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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2021 16:14:15 GMT
Guns are fun. Are they not? What was your first gun? That is this topic.
Mine was a .22 magnum bolt action rifle. It held seven rounds. I cannot remember the make or model though. At first I appreciated it, but did not really like it. I was not fond of bolt actions then. Now I love them. They rate just below sei-automatic rifles. It was a good rifle. I remember that as well. So, SBG, what was yours?
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Post by tera on Aug 16, 2021 17:08:57 GMT
I no longer have it, but my first was a Winchester model 70 in .300 Win Mag I successfully haggled for at a Walmart. I didn't know much about guns, but I had a good friend who was an ex-SEAL with a Remington .300 Win Mag, and I wanted to be a cool kid, too.
Let me tell you, that was one EXPENSIVE and PAINFUL way to learn to shoot.
If I had a do-over, I'd have gone with a Ruger 10/22. Those things run great and you can install a better barrel yourself for cheap. They can be boringly accurate.
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Post by paulmuaddib on Aug 16, 2021 17:36:43 GMT
I no longer have it, but my first was a Winchester model 70 in .300 Win Mag I successfully haggled for at a Walmart. I didn't know much about guns, but I had a good friend who was an ex-SEAL with a Remington .300 Win Mag, and I wanted to be a cool kid, too. Let me tell you, that was one EXPENSIVE and PAINFUL way to learn to shoot. If I had a do-over, I'd have gone with a Ruger 10/22. Those things run great and you can install a better barrel yourself for cheap. They can be boringly accurate. Shot a .300 Win Mag once (well technically four times). After four shots handed it back to the owner and said thanks trying not to show it hurt. I don’t have a lot of muscle padding on my shoulders. Another gun I had the very same experience with was a Ruger with a synthetic stock in 30.06. The owner reloaded his own ammo and found that the most accurate load was the maximum recommendation of powder. Four shots and that was it. My first gun was a hand me down. My oldest cousin had it first, then his brother, then me. .22lr (could shoot shorts of course) single shot bolt action. The barrel curved to the side (for shooting around corners obviously). Once you learned it, it could be very accurate. Don’t remember the brand, could have been Sears and Robuck. Found another one with a straight barrel but not as good a stock and viola newish straight barreled gun. Gave it to a girlfriend and have regretted it ever since. |
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Post by Murffy on Aug 16, 2021 17:47:58 GMT
Back the 90s, a friend took me out for some shooting on his family's land in central Nebraska. I found myself feeling pretty nervous around the guns. I decided to cure that by getting my own so I bought a Marlin 1894 levergun in .44 mag. It's a perfect short-range brush buster for the woods of Minnesota and the only firearm I have that's drawn blood, so to speak. I killed two deer with it back when I was into hunting. It put them down with authority.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2021 18:00:54 GMT
I remember my first, glock 17, I shot the crap out of it compared to what most people do, I think I had like 1300 down the pipe I want to say. I remember once I did a 500 round burn on it all at once continually and at about that 500 point I could literally no longer hold it was so hot, lol. It was a great gun, I still regret selling it, as you just can't go wrong with having a glock laying around, but it is what it is, I sold off pretty much all my guns. I would say my most fun though was my 590A1 I got after that, full size, ghost rings sights. It was a beast at about 8lbs which is a lot for a pump action. I think I put like 750 shells down that gun, I also did like a 150 shell burn on that gun, with full power double aught buck, yeah I felt it I think still a week afterward. It was fun, but just not a good shotgun, the heavy walled barrel literally has no point to it, compared to a regular 12ga barrel, despite what people say. The barrel on that gun is so thick and heavy, once I would run out of ammo I could take it off and use it as a weapon, and the Parkerizing was not good on it, and I hear that a lot on mossbergs. But anyways, thats my story.
