When and What was the First Gun you Shot

[Paul15]

When I was a kid a local farmer let me shoot his 22-250, I didn’t hit a thing.

[Thunderhog]

A Hiawatha 22 bolt action repeater almost identical to Chumlee's Cooey. 1976....

[Bigbubba]

Air Cadets 779 squadron
Probably 1974
CFB Toronto indoor range
Some kind of bolt action 22 rifle. Looked like a 303 LE

Then they took us up in an Otter, which was my first plane ride.

[MadMike83]

I was probably 5-6 years old at my Uncles farm. A Ruger Standard .22. The bucket was probably all of six feet away from me, but I hit it.

[Moe]

10 years old. Was at Grandpa's farm house when he caught me staring at the rifles and shotguns on the gun rack in the kitchen. He asked me if I wanted to shoot a gun. I replied yes and he said meet me on the step. He met me there a few minutes later and pulled out of a small cloth sack a captured Luger P08 he brought back from the war. Mother came out to see what her dad was up to. She freaked out and he yelled "little man need to learn to shoot". I remember he took out the mag and it was loaded. I was shocked it was loaded and he said to me "they ain't any good empty" lol. After he seen I wasn't a goof with it he let me finish off a couple mags into a fence post at the end of the driveway. It was a truly a different time in 1979. Best part is the Mounties called the house shortly after to see if old Bill was shooting again and left it at that. It sure would not go like that today.

Cheers
Moe

[Mtl514]

C7a2

[Ratzilla]

1022...about 15 years ago.

[skwerl]

Not counting BB guns & Pellet rifles earlier.

C.I.L. 125 from Corlanes Sporting Goods , Dawson Creek 1967 .

[vultr]

First was Cooey model 60. Second was S&W 629. Because my uncle is a bad person.

[biff hooper]

Last year (very late to join this fun).
About 50 rounds through a K31. Very much the newbie and gave myself an almighty bruising in the shoulder, haha.