[JoeProBono]

[wardaddy]

Stevens .410 @ age 6 in Jackson MS

dove had little to fear from me with fullchoke standard

But squirrels died

[Gaffer]

Old Winchester Model 29 long barreled shotgun - 20 gauge. Doesn’t even have a serial number. Belonged to my grandfather. IIRC I was about 12. Still have it.

[Renegade]

8 yrs old. ,22 Winchester 1908 pump that shot shorts. Still have it !

[JoeProBono]

My first real gun

[outofsalt]

Be sure you take it out on your next canoe trip.

[TLEIBY308]

My first gun was n H&R 22 nine shot revolver at age 12

[calex59]

.22 Cal single shot, J.C. Higgins rifle, age 12, but I learned to shoot at age 10. Would take, as will all bolt action .22s, S, L, or LR. My grown up Daughter has it now. I graduated to a .22 LR cal model 64 Winchester semi-auto when I was a little older and I still have that one.

[Doomonyou]

Can’t remember if it was my Ruger 10/22 or my Rem. 870. way back in the good ol’ days when all it took was a drivers license and cash and you could walk right out with it. Around 1975 or so just up the road from you in Petaluma. First handgun was a S & W 686+ .357 during the Clintoon years (That had a 10 day wait), the second greatest gun salesman after Otrama.

[MasterGunner01]

My first gun was a rifle bought from Goldblatt’s Department Store in 1961 for my birthday. It was a Remington Nylon 66 .22 LR self-loader in “Mohawk Brown” plastic with white insets. It was a fun little rifle and very simple to maintain.

The only weak point: two screws that held the top cover on. These were long screws that passed completely through the rifle. The screws became fatigued after time and firing and the slotted heads (one or both) broke off. The broken screw stub was flush with the cover and it took a lot of creativity to get them out. Because both screw holes were cast into the plastic stock, it wasn't possible to replace the weak screws with the beefed up screws Remington introduced to fix the problem. (The screw holes on later plastic stocks were enlarged for the new, thicker screws.)

I put a 4X Bushnell scope on the rifle when I discovered the iron sights were junk. I eventually traded away the Nylon 66 rifle as part of trade for a Springfield M1922M2 .22 LR target rifle.

[CAluvdubya]

Here is a photo similar to my very first gun when I was about 7:

I got it for Christmas, along with a Chatty Cathy doll! :)

For my first real firearm, I actually surprised my DH by getting him a 1911 for Christmas over 12 years ago. In CA, that was tricky at the time as I had to pass a written test in order to purchse. The gentlemen in the gun store were very helpful as I had never purchased a weapon before.

Now I own a gorgeous Henry Big Boy rifle (my favorite to shoot!) and a .40 cal Ruger (which has it's problems).

Have fun and be safe! DH and I are actually going to the range today so will be thinking of all the fun you're going to have after your waiting period!