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Post by paulmuaddib on Aug 16, 2021 18:22:53 GMT
I remember my first, glock 17, I shot the crap out of it compared to what most people do, I think I had like 1300 down the pipe I want to say. I remember once I did a 500 round burn on it all at once continually and at about that 500 point I could literally no longer hold it was so hot, lol. It was a great gun, I still regret selling it, as you just can't go wrong with having a glock laying around, but it is what it is, I sold off pretty much all my guns. I would say my most fun though was my 590A1 I got after that, full size, ghost rings sights. It was a beast at about 8lbs which is a lot for a pump action. I think I put like 750 shells down that gun, I also did like a 150 shell burn on that gun, with full power double aught buck, yeah I felt it I think still a week afterward. It was fun, but just not a good shotgun, the heavy walled barrel literally has no point to it, compared to a regular 12ga barrel, despite what people say. The barrel on that gun is so thick and heavy, once I would run out of ammo I could take it off and use it as a weapon, and the Parkerizing was not good on it, and I hear that a lot on mossbergs. But anyways, thats my story. I still own a mossberg 590 but not the A1. I bought it back in the very early 90s iirc. Blued barrel. Haven’t shot mine anywhere near what you shot yours. Put a 6 shell side saddle on it and much later put a Knox stock on it with a power pack. Knox stocks reduce recoil up to 50%. The ‘up to’ is important. The power pack is a side saddle that mounts to the stock. Five shells. So fully loaded, 8+1 in the gun and 11 outside. Never weighed it but is heavy. Would like to have ghost rings mounted. |
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Post by Andy54Hawken on Aug 16, 2021 18:34:58 GMT
I still own my first firearm. It was given to me , by my granddad. It is a 1962 dated 870 Wingmaster , 20 gauge , 28 inch barrel and a Modified choke. This shotgun has kept me fed and won more than a few shooting matches. I still take it hunting each year. Andy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2021 18:46:38 GMT
Yeah I wish I bought the 590 instead way back when, it's just a better gun all around, the a1 version is more weight and expense for almost no reason. I wanted to try the knox stock but when you go traditional stock it just makes it impractical in my opinion to replace it with that. People say having a heavier barrel makes it be less "heat prone" or "heat up much slower", and it's just mostly false, it's only very slightly better, at the expense of what, an extra half a pound to a pound at least which is a lot, and again more money, and that goes for all rifles and shotguns. Heavy barrels are just best used only for competition and target shooting, somehow people think because it's thicker it will "last longer". Its so false to say that it's not even funny, I literally have a percussion cap double barrel hanging in my room thats been in my family for forever, and percussion guns were used around the 1850, 60s, and 70s, so do the math, and it's still in really good shape and it uses thin barrels, but anyways enough of my rant.
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Post by karmasoft on Aug 16, 2021 20:55:11 GMT
29 years ago I told my friend who was knowledgeable about such things, that I wanted to buy a pistol. He advised going to the range and trying some. I really liked the Beretta 92FS Centurion so I bought one. Still one of the most accurate handguns I've fired, and still looks brand new...  |
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Post by howler on Aug 16, 2021 21:53:37 GMT
Glock 20 in 10mm. Sold it to my best friend who was hunting more at the time.
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Post by tera on Aug 16, 2021 22:55:35 GMT
I still own my first firearm. It was given to me , by my granddad. It is a 1962 dated 870 Wingmaster , 20 gauge , 28 inch barrel and a Modified choke. This shotgun has kept me fed and won more than a few shooting matches. I still take it hunting each year. Andy
That is a classic. Nice choice of gauge and model. The Wingmasters sold well and are still sought after. I bet you have some great memories with that little treasure. |
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Post by Andy54Hawken on Aug 16, 2021 23:45:06 GMT
I still own my first firearm. It was given to me , by my granddad. It is a 1962 dated 870 Wingmaster , 20 gauge , 28 inch barrel and a Modified choke. This shotgun has kept me fed and won more than a few shooting matches. I still take it hunting each year. Andy
That is a classic. Nice choice of gauge and model. The Wingmasters sold well and are still sought after. I bet you have some great memories with that little treasure. Thank you ...I do indeed. I learned many things with this shotgun as a child...how to shoot , how to hunt...understanding of the responsibility of the hunter towards both land and game they hunt...
