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[HillbillyD]

So what was ya'll first  riffle? Mine was my model 60 I got at 8 . Still have it at 49

[gregintenn]

My father went to our local Ace Hardware and ordered me a brand new H&R 058 Topper with two interchangeable barrels. One is a 20 gauge with modified choke, the other chambered in 30-30 Winchester. I still have the gun and box. That combo has accounted for a lot of game through the years. I need to dig it out of the back of the safe and hunt with it again sometime. I was 10 at the time. I remember him paying $100.

[Gnarlytoes]

Mossberg 46B(a)

[scatman]

Winchester 1892 in .45 LC, followed up by a Rem. 700 in 25-06, and then one in 30-06.

[derf]

Pawpaw’s Remington 550-1 in .22. I was 14, I’m now 65. It’s still shoots great and looks like new. 

[Moped]

Mine was a Winchester Model 67 single shot .22LR rifle. 

[Snaveba]

I also got a Marlin model 60 around the age of 8-10. And I still have it (at 53)

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[Garufa]

Remington Model 121 Fieldmaster.  My dad got it brand new when he was a kid and turned it over to me when I was around 10.  Still have it.

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[Choatecav]

Well, believe it or not, mine too, was a Marlin model 60 when I was 10.  I was not allowed to use it unless my dad was with me, however.  

Oh..... and I still have it also.

[Snaveba]

Are you in your late 40’s to 50’s? I think it was a common first rifle for GenX kids

[Snaveba]

[monkeylizard]

$100 Norinco SKS new in the box with the complimentary gallon of cosmoline . . . Shot maybe 20 rounds through it.  I sold it several years later for $100 before I actually got into the hobby. I thought I did good to get my money back out of it . . . DOH!

[Grayfox54]

Marlin 99M1. Got it for Christmas when I was 12. Its the same action as the Model 60, but with a 16" barrel and made to resemble a M1 Carbine. Great little rifle. 

I fell on hard times in the 80s and foolishly sold it.  But I have replaced it since then. This one ain't going nowhere. 

[HillbillyD]

7 minutes ago, monkeylizard said:

$100 Norinco SKS new in the box with the complimentary gallon of cosmoline . . . Shot maybe 20 rounds through it.  I sold it several years later for $100 before I actually got into the hobby. I thought I did good to get my money back out of it . . . DOH!

This was my third,  still have it aslo 

[Snaveba]

My second was an AR-15

[KahrMan]

1 hour ago, Snaveba said:

Looks just like the one I got back in the early 70’s as my first rifle.  The Marlin model 60 now is in the hands of my cousins sons. I need to get that back from them. 

[Snaveba]

I wish it still had the Tasco scope that I got with it. Unfortunately. It didn’t survive the years. 

[Gnarlytoes]

32 minutes ago, Snaveba said:

I wish it still had the Tasco scope that I got with it. Unfortunately. It didn’t survive the years. 

The old Japanese made Tasco scopes were hard to beat. I can't stop myself from snatching one up whenever I find them at garage sales and such.

[gregintenn]

2 hours ago, Grayfox54 said:

Marlin 99M1. Got it for Christmas when I was 12. Its the same action as the Model 60, but with a 16" barrel and made to resemble a M1 Carbine. Great little rifle. 

I fell on hard times in the 80s and foolishly sold it.  But I have replaced it since then. This one ain't going nowhere. 

I always wanted one of those. I’m a big M1 carbine fan. That would make quite the accompaniment for them.

[DocHawk]

Marlin / Glenfield 60 with the lil' squirrel.

[Choatecav]

14 hours ago, Snaveba said:

Are you in your late 40’s to 50’s? I think it was a common first rifle for GenX kids

Actually, no, I am early 60's and a Baby Boomer but those Marlin 60's were mighty popular.

They had the three necessities of the day: 1) Cheap, 2) Reliable, and 3) Cheap.

[deerslayer]

Another Marlin model 60 here.  Also has the squirrel on the stock.  Got it 42? years ago and I still have it. 

[RunaTuna]

My dad gave me a Krico semi-auto .22 that he bought in Germany in the 90s for my 12th birthday. Many a squirrel has met its end by that gun. I will give it to my future son as his first gun. 

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, RunaTuna said:

My dad gave me a Krico semi-auto .22 that he bought in Germany in the 90s for my 12th birthday. Many a squirrel has met its end by that gun. I will give it to my future son as his first gun. 

That is a fine rifle! We’d love to see pics!

[Jeb48]

On 11/17/2022 at 3:10 PM, Moped said:

Mine was a Winchester Model 67 single shot .22LR rifle. 

My first was also a 67. Was my Dad's and he gave it to me when I was around 12. It is an early one before they started putting SN on them. Had a few Daisy BB guns and a Benjamin 310 .177 pellet pump up air rifle earlier. Still have the Model 67 and the 310. I should get the 67 out, it has been a few years.