I'm also one that my 1st gun was a Savage .22/.410 o/u that I still have. The next one was a Win. M97 of my grandfather's that he gave me and I still have it. My grandfather traded a bushel of Black Walnuts and a bicycle for the 97 around 1910. I'd like to know how many rabbits that old 97 killed; I've seen some pics.
Whenever I went back home my uncle would let me use an L.C. Smith, 20 ga. of his to hunt grouse and squirrels with.

My first was also a Winchester 67 I bought used when I was 7 years old I saved up $15 for the gun . My father refinished the stock and my grandfather cold blued the metal . I had it up until about 8 months ago when I donated it to a friends 6 year old !

My first shotgun was an H&R Topper 12 gauge 32" full choke gun I was given for my eighth Christmas . Parents bought it from a company called "Best" for the ungodly sum of $32 brand new .

My first real shotgun was my WW Greener BL 12 gauge with tang safety I paid $425 for that one when I was 14 years old and still have it to this day .

Mine was a Mossberg "Chuckster" in .22 mag. Bought it in 1958 with money I made working at neighboring farms for a $1 per hour. I mounted a 6X Weaver scope on it and pretty near wiped out the woodchuck population in a 4 square mile area surrounding our home farm. Sold it when I left for college in 1960. Don't really miss it cause I have a .22 mag Winchester model 61 with a "baby Redfield" and a model 9422 in the same caliber. Both superb weapons. Talk about a different time--in those days I could earn $5 in an afternoon. I would pick up my now wife Sylvia in my dad's 56 Ford F100, stop for gas ($1 got close to 6 gallons) and go to the movies in Oneonta, NY. I would buy us snacks at the movies and then afterwards, a pizza. After taking Sylvia home, i would still have money left over from the $5.