How Old Were You When You Bought Your First Firearm?

[MarkinMD]

I was 15 and with the money from my News American paper route I bought a used Winchester 94 in 30-30, $60.00 I think.

 

[walnut]

Sears catalogue: Mosin–Nagant M91 for $9.00 plus 100 rds ammo for $6.00. I was 12 at the time. Served as motivation to mow more lawns.

 

[eventhorizon]

was 19, got a Feather Industries .22 rifle from Bob's Coins and Guns in Annapolis.

 

[webb297]

Shotgun - 18 - Remington 870 (my dad won in a raffle, I bought it from him and did the paperwork)

Pistol - 27 - XDm from Gun Connection on Rt 40, Thanksgiving Black Friday sale.

 

[Bsmtboy2]

I was 12 and I saved my snow shoveling and grass cutting for a .410 from Sears. Dad took me hunting and I got my first 2 pheasants that day....great memories.

 

[Arcamm]

22 when I bought my first rifle. It was a Plainfield M1 carbine with telescoping wire stock. It was used and I couldn't get 3 rounds through it with a FTF or a stove pipe. Dis my first gun smithing on it with a hand file. Could dump 30 rounds without issue. (most of the time)

24 when I bought my first hand gun. Moving to western PA from Louisiana when the moving guy spooked me. He told me people in west PA were strange (I had never been east before). On my way to PA, I stopped in Shreveport La and bought a S&W Model 39 and box of cartridges (he didn't have a 1911 and the 59 was too fat for my hand). I had to show an ID, something my address on it (electric bill) and say I had never been convicted of a felony. Took less than 20 minutes and I was out the door.

Sold them both to feed my kid when I got divorced. Years later, I told him about it. He said I should have kept them, he would have rather been hungry.

 

[SummitCnty]

15

Of course my dad had to "buy" it for me but I saved up for a Reminton 870 Express. Spend all summer washing dishes at a restaurant.

 

[SCDoGo]

The first one bought with my own money was at 14: a Hawken .50 out of Sportsman's Guide. Shot at many a rendezvous with it (won quite a few shoots with it, too!) I already had a .22 and .270 as Xmas/Bday gifts to hunt rabbits and bigger critters with.

 

[rbird7282]

18. Bought a Ruger 10/22 Carbine with the standard wood stock (I think that was the only model available back then) in 1986 from Best Products. Think it was $130.


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[lawrencewendall]

12. 30-30 Marlin (for deer) and a Mossberg 12 Ga (for turkey, ducks and geese). Was in PA.

 

[donw@fyi.net]

I guess I hold the record :-) I was 70 years old and looking for something to do. I took an NRA basic pistol course and the instructor's personal gun was a Kimber. So I bought one. Still my favorite sidearm.

With the fervor of a convert I've bought about 10 other guns and am now an FFL

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Father in law gave me a S&W 357 revolver shortly after I married his daughter at 19. I never bought anything on my own till I was nearly 30 and moved to rural property where I knew it would be a good idea to keep a 12GA handy for any bothersome critters that needed dealing with. I bought a Winchester 1300.