So what was the first weapon you fired.


Mine was my dad's HK MP5, when I was probably 7 or 8, he took me to the indoor range at Aviano AFB. It was and is probably my fondest memory of my time in Italy.

Aside from bb guns, it was my glock 17 during my very first shooting class in my early 30s.

Smith and Wesson 38 special when I was 6- back behind my grandparents house in a field. Was a total hoot.

Aside from bb, pellet guns, etc.; a 30 inch, full choke, single shot, 12 guage shotgun, with pheasant load. It came with an all important, you'd better not stand like that and tuck it tight into your shoulder, warning.

Big boy gun that left me doing in a short time frame

M16A1 in Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

It had a five-digit serial number and was manufactured by the Hydro-Matic Division of General Motors. In other words, it was old.

My cousin's Remington .22 with a nylon stock and fiberglass barrel. Poor jackrabbit.

A surplus WW II Mossberg Model 44 .22 trainer. At age 7, it seemed to weigh a ton, but luckily my dad's friend had me shoot it prone.

My moms' cousin took me shooting when I was 15 or so. He had some kind of scoped hunting rifle chambered in Remington 7mm Express.

A no-name bolt action .22 (probably bought from Montgomery-Wards, Sears was usually too expensive) that had a non-functioning tube feed so I had to use it as a single shot. I loved chasing squirrels with it.

Coach wrote:M16A1 in Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

It had a five-digit serial number and was manufactured by the Hydro-Matic Division of General Motors. In other words, it was old.

I think I used that same rifle a few years ago.

Single shot break open 12g. Volunteer Arms. I still have it and the $25 receipt.

I've since replaced the tape holding the forearm in place.

22 bolt action single shoot at Little Rock AFB with Boy Scout troop.

CZ 75. In my forties.

My self-described "Uncle Redneck" took me shooting one day. We shot 3 pistols. Hated the 380. Meh on the Ruger III. But the CZ? I walked away with a "hell yeah" look on my face. I still have the target posted next to my Obama 2008 yard sign and Clinton 1992 bumper sticker that hang over my reloading bench.

Coach wrote:M16A1 in Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

It had a five-digit serial number and was manufactured by the Hydro-Matic Division of General Motors. In other words, it was old.

^this, only mine was made by Colt and I was at Ft.Ord, CA.

.22 bolt rifle at summer camp when i was 10 or 12, maybe 1964. didn't shoot again till i was 30ish.

A .22LR bolt action rifle at summer camp in the early 1970's.

I don't remember how old I was, probably 10 or 12, but my dad had an old Colt .38 revolver and we took it out to the dump and shot stuff with it. Good times!

Dad's old Stevens 12 gauge. Hurt like hell.

At 5 or 6 I found my father's disassembled m1 carbine while... exploring the house. At that point my father bought me a BB gun, and found a better storage method. He taught me firearms safety and the basics of how to shoot with the BB gun then later let me fire the m1. Both were a hoot.

Some type of handgun when I was 9 and lived in Israel. Don't remember the caliber. I'd like to say it was a Desert Eagle but it was probably some cheesy .22.

Glock 19. Not terribly accurate with it, so I got me an M&P9C.

Bolt action Marlin .22LR plinker back in Boy Scouts. Funny enough, that's on my short-list of things I want to get.

3 shots of .22 short out of an ancient pump rifle at a side show shooting gallery at the World Trade Fair in Wellington New Zealand. I think I was seven or eight.

My dad's bolt action .22 when I was about 7 years old. Shot a lot of .22 shorts and longs out of it. No one ever cleaned it. I wonder where it is now. Suspect my brother has it (and never cleaned it). He also got the Luger.

Just spent some time texting with my next younger brother trying to figure out what it was...

Turns out it was a Ranger Model 34, .22 rimfire, single-shot, bolt-action that belonged to my grandfather. The Ranger 34 was a Marlin 65 made for Sears. The Marlin 65 was made from 1935-37 with a small portion of them being rebranded and sold to Sears. I believe it had a 3x scope on it, too. I remember it being very accurate and death on chipmunks, birds, and squirrels.

I was probably 6 or 7 years old when I first saw it and became absolutely obsessed with it. I remember it being in the corner of my grandparents' pantry and I would sit and look at it for what seems like hours. I was probably 10 the first time I shot it.