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Posted: 3/29/2017 5:03:37 PM EDT

Not given, handed down.

The very first one you paid for:

For me it was a dpms panther sweet sixteen back in 2001

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Posted: 3/29/2017 5:06:25 PM EDT

[#1]

Mossberg 500A, 18.5" 12ga

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:08:54 PM EDT

[#2]

Polytech underfolder AK back in the early 90's. Sold it like an idiot.

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:13:17 PM EDT

[#3]

Ruger PC40.

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:13:49 PM EDT

[#4]

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Polytech underfolder AK back in the early 90's. Sold it like an idiot.

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I sold the dpms during sandy hook for $2300

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:14:26 PM EDT

[#5]

Smith and Wesson 4006. Paid $750. I was an idiot. Still have it. It has always stovepiped as well if I limp wrist it at all.

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:17:02 PM EDT

[#6]

First one I bought was a Kel-Tec P32. I didn't know any better at the time.......

Cheers!
-JC

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:21:44 PM EDT

[#7]

G38. Love it but it was stolen with 7 other Guns. Gf at the time bought me the same glock for xmas that year

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:24:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Marlin Glenfield 60, still have it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:32:07 PM EDT

[#9]

First one I bought was a Sig P226 back in the 90's

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:32:12 PM EDT

[#10]

Yugoslavian M48A Mauser 7.92x57mm

I bought it on Tuesday September 4th 2001. I was 16yrs old and bought it from my grandfather who had a LGS. I gave him the money and he gave me the rifle.

paid $165 for it

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:35:36 PM EDT

[#11]

SMLE #4 Mrk3 Longbranch, I paid 35 dollars for it in 1967.

Posted: 3/29/2017 5:52:52 PM EDT

[#12]

January 2017 - Ruger SR22 Bi-Tone.

(Just getting into the game, don't hate)

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:04:31 PM EDT

[#13]

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.

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:19:07 PM EDT

[#14]

Glock 17 forget what gen

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:28:33 PM EDT

[#15]

10/22

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:34:40 PM EDT

[#16]

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Winchester 1300 Camp Defender

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:44:29 PM EDT

[#17]

Glock 17 in 1989.

Posted: 3/29/2017 6:44:40 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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I'm a fan...6in and VH though

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Posted: 3/29/2017 6:57:57 PM EDT

[#19]

Nickle plated Colt Detective Special, 1975. Later that year I traded even with a co-worker for a stainless S&W model 60 .38spl.

Posted: 3/29/2017 7:14:34 PM EDT

[#20]

Ruger 10/22
Local hardware for $99
Plain birch stock but they actually made them with half way decent triggers back in 1973

Posted: 3/29/2017 7:30:48 PM EDT

[#21]

Glenfield .22 LR in 1979 from J.C. Penney's

Posted: 3/29/2017 7:32:06 PM EDT

[#22]

1972 - S&W Combat Masterpiece - $115 + sales tax

Posted: 3/29/2017 7:45:18 PM EDT

[#23]

Marlin 336W in .30-30 from Academy sporting goods...

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I've still got it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 7:56:09 PM EDT

[#24]

Bushy patrolmans carbine

And oh man was I pumped about it.

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Posted: 3/29/2017 8:23:14 PM EDT

[#25]

Colt Official Police in 1984. Wish I still had it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:29:45 PM EDT

[#26]

Winchester Model 12, 12 gauge. Bought it from my Uncle in 1963, paid $63 for it. Still have it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:32:12 PM EDT

[#27]

Partial: ex-Rhodesian R1 kit for $99.
Complete: former Russian Dragoon M91 converted into an M91/30- $79

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:36:36 PM EDT

[#28]

In or about 1977 (I would have been 16 at the time)

Remington 742 30-06 with a scope mount like in the photo below.

Small town, way before the internet. I do wish I could go back in time and kick that gun shop guy in the nuts!

It was a jam-o-matic but I did manage to kill a few deer with it.

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Posted: 3/29/2017 8:39:54 PM EDT

[#29]

High Standard Supermatic Citation
.22LR, 7.5" barrel

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:45:01 PM EDT

[#30]

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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Posted: 3/29/2017 8:45:07 PM EDT

[#31]

Full sized Springfield Armory Stainless Loaded 1911 - A1 .45 ACP.
Still haven't sold any guns yet.

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:46:49 PM EDT

[#32]

The first gun I ever bought was a 2" Charter Arms Bulldog in 44 Special. I bought it FTF from a(n off duty) cop at the age of 18.

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:47:19 PM EDT

[#33]

Colt 1991A1.

Posted: 3/29/2017 9:09:37 PM EDT

[#34]

Used gen 2 glock 19

Posted: 3/29/2017 9:35:28 PM EDT

[#35]

DSC_0360-P89DC by FredMan, on Flickr

Posted: 3/29/2017 9:42:48 PM EDT

[#36]

Marlin Model 60. 1978.

Posted: 3/29/2017 9:52:02 PM EDT

[#37]

Norinco SKS covered in cosmoline, I think with tax came out to around $85.00.

Posted: 3/29/2017 10:01:50 PM EDT

[#38]

first gun was a marlin model 60 (still have)
first pistol HK usp9c don't miss it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 10:03:23 PM EDT

[#39]

The first one for me was a 2 inch Charter Arms Undercover which I bought in the early 1980's.

Posted: 3/29/2017 10:24:15 PM EDT

[#40]

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 !

Posted: 3/29/2017 10:55:57 PM EDT

[#41]

4" Security Six

Posted: 3/29/2017 10:59:56 PM EDT

[#42]

Springfield 1911 GI model, the one with tiny sights no one over 25 can see.

I never shoot it any more, but I still love it.

Posted: 3/29/2017 11:11:33 PM EDT

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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

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Belgian made? What was the specific configuration?

Posted: 3/29/2017 11:22:45 PM EDT

[#44]

IAC/Norinco 982 12ga pump. I blew through quite a few boxes of birdshot with it my sophomore year of college, running through move-and-shoot courses at a mine pit with brightly colored paper plates as targets! Slugs were (still are) expensive; shooting a box was a bit of a special occasion! I had considered a .223 bolt gun, but decided that the shotgun offered a bit more bang for the buck (similar costs per round if comparing steel-case and birdshot) and was more useful as a defensive weapon. Still have it; it's my dedicated truck gun. The darn thing is built like a tank.

Pic not mine.

Posted: 3/29/2017 11:55:23 PM EDT

[#45]

8mm Mauser with laminated stock

Posted: 3/29/2017 11:57:05 PM EDT

[#46]

G17

Couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

Posted: 3/30/2017 12:05:47 AM EDT

[#47]

It's also the only one I ever sold.

Posted: 3/30/2017 12:08:38 AM EDT

[#48]

Colt .22 Scout SA revolver, back in the early 80's. Bought it from a friend. Can't remember how much I paid for it. Wasn't much, but then I didn't make much back then. Still have it.

Posted: 3/30/2017 12:22:19 AM EDT

[#49]

S&W 745...don't miss it at all.

Posted: 3/30/2017 12:29:01 AM EDT

[#50]

It was a jamomatic. I took it to a local smith to fix it, and he just made it worse. finally traded it towards a Para p13 just prior to the 1994 ban.

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