Gun Firsts

Wanted when growing up?

Shot as a kid?

Received as a gift?

Bought for yourself?

Regretted buy or selling?
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Wanted growing up: A "German Luger." I used to drool over the Hunter's Lodge ads in The American Rifleman for $39.95 Lugers

First gun I shot as a kid was a Daisy Model 25 BB gun.

First gun(s) I received as a gift were two rifles that my father had sent back from Europe during the war.

First gun I bought for myself was a Browning 1922 in .32 acp, which my mother discovered and brought a horrible manure storm down on my head. (I was 15 at the time; I had paid some guy $5 that was 21 to buy it for me:D)

Regrets? I have many. Too many guns got sold that shouldn't have been. Probably the worst cases were all the .45s I sold a few years back shortly after my cancer operation; Didn't want to leave a mess for my kids to deal with in case I died.
 
My first was a gift from my father,a used but nice Ithica 22 single shot lever action saddle gun age 8 or 9.Gave it to my little brother on his 12th b-day, That was 37 yrs.ago and he still has it.First I bought 11yrs old was a Mossburg 410 3 shot bolt action and for a couple of years no bushy tail or grouse was safe.wish I still had it nothing special except to me,Now!traded it to buy a marlin 30-30 at 14, I took a moose that yr. with it ,my first big game harvest.It was the gun that I just seemed to never miss with never should have sold it.Traded for a Rem. pump 06.wanted more power.Many have been bought,sold or traded since those days.I have quite a few hand guns,revolvers,pistoles,shot guns and rifles these days but my fondess memories are of my first guns.
 
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I'm limiting this to handguns.

WANTED - .357 mag (loved the Colt Pythons used in Magnum Force)

SHOT - .45ACP Remmington Rand (boot camp, Parris Island, SC)

RECEIVED - Never rec'd anything from anybody, although my first issued gun was a 2 Inch SW Mod 19 when I went on embassy duty. Carried Federal .38Spl Nyclad +Ps in it (also issued).

BOUGHT - .45ACP custom Essex 1911 match gun

REGRETTED - .45ACP AMT Hardballer (crap, now I'm reminded of it)
 
WANTED: 1911. I've always loved them. Had a toy one when I was little and whenever my friends and I would play cops and robbers or whatever it was my choice. I'll get around to getting one once the price on .45 comes back down.

SHOT: The single shot Stevens .410 shotgun my dad bought me to learn to shoot with.

RECEIVED: see above

BOUGHT: Remington 870 12 gauge

REGRETTED: Ruger LCP. loved the size, hated the FTF & FTE problems. I got rid of it before they recalled them. I replaced it with a Beretta 92FS, the favorite of all my guns, so it was a good move.
 
First handgun ever fired?
Ruger Single Six, .22LR.

First centerfire ever fired?
Ruger Security Six, .357 Mag, loaded with .357 Mag.

First received as a gift?
S&W Model 17-6, 6-inch, with target trigger and target hammer, .22LR (thanks Mom!)

First bought with my own cash?
S&W Model 686-3, 6-inch, WO adj rear sight, .357 Mag

First buying regret?
None yet with a handgun.

First one I've sold?
Haven't yet sold a handgun.
 
What was the first gun you ever...

Wanted when growing up? BHP & SW m29/.44mag Have the bhp, but got a SBH and recently a .460SW

Shot as a kid? .10/22 Have 3 now.

Received as a gift? .SW K.22 Still have it.

Bought for yourself? .SW m28/.357 hiway patrolman

Regretted ... .. selling? .SW m28/.357 hiway patrolman DAMN:mad:
 
Wanted when growing up?

Shot as a kid?

Received as a gift?

Bought for yourself?

Regretted buy or selling?
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> When growing up I always wanted a Beretta 92
>Never shot a gun when I was a kid
>I have never got a gun as a gift
>First gun I ever bought was a Hi-Point .380
>I regretted buying a Taurus 905. I had it 2 days before I got to angry with it to go on.
 
first gun I ever wanted was a Luger, I was 4

first gun I shot was a Colt Huntsman around 9 or 10

first gun I bought was an Argentine Hi Power

never received a gun as a gift, I've given my dad a few guns
 
I always wanted a Browning A-Bolt SS 300. WSM

The first thing i shot was a 12 gauge single shot with 7 1/2 field shots

i received a 30-30. win and a 30-06 and a 12 gauge single shot at the same time

7mm rem mag Remington model 700 BDL
 
First gun I wanted: A Walther PPk, I loved James Bond movies
First gun I shot: A Marlin .22 bolt when I was 12 in Boy Scouts
First gun I got as a gift: 2 - Iver Johnson Sealed 8 and Pietta 1851 when my grandfather died
First gun I bought: Mosin Nagant M91/30
Regretted buying or selling: the mosin. I don't get to shoot it nearly enough. I guess my Sig P6, too, because I don't have a cheap gun to fire now that I'm without a .22
 
What was the first gun you ever...

