What was your first air gun as a kid?

[beavisman1]

^^^This was mine, first "gun" as a matter of fact. Probably spent hundreds if not thousands of hours with this thing out in the back yard....would also have a lot of fun with the darts it could shoot in the kitchen. Great memories.

 

[beetles]

An old Benjamin Air Rifle. Hand-pumped and powerful. Brass parts.

 

[44man]

Red rider !!

I got my ass whooped day 1 for shooting out a window pain lol

 

[beavisman1]

Red rider !!

I got my ass whooped day 1 for shooting out a window pain lol

LOL. The Marksman I had came with a little cardboard dart board. I hung it up on my mom's stove the first night I had it....let's just say I had to enjoy a "waiting period" before I got it back. haha

 

[Uncle Duke]

Daisy Red Ryder.

For some reason, no doubt similar to stoves and window panes, my prowess with paint cans was likewise found to be somewhat less than amusing.

 

[Doctor_M]

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^^^This was mine, first "gun" as a matter of fact. Probably spent hundreds if not thousands of hours with this thing out in the back yard....would also have a lot of fun with the darts it could shoot in the kitchen. Great memories.

LoL... I still have one of those and I shoot the darts at the dart board in my study... keeps me from going postal somedays.

 

[teratos]

Crossman 766 American Classic.

I shot that thing all day, every day for years.

 

[DeadInside]

First a Daisy BB gun (not Red Ryder can’t remember which one).
Then a Crosman 760. Loved that air gun shot it for years…

 

[hobiecat590]

A Daisy lever action BB gun. Not a Red Ryder though. One pump and done. Parabolic trajectory over 30'.

 

[beavisman1]

LOL. The Marksman I had came with a little cardboard dart board. I hung it up on my mom's stove the first night I had it....let's just say I had to enjoy a "waiting period" before I got it back. haha

This thread really got me thinking and a bit off topic. That Marksman I had was a little brick, pure metal, Id throw it around, run around the neighborhood with the guys, we'd be out in the woods building forts, probably dropped it in the creek a few times....never missed a beat. The stove still has a little crack in the glass that covers the timer...and that crack has been there for decades thanks to the Marksman. But guess what? The stove is aproximately 62 years old and mom still makes her casseroles and even Thanksgiving dinner in the thing. They don't make stuff like they used to, BB guns or appliances. I'm sitting her baffled how a 62 year old stove is still running like they day she got it. Meanwhile, I got her another stove and it didn't make it 10 years before it died of natural causes. Those old 1950s era GE appliances were industructible.

 

[2nd=Good+Substantial]

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^^^This was mine, first "gun" as a matter of fact. Probably spent hundreds if not thousands of hours with this thing out in the back yard....would also have a lot of fun with the darts it could shoot in the kitchen. Great memories.

Same here. Dad made me a trap with loose cut up blankets in a wood box. I spent hours shooting in the basement.

 

[28Shooter]

A very basic real wood stocked lever action Daisy which I still have. As an 8 +/- year old, I couldn't have been more proud.

 

[Qbeam]

Sheridan Silver Streak, 5mm/.20 cal. Bought it and took it home on the public bus system. Ah, those were the good old days.

Q

 

[Doctor_M]

My first was a Daisy 1894 (it was actually my brother's but he wasn't interested in it and I conned him out of it)... fairly realistic looking and a ton of fun to shoot. I remember more than on Halloween dressing up as a cowboy and taking it with me trick or treating... guess those days are over.

 

[calicojack]

I also had a Crossman Pumpmaster 760.

 

[wreckdiver]

I also had a Crossman Pumpmaster 760.

Same. Fake wood furniture, but a solid steel barrel and brass bolt. Eliminated many a tree rat with it.

 

[John from MD]

Daisy single shot lever cocking BB gun, what else!

 

[Rockzilla]

First a Daisy BB gun (not Red Ryder can’t remember which one).
Then a Crosman 760. Loved that air gun shot it for years…

Daisy Red Rider, then Crosman 760...Then Sheridan Blue Streak 5mm,
the later went missing...sure wish I could find one in good shape as a decent
price, even they bring crazy prices.
shot a many spray paint cans, decals on farm wagons, even those old return
bottles (don't ask way) Wasp nests..flies

-Rock

 

[K31]

Phased plasma rifle.

 

[outrider58]

My brother's Ted Williams "El Dorado" (made by Daisy)