hold grudges or to cry over spilled milk, but I do so miss that gun. I would've liked to have had it since my first deer was taken with it. Oh well, life goes on. Now I own a little Winchester 20ga. with a shot barrel only for my bird hunting and I huntshotgun season with a CVA Hunterbolt .45 cal. muzzleloader. I also have a Whitetails Unlimited (with medallion) rifle that I won at last years banquet, but it still has tags on it and I haven't even shot it yet.Rifles are illegal in Indiana, but I will use it to hunt Michigan.
My daughter is 7, and I recently bought her first gun for her. A little Rossi .22/.410combo. She has shot the .410a couple of times, andthe .22 a little more than that.
