The first firearm I ever shot.

[Redtbird]

Like Sartwell above, the first rifle I shot was the M-14 issued to me in basic training for the Army. That's why I like my Springfield Armory M-1A so much!

 

[STEEL CORE]

M-1 Garand, age 10, from a picnic table, next thing I knew I was flat on my back on the ground, rifle on top of me, ringing ears, and people laughing at me.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

First gun I shot was a Mossberg bolt action .410. Loved that little gun. Next was Dad's old Stevens double barrel 12 gauge, which I still have.

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

I would go to summer camp, for 1-2 weeks, every summer from age 8 to 13 - in the good ol' Blue Ridge mountains of South Carolina. There were lots of competitions and games etc and along with obstacle courses, lazy rivers (real ones)...they have a really nice outdoor rifle range with a dozen stalls/lanes. Each lane was equipped with a gorgeous Marlin model 60 (and of course eye, ear protection...lots of .22lr). I looked forward to those shooting sessions every year as I had no family members who owned any firearms. For my first times shooting...I wasn't bad...although the good old Marlins were probably a lot more accurate than I was!

 

[freekforge]

I think it was a .22 chipmunk when i was just a couple years old. It was my brothers first gun and he gave it to me when he got his NEF 12ga fast forward a few years and it was also the first gun my sister shot I tried to give it to her but she didn't want it so i put it back for just in case i have kids.

 

[MiNDRiVE]

S&W 586 loaded with magnums. My dad thought it was funny.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Savage 22 over 410 that my great grandfather won on some game show back in the day

 

[maceace]

brazilian colt 1911 for me

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Long gun: Stevens bolt-action, magazine fed .22 OR a Stevens Crackshot in .25 Stevens (both were on the "firing line", the dump of my greatgrandfather's farm in Sullivan County), I do not remember which was first, I was 5.

Handgun: .32 top break, maybe H&R. 5th grade during Spring Break in Kane, Pennsyvlania.

 

[chezuki]

I believe it was my father's 10/22, the one I have now.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

I believe it was my father's 10/22, the one I have now.

Nice! I shot rifleman with my father 10/22 which he had given me recently

 

[Cuttingedge]

Beretta .22 flip top pistola

 

[FreeFAL]

Mine was a mosin in my uncles backyard. Age 8 and I loved it. He have it to me that christmas with a 440 rd tin of ammo. Still got it in the safe.

 

[ru44mag]

I don't remember how old I was... maybe 12 or 13. I remember the gun well. It was a Winchester model 97 12 ga. My brother-in-law and his dad thought it would be funny to load it with a deer slug. I hit the coffee can, and turned with a big smile. I think they expected something else. It wasn't long after that, they started taking me deer hunting with them.

 

[jamesb]

My grandfather taught me to shoot and when he passed he left me all three of the guns I first shot.

A Marlin A-1 22 S,L,LR which was the first gun I ever shot.


A 1953 16ga Belgium Brown A5 which was the first shotgun I ever shot and which goes out at least once a season to hunt squirrels like my grandfather used to.


And a Remington 743 Woodsmaster, the first center fire rifle I shot.

Jim

 

[cmr13]

I had a similiar experience this year. My dad passed away from cancer and a bunch of old pictures were pulled out for the funeral. One was of me, him, and my grandpa as I was pulling the trigger for the first time on an old .410

I am sure I fired a .22 of some kind, but the one I remember, is the .410 shotgun .....

First gun I shot was a Mossberg bolt action .410. Loved that little gun. Next was Dad's old Stevens double barrel 12 gauge, which I still have.

Savage 22 over 410 that my great grandfather won on some game show back in the day

First gun I ever shot was our .410 as well. We still have it and use it. No idea of the model or anything.

 

[85s10]

When I was a kid, I would sneak my Dad's 22 out of the house and shoot rats in the barn.

 

[Hkindiana]

At age 6 my uncle handed me a double barrel 12 gauge shotgun and had me fire both barrels at once. I managed to stay on my feet, and despite the pain in my shoulder, I was hooked on firearms for their sheer power.

 

[d30carls]

Glenfield/ marlin model 60 22lr i was 7 still have the gun today my grandfater taught my dad to shoot with it my dad I and recently got my boys started with it they arent quite trust worthy yet but they sit on my lap and we load one at a time with it some say i started to early because they are 4 & 5 but i love hearing them ask me if we can go to the range makes my day

 

[clbrock18]

Mine was a Rossi pump action 22 in nickel. Great little rifle.