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February 16, 2016
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This might be a fun thread .. I looked, but didn't see anything similar, so here goes;
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My first guns were cap pistols, in the western style with a holster & belt .. I was about five.
BB / Pellet
When I was eight, my Dad got me a Daisy BB gun and he trained me about gun safety and marksmanship.
Firearm
On my tenth birthday, he gave me a JC Penny Foremost (Marlin) bolt-action .22 with 7-rd. magazine. Later, he taught me handgun skills with his Hi Standard SportKing .22. I still have all of them.
What was your first ?
February 25, 2016
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First toy gun was the western cap gun.
First pellet gun was a Benjamin .22 that was given to me.
First gun that was given to me was a crack barrel 20gauge can't remember the make.
First gun I had someone purchase for me while under 21 was a hi-point .45 don't judge me. I was young and it was in my budget. Shot it so much the slide cracked in half.
First legal gun purchase was a para gi expert 1911, which I traded for a nickel 586 no dash which I then traded for a amt hardballer longslide. Sold that longslide when I got laid off still wish I had it even though it cycled so slow you could actually see it.
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February 1, 2016
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1st REAL gun was grandpa's 12ga single shot Springfield Arms. Still got it will get a pic.later
blueing was mostly gone and rusted, I cleaned w/scotchbrite and just keep it oiled.
Good turkey shoot gun, and shot it at 12:00am new years this year as grandpa did !!
He said you got to shoot out old year to make room for the new year, born 1897, left at 88 !!
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February 16, 2016
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pete_1 said
1st REAL gun was grandpa's 12ga single shot Springfield Arms. Shot it at 12:00am new years this year as grandpa did !!
He said you got to shoot out old year to make room for the new year, born 1897, left at 88 !!
Awesomeness !!!
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February 1, 2016
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As promised pic of Springfield 12ga and Grandpa & Me about 1970 ? 
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February 21, 2011
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Cap gun was a Luger.
No BB but the pellet gun was a Webly "Senior" a lot like this descendant, which I still have.
First "real" pistol a "Vostock MU-M" (Margolin) .22 Russian target pistol.
First real rifle a .22 trainer conversion of a Lee-Enfield.
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November 17, 2008
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toy: don't remember
BB/pellet: Crossman 766 but I was a teenager by then.
Firearm: At around 8 years old Grandma gave me a Winchester model 37 crack barrel 410.
First firearm I fired was daddy's Browning T-bolt 22, still have both.
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December 5, 2008
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Toy: Fanner 50 Cowboy Rig.
BB: Daisy Lever Action
Firearm: About 9 years old Dad gave me and my 2 brothers each a Winchester Model 67A, 22 bolt action, Boys Model (short barrel). I still have this rifle. Shot many squirrels with it. My Grandkids love shooting it. Many fine memories.
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March 25, 2013
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Toy, I can't remember sh..
Gun, Ruger 1911, right after the 2012 election.
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March 2, 2008
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Toy- the usual cap gun variations (well, there was one notable "toy")
BB/Pellet- none
Firearm- DW 15-2 bought new in 1977, my son has it now
Oh, and the notable "toy" was an Arisaka Type 99 rifle brought home by our Uncle Bob from WW II. My brother and I played "Army" all over the neighborhood with that rifle as kids 
Try THAT now!
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February 16, 2016
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Steve said
Notable "toy" was an Arisaka Type 99 rifle brought home by our Uncle Bob from WW II. My brother and I played "Army" all over the neighborhood with that rifle as kids
Awesome story !
Today, the neighbors would call SWAT or the FBI !!!
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December 4, 2011
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My first REAL gun was an Anschutz .22lr with a 2.5.Tasco scope, got it when I was 10,.BTW I still have this gun and shoot it often. It is the .most accurate long gun I've ever shot. It has taken many a ground hog at over 100 yards, head shots all. It has a Monte Carlo stock and handles like a high power rifle, was great training for deer season.
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November 13, 2015
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Toy - western cap gun
BB/Pellet - Crossman 760 when I was 12
First Rifle - Anchutz Super Match 1413 .22 when I was 15. I shot competitively all through high school and into college. Got tired of technical 3 position target shooting and sold it in 1984. I should have kept it but I needed money for spring break. Duh!
First Pistol - Glock 21 .45 ACP in 1994. Good first gun but after I shot 1911s, this was sold in 2001 to fund 1911 purchases. I also purchased a S&W Model 27 shortly after the Glock and that one isn't going anywhere.
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I'm glad I kept mine and recently acquired an Anschutz 1415 Kadet .22 for my daughter. I shot in college with school provided Anschutz Olympic competition rifles, don't remember the model.
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Stinger said
Steve said
Notable "toy" was an Arisaka Type 99 rifle brought home by our Uncle Bob from WW II. My brother and I played "Army" all over the neighborhood with that rifle as kidsAwesome story !
Today, the neighbors would call SWAT or the FBI !!!
Actually, I just remembered another toy! When I was in college, a bunch of us discovered the "flying saucer gun". A cheap plastic toy that held about twenty little plastic "flying saucers", the size of a quarter and "accurate" to maybe 10 feet. About 20 of us used to run around our college dorm late at night staging ambushes and battles. It was common to carry several of these weapons, reloading was a time consuming process.
To state the obvious, Alcohol was involved!
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July 2, 2011
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Steve said
Toy- the usual cap gun variations (well, there was one notable "toy")BB/Pellet- none
Firearm- DW 15-2 bought new in 1977, my son has it now
Oh, and the notable "toy" was an Arisaka Type 99 rifle brought home by our Uncle Bob from WW II. My brother and I played "Army" all over the neighborhood with that rifle as kids
Yep, and I sent it on to Andrew.
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March 27, 2013
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Very first gun was an air pistol when I was 14. Next up a BSA rifle in .222 Remington at 16 and then a Colt Python serial number 6306 at age 17 while going through small arms repair school at Aberdeen Proving Grounds as a young private in the Army in 1959.
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February 25, 2014
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Toy: lever action Winchester toy ( big ring, like the rifleman tv show)
BB gun: lever action Daisy
Real gun: 1863 Winchester .22
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February 1, 2016
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Toys; I forgot about rubber band gun,like a rifle and shot 6 or 8 bands like a semi auto lol.
Does anyone remember the rolls of caps ? After gun broke, I'd sit the whole roll on garage floor and hit it
w/a hammer. About half would go off, and I just kept hitting till they were gone ! Almost as fun as the gun
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June 25, 2011
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- Toy--Western of some sort
- Real Toy-- Johnny Seven OMA
- BB-- Crossman pump, Daisy (shared)
- Pellet-- Crossman .357 (first mod)
- B.P. .44 Italian (18)
- Real...22 Llama 1911
- new .22mag High Standard Mk IV
- new Dan .357 4+6 1978 # 112131 ( I think)
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