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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 01:19 AM
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Remington 600 in 308. Would love to have it back
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 01:56 AM
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My first firearm was a Mossberg 500 in 12 ga. that I was given when I was 15. I used it for dove hunting, rabbits, the usual thing. Over the years, I've had four of five of those, and own one today.
When I turned 18, I bought my first rifle, a Marlin 1895G, an 18" 45-70 with a square lever, straight-grip stock and plastic butt-plate. I used it to eliminate any tendency toward flinching, did some target shooting with it, and used it for deer hunting for several years. Once I had a scope on it, but not for long. - I really preferred the open sights on it. I have also owned several 1895's over the years.
Prior to owning firearms, I had a series of pellet rifles. - I still haven't outgrown those things, guess I never will.
Kind regards, charlesb
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 02:06 AM
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Single shot H&R 12. I got it when I was seven and shot it until I was 12. I shot thousands of rounds through it. At one point the barrel split about three inches down the end. I sawed it off and shot bird with it until the hammer spring broke. I shot it with a rubber band to spring the hammer. That shotgun was old when I got it but it was completely worn out when I sold it to a buddy of mine that repaired it and sawed it off about a foot long. I killed truckloads of quail In the Sandhills with that shotgun and even remember killing the first bobwhite any of us had ever seen in our part of the country. I don't miss the gun but I sure miss the good times using it, the family that's passed on, and the great dogs we had.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 02:06 AM
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 02:21 AM
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The first gun I ever bought was a Sako .270. 1979. I spent most of my money I made sacking groceries that summer on it. My Daddy thought I was crazy.
I shot my desert ram with it December a year ago because I didn't want any other rifle in my hand for the most important shot I am likely to ever make.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 02:22 AM
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dkershen
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Single shot Savage 20ga. Got it for Christmas when I was 12 and shot a mallard drake that same day with it. Still in the safe and will be passed to a grandson someday.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 02:57 AM
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Other than BB or pellet guns, my first gun that went bang was a single shot Springfield 22 bolt action.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 03:25 AM
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 03:25 AM
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BB gun (Red Ryder) was first. After that, either a Stevens 410 single shot or a Stevens 87D 22 rifle. I think the 410 was first, so I could squirrel hunt with my Grandpa.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 03:35 AM
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H&R plainsman 865 bolt action in 22RF. It is a repeater with a flush 9 shot mag. And it came with an extra mag. Still have it.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple.....and wrong." H. L. Mencken
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 03:44 AM
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20 gauge coast to coast pump shotgun, paid my uncle $65 for it back in 1979.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 05:52 AM
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Nickel Desert Eagle 50
Shot it once then sold it lol.
I just bought another one last year just as a keepsake.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 09:10 AM
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First gun was purchased right when I turned 18. Drove to Mesquite to a gun store and bought a Hi Point 995 carbine. Paid $130ish for it.Shot it a few times and accurate as heck. Put it up and never shot it for about 14 years with the mags loaded and everything. Shot it again last year, added a cheap Tru Glo red dot to it because I don't know what happened to the irons on there. Sighted it in at 25 yards. Still love that gun.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 11:52 AM
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Sheridan Silver Streak.
Remington 700 BDL 30.06. Still have it.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 05:11 PM
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Remington 552 Speedmaster...still got it in the safe. Best .22 rifle ever made in my opinion. I've killed more squirrels, rabbits, and birds with that gun than I could count.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/06/16 05:12 PM
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Ringman
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Benjamin 22 cal air rifle Remington 870 Wingmaster - old model with the wonderful wood, fixed modified choke, but did have the vented rib.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/06/16 07:04 PM
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tehachapi
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1st was a Daisy BB gun. 1st one i paid for was a Ruger .22 pistol 1st one i actually bought was a Ruger Bisely in .41 magnum 1st rifle was a Marlin 1894S in .41 magnum
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/07/16 03:42 AM
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The first gun I ever shot was Dad's old single shot .22, but the first gun I ever bought with my hard earned money was an S&W Model 53. Some of you may remember it was a .22 centerfire. A .357 necked down to .22 and it was LOUD ! I guess it was a commercial failure, but I sure wish I still had it. Paid $91.14 for it at Highinbotham-Pearlstone in Dallas. I killed many a squirrell and a few rabbits with that gun using the .22 rimfire inserts. And a trainload of snakes. I couldn't afford the .22 Jet ammo, 'cause I was just a kid 16 years old when I got it. Just one more jewel that I let get away !
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/07/16 01:17 PM
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Used mossberg 12ga. Killed my biggest buck with it.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/08/16 02:10 AM
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Mine would have been an AR back when I was 16, I had an ipod touch I had traded for a stripped lower and saved everything I could from working part time to have Brandon from the forum build me an upper.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/08/16 04:00 PM
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A Stevens double barrel 20 gauge that was handed down in the family.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/08/16 04:40 PM
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Marc K
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Grew up with guns in the house, but the first one that was truly mine is a 1970 Winchester 101 12ga O/U.
Still have it, just isn't as pretty since the day my house burned down in 1997. But, it still shoulders and swings as sweet as the day I got it, so I like to bust some clays with it now and then.
A Democracy is when two wolves and a lamb vote on the dinner menu. That is why this country was specifically not designed as a Democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
[Re: Earl]
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02/08/16 04:49 PM
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Single shot .22. Still have it and wouldn't sale it for $1000. It is probably worth $50. That gun carries many memories.
Looks a lot like the OP's. I would have to look to see what model, never cared.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/08/16 04:50 PM
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I had used family firearms or hand me downs all my life, but when I was 12, Dad gave me a Remington 870 Express Magnum for Christmas. He had won it in a raffle at work. I never could wing shoot with it very well, but I destroyed squirrels with it.
The first firearm I used was a Stevens single shot 20 gauge.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic, your first gun - what was it?
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02/08/16 04:57 PM
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M16A4 (Ft Benning, GA) in 2005
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