What was the first gun you bought yourself as an adult?

[JAC]

Ruger GP 100, don't think I could ever sell it.

 

[DeanMk]

Made me think, did Google ever acknowledge Dirty Harry for the phrase "Do you feel lucky"?

Yes, it does.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Oh yes.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=do you feel lucky punk

 

[DeanMk]

Oh, just post the video already!

...raise your hand if you counted the shots......

 

[DeanMk]

...meanwhile, 14 years later....

 

[Capn Jack]

Never did like that gun. It would try to unscrew my arm and my shoulder would hurt for the rest of the day.

It was a dream to shoot with .44 Spl. though.

 

[CryWolf]

When I got back to the united states after being overseas for 2 years, I went to a lgs to purchase a
Ss 1911 para ordnance .45 acp
great gun, I miss it...

 

[DeanMk]

Cry Wolf,

"lgs"? What is that?

 

[ParkerBoy]

Local Gun Shop

 

[DeanMk]

Thnx

 

[Jacurso]

Define "Adult"

That was my question too. When I became an adult, the law said I had to be 21, not 18. That came later when I was in my mid or late 20s....

My first gun purchase, at 19, was a new Winchester Model 94, 30-30....from Sears, for $79.
When I was 20, I bought a new Marlin Model 60, with a 4X scope included, for $42.50.
At 21, when I could then legally buy a handgun, I purchased a new Ruger Single Six, with xtra Mag. cyl. for $69. Those were all retail prices, of course.
I've made some great buys over the years since ....and remember the price I've paid for all of them and the location of purchase.

 

[Jacurso]

S & W 4" Model 19

That was my 4th purchase and bought it used as my first Duty gun in 1970. $125, 2 years old at the time and in great shape. Tuned by a friend of mine who was sent to S&W Armorers school in Mass. I still have it and will never sell it.

 

[Spooler41]

As I recall ,it was May of 1962. I ordered an Astra 600 from an ad on the back page
of American Rifleman, a mear $24.99 and took about 10 days to reach my mail box.
It turned out to be a fair shooter in excellent condition, an extra magazine and very
fine black leather military holster.

............................ Jack

 

[Jacurso]

As I recall ,it was May of 1962. I ordered an Astra 600 from an ad on the back page
of American Rifleman, a mear $24.99 and took about 10 days to reach my mail box.
It turned out to be a fair shooter in excellent condition, an extra magazine and very
fine black leather military holster.

............................ Jack

Man.............those were the days!

A guy could do the same thing with the Monkey Wards , Sears, and other catalogs.

 

[Garg]

First one I ever bought for myself, was a .357 magnum Taurus. Loved that little hand cannon. That was 30 some years ago. Then a Rem 870 shotgun, then a 10/22, then well...... it goes on and on......

 

[308Hunter]

Ruger P89.

 

[Jacurso]

https://www.google.com/search?q=old...Bmfj&q=old montgomery wards catalogs handguns

 

[Hedrin]

Growing up, my grandfather had a Colt Huntsman he bought about a year before he died. It was unfired in box. I coveted that gun, I wanted that gun, but when grandma divvied up his guns several years after his death, I took his S&W first model K-22 Outdoorsman I had learned to shoot on. Another relative took the Huntsman and they were sure they had got the better deal. Right after I could start buying guns, I was in a sporting goods store that carried used handguns. I saw three Woodsman/Huntsmans in a case. Two were expensive (for the time), one was about half the price of the others. It had some blueing loss on the barrel. Other than that, it was perfect. I just shot it last week.

 

[salmonriverjohn]

Hedrin, I just passed on the 1st .22 rifle I ever shot to my youngest daughters 1st born child, it was given to me by my Grandfather when I turned 10. I thought it was only fitting to pass it on to his great-great grandchild.
Those are the things that a man keeps for just such occasions.

 

[ConcreteJungle]

Radom P64...had been wanting one for a long time. When I hit 21, pulled the trigger on the purchase.
Sold it a few years later since i didn't shoot it much and it was a pain trying to find 9mm Makarov locally in LA.