Your first firearm

[Robert Delk]

Colt 1911 with a 4 digit serial number that had been welded shut and painted red.Hit my brother on the head with it and it disappeared.

[Blind Dog]

"My" first gun was and is (see below) an H&R 20 Topper my Dad got for the family when I was 12. The first firearm that I bought with my own money was a Swedish Lahti military pistol in 9mm with Holster and two extra mags and cleaning rod. I was 14 at the time; and, saw the add in F&S from Klien's of Chicago (later, Oswald's supplier). I sent in the order form with my true age and a postal money order for about $25 as I recall and Klien's wrote back that I would have to have a parent sign for it but kept my money. So, I had to tell Dad what I had in mind. He did sign for it but took possession, keeping it with our other guns. He also bought a box of shells for it for $5, big money back then. We shot it in the basement into the coal bin, pretty loud. About 10 years later, I traded it for a Hi Standard target .22.

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

I got my first gun from my Uncle Sam back in Sept. of 75 in a place call Paris Island. The cheap bastard took it back..

[Grantham Forester]

Originally Posted by Angel Cruz

I got my first gun from my Uncle Sam back in Sept. of 75 in a place call Paris Island. The cheap bastard took it back..

Creo que se escribe "Parris" Island, no es verdad, amigo??

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by Grantham Forester

Creo que se escribe "Parris" Island, no es verdad, amigo??

"Ther's gators in them swamps all around PI private and they'll eat ya if'n you try to escape"

[OLD GEEZER]

Cateye Marbles single shot. Gary my hunting buddy brother and myself cut the handle off a push lawn mower and whittled a handle out of wood. I would hold the gun upright at a angle and Gary would light a black cat fire cracker, drop it down the tube and then the cateye marble. The first time we did it we didn't see were the marble went so on the next firing I pointed it at the garage and blew a nice hole right through the side. I never did tell our dad how that got there. Thomas

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Originally Posted by Grantham Forester

Creo que se escribe "Parris" Island, no es verdad, amigo??

Asi se escribe "Parris" Island. Que bruto!!

[Jim DiSpagno]

My first gun was a Stevens Springfield mod.84, too big so quickly followed a Marlin mod.100. The 84 was cut down for my sister who quickly lost interest. It now resides all redone with Chris Dawes' kids. The Marlin was given to a friends son who ironically is the great nephew of the man who gave the gun to my father for me. The first acquired in 1958. First shotgun was a J.C. Higgins .410 SS bolt, probably made by Marlin in 1959 and the first double was a Savage Fox mod. BSE in 1961. That gun resides with, a then boy who my father took under his wing at age 12 and is still my good friend today.
So I know where they are and am damn proud of their places in life. They represent a long history of family and friends.

[Dean Romig]

My first was a Remington .22 clip fed bolt action on Christmas in 1958 because I would be 10 in three more weeks. I and my three brothers had a lot of fun with that rifle. For whatever reason, my two younger brothers are now anti's but my older brother is still an avid shooter. That rifle was a great learning tool and my Dad always said that a BB gun was much too dangerous in the hands of a kid and as far as this "kid" is concerned, he was right.... I may not have respected a BB gun he way I respected that .22

About ten years ago I donated the .22 to the Andover Sportsmen's Club for their youth shooting program.

[Mills]

Mine was an 870 Wingmaster 20 gauge, with English stock.