Do You Remember Your First Rifle???

cirelaw · 04-22-2021, 04:36 PM

I Do, Johnny Seven~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQB_aEmiv4

HerrKaiser · 04-22-2021, 06:12 PM

My first gun was a .410 pump shotgun. Stayed in the shotgun and handgun club for a long while.

I guess technically my first rifle was my Artillery Luger with a stock. Which is going to stay a good memory.

m1903a3 · 04-22-2021, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I Do, Johnny Seven~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQB_aEmiv4

Remington 512. .22 with tubular magazine, my 10th birthday present.

Worked my way through the Junior NRA medals with it.

My first handgun was a Browning Nomad .22 with 6" barrel I purchased when I was in college.

Both are now C&R. I guess I am too.

sheepherder · 04-22-2021, 07:27 PM

J.C. Higgins single-shot, bolt action .22, iron sights. My dad taught me how to shoot it when I was 12. (He shot Expert at the Peekskill NG Ranges in 1927). I still have it and it is the most accurate firearm I own.

Grantas · 04-22-2021, 07:26 PM

First rifle was a bolt action .22 BSA Sportsman 15 (15rd tube magazine). Still have it but had to get the magazine capacity reduced to 10 rounds thanks to our new ridiculous gun law amendments.

Michigan Gunner · 04-22-2021, 07:41 PM

My first rifle was a Winchester 290 .22 LR Semi-Auto. I used it for a lot of years but sold it after two trips back to Winchester for head space problems. I replaced it with a Remington Nylon 66 which is the AK-47 of 22's. They just run and run.

Lock and Load!

Fla.Mallard · 04-22-2021, 09:04 PM

My first rifle was a J. C. Higgins .22 bolt-action repeater that my dad bought me for my 12th birthday. I lent it to a classmate when I was 17 and never saw it again.

WG dog · 04-22-2021, 09:38 PM

Marlin Glenfield Model 75 .22lr.

Sieger · 04-22-2021, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I Do, Johnny Seven~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQB_aEmiv4

Hey,

That child is holding one of those, demonic, wicked, "Assault Rifles"!!!

His ass needs to be whipped and then he needs to to be put to bed without any supper!!!!!

President Joey

Sieger · 04-22-2021, 11:42 PM

Hi,

A 1967 Ruger Model 10/22.

Dad bought both my 4 year older brother and me these rifles for Christmas. I had just turned 11.

Yes, I still have it to this very day.

Sieger

spangy · 04-23-2021, 12:43 AM

We had a variety of firearms in our house growing up.
A Lee Enfield bolt-action 303, 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a side by side Spanish 410 gauge engraved pheasant shotgun - a real beauty, Walther PPK, Luger P 08's

And for my 14th birthday this Gevarm E1 Semi-Auto .22 Rifle

Loved them all.

STEINBVG · 04-27-2021, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by spangy

We had a variety of firearms in our house growing up.
A Lee Enfield bolt-action 303, 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a side by side Spanish 410 gauge engraved pheasant shotgun - a real beauty, Walther PPK, Luger P 08's

And for my 14th birthday this Gevarm E1 Semi-Auto .22 Rifle

Loved them all.

Do you still have the Gevarm?. In my opinion it one of the coolest 22. I would get it in a heartbeat ...

I wish my 1t rifle was either Gevarm or Marlin 50, or Voere model 2005, or BSA Ralock or anything else old and transferable I'm missing that fires from an open bolt thus a very simplistic....

wlyon · 04-23-2021, 01:04 AM

In 1951 I had made enough money working on a farm to buy a Mossburg bolt action 22. Don't remember the model but the front of the stock folded down to make a handle. Sold it while in college. Bill

schutzen-jager · 04-23-2021, 08:29 AM

1950 Daisy Red Rider - 1955 Carcano TS - still have both -

cirelaw · 04-23-2021, 09:41 AM

Mine was a Walther Sports Model Two 22 cal Trainer Rifle, beautiful accurate, still have~ Originally Issued For Hitler Youth Training! https://www.thereloadersnetwork.com/...-action-rifle/

zinfull · 04-23-2021, 01:35 PM

My first rifle was a Ruger 10/22, shotgun was a Stevens 311 double 20 gauge for my 12th birthday.

Piranha451 · 04-23-2021, 06:37 PM

My first rifle was a Ruger 10/22 Deluxe Sporter, which I still have. I paid $77.00 for it in 1976 at Herman's World of Sporting Goods. I can remember that, but do not ask me what I had for dinner last Tuesday...

cirelaw · 04-23-2021, 07:31 PM

Its marked with Hitler Youth~ 'HY' Sportsman Model~ on the stock butt~

cirelaw · 04-23-2021, 09:01 PM

My original is still packed away during our move!!! Mine is nicer than the pictures I posted!!

jeb111 · 04-24-2021, 09:01 AM

My first rifle was a Remington 581 bolt action with a Weaver 4x scope my Dad gave me when I turned six, that would have been 1973. I still have it and it is in great shape, shot it a lot when I was a kid. My dad built a gun range in our basement of our house, 50ft it was great. Growing up in NJ it was not easy to go to the gun range so my dad brought the gun range to me!

