Your first Gun

enda50

i have only recently taken up shooting as a hobbie and it intrests me in how other people started shooting!

so leave a comment and say what your first gun was and how you got into the sport! :rolleyes:

bitemybanger

Always had an intrest in shooting and i used to do alot of fly fishing and many of the guys who i used to fish with went shooting regulary but i wasnt old enough to own my own firearm so one of the lads brought me out and i loved it, is soon as i was old enough i aplied for my first licence and got it.
my first gun was a Mistral multi choke o/u game gun(2 triggers) loved it and got great use out of it, dont know why i got rid of it??

quackquackBOOM

first gun was a leranga side by side really wasnt ment for me and gave me bad confidence at first because i think the stock was altered a bit for a previous user and i looked down the left barrel and yes it was a right hand gun
forget how i started to tell the truth

José Alaninho

Started last year on a Ruger 10/22 and haven't looked back since.

Sparks

Walked past the stand for DURC in Trinity on my first day in college, thought "that looks interesting". Took a year to join up, but been plinking ever since.

revan23

first gun i got is a mossberg 500 pump action (ported barrel) about 8 or 9 years ago, still using it.

Bananaman

I went to a charity fund raising shoot in Hilltop - had fired a shotgun and a .22 rifle a couple of times when I was a kid (20 years+ earlier) before that.

Got to shoot Clays, .22 rifle, archery.and .22 revolver.

Joined the club a couple of weeks later and have been up every week since.

B'Man

Rosahane

Started with a single barrel Baikal (all I could afford as a student) when I was 18. Traded that in for a double barrel Baikal a few years later, it was a lovely gun, one of the early Baikals with a quality oiled stock choked half and full so you had to let the birds fly a bit before you shot them

I won a clay pigeon shoot in the gun club with it once! Biggest mistake I ever made was trading it in for a Gunmark Kestrel:mad:

iverjohnston

First one I owned was a Gunmark Sabel, doublr trigger s/s. Brand new in 1983, price was €240. I was still at secondry school. Thought I was the bee,s knees!

Cass

Grandfather taught my father who taught me about guns. Started going out when i was four. First gun i fired was a Stevens single barrel. Was hunting, stalking etc by 10 and father helped me buy my first shotgun when i was 16. A Spanish Orbit O/U from Watts Brothers on the Quays in Dublin (£435). Expensive for the day but well worth the money and still as good when i sold it as when i bought it. Bought numerous guns over the years but kept the first one until recently when i sold it to a family member who was also getting into shooting. Have never had a gun fit so well since. (sob, sob):p

kermitpwee

Started on a Brownong Citori as my own gun, had been shooting various guns for previous 13 years!

.17hmr

Started with a single barrel Baikal loved that little gun,moved on to a o/u Baikal and a 9 shot fabarm pump,and a smi auto marlin and a murcury light and hopefully a cz thats my toys:)got in to hunting with a mate of mine who had a farm and got in to a club

J. Ramone

Got a present of a second hand BSA Meteor air rifle when I was 18. Was fun for plinking but that was it. About a year later I saved my pennies and traded it in for a Weirhauch HW77 - a big underlever air rifle with a two stage trigger to die for. I shot some amount of bunnies with that baby. They were super plentiful at the time and I used to get up to 7 or 8 in a good evening.

I eventually bought my first puppy and a second hand italian SS. One of my first birds was a Wicklow grouse in the last surplus year - 1993. I enjoy all forms of shooting and try to maintain a bit of variety so I now keep my eye in with the odd clay, rabbit, pheasant, duck or deer.

deerhunter1

enda50 wrote: »

i have only recently taken up shooting as a hobbie and it intrests me in how other people started shooting!

so leave a comment and say what your first gun was and how you got into the sport! :rolleyes:

a .22 savage rifle single shot given to me by my brother in 1975 along with a five pound note for my wages for working with him doing plumbing work. Very accurate took me 18 months to get the licence traded it in for a gevarm 22 semi auto broke two weeks later my heart ball of sh--te. My first shotgun a sxs same year could not hit a barn door with it, since then had semi autos and o/u's. Last year I bought a Beretta 471 Siler Hawke for my 50th always wated a sxs so whether i shoot good or bad with it it will stay with me till i pack in shooting as I love a sxs and intend mastering it. (left a blank on name of sxs as I just got a mental block cant think of make if i do i will repost)

homerhop

First gun was a single barrel Baikal. I even splashed out the extra £5 for the ejector model, used to throw out full cartridges the minute you broke the gun. Spent a few quid a year later and bought an AYA Special Edition U/O. Kept the Baikal for checking snares, was very handy to stick the strap on it but eventually sold it.Have a 10/22 but am in 2 minds at the moment about keeping it. Splashed out about 5 years ago on a Miroku MK38. Cant see me changing again, find it a comfortable gun to use.

