What was your first gun or rifle? - Page 3

Cyrille · 01-27-2008, 04:43 AM

My first rifle-gun was a .22 single-shot Remmington model 514 I still have it.

texnmidwest · 01-27-2008, 06:31 AM

My first gun was a Gibson's discount store single shot 410, follow by a Ted Williams 22lr single shot. Well, those weren't really mine. My grandfather bought them for me and my brother to shoot. I have the 410 and my brother now has the 22. I was 8 or 9 at the time. Then there was a loooonng dry spell. The first gun I bought for myself was an 1100 Left Hand SA skeet. I had to turn 18 before I could buy it and the minute I turned 18 I ordered it from a local gun shop.

knightRider · 01-27-2008, 10:16 AM

My first rifle is a Ak47 sar-1 before i bought it, i joined here and asked about gunshows

and I asked what kind of ak to get, Heres the ak, and34:

: and heres to more GunandGame years for us All CHEERS FRIENDS POST 1184

Cyrano · 01-27-2008, 05:54 PM

My apologies for intruding on the Lady Shooter's forum, but I don't think the question is gender-specific.

My first was an odd duck my Dad got for doing some engine work on a guy's car. It looked like a Ruger 10/22 but was a single shot .22 (Short, Long or LR) that loaded via a trapdoor in the top and ejected automatically out the bottom. There was a manual ejector lever for clearing cases that failed to eject that looked like it came off an M-1 carbine. It had leaf spring rear sights and a front post with a bead on the rear face. Barrel length was about 18 inches. Safety was on the rear of the receiver convenient to your thumb. I can't remember who the manufacturer was and I've never seen another one like it.

Dad taught me how to shoot with that piece. It was stolen from over my fireplace in New Hampshire in the early 1980s along with a brick of .22LR on the mantelpiece while I was away one weekend. The local cops said it was probably kids (they stole a bottle of whiskey and a six-pack out of the kitchen too), took a report and did nothing.

Anyone think they could identify the maker and model from the information I gave? I'm really curious.

stitchclimber · 01-27-2008, 07:05 PM

I learned to shoot with a Remington bolt .22, and a Winchester 94 30-30. My first gun I owned, was a savage 110 .308 rifle.

01-27-2008, 06:31 AM	#42
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,357	My first gun was a Gibson's discount store single shot 410, follow by a Ted Williams 22lr single shot. Well, those weren't really mine. My grandfather bought them for me and my brother to shoot. I have the 410 and my brother now has the 22. I was 8 or 9 at the time. Then there was a loooonng dry spell. The first gun I bought for myself was an 1100 Left Hand SA skeet. I had to turn 18 before I could buy it and the minute I turned 18 I ordered it from a local gun shop. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

01-27-2008, 10:16 AM	#43
knightRider Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: you know where Posts: 2,680 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 11	My first rifle is a Ak47 sar-1 before i bought it, i joined here and asked about gunshows <I WAS A NEWBIE we all are at one time> and I asked what kind of ak to get, Heres the ak, and34:: and heres to more GunandGame years for us All CHEERS FRIENDS POST 1184 __________________ I'm part kalishnakov, part heckler and Koch. Last edited by knightRider; 01-27-2008 at 10:18 AM.

01-27-2008, 07:05 PM	#45
stitchclimber Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The great northwest Posts: 945	I learned to shoot with a Remington bolt .22, and a Winchester 94 30-30. My first gun I owned, was a savage 110 .308 rifle. __________________ turning up the radio, got just enough religion and a half tank of gas...

01-27-2008, 04:43 AM	#41
Cyrille Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 1,834	My first rifle-gun was a .22 single-shot Remmington model 514 I still have it.

01-27-2008, 05:54 PM	#44
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,285	My apologies for intruding on the Lady Shooter's forum, but I don't think the question is gender-specific. My first was an odd duck my Dad got for doing some engine work on a guy's car. It looked like a Ruger 10/22 but was a single shot .22 (Short, Long or LR) that loaded via a trapdoor in the top and ejected automatically out the bottom. There was a manual ejector lever for clearing cases that failed to eject that looked like it came off an M-1 carbine. It had leaf spring rear sights and a front post with a bead on the rear face. Barrel length was about 18 inches. Safety was on the rear of the receiver convenient to your thumb. I can't remember who the manufacturer was and I've never seen another one like it. Dad taught me how to shoot with that piece. It was stolen from over my fireplace in New Hampshire in the early 1980s along with a brick of .22LR on the mantelpiece while I was away one weekend. The local cops said it was probably kids (they stole a bottle of whiskey and a six-pack out of the kitchen too), took a report and did nothing. Anyone think they could identify the maker and model from the information I gave? I'm really curious.