Mustang Gregg Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The very first one I bought was a .22 High Standard Supermatic with half of the front blade gone. I bought it to carry along when checking traps before and after school. I paid $35 cash and got a Hunter leather holster for it too. I had it with me all through high school (literally). I recollect I traded it for a S&W M29 8-3/8" in blue(?) after a few years. Mustang Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A bolt action Marlin .22 with a peep sight and a leather sling. I'm thinking I was 12 or 13 and I bought it myself. Ammo was $.35-.50 a box of 50 at the local gas station. I sold it later to raise money for the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WymoreWrangler SASS 46187L Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Winchester Model 370 single shot, full choke. I worked all summer detasling corn to buy it the summer before my 7th grade year I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooked jake,4371 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Awwww, crap! It was supposed to say, "WHAT was the first firearm you ever bought?".I've got a glitch with this keyboard that jumps the cursor all over the page and backs up the cursor on it's own. I didn't find the goof until it was all posted. The very first one I bought was a .22 High Standard Supermatic with half of the front blade gone. I bought it to carry along when checking traps before and after school. I paid $35 cash and got a Hunter leather holster for it too. I had it with me all through high school (literally). I recollect I traded it for a S&W M29 8-3/8" in blue(?) after a few years. Mustang Gregg A Hawes western marshall .22 /.22 mag., and still have it...........had a trap line also......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody, SASS #26190 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 At the ntender age of 15 I was working at a Shell station. The owner purchased a Model 29 from a high school friend who was a collector (gatherer) of S&W's. I liked the looks so much that I had him sell me a NIB Model 19 Combat Master(?),6 inch for the price of $189, no tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo_Sam Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I bought a Glock 21, but I never really enjoyed it. I rarely shot it and ended up selling it to finance my cowboy shooting. -Solo Sam #91319 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Smokepole #29248L Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A bolt action, Marlin Glenfield Model 25 in .22 caliber. I still have it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Morningwood Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The first gun I ever bought formyself, with my own money was a Marlin Glenfield Model 60 semi-auto .22. I put a cheap K-Mart scope on it and set about murdering more squirrels than my buddies with Rugers and Brownings with "quality" scopes. Loaned the rifle to a friend, who loaned it to his neighbor, who moved away with it. I recently purchased a mint example and mounted a vintage K-Mart scope on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curley Fryes Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A stainless Ruger P95 w/2 15 rnd mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit Bull Tex Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The first gun I ever bought was a 12ga, 870 and it was the first gun I ever sold.Kicked the poot out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Poke Joe Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Awwww, crap! It was supposed to say, "WHAT was the first firearm you ever bought?". I've got a glitch with this keyboard that jumps the cursor all over the page and backs up the cursor on it's own. I didn't find the goof until it was all posted. The very first one I bought was a .22 High Standard Supermatic with half of the front blade gone. I bought it to carry along when checking traps before and after school. I paid $35 cash and got a Hunter leather holster for it too. I had it with me all through high school (literally). I recollect I traded it for a S&W M29 8-3/8" in blue(?) after a few years. Mustang Gregg Ruger Super Single Six Convertible, which unfortunately I no longer have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Arrow Hombre Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A sporterized 03 Springfield when I was 15. Had a Williams peep sight and was butter smooth. Of course I foolishly sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A Ruger Blackawk in .357 with a 4 5/8" barrel. Even though I shoot .44-40 for cowboy I wish I still had that gun. Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Remington 1100 20 gauge automatic shotgun.. still have it. It's also a lighweight model?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Mossberg 640K Chuckster in 22 Magnum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rider Rudy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 First gun i ever bought! Was a H&R nine-shot 22,long gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 In 1990 - Pietta 1858 Remington Cap&Ball w/ adjustable target sights - $99 from the Cabelas catalog Was living in Longview, TX at the time and became a member of the Sabine Valley Muzzleloaders. After that my uncle gave me a .50 cal Hawken kit which I built GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckaroo #13080 Regulator Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My 1st gun was a bolt action .22. A Mossburg 144LS. Purchased it on layaway at Montgomery Wards in Wheaton, Maryland around 1961. Still have it and always