meathshooter

first gun was a baikal single barrel ejector with the selector underneat the action many moons ago from watts along the quays sadly long gone now still have the gunsilp from it found it in the attic couple weeks ago in perfect condition

kowloon

A budget model Mossberg pump, still have it, but it might have to go because of the new limits and the abandonment of the subsequent cert (€6 was it?) in favour of the new extortionate fees.

Grizzly 45

Single barrel folding,poachers shotgun calibre 410. Shot just about everything with this.. Got it from Nestor Bros in Limerick 34 years ago..Still have it.:).

Kryten

Shot for years through my FCA and Army days, but my first gun was a Browning Buckmark Pistol in 2005 . Highly recommended. A Fantastic pistol!!!!!

clivej

I started when I was about 16-17 with a BSA meteor brake barrel air rifle and then soon got a 12g single shotgun followed closely by a poachers folding 410 (it fitted nicely under your long coat ), I used and kept them for many years but sold up when I got married
Now many years later I again started when my 28 year old son started with guns on his small bit of land.

So a couple of years ago I got a 12g Mossberg pump action but soon sold it as i just couldn't get to like it. Now I have a 22lr, 223 and nearly a 308 for stalking

sfakiaman

My first gun was a Haenel .177 air rifle my father gave me as a christmas present when I was four. I had been using his BSA .22 target rifle (propped up on sandbags) before that.

Croppy Boy

I used to go out with my father as a child. When I was old enough, I bought a new AYA Yoeman from Garnett and Keegans in Dublin for £62 and later a Brno .22 for £45 also new.

pullandbang

meathshooter wrote: »

first gun was a baikal single barrel ejector with the selector underneat the action many moons ago from watts along the quays sadly long gone now still have the gunsilp from it found it in the attic couple weeks ago in perfect condition

What was the selector for if it was a single barrell?

My first gun was also a single barrell Baikal from Garnett & Keegans. Cost me IR£80 new and came in a grey cardboard box. I think the yoke under the action was for breaking the gun if I remember correctly. I got so proficient with using it I was able to get two shots off nearly as quick as a lad with a double barrell S/S and two triggers. I'd carry a second shell caught between my fingers on the hand under the fore end. Once I fired the first shot I was able to break the gun (which ejected the empty) and drop in the full shell and close the gun in the blink of an eye.

deerhunter1

pullandbang wrote: »

What was the selector for if it was a single barrell?

My first gun was also a single barrell Baikal from Garnett & Keegans. Cost me IR£80 new and came in a grey cardboard box. I think the yoke under the action was for breaking the gun if I remember correctly. I got so proficient with using it I was able to get two shots off nearly as quick as a lad with a double barrell S/S and two triggers. I'd carry a second shell caught between my fingers on the hand under the fore end. Once I fired the first shot I was able to break the gun (which ejected the empty) and drop in the full shell and close the gun in the blink of an eye.

Correct the lever under the action was for opening the gun

cavan shooter

I got a second hand Baikal 27E o/u in 1986 cost me £200 still have it but thinking of getting rid for a new 22lr. My dad was into shooting but had basically given up by the time I hit 16. 1st November I used to go shooting with a neighbour and that had me hooked

ToniTuddle

Slightly off topic as I don't own a gun:o
But...seeing as you lot know alot about the subject matter
There is a shooting place in a town nearby....can I just walk in and ask to join them or do I need to do some course before hand?? Are there strict conditions?

Cass

Every club has its own set of rules and regulations regarding membership. Best advice is to go to the club and speak to chairman, secretary or someone in authority. Ask them about what they do, the facilities, requirements for membership etc. Unless there is someonoe here from that specific club everything said to you would be best guess advice.

Go speak to them and get as much info as possible, then if you need specifics about certain aspects of what you were told by all means ask here again.

