[ConservativeMan55]

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[Absolutely Nobama]

An Italian made Carcano that, according to family legend, saw action on the Russian front during WWII.

I still have it and love it.

[doc1019]

.22 back on the farm. We all got one when we turned 7 and learned to shoot and basic guns safety shortly thereafter (1953).

[gaijin]

photo...!!!!

>:(

[353FMG]

My first gun was a Argentinian Luger which I bought for $40 in 1960 thru a newspaper’s ad in Birmingham, AL.

No questions asked.

[Mr. Peabody]

Good for you!
Are you up in Marin?

[LonePalm]

Ithaca Arms .22-LR single shot at age 10.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Lurker]

Ruger Blackhawk.

And shotguns don’t fire bullets. They fire shells.

[Paladin2]

"I purchased a box of bullets"

For a 12 ga., I'd get a mixed case.

[jaz.357]

" I actually won't be able to drive my 'new friend' home until later this month, after a background check".

For a SHOT GUN! W.T.F.?

Do you live in Russia?

[CrazyIvan]

Ruger Standard .22 pistol. Bought it at age 14 with paper route money ($37.95).* No ID, no background check, no wait. Passed it on to my beautiful stepdaughter a couple of years ago.

*About what my spare LC9 magazine cost

[Blood of Tyrants]

My first was a Revelation 22 semi automatic rifle from Western Auto. I eventually traded it for a .410 single shot shotgun.

[BigCinBigD]

12ga “Goose gun” age 14.

[Blood of Tyrants]

PS I was 12 and it was 1973.

[JoeProBono]

[Red_Devil 232]

Your first shotgun good for you. You are going about firearm ownership in the right way. Getting some good professional training with your shotgun is a very good move before using the weapon on your own. Excellent for you! Stay Safe!

[JRandomFreeper]

I don't remember my first firearm (not gun, I'm not a cannon cocker).

I do remember the first firearm that my daughter shot, and got to share that information with her last year. She didn't remember it even after I handed it to her and she cleared it and stripped it and reassembled it without help. She had the practiced skills for that rifle, but had NO idea where she got them from.

Yes, she can have it after I'm dead and gone.

Welcome to FR, by the way. I don't think I've ever read or responded to you.

/johnny

[doorgunner69]

First one that was "mine" was a M-14 issued in boot camp.

First one I bought myself was a Remington Nylon 66 .22LR. Anyone remember those? Long gone now.

[Cboldt]

I think a Benjamin pellet rifle, at age 9 or so. Sears .22 a few years later.

BTW, for your shotgun, you bought "shells," not "bullets."

[umgud]

Shot all my dad’s guns in the 50’s. My 1st gun of my own was a Remmington Nylon Model 66, First gun I ever bought on my own was in the 60’s, a Revelation pump 12 ga shotgun I bought it at the local Western Auto.