will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numa, #17667 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My 10th birthday present was he privilage to buy a "cowboy gun". A Ruger Single Six, cost me $65.00. This was in 1963. Still have it. Carried it daily after school. Wore out two good holsters. Wish I had all the .22's that went out the end of the barrel. Never got a "big gun" till 1975. Numa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 First gun was a colt '60 replica I bought as a theater prop just sold it to a cowboy who could use it. Never even loaded it. First gun I used was a Taurus 357 blued sold it a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketchum Quick, SASS #72923 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 My mom and dad gave me my first few guns as I was too young to buy them myself. The first one I bought was a limited run Vaquero. It had gold scroll engraving on the cylinder, white corian grips, 5 1/2 barrel, blued with faux color case and in ,45 lc. I didn't shoot it a lot and traded it off to buy a Glock 27. KQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogleg Hunter Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Winchester 94, Remington M700, Colt 1911 mk4 series 70. All bought in 1972. Still have the 1911 and the 700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EL NEGRO GATO #8178 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Howdy, I bought a lee enfield in 303 british sporterized, then traded for a savage 99 in 300 savage, then a very used Remington 870 in 12 gauge no rib on barrel. It was tough times in the 60's to be buying too many guns. ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Mom bought me a bolt action mag fed marlin 22. First I bought was Dan Wesson 357. Still have the 357. Edit to fix spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratch, SASS #5245 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 03-A3 Springfield I bought from NRA in 1960 for, if I remember, $16.95 and packed in cosmoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Coles SASS 1188 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The first gun I bought was a Colt New Service in 45 Colt, 7 1/2" barrel and Ivory Grips. It was a nice gun, 80-85% blue. I found it in a little store and the owner thought the ivories were fake (he was wrong) so it was not as expensive as it should have been. It was also back in the day when 45 Colt was a bit of an orphan. I sold it on when I was in the gun business. I still have the first gun I owned, a 3 1/2" S&W ".357 Magnum," which I was given when I turned 18. I also still own the first gun I shot (on my 5th birthday) a 4" 1952 Colt Trooper in 22lr, with ivory grips. Both shoot like ray-guns, but that may just be the result of a lifetime of practice with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 When I was 12 I had a paper route and saved enough money ($125) to by a slightly used Remington 870 Wingmaster (12g) shotgun from the local Billups gas station in Lake Charles, LA, corner of 3rd Avenue and Broad St. I shot a lot of ducks in the marshes of South Louisiana with that gun and still have it today. My dad never really hunted or fished but his brother, my Uncle Raymond did, and I'm thankful to him for dragging me along with his son through the marshes to teach me how to shoot ducks and handle a gun safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 As I stated on the first post . My First new gun I ever bought was a Ruger supper Blackhawk 44 mag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 A Spanish Army surplus Astra 600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.A. Custer 70498 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The first gun I bought was a Colt New Frontier in 22 lr 22 mag I still have it I wished I had kept the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillmore Coffins, SASS #7884 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Remington Nylon 66, chrome and black. I still have a couple of them. One just like the first. Fillmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The year was probably 1968, and the gun was a Colt Frontier Scout. I still have it, and my daughter used it her first year in CAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 First gun: Remington 870 Wingmaster, 30" full choke. Bought at the K-Mart I was at the time working at,which was my first job. This was 1985, and this specific gun was on clearance for $205.00 First Handgun: Colt M1911 makde in 1913. Bought it soon after turning 21 and got my pistol permit. In 1988, I paid $400.00 for it at the Kittery Trading Post in Maine First Rifle: Springfield M1898 Krag rifle in "Phillipine Constabulary" configuration. Purchased in 1985 at a long gone, and missed gun shop called Tom's Handloading. Neither Tom, nor any of the experts I at the time knew, had any idea why what we assumed was a sporterized rifle had been done so to retain it's military look. Don't remember the exact price, but it was "Less than what you would pay for a Ruger 10/22" at the time. Still have them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 12 gauge H&R topper that had been cut to 19 1/2 inch barrel no front bead kicked like a mule so for more punishment I put plastic stock on it still have it. Paid 35 bucks at a flea market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Whiskers Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 The first one I bought was like J Bar,a Colt Frontier Scout.Bought it on lay-a way from the Coast to Coast store here in town when I was 13.That was back in the 50's.Still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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