It wasn't me!

First gun is an Anschutz 1807L I bought after about six months of shooting in DURC. Have bought a Sako 75 I'm waiting on a licence for as a deer rifle as well.

rrpc

My first firearm was a Webley Osprey .177 springer air rifle which I bought off Watts many years ago

I still have it, or more accurately its replacement (the rivets went in the original after about six months) although I hardly ever use it.

Tackleberrywho

First Gun Baikal double B, in 1998.
12 firearms later, I chopped and changed alot, I got 4 now; But maybe only three after next week!! if there is a god up there tell Dermie to go easy on us!

lucy333springer

first gun, BERETTA ES 100, dealer say's he's a second-hand gun
cabinet, turn's out the cabinet holds four gun's, guess what?
you've got it, CZ 453 .17 - HATSAN ESCORT 12G - BRNO .22LR all
followed fairly quickly, da wife think's i've only got one gun:pac:

lucy333springer

oh, also waiting on ticket for
THEOBEN SPRINGER AIR RIFLE he he. plus larger cabinet.

dwighet

my first gun was a marrochi o/u 12 gauge.....gone now
second: rem 700 sps 223...........................gone now
third: rem 597 semi auto 22lr......................gone now
forth: cz 527 varmint 223..........................gone now
fifth: cz 452 17 hmr..................................gone now
sixth: cz 452 22lr limited edition..................gone now

currently have: rem r-15 semi auto 223
: zabala hermanos athena sbs 12 gauge
: custom 7mm08
And saving my bickies for something speacial for a trip to South Africa next year..
The mrs thinks im mad but only hunters and shooters understand;);)

Hootanany

quackquackBOOM wrote: »

first gun was a leranga side by side really wasnt ment for me and gave me bad confidence at first because i think the stock was altered a bit for a previous user and i looked down the left barrel and yes it was a right hand gun
forget how i started to tell the truth

Its was mine to when the trigger went off accidently twice it was time to upgrade

patsat

i have been firing guns since i was big enough to hold them!!never really been interested in shotguns its always been a rifle!started wit my da's .22lr, .22 hornet, .270 and .243. and now its on to my own .22hmr and .223!and i'm getting the itch to go for a deer calibre soon as i shot my first deer the other day using my da's .243.

foxshooter243

I began rifle shooting in 1970 with a venerable mk 3 Webley underlever 22 calibre air rifle, and two years later was given an AYA no 4 boxlock at the tender age of 13 years, with it came 6 boxes of eley shells and a gamebag:eek:-thats what it was to have a well heeled uncle at the time-licencing problems were a thing from another galaxy:D-those were the halcyon days:)

LB6

Initially I used to do the odd day out clay shooting, but never really took to it. One day I was brought to the range as a visitor. So just to pass the time I got to use one of the club guns.... shot relatively well for a first timer and was asked to come back....and that they say was that - hooked! I'm still there. Continued to use the club gun every week until I picked up my own Anschutz 1411 - 1963(yr she was made) couple of months later. I still have it although I've changed the stock on it now. She's still is as good as the day I first got her. Couple of other pieces too - but she's my baby and won't be getting rid!

jimbo 22

My story

My first gun was a merkel side by side that was 10 years ago
This gun was 20 Years old when my dad bought it for me and its as tight as the day i bought it cant fault it...


since then i had a
winchester Semi Auto .22
Got rid and bought a CZ .17 Still have that
Then mooved up to Centrefire Sako 75 in 270 Last Year

Next on the list is a Baretta / winchester Semi Auto 12g Shotgun :pac:

meathstevie

I got my first own shotgun a few years ago; Merkel S/S ejector, in the meantime I've had a Stoeger semi ( piece of crap ), an Anschut bolt action .22 hornet with a Zeiss Conquest on it, a S/S non-ejector Merkel and a Maverick 88.

Before that I fired a lot of different stuff belonging to my old man; an FN built B25 12g. trap gun, a Saive S/S 12g., a Browning BAR in .300 Win Mag, and last but not least an FN 9mm garden shotgun

derek_g34

First..........Krico 22 Semi-Auto................gone now
Second......Fabarm Pump-Action..............still have it
Third.........Glock 34 9mm.......................gone now
Fourth.......Sako TRG 308.......................still have it
Fifth..........CZ 75 Tactical Sports 9mm.....still have it