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DayandNight1701

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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:16:10 PM EDT

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Was a beat to hell Ruger P85/89 I paid $115 for. (I cant remember the exact model as they were essentially the same gun, except there was some kind of modification that was done to the p85s to prevent discharge when using the de cocker if I recall)

Regardless, I traded it straight across for a Springfield 1911 after about a year but I found a photo of it in the background of this photo circa like 2004, I was 22-23, AWB had just expired, my buddy worked at a pawn shop so I found some pretty good deals on my first couple firearms.

Good times

I did actually replace it with an equally beat up P95 a couple years ago as tribute to that ugly, heavy, and reliable pistol.

Edit- I just realized my SKS is in the photo. It was my brothers gun at the time. He was only 19 so he couldn't buy a pistol, so he bought that SKS, so I have his first gun. I put it all back to stock though. Damn I feel old seeing these photos.

Southernman077 Oh, I'm a Good Ol' Rebel Joined Mar 2006 Posts 27886 EE 0% (0) TN, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:16:49 PM EDT [#1] Of course.
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MrGoodkat Joined Mar 2008 Posts 25574 EE 100% (3) FM, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:18:00 PM EDT [#2] Marlin 60

whiskerz Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 133669 EE 100% (34) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:19:58 PM EDT [#3] No sadly I do not.
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Mr-Mockingbird Member Joined Nov 2020 Posts 2098 EE 100% (5) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:10 PM EDT [#4] TriStar T120 (a rebranded Canik Shark which was Turkey's take on a Jericho 941 with an aluminum frame) Still got it and still very enjoyable to shoot

wolfdentd Joined Sep 2001 Posts 7603 EE 100% (13) IRQ	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:17 PM EDT [#5] First gun I ever bought was a Davis .380 POS that cut my hand everytime it cycled. I got rid of it thank God and started buying reliable firearms that didn't injure the shooter

JLAudio Shoot guns and make money Joined Oct 2013 Posts 6281 EE 100% (83) UT, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:42 PM EDT [#6] Stag AR circa 2007, yes still have it all

35Whelen700 Joined Dec 2007 Posts 8691 EE 100% (5) MT, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:22:17 PM EDT [#7] Yes. A Marlin 15Y Little Buckaroo .22. 40 years later, it still makes it to the range on occasion.

BURN Taco Hack with Leporiphobia Joined Feb 2001 Posts 49543 EE 100% (4) NM, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:22:30 PM EDT [#8] My first pistol but not my first gun which was a marlin model 60.
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DrRemulak Member Joined Nov 2013 Posts 16003 EE 100% (25) PA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:23:09 PM EDT [#9] Yes and no. First handgun was a S&W 22 Target model. Rear sight keep falling off so they swapped it out for a longer barreled version.

Scoobysmak Cecenrse call sign: Braveheart Joined Dec 2017 Posts 19369 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:23:52 PM EDT [Last Edit: Scoobysmak] [#10] Nope...stolen when my apartment got broken in to...
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RHR_12 Member Joined Jan 2015 Posts 6740 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:00 PM EDT [#11] Yes. Mosin Nagant 91/30. Haven’t shot it in years, but never getting rid of it.

Rheinmetall792 Joined Nov 2023 Posts 4177 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:04 PM EDT [#12] Yep, and the 2nd and 4th.

Sinsbad69 Member —{———— Joined Sep 2004 Posts 3628 EE 100% (88) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:21 PM EDT [#13] Ruger 32 H&R Magnum single six Yep, still have it… Others, I wish I still had
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-Ascent- . Joined Jul 2008 Posts 7509 EE 100% (26) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:26:15 PM EDT [#14] Nope.

FloridaMan11b Joined Oct 2020 Posts 3099 EE 0% (0) KY, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:28:11 PM EDT [#15] Yep. Marlin 795

Dogsoldier03 Member Joined Mar 2023 Posts 397 EE 0% (0) IL, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:28:30 PM EDT [#16] Absolutely! I don't sell guns. Cheap ass Taurus 22lr. and the barrel pops up. Not even sure what its called. I went and shot it, and although I loved it as my first and only gun, I also said I wanted something bigger for self defense. So I bought a 2" snub nose 357...lol....I was learning the hard way I guess!

dIIshoots Member Joined Dec 2005 Posts 2483 EE 100% (35) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:15 PM EDT [#17] Air yes Shot no

hatidua Joined May 2009 Posts 8591 EE 100% (228) CO, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:33 PM EDT [#18] I don't still own any of the first 50.

