Do you still have your first gun?

[knight0334]

Negative. It was a Remington 77 Apache(made for K-Mart, nylon .22LR with 10rd box mag). Nor do I own guns 2-8,*, or 10-30's,**, 30's-80's.

Dad bought it for me at the K-Mart in Hendersonville, NC.

I do have the first gun I ever fired though, dad's Winchester 250 22rf lever gun.

* = Norinco 1911A1, still have
** = somewhere in the 30's I bought dad a Davis/Phoenix 25ACP, which I inherited. I literally bought scores of Ring-of-Fire and other cheapo guns from pawnshops, flea markets, trunks, etc in early-mid 1990's. It is the only one I still have. In that mix from 10-80's are some good guns no longer owned. Gave away a bunch as gifts, traded/sold a bunch. I'm down to about 48 guns now, for now. Mostly looking at Bucket List Guns now.

[BRS]

Yes, a Winchester Model 72 tube-fed bolt action that my late uncle gave me when I was 12. Up to then I used my late father's Stevens box magazine fed bolt action 22 rifle which I inherited when he passed along with the Western Field tube fed bolt action 22 he had as a kid in the 30s.

[Krichardson]

No,it was stolen from me many many moons ago.....Raven .25

[Here4now]

A Mossberg New Haven Model 250C .22 semi with a 7-round mag and a Weaver scope. I got it when I was around 10 or 11 y.o..

[Coops]

Yes. A Smith and Wesson .22 revolver.

[RockIsland]

Yup. Browning BPS 12 GA 28" in 1985.

Next was my Ruger MKII stainless target, then a Marlin 336C. Still have them too. Marlin is coming along with me this year for deer rifle season.

[esh21167]

Yes. Glenfield 25 bolt action .22 rifle.

My friends were getting the semi-auto mo, but back in the early '80's there was no semi-auto use allowed for hunting/trapping, so my I got that instead. The stock has some bumps, but as a teen I dragged that through many briars and rough spots while trapping.

[bluetrane2028]

I didn't have "my own" guns as a kid. Dad bought me a S&W 586 shortly after I proposed to my wife. Still have it, won't sell it.

[Swamp Fox]

Yes, a Remington 870 Wingmaster, 12 gauge, with the *corn cob* forearm. Bought by my dad for me in Lancaster in 1958 and I think I remember him saying it was for $75.00. It still rests in my closet and is in good condition except for a few scratches on the stock and some bluing is worn. Functions just like the day he bought it and never been to a gun smith. Took many pheasants, rabbits and squirrels.

[Orive 8]

No, it's long gone. Bought a S&W Model 66 4" back in the fall of 1985 while stationed at Ft. Knox KY.