Your first firearm

[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.

[Grantham Forester]

Originally Posted by Angel Cruz

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

Lo siento- Yo no soy un Marine, pero uno "Swabie"- Que lastima- estatione de Roosevelt Caminoes en Puerto Rico. Y San Juan, casadador de muchas putas, si???

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by Grantham Forester

Lo siento- Yo no soy un Marine, pero uno "Swabie"- Que lastima- estatione de Roosevelt Caminoes en Puerto Rico. Y San Juan, casadador de muchas putas, si???

NO HABLA: But, yes, I did matriculate thru Roosevelt Roads when doing 5" 38 bombardment of Vieques & Culebra and the putas in Old San Juan were memorable to say the least. We tied up in Charagumus (sic) where we did battle with the Jarhead contingent from the EM Club back to the ship.

Best Regards, George

[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.

[Ronald Moore]

Model 660 Remington .308 caliber, I have probably taken over 100 white tails with that gun. Then a model 66 Remington, still have it and original manual it came with.

[Bill Murphy]

Pete, I still have the Outers bullet trap that I got for Christmas when I was about ten years old. I had been using a rural mailbox packed with newspaper. After a few bullets bulged the back end of the mailbox in my bedroom, my parents thought I should have a proper bullet trap. I also still have the mailbox. My first .22, a Model 5 Savage, is long gone.