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Posted: 6/27/2003 9:13:26 AM EDT

[#1]

10/22 the only thing still left of it that hasn't been replaced/upgraded is the reciever and bolt

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:14:45 AM EDT

[#2]

Colt AR-15 Sporter Lightweight. Purchased for $550 in 1992.

It's now my prized pre-ban M4gery! [:D]

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:17:27 AM EDT

[#3]

Marlin Model 60, .22 bolt rifle...

I still have it and will never part with it.

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:18:04 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
For all of you Kali's....I was born at Redlands Hosp. in Redlands Ca. when I was not even a hour old, my grandpa came into the room and gave me a Mod. 69 Winchester .22

Try that now....[BD]

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Closest I can come to that is signing my first daughter as an NRA member when she was 4 days old, and my youngest daugter when she was twelve hours old.

[beer] to your grandpa!

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:19:26 AM EDT

[#5]

Beretta 92 FS, I still have it.

Thousands of rounds have been shot through it, never had a single problem with it.

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:22:16 AM EDT

[#6]

My first was a H&K USP 9mm.

The 40's were on back order, so I got the 9. When the 40 came in, I sold the 9 to my brother.
Before I got the 40, the crime bill passed.

The 9 held 15 rounds, the 40 holds 10.

[b]Since then, I have never sold another gun.[/b]

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:28:01 AM EDT

[#7]

Savage 24v 222/20ga Dad bought it when I was 2 for me to grow into it.. 8 years ago through my stupidity, its the only rifle I didn't sell. The only New-Years resolution I kept, year 2000, getting back into shooting, I am still here[:)] Now I swear I will never sell another firearm.

[img]http://home.epix.net/~rmeier/PICS/24v-2%20copy.jpg[/img]

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:31:58 AM EDT

[#8]

In 1979 I bought myself a Ruger Old Model Super Single Six .22 with a 6 1/2" barrel.

Back then, a Bargain Mart newspaper and some cash was all you needed to pick up just about any gun you wight want.

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:35:04 AM EDT

[#9]

Colt SP1 Sporter purchased in 1973 NIB for $199.99.

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:36:33 AM EDT

[#10]

My first gun: an old pre-SN Winchester Model 67 .22 single-shot bolt action that had been through a house fire and been refinished. My grandfather gave it to me when I was quite young. HIS father (a woodworker) had hand-made the replacement stock - a beautiful, slender walnut job with brass embellishments & a Schnaebel (sp.?) forend. I never really appreciated that rifle (aesthetically or sentimentally) until I was an adult - I certainly wish I had shown more appreciation to my grandfather regarding it when he was alive, but you know how kids are. I still have it and, of course, wouldn't part with it.

First gun I bought: a Mossberg 500 Cruiser in 12 gauge, on the day of my 18th birthday (being able to legally purchase my own gun was for me what turning 16 and getting a driver's license is to most teenagers). I still have it, but several years ago I turned it into a Bullpup with one of those kits from Gun Parts Corporation.

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:41:38 AM EDT

[#11]

Christmas 1958...(11 Y.O.) Mossberg bolt action 410 shotgun w/ adjustable choke...still got it...[:D] I also got a lead soldier kit ..poured my own molten lead into molds..[shock] drank water thru a garden hose too...don't know how I've managed to survive this long...[rolleyes]

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:45:15 AM EDT

[#12]

First [b]Gun[/b] - a 5" 54 caliber Naval Dual Purpose Gun (anti-surface/anti-air) [:)]

First Pistol - S&W 422
First Rifle - Feather AT-22

Posted: 6/27/2003 9:47:10 AM EDT

[#13]

H&R Youth Model single shot 20 ga. shotgun.

Man those were the days!

Wooo Wooooo!

BigDozer66

Posted: 6/27/2003 10:03:06 AM EDT

[#14]

H&R single shot 12 ga.

Posted: 6/27/2003 10:25:53 AM EDT

[#15]

Remington 870 express magnum. I love it to this day. The first gun I perchased myself was a Bushmaster.

Posted: 6/27/2003 10:41:55 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
HK USPc .40, that I still carry. That was about 8 years ago.

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Me too, weird...

First rifle was a Bushmaster which I sold to a friend and recently bought back.

Posted: 6/27/2003 10:49:30 AM EDT

[#17]

Ruger 10/22 with 30 round clip and 5 extra 10 round cylinder clips. 98% condition all for $125. This was back in 1993.

My first "gun" really was a Crossman .177 cal.

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:05:45 AM EDT

[#18]

Bushmaster A2 20"

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:25:33 AM EDT

[#19]

My first firearm was a Marlin 25N that my dad and grandma got for me when I was 11.

I love that thing.

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:30:01 AM EDT

[#20]

My first gun was a Glock 19, bought it on my 21st birthday.

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:33:07 AM EDT

[#21]

Ruber Mark I .22 with bull barrel. I gor it when I was 16 and have had it for a bit over 20 years. Still good as new.

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:33:13 AM EDT

[#22]

Good ol 12 guage pump. When I was 16, got it from the old man.

Posted: 6/27/2003 11:52:49 AM EDT

[#23]

Well first was a daisy red ryder followed shortly by a marlin semi auto .22 Still have the .22 and I'd imagine the daisy is at the folks house somewhere.

Posted: 6/27/2003 12:03:56 PM EDT

[#24]

My first center fire gun ever was M686 357 Mag. with 6" barrel. I was 21 yo and I had magnum fever... [:)]

MN

Posted: 6/27/2003 12:31:38 PM EDT

[#25]

SIG P226 that I purchased in West Germany in 1990. Now it's got close to 44,000 rounds through it and it's still a great (if large) piece.

