What was your FIRST gun?

My first gun was an old 16 gauge Harrington-Richardson single barrel shotgun. My dad gave it to me, and it had belonged to my grandpa.

What was your first gun?

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It was a multi-pump pellet/BB gun. My first real gun was my 10/22 Very Happy

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Mine was a Russian 22 single shot Bolt action. Had a blast with that for years. Cool

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my first very own gun that i was givin was a Winchester 30-30 and i shot my first deer with it to

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	My grandfather's Browning take-down Semi-Auto .22l, Grade I. It was stolen outa my garage while in storage a few years ago... beautiful little rifle.

OUCH! That would hurt, alright!

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Buck BB gun Very Happy

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CVA Muzzleloader.

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Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge.

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	Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge.

Winchester Model 70 in 30-06.

My first gun was a .303 brit my first new gun and still my favorite is my Browning A-bolt medallion 30/06. Have had a couple of other guns that have came and went but still come back to the good old reliable odd 6.

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My dad used to have a 303. Cool

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	BXC wrote:
	Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge.

That was the first of my own. My first gun that I used is my sisters now. It's a 20 gauge break action single shot. Good gun to teach you to aim and choose your shots wisely because if you miss a pheasant or grouse and you only have one shot, you're out of luck Laughing

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	BXC wrote:
	Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge.

That was the first of my own. My first gun that I used is my sisters now. It's a 20 gauge break action single shot. Good gun to teach you to aim and choose your shots wisely because if you miss a pheasant or grouse and you only have one shot, you're out of luck Laughing

Try a single shot 12 guage. Shocked

I shot that when I was younger. I kept flinching because it hurt pretty bad. Other than that I've shot guns before, but I only own some pellet guns. Confused

I'm sure I'll buy some guns in a few years or so. Cool

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Im unsure of it's make due to it being sold when i was still too young to remember those types of things, but at age 8 my dad gave me a single shot 20 guage shotgun. We went to the highlands hunting ruffed grouse and I had to shoot the lid off an iced tea to show him that I could shoot the birds when we found them. Did that successfully and got my first grouse that day. Dad asked me for my S.A.K. that he had bought me for the trip and for my first knife. He then put it in his hunters vest front pocket and we got in the truck. Later that day he went to use it on another bird we harvested.. knife was gone. Aparently he had a hole in his pocket. Dad felt terrible and bought me a new one on the way home. About five years later we were selling the truck. We had to clean every bit of it to make sure everything was out. We found the knife wedged between the bench seat. I still have it upstares in the cupboard 16 years later.

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Im unsure of it's make due to it being sold when i was still too young to remember those types of things, but at age 8 my dad gave me a single shot 20 guage shotgun. We went to the highlands hunting ruffed grouse and I had to shoot the lid off an iced tea to show him that I could shoot the birds when we found them. Did that successfully and got my first grouse that day. Dad asked me for my S.A.K. that he had bought me for the trip and for my first knife. He then put it in his hunters vest front pocket and we got in the truck. Later that day he went to use it on another bird we harvested.. knife was gone. Aparently he had a hole in his pocket. Dad felt terrible and bought me a new one on the way home. About five years later we were selling the truck. We had to clean every bit of it to make sure everything was out. We found the knife wedged between the bench seat. I still have it upstares in the cupboard 16 years later.

That reminds me of my dad. He had a hole in his pocket, so his keys fell out. We checked with the service desk at the store if they had them, but when he checked by the car they were there. That was lucky. Shocked

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BXC wrote:

	BXC wrote:
	Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge.

That was the first of my own. My first gun that I used is my sisters now. It's a 20 gauge break action single shot. Good gun to teach you to aim and choose your shots wisely because if you miss a pheasant or grouse and you only have one shot, you're out of luck Laughing

Try a single shot 12 guage. Shocked

I shot that when I was younger. I kept flinching because it hurt pretty bad. Other than that I've shot guns before, but I only own some pellet guns. Confused

I'm sure I'll buy some guns in a few years or so. Cool

20 gauge makes a smaller pattern though, making it even harder to hit the target. Accuracy was vital with that thing Laughing

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Mossberg 500, 12 gauge.

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	BXC wrote:
	20 gauge makes a smaller pattern though, making it even harder to hit the target. Accuracy was vital with that thing

Depends on the load of the shell and the choke of your shotgun really. Extra full Turkey chokes keep it pretty tight on 12 guages... and an improved cylinder or even a cylinder choke in a 20 guage would open it up quite a bit. The 12 guage could give you a bit further range though.

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mine will be a pellet gun, I'll try out my nephews to see if it works for me and if I like it. Very Happy

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Well... My advice would be to stay away from CO2 and multi-pump models... CO2 gets expensive if you shoot a lot and I've had more seals get weak (even with propper oiling) and lose power, meaning the accuracy and range is affected. I have had the best luck with "crack barrel" spring pellet guns. They don't take a lot of effort to cock and load them and they are pretty consistent (at least in my experiences)

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