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Posted: 12/21/2019 8:46:29 AM EDT

[#1]

First pistol was a makarov.

First rifle... Not really sure. Maybe a Steyr M95/30 carbine? Or a Mosin?

Posted: 12/21/2019 10:37:19 AM EDT

[#2]

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I still have them. My MN 91/59 I bought in CA back in 1999 or 2000, and a Ruger P97 I bought in 2001 on my 21st Bday.

They are like a time capsule to when I was young and didnt know better. LOL

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49190009691_dd69526d72_b.jpg B20609C0-421D-4988-8BDB-B9958C3D7B63_1_201_a by Austin Scott, on Flickr

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That was my very own first pistol i ever purchased! I even had the bi tone.

My first rifle was a 59' Chinese sks. All matching, and it had the old tapco folding stock.

Posted: 12/21/2019 3:10:02 PM EDT

[#3]

First was an SKS for like $99, then I scored a Beretta 92 Brigadier Inox at a gunshow for $350. Both are long gone, someone paid me stupid money for that Beretta.

Posted: 12/21/2019 3:28:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Parents bought me a marlin model 60.
I bought a MAK 90, and a Glock 22.

Posted: 1/1/2020 1:28:37 AM EDT

[#5]

1st rifle: ruger ar556

1st pistol: ruger lc9s

Still have both.

Posted: 1/1/2020 1:55:08 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I still have them. My MN 91/59 I bought in CA back in 1999 or 2000, and a Ruger P97 I bought in 2001 on my 21st Bday.

They are like a time capsule to when I was young and didnt know better. LOL

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49190009691_dd69526d72_b.jpg B20609C0-421D-4988-8BDB-B9958C3D7B63_1_201_a by Austin Scott, on Flickr

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Glock 19

Long Action from a Remington 700 sent it off to have it barreled, bolt done, trigger and shit done, dropped it into an Accuracy International chasis.

Posted: 1/1/2020 2:09:40 AM EDT

[#7]

Mosin M44 (about $150 at Big 5), and later a Sig P229 (inherited, $25 for transfer fee)

Posted: 1/1/2020 3:00:42 AM EDT

[#8]

First pistol - Ruger P89DC - still have it

First Rifle - SKS - sold it a couple of years later.

Posted: 1/1/2020 3:15:08 AM EDT

[#9]

Lee Enfield No.4 MK.1 and a Ruger Vaquero. Still have both.

Posted: 1/1/2020 10:32:38 AM EDT

[#10]

Chinese SKS and stainless AMT Hardballer

Posted: 1/1/2020 12:18:40 PM EDT

[#11]

My first 3 were Rugers - a 10/22, a P95 and a Mark II.

That was over 200 guns ago.

Out of those 3 I only still have the Mark II, but I have since replaced the 10/22 and P95 with the same guns.

Posted: 1/1/2020 4:02:42 PM EDT

[#12]

Gen 2 Glock 17 the day I turned 21, sold it to my best friend years ago. First rifle was a Chinese sks that I bought for $99 at a roses department store when I was 19, traded towards something I can’t remember

Posted: 1/1/2020 4:24:36 PM EDT

[#13]

Colt 6920 and a Glock 21. I still have both.

Posted: 1/2/2020 8:39:38 PM EDT

[#14]

A stripped AR lower an a HK .45 USP.

Posted: 1/2/2020 11:42:25 PM EDT

[#15]

First Pistol was a well used P85 I bought in my early 20's around 2004. It was that strange goldish-green and thought it had been repainted but come to find out it was the lousy factory finish and it really didn't look good like the one in the photo. I traded it for a Springfield 1911. I never did have an issue with it and wouldn't mind finding another if it was in good shape. First rifle was a hodge podge budget AR I put together a few years ago. Still have it. Ya'll know what an AR looks like.

Posted: 1/3/2020 10:36:29 AM EDT

[#16]

First handgun was a Glock 26, and the first rifle was a windham ar. Still have both, carried the 26 for about 5 years till I bought a 19.

Posted: 1/3/2020 3:56:51 PM EDT

[#17]

Both in the mid 80s
1st handgun Browning Buckmark, still own
1st rifle Chinese SKS, long gone

Posted: 1/3/2020 8:08:30 PM EDT

[#18]

glock 17 first gen
marlin 30-30

don't really miss either

Posted: 1/4/2020 8:36:38 PM EDT

[#19]

Quote History

Quoted:
WTF?
Doesn't anybody start with a .22 rimfire anymore?
First rifle= Ruger 10/22
First pistol= S&W 422

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I was thinking the same thing. My first handgun was a Ruger Bearcat 22, I paid for it but my dad bought it, It was 52 dollars brand new in 1972 in Alamogordo, NM. I soon after purchased a Browning T Bolt T2 used (68 or 69 I think) for 75 dollars(that was a lot back then). I still have the T-Bolt with its receiver sight and 3 magazines. My first centerfire handgun was a 1918 vintage Colt 1911 (yes I read Cooper on Handguns) that I paid $125 for in 1974 or 5. I was told I got ripped off at that price. I passed that pistol on to my son and he still has it.

