My first purchase is a Ruger 10/22. I also have an heirloom Winchester 1890s octagon-barrel .22 short.

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Oct 21, 2020
2:51:21pm

jdub FORMER USER

My first purchase is a Ruger 10/22. I also have an heirloom Winchester 1890s octagon-barrel .22 short.

It was my grandpa's gun, and I inherited it from my dad. Mine is exactly like this one, except mine has ancient wrapping on the stock where it cracked:

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What was your first gun?

I'mYourHuckleberry

10/21/20 2:12pm

Remington 700 BDL 7mm Rem Mag.

Ragnar Danneskjold

10/21/20 2:13pm

9mm Smith & Wesson handgun. I don't remember the exact model

Food Snob

10/21/20 2:13pm

Me too. 669

sakar12

10/21/20 2:14pm

Me too. SD9.

Jazzyturtle

10/21/20 2:19pm

Glock 19

byuluvr

10/21/20 2:14pm

Ruger .22LR. I still have it and shoot it more than any other gun I own.

JAGA97

10/21/20 2:14pm

Not counting air rifles, mine was a .22 bolt action rifle at 12 years old

Bar7h

10/21/20 2:14pm

Will it be the same gun you got?

I'mYourHuckleberry

10/21/20 2:15pm

No, I'm giving him a new one - a Thompson T/C 22. I'm already a little jealous.

Bar7h

10/21/20 2:17pm

Tactical Mossberg 500

El Careeb

10/21/20 2:14pm

Browning bps 12g. In composite. 30 inch barrel. Still use it today

crimedog

10/21/20 2:14pm

a Winchester 30-30

10/21/20 2:15pm

Taurus judge. Want a concealable shotgun? or just a big pistol.

Cougarclaw

10/21/20 2:17pm

Remington 870 Pump. Wingmaster, 20 ga.

CosmoK

10/21/20 2:17pm

Colt Python .357 magnum

EEcougar

10/21/20 2:18pm

That's a serious first gun. Do you still have it?

Penske Material

10/21/20 2:30pm

I inherited it from my father in law... i think it was his first. Never had one

EEcougar

10/21/20 3:08pm

RE: I inherited it from my father in law... i think it was his first. Never had

Penske Material

10/21/20 3:12pm

I once owned a squirt gun

chilango

10/21/20 2:18pm

This one. I think it was green.

O Gaucho

10/21/20 2:18pm

Ruger 10/22 at 12 for the best Christmas of my life

Druick

10/21/20 2:19pm

On this topic, to this day I want a Ruger 10/22. Everyone had one!

CosmoK

10/21/20 2:20pm

Remington 700 243

airwolf

10/21/20 2:21pm

I got a 410 single shot for Christmas when I was 11-years old. That was 50 years ago. I still have it. I downed a lot...

Brisco

10/21/20 2:21pm

Ruger 10/22

CircleTen

10/21/20 2:22pm

Benelli Nova Pump 12 gauge

Kelbob

10/21/20 2:22pm

Boating accident?

10/21/20 2:46pm

Browning auto 5 20 ga shotgun. Still have and use it today.

10/21/20 2:22pm

Biceps Brachii

StalwartBraveTrue

10/21/20 2:24pm

And the second was like unto it.

StalwartBraveTrue

10/21/20 2:24pm

Ruger .22 revolver six shot followed by a Lorcin 380 semiauto

CBaass

10/21/20 2:24pm

Remington 572 pump action 22 when I was 10. I traded it to my brother for his

Penske Material

10/21/20 2:28pm

I got a .22 for my 12th birthday. Still have it today

thaws

10/21/20 2:31pm

Ithaca Model 51 semi 12 ga. Though .22 Benjamin pellet gun was really first. The

MatthiasPhunkHausen

10/21/20 2:38pm

Winchester 308 lever action

relic

10/21/20 2:38pm

Sweet first gun.

a priori

10/21/20 2:48pm

It is! I found it at a small sporting goods store in American Fork in 1978...

relic

10/21/20 6:34pm

My first purchase is a Ruger 10/22. I also have an heirloom Winchester 1890s octagon-barrel .22 short.

jdub

10/21/20 2:51pm

Springfield XD .40 (10 round CA compliant)

10/21/20 2:51pm

Marlin .22 semiautomatic

fldnstrm

10/21/20 3:11pm

Same. Dad bought his sons a .22 when we turned 12. It was much better than the

BYUMizzou

10/21/20 3:15pm

same for me.

oryguncoug

10/21/20 3:26pm

The zoomin Toobin 9mm

10/21/20 3:14pm

RE: The zoomin Toobin 9mm

BYU Grounds

10/21/20 4:26pm

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JimmyZ

10/21/20 4:30pm

Well, do blanks count?

10/21/20 4:33pm

Single shot 20 ga.

Moab Rising

10/21/20 3:17pm

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ArcticKat

10/21/20 3:38pm

Browning BL22- lever action when I was 10 or 11 years old.

dryflycoug

10/21/20 4:10pm

Still have my Browning BL22 - its my all time favorite

oilman

10/21/20 5:02pm

Me too. Got if for Christmas when I was 8. Still have it. I’m 44.

10/21/20 8:32pm

.45 Ruger handgun

BYU Grounds

10/21/20 4:25pm

Kimber Super Carry Pro

Radioactive Coug

10/21/20 5:37pm

.50 bmg.

TN_Coug

10/21/20 7:07pm

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