First BB Gun?

[bsa1917hunter]

Crossman 760 pellet gun at the age of 8. At the age of 10 after having the safety rules pounded into me I was allowed to shoot my dads .22 rifle and revolver.

When I say I had the safety rules pounded into me. It literally happened after I accidentally shot my best friends dog with a bb from ten feet away! Lets just say I never pointed a gun where it wasn't supposed to be after that day.

My first BB gun was also a crossman 760. Man, I had a lot of fun with that thing. I remember putting 10 BB's down the barrel and then pumping it about 30 times. It was also my first shotgun...

 

[11Charlie]

My first BB gun was also a crossman 760. Man, I had a lot of fun with that thing. I remember putting 10 BB's down the barrel and then pumping it about 30 times. It was also my first shotgun...

HAHA we used to do that!

 

[Caveman Jim]

I was the youngest of 3 boys so at 4 I was already shootin a handed down Daisy lever action BB gun. We did get the gun safety education from Dad and the promise to feed us everything we killed, crow sucked bad... At 7 I was hunting rabbits and squirrel with the bolt action Remington 510 22lr, mowing yards & pickin up pop bottles to feed my newfound addiction. At 10 I upgraded to Pop's old 870 Wingmaster 12g. Loved dropping Quail and Dove with it and the best part was EATIN EM!!!

 

[SparksFly]

I got a Red Ryder when I was either 10 or 11, then I upgraded to a Gamo pellet gun when I was 12 or 13.

 

[CountryGent]

Crossman pump + Ruger Standard .22lr + S&W 39-2 9mm

Funny you mention it. Like the rest of the children, I cut my teeth with a BB gun. Unlike the rest of the brood who first shot a "real gun" in the form of a .22LR, the first firearm I ever shot was my father's Astra in 9㎜. I was only nine years old and he cupped his hand around mine. I remember him saying "you need to know how to use this", but to this day, I'm not entirely sure why. We lived in a very remote area and it was during the nadir of the later part of the Cold War, so maybe this explains it. Be that as it may, I later shot the .22s, 20/12-bores, and later rifles. Still, odd pick from my father with the automatic pistol. The 9㎜ is a very light cartridge now, but it was like thunder from the heavens to the little version of me.