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Posted: 4/2/2017 11:01:32 PM EDT

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First firearm I ever bought was a Ruger 10/22 with a blue finish and the wooden stock. It was my 18th birthday present to myself on 12/27/2006. I still have and enjoy if to this day and doubt I will ever sell it.

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:02:07 PM EDT

[#2]

Series 80 Stainless Officer's Model

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:07:37 PM EDT

[#3]

The first firearm I bought was a Taurus 1911 9mm.......still got it too

Posted: 4/2/2017 11:11:33 PM EDT

[#4]

Romanian SKS.

Posted: 4/3/2017 12:13:04 AM EDT

[#5]

Remington Model 7 in .243, $325 in 1984. Still have it.

Posted: 4/3/2017 12:45:37 AM EDT

[#6]

In 1995 I bought a Ruger Super Redhawk SS 44 magnum with a 9.5" barrel. I was 16 so dad did the papers and held it till I was 21. I wanted the most powerful handgun with the longest barrel I could get. Lost interest in hunting and it just sat in my safe till last fall when I sold it and used the money for Another black rifle and some ammo. Paid $480 and sold it for $725 with a couple holsters and a box of ammo.

Posted: 4/3/2017 1:01:15 AM EDT

[#7]

Very First - Marlin Model 60!

Posted: 4/3/2017 10:57:42 AM EDT

[#8]

First was a Mini-14 I bought in '83 or '84, in upstate NY, no less (this was long before NY became rabidly anti-2A). Oldest gun that I still have is my HK91 bought in '85.

Posted: 4/3/2017 1:38:35 PM EDT

[#9]

Marlin 795

Posted: 4/3/2017 5:16:36 PM EDT

[#10]

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Mossberg 500A, 18.5" 12ga

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Me too except a combo with a bird barrel.

Posted: 4/3/2017 9:13:16 PM EDT

[#11]

Marlin 795 and a Walter p22 within a week of each other. Sold the p22 but I wish I didn't.

Posted: 4/3/2017 9:24:15 PM EDT

[#12]

Ruger gp100, blue 4 inch barrel.

Posted: 4/4/2017 4:31:24 AM EDT

[#13]

Cant post a pic, got stolen in 1991

. Taurus model 66 .357 that I bought as a security guard from my company then went through the Police Academy with it. Still gone and never recovered.

Posted: 4/4/2017 5:01:11 AM EDT

[#14]

P228 in 1996 I think, with 3 10 round magazines. Box of 50 rounds of 9mm was just under 7 bucks.

Posted: 4/4/2017 5:43:06 AM EDT

[#15]

First gun I bought with my own cash was my Beretta M9 Commercial

(Shown with my OKC M9 bayonet, because yo dawg, we herd you like M9s...

)

Still running strong after all these years, still in use, still my favorite pistol. Some of the best $600 I ever spent. Very accurate, and aside from a couple FTFs when I was first learning to shoot due to limpwristing it, it still has not had its first malfunction. You can't kill that thing.

Posted: 4/4/2017 6:39:22 AM EDT

[#16]

Marlin 81C bolt .22. Bought it at Gold Circle discount store around 1971. Still have it and use it regularly.

Posted: 4/4/2017 7:38:46 AM EDT

[#17]

Ruger 10/22 Deluxe Sporter on my 18th birthday.

Posted: 4/4/2017 8:45:11 AM EDT

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Belgian made? What was the specific configuration?

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Browning ATD built 1971, high school graduation present to myself 1974. 1 of 150 built in this configuration, $150.00. That was a lot of money for a kid making 2.50 per hour on a summer job !

http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu183/RickHarris/Shooting/IMG_0081_zpsajy2wo7f.jpg

Belgian made? What was the specific configuration?

They were all Belgian made back then. 150 were built for the Browning Distributor in Baytown, Texas. It is 22 LR but has the longer barrel of the 22 short and is marked .22 Long Rifle. It is a tack driver. I've never seen another, I suspect they are all around Baytown. I have a Browning letter on it. It only says that 25 were shipped in 1971. Nothing else noted. I know I bought it new in the summer of 1974.

Posted: 4/4/2017 2:46:57 PM EDT

[#19]

H&R six shot revolver in 32 S&W Long with a 2" barrel. Paid $59.00 new in 1974.

Posted: 4/4/2017 3:24:47 PM EDT

[#20]

Bought it two days after I turned 18, the paint only got on there a couple years ago. DPMS A15. Now I'm waiting on a stamp, and itll be a nice little 10.3" guy. Th

Posted: 4/4/2017 3:43:42 PM EDT

[#21]

Paid for Taurus model 82 in 1989 the age of 13 135 bucks, mom had to buy it for me.

First gun i paid for and picked up myself Bulgarian sa93 right before the ban, I paid 400 for the rifle, 4 magazines and 1000 rounds of ammunition.

Posted: 4/4/2017 5:13:50 PM EDT

[#22]

Mosin Nagant m38 in correct stock from LGS or $80. Also killed my first deer with it a few years later.

Posted: 4/4/2017 7:11:59 PM EDT

[#23]

First gun I purchased and paid for myself was a Kimber Series 1 1911 Stainless Classic. I bought it on my 21st birthday. I already had several guns but this was the first I filled out paperwork for and bought myself. That was 19 years ago but I still have it and it shoots like a dream!

Posted: 4/4/2017 7:25:38 PM EDT

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I never took a pic, but in 1987 I bought a Dan Wesson 44V with an 8-inch barrel.

It'd be nice to have one again.