Wanted when growing up?

Smith and Wesson 78G pellet gun

Shot as a kid?

Old Sears bolt action single shot .22 rifle

Received as a gift?

Civil War Remington 1858 NMA .44

Bought for yourself?

Pellet pistol - S&W 78G; handgun - Mac de Armes nickel .38 snubnose revovler copy of a S&W; Rifle - Rem 700 .22-250

Regretted buy or selling?

I regretted selling my Mac de Armes .38 snubnose revolver; regretted having my S&W 78G stolen. I can't recall any firearm that I've ever regretted purchasing.
 
Wanted when growing up?

Winchester 94 .30-30

Shot as a kid?

Savage .22/.410

Received as a gift?

Browning BLR .22

Bought for yourself?

Colt Match Target H-BarII

Regretted buy or selling?

Benelli M2.
 
What was the first gun you ever...

Wanted when growing up?

S&W Model 10 (dad carried one)

Shot as a kid?

A .22 of unknown provenance, likewise a 12 guage pump shotgun

Received as a gift?

A Ruger Blackhawk in .357

Bought for yourself?

S&W Model 66 (practicality won out over boyhood dream!)

Regretted buy or selling?

Now, here's the truth: never regretted buying one. I originally posted that I'd never sold one either, but I did sell a friend one of three more-or-less identical Yugo SKS 59/66's I picked up with my C&R license.
 
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Wanted when growing up? Tommy Gun, 100 round Drum magazine, full auto. Everybody should have one. I never did...

Shot as a kid? Western Auto 30-30. Used POS...

Received as a gift? Still waiting...

Bought for yourself? Some 20 gauge bolt action shotgun, can't even remember the make or model.

Regretted buy or selling? Buying...That Western Auto 30-30 POS, lever action. It had to be slammed open and closed in order to fire. Never did figure out what the problem was, I gave it away and I'm still glad of that.
 
What was the first gun you ever...

Wanted when growing up?
L-89
Shot as a kid?
bb air gun
water guns
nerf rifles
i've never shot a real weapon till i went to AF Basic Training
Received as a gift?
none
Bought for yourself?
Walther P99
SIG P228
FN FS2000

Regretted buy or selling?
haven't sold any guns and hadn't bought any i wasn't planning on getting anyways

 
Wanted when growing up?
M4A1 (full auto and everything :P)

Shot as a kid?
Beretta 92FS

Received as a gift?
HK USP Tactical .45

Bought for yourself?
14.5'' Stag Arms Upper on a Bushy lower

Regretted buy or selling?
Never regretted buying any of my guns and haven't sold any of them either.
 
Wanted when growing up? .50 Caliber machine gun

Shot as a kid? Sears & Roebuck .22LR Rifle
Hi-Standard Super Tournament Master .22LR

Received as a gift? H & K Variant 1 USP 9mm

Bought for yourself? Colt MilSpec 1911 A1

Regretted buy or selling? Lady Smith 9mm for my ex-wife. She tried to
shoot me with it.
 
Wanted when growing up? Phaser II

Shot as a kid? .22 rimfire rifle (in the Boy Scouts!)

Received as a gift? Never

Bought for yourself? Colt Combat Government Model in .45 Auto

Regretted buy or selling? Colt Combat Government Model in .45 Auto (the selling)
 
winchester .22

I do not recall the model (I was a kid), but my oldest brother, 10 years my senior, took over the roll of "Dad" after the real one passed.

He was big in shooting and hunting and bought myself and my other brother each a single-shot Winchester .22.

If I remember, you pull back a side bolt (much like an 1100 shotgun), insert a round in the top of the receiver, and this causes the safety to automatically engage.

Disengage the safety, fire and the spent case ejected through the bottom of the receiver.

My big brother . . .

He is with Dad now and left me all of his firearms (my other brother has no interest) . . .

Winchester 101 12 ga.;
Browning Auto 5 12 ga.;
Western Auto .35 Rem.;
Remington Nylon 66;
Ithaca double barrel side by side.

I wish I could be as good a "Dad" as he was in the form of substitution.

Oh, and I still have that Winchester .22 somewhere deep in the back of my gun safe.

Rmocarsky
 
What was the first gun you ever...

Wanted when growing up?

My Uncles Winchester .410 over/under he let me use for two hunting seasons...would not sell it too me though:(

Shot as a kid?

A Daisy BB Gun...First "real" firearm was my older brothers 10/22

Received as a gift?

NEF single shot 20 gauge

Bought for yourself?

Ruger 77 Stainless Bull Barrel .223

Regretted buy or selling?

The very same Ruger above that was my first. I had an itch for a new bow...should have saved for the bow because that thing was a tack driver
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This thread has made me a little happy and sad.

Beentown
 
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