Posted: 1/5/2020 1:47:33 AM EDT

[#20]

Quote History

Quoted:
WTF?
Doesn't anybody start with a .22 rimfire anymore?
First rifle= Ruger 10/22
First pistol= S&W 422

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OP stated what I bought first, not what I had first. 80's kid here that loved to shoot but parents were not too keen on, but didn't discourage my interest in shooting. They bought me a Browning BL-22 lever action because it was pretty. I shot and beat the shit out that thing. I don't feel too bad about selling it, because it was time for another young shooter to enjoy it.

Posted: 1/5/2020 2:46:10 AM EDT

[#21]

10/22
USP .40

Posted: 1/5/2020 10:24:40 AM EDT

[#22]

M-1 Carbine 1st rifle
Browning Hi Power 1st pistol.

Don't have those exact guns but will always own at least 1 of each

Posted: 1/8/2020 2:06:36 PM EDT

[#23]

Savage mk2fss rifle
Tanfoglio tz75 pistol

Posted: 1/8/2020 2:10:46 PM EDT

[#24]

XD9 4” 9x19
Remington 597 22LR

Still have both but the 597 is junk.

Posted: 1/8/2020 2:23:04 PM EDT

[#25]

On my 18th birthday in 1992 I drove to Scheels right after school and bought a brand new stainless Mini 14. Three years later to the day I left work and went and picked up a Ruger P-89.

Posted: 1/8/2020 3:00:05 PM EDT

[#26]

First handgun was a Magnum Research Mountain Eagle .22, big piece of crap that always jammed.

First rifle was an $89 Chinese SKS that had a plastic stock on it from the Gun Show.

Got rid of both.

Took me a bit but I finally figured out that quality is better than quantity.

Posted: 1/8/2020 3:21:15 PM EDT

[#27]

First rifle (actually, first firearm I EVER purchased with my own money and in my own name): Norinco SKS - purchased at a Houston gun show back when CTD was still doing shows. They were selling Norinco SKS's with acessories for $79.99 NIB WITH accessories! Rock-solid accurate and reliable.

First pistol: Colt "Double Eagle" - full-size, SS, .45 ACP. Beautiful gun (to me), but it was a dog - unreliable and not very accurate for a 1911-based design.

Kept it for over 20 years. Then traded for a Sig P220 about 7 years ago. No regrets there.

Posted: 1/8/2020 3:44:41 PM EDT

[#28]

First rifle I ever bought with no adult supervision? Winchester 94 in 22mag. Still have it, still love it.

Handgun? Beretta 92FS. Got rid of it, wish I hadn’t.

Posted: 1/8/2020 5:03:42 PM EDT

[#29]

Before I headed off to college, I bought an 18.5" 12 gauge 870 to keep in my apartment.

Soon as I turned 21, I bought a used, like-new, Gen 4 Glock 17 from Scheels. (which required the updated ejector to make reliable)

First rifle was a BCM ar15. Used excess student loan money one semester to order a complete lower and a barreled upper. Then put on a Daniel defense rail. Its funny to think I'll still be paying off that gun until the student loans are paid off.

Still have all my first guns and the few guns handed down from my parents.

Posted: 1/8/2020 9:40:19 PM EDT

[#30]

First rifle was a Norinco SKS.
First pistol was a Russian Makarov in .380.

Posted: 1/9/2020 12:57:30 AM EDT

[#31]

A used Colt Match Target in 2000 after I made some money working over the summer. Still have it.

Posted: 1/9/2020 10:49:13 AM EDT

[#32]

Got this one at 18: DPMS AP4 16" HBAR carbine

Got the following all in one go as soon as I turned 21:
Beretta 92FS police trade in
S&W Mod 67 police trade in
Glock 19 Gen 2 police trade in
H&K USPc 9mm V1

Posted: 1/9/2020 1:01:28 PM EDT

[#33]

First firearm purchase was actually a shotgun, a single shot 12 ga which didn't work right, in 1984, when I was 13. My first rifle was a Marlin 336 in .30-30 the same year. My first handgun was a Hi-Point CF380 in 1996, when I was 25. I don't have any of them any longer.

Posted: 1/9/2020 4:14:14 PM EDT

[#34]

First rifle I ever purchased was a HK 93. Bought it on my 18th birthday and still have it.

