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

[crazyrussian]

romanian sks put over 2000 rounds throw it the first year i had it an it still shoots strait keep hir clean she will never let you down

 

[chris61182]

Ruger 10/22

 

[unionguy]

Mine was a Ruger 10/22...I didn't receive any guns or instruction from my dad

 

[ZeroRing]

Mine was a Ruger 10/22...I didn't receive any guns or instruction from my dad

I feel you there... the only guns I've ever had hands on were ones I bought myself. Except for a cousin's .357 mag once when I was an early teenager back in the 70's.

 

[folksinger]

same here, no guns as a kid. was given a mossberg 500 as an adult and loved it, decided to try the other end of the spectrum as well and bought myself and henry lever-action .22

and the list keeps growing

 

[Steel 13]

Ruger 10-22 on my eighteenth birthday.

 

[rsmccsman]

Ruger GP100 ss 3 inch barrel in .357 Magnum. Also the first gun I sold. Nice quality, a big hunk of solid metal. However, I prefer the triggers on S&W revolvers and the lighter metal alloys on todays guns such as scandium and titanium that make these beasts practical to actually carry.

 

[rick]

The first one I bought was a used 12ga pump shotgun for something like $70. I think it was a Savage but it's been too many years now for me to remember with certainty.

 

[rsmccsman]

Springfield XD40. I couldn't wait to pass the background check and bring it home. Later I realized I wanted something different since I am a lefty, so I sold it.

Doesn't the XD have an ambidextrous mag release? Not gonna do better if you are a lefty.

 

[ZeroRing]

Doesn't the XD have an ambidextrous mag release? Not gonna do better if you are a lefty.

The XDm does and I'm a lefty. I like the feel of the XDm more than my Glock 21, the grip angle just feels... better.

 

[Greenbaum]

My Colt AR-15. CAR-A3 HBAR ELITE. I love this gun for getting out there!

 

[ramosthompson]

1906 Swedish Mauser, 6.5x55

 

[hsullyc]

Remington 870 express super mag.wow that was awhile ago.

 

[flask28]

Beretta 92FS. It was in mid 1999 - - yes, as a y2k precaution! lol.

 

[RemMod597]

That would be a Karl Gustaf 30-06 Special. One of the last sporting rifles made by them.

 

[TonsOfOregonBrass]

Armalite 16" AR-10. still have it, and i love it.

No really, i LOVE IT. If i had to choose between it or my wife, the rifle would win. Close call between my son and it though.

 

[chemist]

I just discovered this loooong thread, and read it all the way thru - what a hoot!

I feel for you guys who had no mentoring - neither did I, raised by a widow and an older sister. So by the time the Eighties rolled around and my Twenties were behind me, I finally decided to get something that I could carry and conceal. But at the time I was so poor I couldn't pay attention, so I found a Llama .380 in the newspaper for - well, I'm not gonna say how cheeep it was.

It's actually a good little shooter, built like a baby 1911, and it fits the wife's tiny hand perfectly. I can't imagine ever wanting to sell it. I even scored some factory mags at a gunshow years ago.

That's Wife 2.0 I'm talkin' about, BTW. The first one was as rabid an anti- as they come, so I had to keep it hidden from her for years. Don't ask, don't tell.

Now I got me a woman with a CHL and a perpetual smile!

 

[ZeroRing]

Beretta 92FS. It was in mid 1999 - - yes, as a y2k precaution! lol.

Hard to believe that whole Y2K thing is now a decade old!!

 

[JCL]

Taurus PT111 that has been a headache ever since. Missing spring, called Taurus 4 going on 5 times now to get it replaced, sent the wrong part each time. Looking to unload it ASAP, which is a shame since the ONLY problem with it is the missing spring.

So besides that, a brand new HK USPc 9mm for a killer price.

 

[biggie24420]

Shortly after I got my Washington CO. CHL, I went to the hillsboro gun show and bought me a Taurus PT 24/7 .40 for $389.00 NIB. I had that for a few years and I got tired of it and sold it for $300.00.......... It was a cool semi auto but I wouldn't want to own another one, because it was a bit top heavy and I put 2000 rounds through and the slide got really loose. I also was NOT a fan of the safety...... If you carried it HOT, meaning one in the pipe....... the safety would disengage very easly if you concealed carry it...... inside a conceal carry holster, it would shift around and the safety would be off.... I'm sure if I had a nice leather or a hard holster it would be fine... but many years later, I am very happy with my glock and I know people talk ISH about glocks but my G27 hasn't done me wrong so............... whatever lol