How Old Were You When You Bought Your First Firearm?

[Combloc]

16. It was a Chinese AK47. $313.95 out the door. My mom had to sign for it and she sold it to me for $1 when I came of legal age. Back then, before Maryland became a dictatorial nanny state, you could sell these things face to face with absolutely no paperwork. 27 years, over 10K rounds and I still have it.

 

[Rocky BearDog]

Got my first gun at 9 from my Dad - .22 single shot. At 11 that was traded up for a Rossi .22 pump which I still have and use today. First 20 gauge single shot shotgun at 10 - HR Topper Jr - from Dad and still have it. The first gun I ever bought myself was at 16 - old, ratty .22 no name revolver, from a neighbor for $35. First legitimate gun I bought was at about 23 - Smith and Wesson 686 .357 Magnum - which of course I still own today. I'm 53 now.

 

[Armadillofz1]

Can't be sure of my age, was probably 14. Bought a 91/30 at the Edmondson Flea market at the drive-in where home depot is now in catonsville. Paid $22 if i recall correctly. Dad and i stripped it down to refinish it, but lost track of the parts over the years. Managed to source a beautiful stock from another member here last year. She's a real tack driver. Can't imagine a 14 year old walking around a flea market for hours holding a rifle these days. Pretty sure it wouldn't end well. Different times for sure.

 

[Fender]

21. Came back from Afghanistan so I had some tax free cash saved up and always wanted an M14. Ended up getting a Springfield M1A National Match. Pretty much every gun I have bought since then seems cheap in comparison.

 

[Cruacious]

I was 19 when I purchased my first firearm, a Remington ML 700. I then realized it was a pain in the shoulder to shoot and I didn't like muzzle-loading, so I just got a Nagant. Now... they keep multiplying...

 

[Mike]

I was 18 or 19 at the time. I bought a 30-30 lever action Marlin. I guess I liked the old Westerns but I didn't want the top ejecting Winchester so I could put a scope on it. I thought I'd go deer hunting but never did. Just killed a lot of empty beer cans with it. At the time the cartridges were 25 cents a pop. I eventually sold it to my brother after he was discharged from the USMC.

 

[Sampson]

18, bought a slightly used Remington 700BDL .270 for deer hunting .

 

[Doug33w]

I bought my first pistol when I was 25. I was deployed to Iraq and purchased a commemorative Sig P229. A couple of months later I purchased a Mossberg 500 at a Houston gun show that was too large to fit in the box. I grew up in New Jersey, I walked to gun sans box from the gun show to my car down the streets of Houston afraid I was going to be arrested. No one batted an eyelash. That was 2009, I've purchased many more firearms since then.

 

[M1842]

47, came from a non-firearm family but always wanted to learn how to shoot. Finally bought a Savage Mark II .22LR bolt action and found a range to start practicing at. Now it is an obsession

 

[ScottR]

41

 

[AssMan]

32 maybe? Dunno. I also came from a non-firearm family. Bought a house in the ghetto and after a couple of years, I realized I was the only person in da hood without a piece

Went to OnTarget and got an intro class and shot a bit (handguns), but eventually decided to pick up a shotgun.


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[Schipperke]

18, Universal M1 Carbine. Father was not amused, but then started on his Philippines stories

 

[Mike H]

20, I believe. Was a junior at the Univ of MD and a supervisor in the student auxiliary division of the police department. Kept the gun in my desk drawer -- probably wouldn't be a good thing to do now. The gun was a Dan Wesson 357 that I still have 35+ years later.

 

[Rockzilla]

Let's see bought? Was 13, Winchester mdl 70 30-06 from Farmers Co-op less than $100, first handgun Ruger Blackhawk .44 mag..... kinda down hill from
there, the fever hit and continued...


-Rock

 

[CSJ]

Bought am M9 special edition in the late 90's when I was in my mid-thirties. Had no interest in an AR until Maryland said I couldn't buy one - now I wish I had not waited so long. Introduced my brothers and sons to firearms. It's great to all get together and go shooting. Bought my eldest son a Colt 1911 for his 21st birthday this year. Have a brand new one in the safe waiting for my youngest son to turn 21 next year. Love this sport. Now I just need to by some land to setup my own range (wishful thinking)

Edit

I just heard about the shooting in S.C. Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. What bad timing in regards to posting about gifts for my sons.

 

[O-Hebi]

33 years old. I was in a conversation about the 2nd Amendment and whether I believed it meant what it said. My response was in the affirmative and one of the older guys told me that I should put my money where my mouth is. A week and a half later we resumed the conversation with me being the proud owner of a Glock brand Glock G35 and a Stag Arms Model 2T (which looks nothing like it originally did).

 

[good guy 176]

First one a Savage single shot shotgun around 1954 when I was 14, then a Marlin .22 lr that I traded in 1957 for a Remington Model 722 in .257 Roberts, which I still have in the house. I've since bought and sold well over 200 rifles, shotguns and pistols. Spent 21 years in the Army, 1963-1984, and have a healthy respect for firearms and weapons...they are our friends. I feel less safe in Laurel, MD than I ever did in Saigon, Nha Trang, Pleiku, Ban Me Thout, Tuy Hoa or Long Thanh North.

Lew--Ranger63

 

[lazarus]

32. CVA wolf. Mix of disintrest, trepidation, lack of familial approval and lack of any need. Taking up hunting so I have a need. Trying not to be come completely obsessed.

 

[CLee]

Well, my husband usually bought all of our firearms. Right before all the HQL crap went into place he had me buy my Ruger Mark3 I use for Rimfire Matches. I've since bought another Ruger 10/22 for Appleseed and a Mosin Nagant rifle. Waiting on my C&R license to come back now. LOL

 

[JHE1956]

I was 11 when I saved up my allowance and lawn mowing money to buy (with my dad signing the papers) to buy an H&R single shot .22 (this was 1967). Already had a Spanish .410 side by side that I had gotten for Christmas 6 months earlier.


Bought my first handgun (S&W model 39-2) a few days after my 21st birthday.