What was the first gun you owned ? Include pics.

[K-Bizzle]

Serious parody thread.
Also post the age at which you got it.

Mine was a 12 guage Winchester 1200 pump shotgun.
Got it for Christmas when I was 12 (rural Indiana ).

[ajaxlepinski]

Israeli made, Semi-auto Uzi. Sold it so, no pics.

It had the long barrel, to make it legal without a pistol permit... you had to add a barrel cover to make it look cool.
Looked like this:

[BroSlinger]

Swiss K31 - age 25?

[K-Bizzle]

Semi-auto Uzi. Sold it so, no pics.

It had the long barrel, to make it legal without a pistol permit... looked like this:

Mine was just google image searched just copy/pasta.

[Chris Z]

[ajaxlepinski]

^^^ ^^^

I guess mine was the Johnny Eagle M-14. The clip took spring loaded, plastic cartridges.

[BroSlinger]

the first squirt gun I can remember was an Uzi pistol.

I was an 80's/90's kid, so everything looked like a Mac-10 or an Uzi.

[Sasquatch]

new england firearms pardner 12ga single shot. it was a barrel mounted on a tiny piece of wood.




this picture really shows how little wood it had which resulted in maximum recoil force transferring into your shoulder.

[newholland]

never owned my own gun, but spent a lot of time with an old ruger bolt action .22. bout the extent of it.

[itchyfingers]

My mom was dead set against me having toy guns. This was working well until my cousin, 2 years older, came to visit with a virtual arsenal of weapons. After their visit, my mom saw me out back using sticks that looked like pistols and rifles.

The only people that had guns where I was growing up were cops and gangbangers. It wasn't until I was in my 20s that I did some proper white trash target shooting and had a great time. My brother in law gave me this Sig Mosquito when I was in my mid-30s, but its always felt like I'm borrowing it...


A couple years later I bought this Mossberg 500.


Thread will probably give me gun gas...

[Loop Bizkit]

First one was a breakbarrel Remington 20ga. I was 11 or 12. Used it to shoot clays, and deer hunt with my dad.


Great thread, good memories!

[BroSlinger]

Here’s my favorite rifle. Not my pic, but the only difference is the grip.

[IndyWS6]

A 1920's era Colt .45 revolver and Winchester Model 94. Technically they were my dad's, but I got them when he died (I was 18). I gave the Colt to his brother as a keepsake and I still have the Winchester...

[_ej_]

Swiss K31 - age 25?

Gene, thats a straight pull bolt action right?

[BroSlinger]

Gene, thats a straight pull bolt action right?

Sure is. It's still one of my favorite guns. It's shoots dime sized groups at 75 yds.

kicks like a mule. 7.5x55 is a fairly big cartridge. sounds like a little missile. Ammo is getting tough to come by though. Luckily, I picked some up in the last shipment. Mine is a 1943 walnut stock. Issued to a gent named Alfred Mavitz in Basil Switzerland.

[_ej_]

Gene, thats a straight pull bolt action right?

Sure is. It's still one of my favorite guns. It's shoots dime sized groups at 75 yds.

kicks like a mule. 7.5x55 is a fairly big cartridge. sounds like a little missile. Ammo is getting tough to come by though. Luckily, I picked some up in the last shipment. Mine is a 1943 walnut stock. Issued to a gent named Alfred Mavitz in Basil Switzerland.

I've fired one of those and also I believe the K35...? I could have that wrong, but it was another straight pull Swiss rifle. My buddy is a gun nut and has brought them over a few times.

As a mechanical engineer, those rifles are a thing of beauty. I love them so much.

[BroSlinger]

http://www.swissrifles.com/sr/index.html

K11?
1905?

[_ej_]

http://www.swissrifles.com/sr/index.html

K11?
1905?

Yes, thats it.

I don't think he has either anymore for the ammo cost reason you mentioned

He still has a post war Enfield that I love. It kicks like a horse but it feels so nice.

[Kardula]

Remington 870, after my car got broken into twice, wife and I decided it was time for a home security system. I'm not worried about the car, but in case it escalates to something else, I'd rather have it and never need it. I put a magpul stock on it, because I'm a mall ninja

[BroSlinger]

Lots of magpul stuff works totally fine.

Their only questionable stuff, IME:
AK mags - not very durable.
AK Zhukov stock (great functionality, but plastic hinge that *can* break)
iphone 6 case was a piece of shit.

[Kardula]

Lots of magpul stuff works totally fine.

Their only questionable stuff, IME:
AK mags - not very durable.
AK Zhukov stock (great functionality, but plastic hinge that *can* break)
iphone 6 case was a piece of shit.

It was a joke, I enjoy the few things I have from them. Even the military used their pmags for a time if I recall.

[JerEvil]

Only one I have ever owned...

[IndyWS6]

Marlin Model 60 .22LR

I was probably 6-7? I got a Crossman 760 for my 5th birthday, and upgraded to that a few years later.



Can't wait to teach my son firearm safety and have a blast shooting with him.

I bought one of those at Ayr-Way (chain department store...) when I was maybe 12 years old. I still have it. It's still fun to shoot but has always required CCI Mini-Mags; if you use cheap ammo, it starts to jam by the 10th round...

[Pepi]

In my gun cabinet today ...

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_37

[IndyWS6]

Marlin Model 60 .22LR

I was probably 6-7? I got a Crossman 760 for my 5th birthday, and upgraded to that a few years later.



Can't wait to teach my son firearm safety and have a blast shooting with him.

I bought one of those at Ayr-Way (chain department store...) when I was maybe 12 years old. I still have it. It's still fun to shoot but has always required CCI Mini-Mags; if you use cheap ammo, it starts to jam by the 10th round...

Have you done a deep cleaning lately? Most rimfires run dirty, and I've noticed this one is extra bad about it. Every 2-3 times out, I'll strip and soak the bolt in CLP. Always run cheap bulk packs with no issues.

Never seemed to matter. Anything but CCI's and it would jam in a hurry...