HurtzDoughnut Member Joined Jan 2009 Posts 2538 EE 0% (0) KS, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:46 PM EDT [#19] Yep, Marlin 336 in .30-30 I purchased from OTASCO.

callmestick Member Joined Sep 2009 Posts 14142 EE 0% (0) UT, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:53 PM EDT [#20] Yeah, it was a Heritage .22 single action revolver. I wore it out in a couple of years. To be fair I shot it a lot. Probably 500 rounds every time I went out.
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zach_ F CANCER said the road runner Joined Oct 2014 Posts 18469 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:09 PM EDT [Last Edit: zach_] [#21] Yes. Ithaca M-49. Attached File Just like this one. $20.00
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stickfigure Joined Jul 2004 Posts 11194 EE 100% (1) NM, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:30 PM EDT [#22] Yes.

Windustsearch Member Joined Mar 2005 Posts 37661 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:31:36 PM EDT [#23] The first one given to me, yeah, the first I bought, no.

Logan45 Terminally pretty Joined Jul 2009 Posts 4720 EE 100% (6) LA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:31:41 PM EDT [#24] The first gun I was given as a kid was a single shot .410. It was a little big for me at the time, so I hunted squirrels with my Uncle's .410 which had a shorter stock. By the time I grew into mine, I was given a 20 gauge Remington 870. Both are still in my safe. The first gun I bought for myself was an HK USP Compact in .45. Still have that one too.

ag04blast Joined Feb 2007 Posts 13285 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:31:56 PM EDT [#25] Yep. Remington 870 and Walther P22 and XD45 service. Bought them all within 2 weeks.

Strela Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 37370 EE 100% (170) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:32:25 PM EDT [#26] No. Single shot Mossberg .22LR rifle. Think my parents sold it when I was in VN. I bought a Erma .22 "Luger" when I got back because it looked cool. Never worked well, finally sold it to a Luger collector. Don't miss it. I do still have a Mossberg 500 that I bought right after the Erma.
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Admiral_Crunch Part of a nutritious breakfast Joined Apr 2001 Posts 107252 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:33:42 PM EDT [Last Edit: Admiral_Crunch] [#27] Yep. Ruger Single Six I got for Christmas as a kid. Even still have the box. I will never, ever part with it. First gun I bought myself was a Beretta 92. It’s loaded and in a drawer two feet away from me right now. I’ve actually only ever sold two guns.
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LoudLyle Member Joined Feb 2019 Posts 1479 EE 0% (0) MS, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:34:11 PM EDT [#28] A Steven’s 410 single shot that my father bought at a pawnshop 48 years ago and I still have it and my son shot it as his first gun also

WDEagle College Football Fanatic Joined Oct 2008 Posts 16144 EE 100% (1) FL, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:34:27 PM EDT [#29] Got my 1st gun in the 60s as a Christmas gift. I still have that one and every single gun since.
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JRoy Member Joined Feb 2013 Posts 9553 EE 100% (2) NV, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:35:05 PM EDT [#30] No. Winchester 190 semiauto. 22. Left it with my girlfriend when I went overseas. Never saw either one of them again. Sometimes I miss that rifle.
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M4ger •©°®• Joined Jun 2014 Posts 77262 EE 100% (200) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:35:28 PM EDT [#31] I do. It's an XD-9 with a threaded barrel now.
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Smokehouse_83 Joined Nov 2020 Posts 380 EE 0% (0) IA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:36:05 PM EDT [#32] Ithaca model 51 featherlight 20ga

AndBen Sic Semper Tyrannis Joined Apr 2018 Posts 3276 EE 100% (47) VA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:36:14 PM EDT [#33] Yes. All 3 of my first gun purchases in 2006. -Rock River Arms LAR-15 Middy -Glock 27 -Kimber Custom TLE/RL II Collection has since grown, A LOT.
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C-ham Member Joined Apr 2020 Posts 3353 EE 100% (9) IA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:37:07 PM EDT [#34] Yes

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Originally Posted By JRoy:
No.
Winchester 190 semiauto. 22.
Left it with my girlfriend when I went overseas.
Never saw either one of them again.
Sometimes I miss that rifle.