Posted: 6/27/2003 12:35:04 PM EDT

[#26]

Pistol, Ruger Single Six, three screw model. Rifle, Marlin 780 .22. Still have both....

Posted: 6/27/2003 12:36:08 PM EDT

[#27]

Winchester 9422 lever-action, given to me by my father when I was about 12 years old.

Chris

Posted: 6/27/2003 12:44:45 PM EDT

[#28]

First Rifle: Marlin Rem .35 336C

First Shotgun: Remington 1100 12ga. 2 3/4"

First Pistol: Walther PPK .22LR

First Woman: Marianne S.

First Dog: Tsarina, German Shepard

First Car: 1967 2-Door Tempest Gold 328cin.

... sorry got carried away! [banana]

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:01:01 PM EDT

[#29]

Marlin model 60. Still have most of it. Playing amateur gunsmith had a way of taking its toll.
First pistol was a high standard double derringer in .22 mag, I delivered pizzas for a few years and it made me feel a bit better in certain areas late at night.
First centefire was a Chinese Mosin M44, I blame that gun for both getting me into reloading and inspiring me to get a C&R license. Oh the money I have spent....

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:25:01 PM EDT

[#30]

Mossberg bolt action 410. Got it in about 1951. I thought we had to be the richest people on earth for me to have a gun that nice. Bad thing is, I don't have a clue where it is today.

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:31:44 PM EDT

[#31]

Single shot bolt action .22 (Mossberg manuf Montgomery Wards WesternField)
H&R singleshot 12gauge, 1rst shotgun
M43 Spanish 8x57 Mauser (M98) 1st centerfire rifle & first C&R
Navy Arms brass frame 1858 Remington cap & ball .44 revolver, 1st handgun
Mossberg M500 8 shot 12g riotgun, 1st gun I bought for myself.

Still have all of them.

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:43:17 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
1917 date P-08 Luger Royal Armory of Eurfurt. All matching, original.

Editted to add pic.

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Day..umm! Did you purchase this yourself, Steyr, or was it inherited (bring back?)

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:48:30 PM EDT

[#33]

First gun that someone [i]gave[/i] me was a 22 rifle. First one I bought myself was Colt Python Blue w/vent rib 6inch circa 1975ish- Oh yeah! Wish I still had it [:(]

Posted: 6/27/2003 1:53:33 PM EDT

[#34]

My first rifle was an AR15. I have sold that rifle.

Posted: 6/27/2003 2:08:48 PM EDT

[#35]

Since I was born and raised in Brooklyn NY I started late...I bought one of those "New Plastic Guns" a Glock G23.

The 1st in a unfortunately long list of guns I should not have sold.

Posted: 6/27/2003 2:11:30 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
SNIP
First I broke: East German Makarov (several times)
All becomes fuzzy after that.

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How the hell did you break a Makarov...? This I gotta hear!

Posted: 6/27/2003 2:17:34 PM EDT

[#37]

marlin 25n .22 and an h&r .410 single shot

Posted: 6/27/2003 2:37:16 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
Browning .22 auto with stock feed and bottom action/cartige ejection. Looks like a heroin skinny shotgun. My dad now has it and sorry I don't know the model.

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That was the first gun I ever fired! I was 4 years old, my father and grandfather took me out into the woods north of San Antone and taught me to shoot it. He still has it. The first gun I ever bought was an Olympic Arms HBAR AR-15, but I have a small collection of guns given to me by family that started when I was 9 with a Marlin lever action 30-30.

Posted: 6/27/2003 2:48:00 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
My first gun: an old pre-SN Winchester Model 67 .22 single-shot bolt action.....

Hey that's MY 1st gun too!(5yrs old)
(STILL have it)

Posted: 6/27/2003 3:04:05 PM EDT

[#40]

Turned 18 last month. So far I got an RRA M4 Upper and awaiting a Stinger Arms lower as the wait on the RRA complete lowers has been too long.

Posted: 6/27/2003 3:04:38 PM EDT

[#41]

hey steyr,
That is the nicest firearm I have seen posted in this forum in long time. Lugers like that are not very common. I will now have to take your posts more seriously, DAMMAIT! j/k

I will take a pic of a friends collection and post it for any of the other luger drones out there. It consists of several VERY nice pistols as well as a factory cut-away and various other items.

CH

Posted: 6/27/2003 3:44:50 PM EDT

[#42]

High Standard 22LR 9 shot revolver, single action. Sprayed lead from every chamber.

Ruger 10/22 came next...$50 used!

Then Ruger M77 220 Swift, Winchester M70 243, M70 264 WM, etc, etc, etc...

Never looked back...and I do not plan to stop.

Posted: 6/27/2003 3:51:32 PM EDT

[#43]

My first gun was a WesternField M865 .22 lever action (built by Mossberg and the same as their 602 I think). My grandfather gave it to me when I turned 14. I still have it.

Posted: 6/27/2003 3:57:19 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
How the hell did you break a Makarov...? This I gotta hear!

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Well, first the slidestop/ejector broke into two pieces, replaced that. Then some other part (forgot which) disintegrated, replaced that too, and to top it all, the slide started to crack (pics available) so I sold her to ...well, I just sold her.
Was a fun and accurate gun, caught lots of shit for buying it (this was before the E.German Makarov C&R craze) and I really liked her, but in the end not worth the hassle. Sticking to wartime P-38s since then :-)

Posted: 6/27/2003 4:09:28 PM EDT

[#45]

It's sounds like your misfortune w/your Mak changed the statistics for the rest of us...You got every problem so the rest of us could be bug free.

Posted: 6/28/2003 4:48:23 AM EDT

[#46]

Marlin 336 in 35 Rem

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