What was your first rifle?

[Hot_Sauce]

Since I started the what was your first handgun thread. I figured I might as well follow up with a what is your first rifle thread? And do you still own it?

 

[TheDudeAbides]

Ruger 10/22. Don't still own the original, but I've got four that are pretty damn similar.
-Dude

 

[Hot_Sauce]

My firsr rifle was an SKS sporster. Foolishly sold it off only to by another later.

 

[indyrob]

My first rifle was a bolt action .22
I don't remember the manufacturer but I do remember it was only $50 at the pawnshop some 25 odd years ago.

Sold it to one of my friends when I was 16 for $100.

 

[wideboy]

Ruger 10/22

 

[ninersfan]

Rimfire - Remington 581

Centerfire - Howa 1500 in 35 Whelen. (Made this at gunsmithing school.)

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

Winchester Model 94 25/20 with an Octagon barrel, 60 years old when I got it from my Great Uncle. Still shot straight, a little difficult finding ammo though. Rifle is now 100 years old and still looks good and shoots straight.

 

[twenty5]

Kind of great timing on this thread, I have been looking to buy a 22 for some target shooting with the girlfriend (this is one of those surprises that I doubt she will enjoy lol). I want something decently accurate so I can efficently hunt cans and paper targets but dont want to pay hundredS. Can anyone give me a starting point for my search?

 

[BagfullofPings]

Remington 700 Sendero, 300 Win Mag.

 

[coastalgriff]

Kind of great timing on this thread, I have been looking to buy a 22 for some target shooting with the girlfriend (this is one of those surprises that I doubt she will enjoy lol). I want something decently accurate so I can efficently hunt cans and paper targets but dont want to pay hundredS. Can anyone give me a starting point for my search?

Check pawn shops and/or Gunbroker for a Ruger 10/22 or an old bolt action. I started with an old hand me down Sears bolt action .22. I was gifted a 10/22 as a birthday present one year, but I preferred the Sears gun. That thing is accurate like you wouldn't believe. I still have both.

 

[VillageIdiot]

My first was a Winchester 30/30. My dad traded that after a couple of years and got me a 30-06. I think it was a Remington, but it's been so long I can't remember. I was a rather young lad at the time.

 

[VirginIslander]

WWII 8mm Mauser. Was my grandfather's

 

[smokinghole]

.270 M700 BDL with a detachable mag. I still have it.

 

[tobii3]

An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.

And NO, I didn't shoot my eye out!

 

[r3db4r0n]

Winchester Model 94 25/20 with an Octagon barrel, 60 years old when I got it from my Great Uncle. Still shot straight, a little difficult finding ammo though. Rifle is now 100 years old and still looks good and shoots straight.

When I was about 16-17 years of age, my father brought home an original model 94 in 25/35 along with several other long guns from an auctioneer friend that didn't deal didn't deal with fire arms. It was SOO caked with rust I wasn't even sure it was salvageable - not your every day patina. Luckily for me, someone had taken relatively good care of the internals, however, it still took several days to get it cycling smoothly and restore the original finish without ruining it - think many, many hours of Mr. Miyagi style care with a soft cloth and windex. When I finally felt I couldn't do anything more to the rifle short of ruining it, we took it and the other firearms back to the auctioneer who was so impressed by my efforts that he gave me the the 25/35 as a gift - the first rifle I could really call my own.

Even though I'd never sell it, I ended up getting the rifle appraised a year or two later and found out that it was worth somewhere in the area of $300-500 - I figured that wasn't too bad for a memory that will probably accompany me into old age.

 

[smokem94]

Remington Model 700; CDL; 30.06 when I was about 19. I recently gave it to my daughter.

 

[ER Doc]

M16A1 in 1988 issued by my employer - the US Army.

Sorry - couldn't resist jumping in with that one!

 

[tobii3]

WHAT??

That ain't yo Grampappy's rifle, Son!

That there is a 5.56MM, magazine fed, gas-operated, air-cooled, semiautomatic/three-round burst, hand-held, shoulder-fired weapon!

:thumbsup:

 

[xddco]

Savage Model 24V - over and under .22 LR and 20 ga. (varmint gun). Got it for my 12th birthday from my Dad. Still have it.

 

[smokemifugotem]

My first gun was a red rider bb gun at 9 or 10...first shot gun was 14 Remington 1187 I won at local gun club and first rifle was from my dad...old bolt action 22 single shot.

Can you ship rifles via usps? cant find on website...