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re: How old were you when you got your first gun?

Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:07 am to
Posted by Flair Chops
to the west, my soul is bound
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:07 am to
i ws 15 when i got the first gun that was strictly mine. marlin 30-30
Posted by StinkDog12
TW, TX
Member since Nov 2006
4753 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:26 am to
quote:

stank dog was obviously not raised in the country


Sheeet...I was raised out in the middle of no where. Big farm south of Crowley and north of the duck capital of the world. I was more referring to a rifle at the age of 5. I had a 4-10 at 6 or so but as far as a rifle....it was a while before I ran around with one of those.

And maybe that's the difference. When we were "given a gun" it was because we were ready to hunt with it by ourselves. I just didnt consider it "my gun" as long as daddy was sitting there holding our hand and the gun as we pulled the trigger.

Im sure I shot a 22 around that same age but it sure wasn't "my gun" to take out in the woods.

Posted by YeOle
Member since May 2012
153 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:32 am to
20 gauge youth model when I was 9. That thing still is the sweetest shooting shotgun I own.
Posted by PetreauxCat
TX
Member since May 2009
858 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:34 am to
3rd or 4th grade...single shot 410
Posted by Bleeding purple
Athens, Texas
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:39 am to
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Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:40 am to
I was the third son, so I never really "got" one until I was older. I started using my brothers hand-me-down crack-barrell .410 when I was about 8, then his 20 gauge when I was 10 or 11.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:40 am to
I was given my own personal deer rifle at 5. I didnt hunt by myself with it, but my old man has never held up a gun for me or pulled the trigger for me.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34301 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 8:55 am to
I don't exactly remember how old, but I think I got my first non-air gun at 10 or 11 for Christmas. My parents got me a Marlin Model 60, which I still shoot to this day. It plinks with the best of them. They also got my brother a Remington 20 Gauge. Somehow we stumbled across them before Christmas, but I was still as happy as a pig in shite when I opened it.
Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
72937 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 10:57 am to
12 years old.

SKS for Christmas.

Joy to the world.
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 10:59 am to
Seriously?
Posted by Choirboy
On your property
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:02 am to
A .22 rifle was bought for me before I was born. I wasn't allowed to shoot it until I was ?? but I could ask to see/handle it from the first day I was old enough to ask about it. I fondled that weapon like a prisoner in a whore house until I was old enough to take it outside and shoot it.
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
10401 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:06 am to
I had my first red ryder at probably around 6 or 7, 410 when I was around 9, .22 in 7th or 8th grade, can't remember which but I was about 10 or 11.
This post was edited on 5/23/12 at 11:07 am
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
17317 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:08 am to
Single shot 20 gauge for christmas when I was 9. It kicked like a damn elephant gun, but I had the freezer full of squirrels for the next few years.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
24983 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:10 am to
I got a crack barrel .410 like many here did. I think I was 7 or 8. I think I was 11 or 12 when I got a S&W 12 gauge. I still have both and I turn 40 this year.

I bought my son a T/C Hotshot for Christmas. He was 5. He also has a .410 pump and a Henry Golden boy that his grandfather bought him

Here is his first time shooting the T/C:

This post was edited on 5/23/12 at 11:59 am
Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
72937 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:11 am to
quote:

Seriously?

Dead serious, gift from my grandfather.

I took the liberty of making some minor modifications.

Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61595 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:11 am to
That's an awesome weapon
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:25 am to
5 or 6th grade. But, my dad had a bb gun/air rifle that was "mine" i would shoot only with him.

You could pass it down, and when he comes to visit go shoot. Gives him great incentive to come see his Grand Dad.
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61595 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:27 am to
I did got my first 1911 at 14 in case y'all were wondering

This post was edited on 5/23/12 at 11:28 am
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57214 posts
Posted on 5/23/12 at 11:29 am to
Eleven. My grandmother got me a Stevens Model 94Y crack-barrel 20 gauge shotgun for my birthday. Still have it 40 years later. My son used it to whack his first quacker a few years ago.
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