I can't go out opening day this year...but this September it will go out again...in search of grouse. Andy
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Post by RambleTree on Aug 17, 2021 3:02:33 GMT
Grew up around hunters and rifles/shotguns, hunter safety, etc. But never actually purchased a firearm until last year.
Started with a Marlin 336 in .30-30 Winchester.
Felt like a good all-purpose, 'when supply chains fail I'll be able to find ammo and parts' kind of rifle.
Where I am (Vermont), unless you're standing in the middle of a flat-ish corn field, there's no shot over 200 yards.
Practiced the hell out of the hammer positions and unloading (seems like the likeliest screw-up factors).
Super fun, packs a punch, feels like you could use it like a club when empty (in an emergency and about to die anyway).
Working on a 'lever-scout' setup - I even found a mag tube rail adaptor for a light.
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Post by nerdthenord on Aug 21, 2021 19:20:02 GMT
Diamondback DB-15 AR-15 Carbine.
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Post by glendon on Aug 21, 2021 23:05:21 GMT
An unknown manufacturer, because I forget; possibly Winchester. A pump-action, octagonal-barreled .22 caliber rifle made in 1922. My grandfather's and my father's before me. Stolen (along with other items) in 2008 by the semprini sandwich who bought the family property in southern Ohio, and decided to scope out the house interior before the sale finalized. Sometimes, there just ain't enough rocks.
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Post by tera on Aug 21, 2021 23:14:59 GMT
That sounds like a Winchester 1890. I've handled a few and they are nice even today. I don't think I've ever handled a takedown model, though I'm pretty sure those were made.
I always hate to hear of lost or stolen firearms. It's good to always keep records of serial numbers and descriptions stored off-site to provide LEOs. There are websites available to even non-FFL's that let you check if a firearm has been reported stolen.
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Post by glendon on Aug 21, 2021 23:25:59 GMT
That sounds like a Winchester 1890. I've handled a few and they are nice even today. I don't think I've ever handled a takedown model, though I'm pretty sure those were made. I always hate to hear of lost or stolen firearms. It's good to always keep records of serial numbers and descriptions stored off-site to provide LEOs. There are websites available to even non-FFL's that let you check if a firearm has been reported stolen. Yeah, well, the county sheriff was the guy who stole my bicycle after a road accident put me in the hospital. He ended up doing time. |
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Post by glendon on Aug 21, 2021 23:28:00 GMT
That sounds like a Winchester 1890. I've handled a few and they are nice even today. I don't think I've ever handled a takedown model, though I'm pretty sure those were made. I always hate to hear of lost or stolen firearms. It's good to always keep records of serial numbers and descriptions stored off-site to provide LEOs. There are websites available to even non-FFL's that let you check if a firearm has been reported stolen. But thanks for the identifier. The thing worked like a dream: Took long, short, and long rifle. Very fun, very kind, very exciting for a kid. |
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Post by Lord Newport on Aug 22, 2021 1:07:46 GMT
29 years ago I told my friend who was knowledgeable about such things, that I wanted to buy a pistol. He advised going to the range and trying some. I really liked the Beretta 92FS Centurion so I bought one. Still one of the most accurate handguns I've fired, and still looks brand new... Nice first gun! IMHO, The Beretta 92fs Centurion is the best of breed...full size farm for mag capacity and controllability and compact barrel/slide for carry ability and balance. It had to look for some time to hunt down a NIB unforced example for my collection. Today they are rare as hens teeth.. |
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Post by nerdthenord on Aug 22, 2021 1:11:26 GMT
29 years ago I told my friend who was knowledgeable about such things, that I wanted to buy a pistol. He advised going to the range and trying some. I really liked the Beretta 92FS Centurion so I bought one. Still one of the most accurate handguns I've fired, and still looks brand new... Nice first gun! IMHO, The Beretta 92fs Centurion is the best of breed...full size farm for mag capacity and controllability and compact barrel/slide for carry ability and balance. It had to look for some time to hunt down a NIB unforced example for my collection. Today they are rare as hens teeth.. My brother has a Beretta M9A3 pistol and that thing is dead eye accurate. A bit too big for my tastes but even a mediocre marksman like him was drilling the cat’s eye on a target 30 feet away. |
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