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

[spengo]

Old beat up used Ruger 10/22. One of my friends from high school got into guns and after awhile I went "hey, guns are cool I like guns, hey I can buy guns now, I'm older than 18." So I did. :V

 

[markw76]

Turning 18 is great, but 21 was even better.

 

[Pnutz]

I turned 18 and Bought me a Bushmaster XM15E2S Varmit

 

[komodo_dragon]

For me, my first purchased gun as an adult was also my first purchased gun, period. It was a Hi-Point 380 ACP. I wanted something inexpensive, with a good warranty as a starter. I bought it about 3 weeks before my birthday.

 

[hefftuck]

ruger p89, then ruger p97, just bought a Romanian m1969 yesterday at a pawn shop for $99, worked on floating the barrel last night

 

[reaper6785]

ruger 357 mag for 150.00 that was a gooooood day

 

[BrianL]

A New England single shot 12ga at Kmart back in 1993. Cost me $69. I still bird hunt with it.

 

[gallogiro]

My hunting rifle, Weatherby Vanguard.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

I'm buying an AK47 (Its got a Red G on it, if that means anything)
I guess it was built by some folks or a guy in Washington? (Not DC) I hear it was test fired with several types of ammo and they all worked.. My question is, how do I know what I'm buying? Its from a guy who bought it from a guy who bought it from the guys in Washington. No internet threds explain tell me what to watch out for when it comes to buying AK47's that have been built from a parts kit.

(Its not a Hesse/Vulcan Arms Ak.. no worries there)
Any thing i should watch out for?
I need help ASAP!!!

 

[markw76]

First of all, remain calm. If it shoots and doesn't have any issues feeding and ejecting, in all likelihood you're good to go. That rifle is designed to work, period. You can also check AK47.com or the AK thread at PerfectUnion.com, among others.

 

[kj Plattner]

Ruger Mark II, 10" barrel. Added a nice scope and it is a tack driver. Still own it.

 

[Trlsmn]

I'm buying an AK47 (Its got a Red G on it, if that means anything)
I guess it was built by some folks or a guy in Washington? (Not DC) I hear it was test fired with several types of ammo and they all worked.. My question is, how do I know what I'm buying? Its from a guy who bought it from a guy who bought it from the guys in Washington. No internet threds explain tell me what to watch out for when it comes to buying AK47's that have been built from a parts kit.

(Its not a Hesse/Vulcan Arms Ak.. no worries there)
Any thing i should watch out for?
I need help ASAP!!!

It's a "Romy G" Romanian AK47, there is very little that can go wrong on them, one thing I would caution you about is to make sure it is a rivet build and not a screw build. If you see screws on the receiver I would think twice about buying it.

 

[DONUTofDEATH]

Keeping with the AK47 theme, my first rifle was a Norinco MAK-90 with an open top front sight guard (not the fully closed circle) and a pistol grip instead of the thumbhole stock. Loved it, and I've had many an AK since.

 

[philcoates]

A Norinco MAC-90 from three bears. Back in 94

 

[meanmike58]

Mine was a lever action Marlin in 44 mag, I sure wish i still had it.

 

[rmlarsen]

Ruger Security Six 4" stainless bought in 1978 new at the Navy Exchange in Barbers Point Hawaii for $186.

Yes, I still have it.

 

[actionflies]

Bushmaster M4 AR15.

 

[at-home-daddy]

SIG P226 9mm. A beautiful two-tone. Kinda wish I hadn't sold it.

 

[chiefchip]

Enfield 303

 

[The B]

rem 700 7mm mag... was not only the first rifle i bought for myself, was the first firearm i ever fired.

zero instruction, zero knowledge. being a bolt gun, it was fairly obvious that you simple unlocked the bolt, slid it back, pushed as many "bullets" as would fit, slide forward, lock, and yank the trig. and that's what i did, and what i got was not at all what i expected.

pretty interesting story, actually... i'd just enlisted in the Army and had a month of delayed entry. 11x, Ranger Option. i didn't want my first time ever firing a rifle to be in OSUT. So i went to GI Joes, walked up to the gun counter, explained my situation and asked for whatever was the closest thing they had to what i'd be shooting in the Army.

the kid (probably 23 or 24, i was 18) turned around, flipped a bunch of tags around, and finally grabbed the weapon i speak of off the rack and handed it to me. "This is a 7mm.. it's what you'll be shooting." I asked about bulk ammo, wanting to shoot a LOT before i left, and he said something to the effect of "we're all out of bulk 7mm, but you can get it at gun shows." what a freaken ignorant individual.

so i bought a box of (20) 165gr soft points for $25 along with the $470 rifle, and left a happy camper. how little i knew.

i drove around for days trying to find a place to shoot the thing in washington county, not realizing that there were zero ranges and no "empty" land to shoot in washington county, or even really anywhere around washington county. there were plenty of places in the hills, but you had to know somebody or know those areas to know about them. i finally drove waaaay out highway 202 out past Mist to the Columbia Mainline, where i found a sign that said "NO TARGET SHOOTING."

no ear pro, no eye pro, weapon not properly seated in my shoulder, i took aim at a tree and jerked the trig.....

LAME