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Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:23 PM
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Now that sounds like a good topic to go along with your first caliber topic. BB and pellet guns not included of course.
I actually still have my first gun which my dad bought me when I was 12 to go dove hunting and it is a single shot Stevens 410. I havent fired it since 1983-4. Being the first day of dove season I should go test it out.
What was your first ever gun?
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:26 PM
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SapperTitan
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My grampa's 870 Wingmaster and I still use it.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:34 PM
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kmon11
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Great Grandpa's Ivory Johnson Champion 20ga. He gave it to me when I was 3. I still remember that day and still have the gun. I have had it 50 years now.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:47 PM
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Palehorse
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Great Grandpa's Ivory Johnson Champion 20ga. He gave it to me when I was 3. I still remember that day and still have the gun. I have had it 50 years now. My grandpa gave me his Champion too, but in a 12. It wasn't until he passed away though.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:49 PM
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Palehorse
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My first real rifle. It was stolen when I was away in boot camp. Found it again many years later in a pawn shop. It's a factory sporterized .303 British Enfield.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 07:55 PM
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P_102
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Remington 514 single shot .22 with 4x scope. BDay 54 years ago. It still gets to play with a squirrel every now and then. P_102
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 08:04 PM
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My dad gave me, my brother, and my mom Remington 1100s when I was 8. Won a lot of money shooting clays with it. Still my bird/clays gun. First gun I bought myself was a ruger p94.
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09/01/16 08:25 PM
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Savage single shot .410. I still remember going over to the Western Auto in Olney with my dad to buy it. That was 42 years ago and that little shotgun still gets a workout.
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09/01/16 08:58 PM
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Greg
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Lol...We got a lot in common. H&R single shot .410 for Christmas in '84. I was 11. Still have it in great shape and it's now my sons. He shot it last year for the first time and I think he's hooked. Going out Saturday to make some memories!
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Re: Your first gun
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09/01/16 09:34 PM
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papa45
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J.C. Higgins (Marlin) .22 bolt action, purchased at Sears in 1958 with money I had earned from my paper route, shoveling snow, cutting grass, etc. Still have it. My kids all learned to shoot with it.
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09/01/16 10:14 PM
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Adraper
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H&R 410 single shot. My uncle bought and dad cut the stock down to about 6" long. First time I shot it killed a rabbit and got a bloody nose. I was 3 years old. Still have the gun. It hasn't been shot in years.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/02/16 02:08 AM
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Greg
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That's great you got it back Palehorse!
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09/02/16 02:39 AM
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My first shot gun was a Sears & Roebuck 410 single shot, but had a 3 shell clip. Love that gun.
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09/02/16 03:28 AM
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New England firearms single shot .410 I got on my 7th birthday just before dove season started in 1994. I didn't do very good that year but still have it and always will.
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09/02/16 05:08 AM
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My dad bought me a Weatherby Vanguard youth with a Bushnell Banner 3-9x40mm in 22-250 when I was 7. Still shoot and hunt with it now
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09/02/16 01:17 PM
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Bolt Action .410 when I was 5. We had a place in Emory and me & Dad were headed there to meet some buddies of his for the weekend, he was telling me about how they were going to shoot some skeet and I asked him, what am I going to shoot with? We stopped at a gun shop in Rockwall and he bought it for me. I still have it.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/02/16 05:34 PM
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Glock 21, 45acp. Lived in a rough apartment complex a while back.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/02/16 05:43 PM
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Palehorse
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That's great you got it back Palehorse! Thanks!
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Re: Your first gun
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09/02/16 05:46 PM
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Marlin 22 mag. Still got it.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/02/16 06:11 PM
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Marlin Model 60 in .22LR bought by my uncle at a garage sale for $10. Was in rough shape then, but ran literally 1,000's of rounds through it.
Bought my kids a new version of the same gun, and that's what they will learn on.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/04/16 03:59 AM
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Parents gave me a Mossberg 500A for my 13th birthday. Used it some last year for dove. 10000+ rounds through it without a problem.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/06/16 01:12 AM
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brokenpole
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20 gauge sears and roebuck single shot
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Re: Your first gun
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09/06/16 01:20 AM
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20 gauge sears and roebuck single shot Same here brokenpole, bought it with money I earned mowing lawns. Few months later I bought a Savage 340 chambered in 30-30 Win.
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Re: Your first gun
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09/09/16 01:45 AM
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Stevens Springfield Model 15, single shot, bolt action, .22. Still in the family since new in about 1940. Original scope. See this other post (where I also listed the above rifle)... http://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/6171536The first firearm I bought myself was either a Ruger 10-22 or a Ruger P97DC. Still have both. -Mickey
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