First pistol was a S&W 645 that I purchased on my 21st birthday. Wish I still had that one.

Posted: 1/11/2020 10:56:47 AM EDT

[#35]

Had some hand-me-downs when I left home but the first transfers in my name were a Remington 700P, which got sent back to the factory and replaced because the barrel was jacked, and a combo of a Mark II 22/45 and a SW22A. The latter is still with me, the former was sold off years ago and has since been replaced with a lightweight 22/45.

Posted: 1/13/2020 5:52:14 PM EDT

[#36]

My first firearm was a Maverick 88 12ga. I traded it and some cash about a year later for a WASR10.

My first handgun was a USP45 on my 21st birthday.

Posted: 1/15/2020 12:25:54 AM EDT

[#37]

First rifle I ever bought was either a Ruger 77/22 or a Remington 700 Mtn Rifle in .280, can't remember 100%. First pistol was a stainless Ruger Single Six convertible .22LR/.22 Mag...I still have the 77/22 and 700 Mtn Rifle.

Posted: 1/15/2020 12:39:10 AM EDT

[#38]

Yugo SKS and a Walther PPK

Traded the SKS for an SVT40 in 2009. Still have the PPK and I have a Russian SKS now

First given to me was an HR m12 target rifle and a 20ga single shot HR shotgun

Posted: 1/15/2020 12:45:07 AM EDT

[#39]

My first firearm was a Ruger Mark II, got it for Christmas when I was in high school I think.
My first rifle purchase was a Browning A-Bolt II, Stainless with a BOSS, in 300 Win Mag. That was 93 or 94.
My first handgun purchase was a Smith & Wesson 686+ stainless with a 6" barrel in 357 Magnum, but technically it wasn't for me, it was a gift to my Dad.

Posted: 1/15/2020 12:16:07 PM EDT

[#40]

My first rifle was a S&W M&P15 at 18 and first pistol was Kahr K9.

Posted: 1/19/2020 1:40:26 AM EDT

[#41]

Norinco MAK-90 and a Glock 17.2

The Glock stayed but I wore the AK out ten years later and replaced it with my first AR

Posted: 1/24/2020 1:06:02 AM EDT

[#42]

Norinco SKS for hair over $99 with a case of ammo that didn't last long thanks to me learning how to bump fire.

First pistol was a SW MP9 when i started working at a gun shop/range. Orignally I had a S&W 4013TSW on layaway waiting for my 21st birthday but soon as I turned 21 swapped it to the M&P9, wish I could go back and stick with the 4013TSW.

Posted: 1/24/2020 10:51:30 AM EDT

[#43]

Both were 22s I bought a Glenfield rifle back when I was like 15 and a Ruger pistol, both had to go in my Dads name because I was to young.

Posted: 1/24/2020 3:42:30 PM EDT

[#44]

Plainfield Machine M1 Carbine for $99.95 and a 30 round mag. for it for $3.60.

6" Colt python for $279.95

Both were NIB and both purchased in 1975.

Posted: 1/24/2020 9:35:15 PM EDT

[#45]

Rifle: CMP Service Grade M1 Garand, turned out to be a period correct 1944 Springfield in impeccable shape. Still my favorite rifle.

Pistol: HK USP full-size in 9mm.

Posted: 1/25/2020 11:08:14 AM EDT

[#46]

I built my first rifle, an AR chambered in 5.56 Wylde. The first one I bought complete was a Norinco SKS.
Still have yet to get a pistol, college tuition is a bitch.

Posted: 1/26/2020 7:59:20 PM EDT

[#47]

First rifle (not bought by my parents for me):

Remington 700 ADL in .243. Bought in the early 90's and I still own it.

First handgun:

Ruger P89. Long since sold off.

Posted: 1/26/2020 8:04:39 PM EDT

[#48]

Glock 22 and a DPMS (back when I didn’t know any better and trusted the dealer).

Traded the Glock and still have the DPMS as a mark of shame.

Posted: 1/26/2020 8:53:10 PM EDT

[#49]

By the time I turned 18, I had already bought a $100 S&W mdl 15, and a couple months later a commercial M1 carbine (Iver Johnson possibly?) for $175. I couldnt afford a Glock/Mini14/AR15 yet, so I was buying what I could afford at the time on a $7/hr job. I followed those up with a $100 Stevens pump 12ga next and a S&W mdl 10 after that.

I gave my stepdad the Stevens 12ga, everything else is long gone as I traded/sold/upgraded during the 94 AWB.

Posted: 1/26/2020 9:01:42 PM EDT

[#50]

Ruger 22/45
Tavor
Mossberg 500

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