04-22-2021, 04:36 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Do You Remember Your First Rifle??? I Do, Johnny Seven~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQB_aEmiv4

04-22-2021, 06:12 PM	#2
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 848 Thanks: 784 Thanked 861 Times in 411 Posts	My first gun was a .410 pump shotgun. Stayed in the shotgun and handgun club for a long while. I guess technically my first rifle was my Artillery Luger with a stock. Which is going to stay a good memory. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

04-22-2021, 07:27 PM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	J.C. Higgins single-shot, bolt action .22, iron sights. My dad taught me how to shoot it when I was 12. (He shot Expert at the Peekskill NG Ranges in 1927). I still have it and it is the most accurate firearm I own. Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

04-22-2021, 07:26 PM	#5
Grantas Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New Zealand Posts: 55 Thanks: 274 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts	First rifle was a bolt action .22 BSA Sportsman 15 (15rd tube magazine). Still have it but had to get the magazine capacity reduced to 10 rounds thanks to our new ridiculous gun law amendments. __________________ LOOKING for Erfurt Takedown lever and sideplate number 44 also DWM Magazine 2823a

04-23-2021, 12:43 AM	#11
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 617 Thanks: 3,065 Thanked 1,057 Times in 429 Posts	We had a variety of firearms in our house growing up. A Lee Enfield bolt-action 303, 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a side by side Spanish 410 gauge engraved pheasant shotgun - a real beauty, Walther PPK, Luger P 08's And for my 14th birthday this Gevarm E1 Semi-Auto .22 Rifle Loved them all. __________________ Whoever said that "money can't buy you happiness" never bought a Luger. WTB - Take Down Lever & Trigger Plate (#90) for an Imperial Artillery.

04-22-2021, 07:41 PM	#6
Michigan Gunner User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Michigan, on the border Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 15 Times in 9 Posts	My first rifle was a Winchester 290 .22 LR Semi-Auto. I used it for a lot of years but sold it after two trips back to Winchester for head space problems. I replaced it with a Remington Nylon 66 which is the AK-47 of 22's. They just run and run. Lock and Load!

04-22-2021, 09:04 PM	#7
Fla.Mallard User Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 99 Thanks: 244 Thanked 95 Times in 37 Posts	My first rifle was a J. C. Higgins .22 bolt-action repeater that my dad bought me for my 12th birthday. I lent it to a classmate when I was 17 and never saw it again.

04-22-2021, 09:38 PM	#8
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Marlin Glenfield Model 75 .22lr.

04-22-2021, 11:42 PM	#10
Sieger User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,575 Thanks: 2,124 Thanked 400 Times in 249 Posts	Hi, A 1967 Ruger Model 10/22. Dad bought both my 4 year older brother and me these rifles for Christmas. I had just turned 11. Yes, I still have it to this very day. Sieger

04-23-2021, 01:04 AM	#13
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,637 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,561 Times in 956 Posts	In 1951 I had made enough money working on a farm to buy a Mossburg bolt action 22. Don't remember the model but the front of the stock folded down to make a handle. Sold it while in college. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

04-23-2021, 08:29 AM	#14
schutzen-jager User Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: peoples republic of New Jersey Posts: 187 Thanks: 208 Thanked 187 Times in 86 Posts	1950 Daisy Red Rider - 1955 Carcano TS - still have both -

04-23-2021, 09:41 AM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Mine was a Walther Sports Model Two 22 cal Trainer Rifle, beautiful accurate, still have~ Originally Issued For Hitler Youth Training! https://www.thereloadersnetwork.com/...-action-rifle/ Attached Thumbnails

04-23-2021, 01:35 PM	#16
zinfull Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sonoma County CA Posts: 243 Thanks: 5 Thanked 33 Times in 16 Posts	My first rifle was a Ruger 10/22, shotgun was a Stevens 311 double 20 gauge for my 12th birthday.

04-23-2021, 06:37 PM	#17
Piranha451 User Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 21 Thanks: 18 Thanked 15 Times in 5 Posts	My first rifle was a Ruger 10/22 Deluxe Sporter, which I still have. I paid $77.00 for it in 1976 at Herman's World of Sporting Goods. I can remember that, but do not ask me what I had for dinner last Tuesday...

04-23-2021, 07:31 PM	#18
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Its marked with Hitler Youth~ 'HY' Sportsman Model~ on the stock butt~

04-23-2021, 09:01 PM	#19
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	My original is still packed away during our move!!! Mine is nicer than the pictures I posted!!

04-24-2021, 09:01 AM	#20
jeb111 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: May 2018 Location: wyoming Posts: 277 Thanks: 712 Thanked 331 Times in 133 Posts	My first rifle was a Remington 581 bolt action with a Weaver 4x scope my Dad gave me when I turned six, that would have been 1973. I still have it and it is in great shape, shot it a lot when I was a kid. My dad built a gun range in our basement of our house, 50ft it was great. Growing up in NJ it was not easy to go to the gun range so my dad brought the gun range to me!