First gun I ever purchased for myself is the revolver at lower left in the photo above. A Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special. Bought in 1977 in Hampton, VA. Photo dates from Fall of 1982.
Welcome to the world of gun ownership! Congratulations!! My first gun was/is a Glock 17 9 mm. First shotgun-bennelli M1super 90 slug gun-my favorite!
Nice move man, I’ll be doing the same in the next few weeks. I’ll have to check the comments on this thread first to get all that Freeper know how before making the purchase.
If you can give us an update in a few months on how you went about training/lessons/safety instruction and how it worked out that would be great.
Colt Agent .38 Special with massive 1 inch barrel. : - )
My first firearm was a .22 Cold Woodsman pistol which had belonged to my grandfather. I still have it.
Ammo of choice IMHO for a shotgun is 00 Buckshot. Someone gets downstream of that, they will have a bad day. Myself I mix slugs and buckshot in an 16 Guage auto for home defense.
My first was a Mossburg 20 gauge pump. Bought with my summer job earnings.
p.105. "The terms of the Constitution he need not refer to; and the amendment now under discussion was simply an AFFIRMANCE OF A POWER,-THAT THE RIGHT OF A PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."
"Who fought the Battles, of Lexington, Bunker Hill and Saratoga?
...Who saved Baltimore? ... Who obtained the victory at New Orleans?
These militia, trained and disciplined in their own houses; not practised in the field, but BRINGING THEIR GUNS WHICH THEY WERE TAUGHT TO USE WHEN CHILDREN."-- p.111
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"Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", Vol. 4, by the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1837-8
Good for you. I thought you looked different, wasn't even sure it was you.
Be careful though, when setting it in the car next to your yoga mat - try to avoid scratching the inside of the trunk of your Beemer!
A Browning .22 semi-auto assault weapon, given to me by father when I was 12. I still have it.
Rather than becoming a homicidal maniac, AKA “violent sovereign non-Democrat”, I earned my NRA junior marksman and sharpshooter tabs, small bore, the following year.
Mossberg 500, cylinder bore, 8 round tube, which I miss due to a horrible boating accident........
Good thread. I was about 52. Bought a compensated Taurus 617 seven shot revolver. .357 Magnum. Now, I own a few more guns than that :)
First gun I ever purchased for myself is the revolver at lower left in the photo above. A Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special. Bought in 1977 in Hampton, VA. Photo dates from Fall of 1982.
Great thread!
AK-47. Egyptian made. Bought it when they first threatened to tell me I couldn’t. :)
Then I went and bought an Ak-47....or three.
I bought a Remington Model 510 single shot .22 when I was 11. It took months to raise the $24.95 with my paper route.
When I was about 12, my father gave me an over/under that was a .22 on top, 410 shotgun on bottom - so I could learn to shoot both. Super-safe break-action/single-shot.
Did my first target shooting, plinking, and bird-hunting with that wonderful weapon - have no idea who made it or where it went.....
Went to military academy and as it was a full-time ROTC program, learned to be a crack shot with a .22. Later that training translated into a pretty good shot with all calibers.
Had an incredible arsenal until a few years ago when it all was lost in a boat flipping over.........
Glock 22. Bought it right after TARP passed.
My first gun: 1972 @ UM in Ann Arbor. Bought a pre-war 30-06 Winchester Model 70 for $150. I wrapped it and strapped it to my bike to get it back to the dorm room (can’t imagine being able to do that today). I still have that gun to this day.
With a gun, with a gun, you will be what you are just the same!
Steely Dan
.25 Barrette, followed by Ruger 10/22, S/W 9mm, PPKS .380, Mini ranch 14, Daniels Defense .223, Kimber Ultra Covert........more to come
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