How Old Were You When You Bought Your First Firearm?

[outrider58]

I was 18, and the gun was a Remington 742 Woodsmaster in 30-06. I got it from Best Company in Rockville.

It was a nice one with the upgraded checkering on the stock.

Good ol' Best Co. Spent $Ks there on hunting/fishing gear not to mention home appliances. The building still stands as a flooring store right down the street from my shop.

 

[retafshooter]

How old was I?

I was 76 years old.

 

[Chriss]

Bought a 10/22 from a guy at work for $50 at 16...hid it...then sold it out of fear of being found out. I regret that to this day. First legal gun on 18th birthday was a Montgomery Wards Western Field (Mossberg 500 series) 20 Gauge pump with C-lect choke barrel. Still have it to this day. Never really shot much as I didnt hunt. First handgun on 21st birthday a Smith 686 .375 stainless 4" also at Montgomery Wards. Still have that too. Bad ass gun when shooting magnum loads.

 

[slowpoke]

When I was 15-16 I had a Charter Arms AR-7 that disassembled and stowed in the stock. Fun little gun. Details of that acquisition remain a bit cloudy...but I think it came from a Best store somewhere in P.G.

At 42, my first official purchase was a CZ-75B from the Gun Rack in Burtonsville.

 

[pitpawten]

33yo, that would be in 2013

A true 13'er

 

[OrbitalEllipses]

23. A brand new M&P 40 that I sold at a loss the next year.

 

[ezracer]

I was 23 ( in 1968). I bought a S&W K-38 Masterpiece Revolver ( Model 14 ).
I bought the firearm right after the Baltimore City Riots in 1968. My Md. Air Guard Unit was called to active duty for that riot.

I still have the gun ( I'm now 70 ) and frequently take it to the range. It was a beautiful "Masterpiece" of craftsmanship then.....and still is.

 

[PoPo3]

I was 12 years old. I bought a used Remington 700 BDL .270 for $400 with lawn mowing money. My parents told me that if I wanted to hunt, I needed to buy my own gun. Still have/hunt with it.

 

[ihriec]

I was 53 when I bought my first gun - a Single Six.

 

[Bob A]

Hard to answer. Somewhere around 1971 I was living in DC, ordered a Hi-Power from a sporting goods store around 8thSt NW - Apex? - Acme? Can't recall. Anyway, it was going to run me about $112; but I didn't go through with the deal, because I was pretty sure my wife would have used it on me. Too bad,it was probably a T-series, one of the best Browning ever made.

Finally got a Smith M19 in 1976.

 

[Laddertowr]

57... marlin model 60

 

[Muggs]

I was 48. Now less than 5 years later, the safe has more than 20 in it.

More on the way.

 

[FFMike]

21 y/o... Ruger Security Six... Sold it years ago and regretted it ever since!

 

[tlino]

Bought a 98 Mauser when I was 12 at Woolworth's for $45 in '68.
Still have it.
TP

 

[STeveZ]

Bought a 10/22 when I was about 20, still have it 34 years later.

 

[Mini14Tom]

I was late to the party @ age 74, two years ago. Makin' up for lost time though.

 

[Cdcrews01]

29, bought a Mosin and a 870 Express right around the same time.

 

[Jimbob2.0]

18, walked into Walmart put a green laminate Ruger 10/22 on layaway. Weirdly, being a different time and many years ago, somehow my parents found out and paid it off for me (no privacy laws).

In the mid 90s bought my first Handgun, a Bulgarian Surplus Mak followed a few weeks by a CZ75.

 

[Cadet08]

I was 15 in 2000. I was a musician for a Civil War reenactment group so when I was old enough they approved of me moving from the fife to a rifle. I saved up my money and legally bought a repro 1861 Springfield musket by EuroArms, from a suttler at a reenactment

 

[Rebelwon]

First shotgun bought by my Dad when I was 12 (20 ga Remington 1100); first with my own money was a Remington 12 ga 3" magnum when I was 14.