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Grandad gave me one of those when I was about 13, still have it (rifle not girlfriend). The barrel has walked out on it like a lot of them though, gotta get a barrel wrench for it and smack it back in there.

Really good shooting .22.

Codyboy Member Joined Dec 2010 Posts 14660 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:39:20 PM EDT [#36] Savage Steven's 20 gauge single shot.

noob5000000 Greenbean Joined May 2010 Posts 17579 EE 100% (10) MI, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:40:37 PM EDT [#37] Yep. WASR 10/63 from Dunham's. Attached File
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Deepsouth Joined Feb 2004 Posts 701 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:41:14 PM EDT [#38] Yes, 1955 Remington Scoremaster Model 511 bolt action, 22 short, long, long rifle, with 4x Weaver scope

Kingdead Member Joined Mar 2013 Posts 21117 EE 100% (6) WI, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:42:31 PM EDT [#39] Colt 6920. Yes

shaneus Joined Aug 2010 Posts 2415 EE 0% (0) CO, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:42:32 PM EDT [#40] Nope. Was a cheap, broken .22 pump rifle I traded at a pawnshop at 16 for a HK Citation 17S pre amp. Would do it again and again if i could.

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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:42:44 PM EDT

[#41]

My very first firearm I bought with my own money was a US&S 1911A1 in 1962. I was 12 and had no idea that it was valuable.

I spent every cent I had on the gun and couldn't afford ammunition, but the guy at the store gave me seven rounds and let me go in the back and fire them.

Put a lot of rounds through that gun, and eventually had to sell it to pay bills.

ruffhowzer NorCal call sign : "FETCH" Joined Dec 2012 Posts 3495 EE 100% (4) VA, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:43:36 PM EDT [#42] Yes. Westernfield 22 rifle from Western Auto for Christmas in 1970.

blupupher Member Joined Dec 2019 Posts 1213 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:45:52 PM EDT [#43] Yup, a P89 I bought new in '92 with 2 15 round mags. 10,000+ rounds and never an issue. I have every gun I ever bought except 1, my daughter got it for her 21st birthday. My son will get one when he turns 21.
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ChuckD05 Joined Aug 2009 Posts 21576 EE 100% (65) WV, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:46:09 PM EDT [#44] Yes to both my first gun I received and the first one I purchased. But still regret selling my CZ550 FS in 308

917-30 Member Joined Dec 2015 Posts 10348 EE 0% (0) TN, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:46:16 PM EDT [#45] Of course. It's a Mossberg 183K that I received for Christmas as an eight year old boy.
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David0858 Team Member Joined Sep 2001 Posts 21174 EE 100% (6) TX, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:47:02 PM EDT [#46] Yep, single shot Sears .22 I got for Christmas '69.
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Clarinath Member Joined Oct 2010 Posts 28209 EE 100% (3) WI, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:50:35 PM EDT [#47] With my first real paycheck I bought my dad’s 10/22 that he bought in Japan in 1964. $75 bucks.
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bigtex84 Member Joined Oct 2006 Posts 5314 EE 100% (122) NM, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:51:16 PM EDT [Last Edit: bigtex84] [#48] No But I do own my grandfathers Marlin 39 from the 20s which is one of the first guns I ever shot.

Thoughtcrime Circus sized Joined Jun 2003 Posts 17471 EE 100% (55) KS, USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:52:28 PM EDT [#49] Quote History Originally Posted By MrGoodkat: Marlin 60 View Quote Monica.jpg
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Colt1860 Member Joined Jul 2005 Posts 30011 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 5/26/2024 11:53:16 PM EDT [#50] No and I wish I'd kept it. It was a blued 5 1/2 inch Ruger Redhawk. I still miss that one and the S&W 4506 I traded away too.
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