Age for first gun?

[ram57ta]

I was carryin a Colt 45 in my lunchbox when I was 8

[bobs94formula]

Wasnt quite that young when I got my .22. I was 13 and I still have it 27 years later. Marlin 60 and still my favorite 27 years later.

My first gun was a Marlin 60 too! I got it when I was 13 or 14. I still have it and used it to teach my boys to shoot.

[downshift_me]

My girl just turned 6 and is still learning with an airsoft.

[CJ]

I got my first bb gun when I was 9. I shot out every window, shot all my toys, shot neighbors cars, wiped out the bird and squirrel population all in 1 day and then gave my dad back the gun and told him I wasn't ready. True story.

[inline 6]

I got my first bb gun when I was 9. I shot out every window, shot all my toys, shot neighbors cars, wiped out the bird and squirrel population all in 1 day and then gave my dad back the gun and told him I wasn't ready. True story.

lolz, sounds like my child hood except I did it for the next 5 years.

[dee]

My Nylon 66 was such a fixture of my childhood. I went on Ebay and bought up a bunch of the Remington promotional media to have as keepsakes.

Hell, I am thinking of paying the $200 stamp fee for the Mossberg 500 to keep it as a SBS. I can't image the shotgun was more than $150 from Monkeywards back in the 80's.

Those 66's sure are fun to shoot.

I shot mostly hand-me-downs until I was 12 and got a 10-22 plus an 870 Wingmaster for Christmas. I keep them for roughly 4 years then traded both for a 1968 model Winchester 101.

[whitetrash]

Those 66's sure are fun to shoot.

I shot mostly hand-me-downs until I was 12 and got a 10-22 plus an 870 Wingmaster for Christmas. I keep them for roughly 4 years then traded both for a 1968 model Winchester 101.

I've got an older 870 wingmaster that was passed down to me that I intend to do the same with him once I get it repaired.

[dee]

What's wrong with it.

Mine will get a model 12 Winchester 20ga to start for birds. She already has my Red Ryder to start out with and will my Springfield 87a 22 before too long.

[whitetrash]

What's wrong with it.

Mine will get a model 12 Winchester 20ga to start for birds. She already has my Red Ryder to start out with and will my Springfield 87a 22 before too long.

Some jack wagon took it apart and lost one of the internal pieces, maybe a few, and bent the guides for the pump. I've tried to look up parts but only find stuff for 12g and this is a 20g.

[ceyko]

I'm thinking I'm going to give my kids BB guns to shoot (supervised) at 4 or 5. Sometimes kids are ready, sometimes they are not. However, I've been yelling at them for pointing their toy guns at people - in an attempt to teach rule #1. It's quite the fun kill for them now, but when they are popping soda cans and whatever around the yard - hopefully it'll pay off. I'd like to have them in 22s by the time they are 7-8 years old.

[KBScobravert]

Those 66's sure are fun to shoot.
I shot mostly hand-me-downs until I was 12 and got a 10-22 plus an 870 Wingmaster for Christmas. I keep them for roughly 4 years then traded both for a 1968 model Winchester 101.

And in good condition, worth a LOT more than they were back when made. Makes you wonder why Remington dropped the Nylon 66 line.

[dee]

Some jack wagon took it apart and lost one of the internal pieces, maybe a few, and bent the guides for the pump. I've tried to look up parts but only find stuff for 12g and this is a 20g.

Brownells or Numeric (sp) should have it. The 20ga Wingmasters are pretty sought after you don't see them very often.

And in good condition, worth a LOT more than they were back when made. Makes you wonder why Remington dropped the Nylon 66 line.

They bring pretty good cash considering what they are. A good friend of mine has had one since we were little I always thought it was a neat gun to shoot.

[IHaveAMustang]

I came from a family that thought guns were dirty, evil and cause instant death by themselves.

My grandfather (WWII 101st airborne vet) let me use his Winchester model 74 .22 at a few gatherings in the sticks when I was 14 or 15.

I knew nothing about guns, everything I know now is self taught or because of a AR build party at Keiths.

Once I graduated college I started to feed my lust of guns. I need a bigger, safer safe now that I have so many...

If you told me back when I was 20 or 21 that someday I would own 15 or so normal guns, (2) Short Barreled rifles and a suppressor, I would have thought you were crazy...

[KBScobravert]

Glad we could contribute to your delinquency.

[YALE]

Fuckin' A!

I started shooting .22's when I was 4. I started getting to tag along on squirrel hunts a couple of years after, and I was off and running ever since. A good rule of thumb is: make it fun. My uncle started my cousins out shooting at plastic animals with a BB gun in the backyard. It became a good way for them to practice together, and not disturb the neighbors.