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My first gun was a blued DW too 1984 44 MAG VH........thousands of rounds and hard chrome now. This revolver will be laying on my dead body in the casket and will be handed down to relative or friend when the winning raffle tickets are drawn and adult beverages enjoyed with cigars a blaze when they close the lid:

FU Photobucket

Posted: 4/4/2017 8:30:43 PM EDT

[#25]

Marlin 22 N

Posted: 4/4/2017 8:31:28 PM EDT

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1541/24673882666_1cc59683b3_b.jpg DSC_0360-P89DC by FredMan, on Flickr

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That was the first pistol I bought.

Posted: 4/4/2017 8:36:26 PM EDT

[#27]

PPK. Still have it and carry it most of the time.

Posted: 4/4/2017 9:06:24 PM EDT

[#28]

SVT-40 of all things... still have it.

Posted: 4/4/2017 9:15:35 PM EDT

[#29]

Mine was a Ruger 10/22 had to have my grandpa buy it I was only 13years old. I saved up working hard to get that puppy. I still have it to this day. Blued with wood stock. That was 23 years ago.

Posted: 4/5/2017 12:02:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Glock 17, still have it

Posted: 4/6/2017 10:26:44 PM EDT

[#31]

Ruger Mark I Target 1976 bicentenial model. Bought new for $99. I replaced the extractor and firing pin a few weeks ago and it runs like a champ again!
I lost the original grips years ago and wish I still had them. Anyone have a set?

Posted: 4/7/2017 12:07:32 AM EDT

[#32]

Ruger 10/22

Posted: 4/7/2017 12:50:35 AM EDT

[#33]

Springfield XD 9. Thing shot great but collected dust after I moved on to other pistols. Sold it within the family, so I'm glad it's still being put to good use.

Posted: 4/7/2017 7:37:58 AM EDT

[#34]

It was either an all-matching Russian SKS with blade bayonet for a stupid low price like $150 or an Argentinian FM Hi-Power.

Posted: 4/7/2017 7:41:05 AM EDT

[#35]

Not mine but very similar . . .

Marlin Model 80 with a cheap 4x scope. I think I paid $40.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:05:58 AM EDT

[#36]

Ruger P89

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:19:52 AM EDT

[#37]

Mossberg 535 combo regular barrel and cantilever slug barrel.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:21:13 AM EDT

[#38]

Winchester 1400 12ga 28"

Eventually traded for a nice old Remington 870, which I guess I then sold but don't remember.

Second gun bought was an early Springfield Armory 1911 (Before the GI / Mil Spec / Etc designations) that is fantastic and I'll never get rid of.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:27:49 AM EDT

[#39]

Ruger LCP, bought in 2012, my wife wanted to try churches chicken, the nearest was 30min away, we drive there, order at the drive through and while waiting with the windows down since the weather was nice some shady black guy just stuck his head in the rear window where my son and 3 month old daughter were.
Worse I saw this coming but was blocked by vehicles front and rear of me.

I very lousy asked wtf are you doing!? As I was unarmed. He mumered something and left but the next day I went and bought the LCP and submitted the paperwork to get my GA weapons license. Carried every day sense. Though now it's a G30s.

In that moment of unknown intent, I was afraid for my children for the first time. I swore I wouldn't leave myself vulnerable like that again.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:28:40 AM EDT

[#40]

Mini-14 Ranch Rifle.

I still have it, not sure why.

Second was an AKM clone (SSR85C)

Third was FAL (DSA STG-58 build)

Fourth was M1 Rifle (secondhand from CMP purchaser, H&R)

After that it gets kind of blurry.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:30:35 AM EDT

[#41]

Mi first was either a Stevens double barrel, or a Ruger 10/22. I can't remember which.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:36:24 AM EDT

[#42]

Remington 742 in .308, bought at age 15 with money from my first job. 1979. Still my go-to deer rifle.

Posted: 4/7/2017 8:39:55 AM EDT

[#43]

Norinco SKS

Posted: 4/7/2017 10:21:51 AM EDT

[#44]

S&W 686 combat special in 357 magnum. Was after a python I found back in 83. Went to the bank to get the funds, came back and this hot chick was laying down the cash on the python. Was pissed. Tried to offer her an extra hundred bucks to buy it from her. No way. Couldn't order the python so looked at the S&W. Brought it home. Regret selling it.

Posted: 4/7/2017 7:46:20 PM EDT

[#45]

1988
S&W model 66 6" .357mag

Posted: 4/7/2017 10:17:39 PM EDT

[#46]

1973 a Ruger SBH w/brass grip frame for $75.00. I still have it.

Posted: 4/8/2017 10:31:38 AM EDT

[#47]

Everybody can remember their first gun. How many guys can remember EVERY gun they've owned? I know I couldn't. I've bought and sold so many guns over the years I've forgotten most of them. If you remember every gun you've bought -- or if you still own every gun you've bought -- you're not buying enough guns.

Posted: 4/8/2017 10:50:32 AM EDT

[#48]

HK USP .45 bi-tone. 1998.

Posted: 4/8/2017 11:23:11 AM EDT

[#49]

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Mosin Nagant M44. Still have it. Paid $49.99 for it at a local Dunham's.
Wanted a 91/30 they were selling for $59.99, but they were out.
Wish I could go back in time with some cash and buy several.

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Ditto...although mine was an M38 (No Bayo) in an M44 stock.

Posted: 4/8/2017 11:36:12 AM EDT

[#50]

Ruger P94 back in '95, IIRC. Hated the trigger and the slide mounted safety, so I traded for a Colt 1991A1.
Wish I still had the Colt, but I have been thinking of getting a 1911 again just for shits and giggles. Stainless frame and blued slide would be the tits, with either checkered rosewood or micarta grips. Maybe even in 10mm, just because I can.

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