mipafox 438 Posted September 12, 2014 4. It was some sort of semi-auto, tube-fed .22. I can still remember putting the cartridges in the tube. My Dad had a hand on the gun and was on top of me on his elbows just to make sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,872 Posted September 12, 2014 Vlad - that made my day.. lol... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted September 12, 2014 My Dad and I have discussed this a few times, we both think I MIGHT have/probably did shoot before ... but we both agree on a memory that we generally accept as my first time. A life-event caused there to be a humongous dirt mountain in our backyard, which was already on a dead end street surrounded by farm fields. WTF is a life event? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seamusSU 0 Posted September 12, 2014 I sadly think I may win for oldest first shot at 31. I had shot a few air guns as a kid in my friend's yard but first time with a real gun was almost exactly 2 years ago in an NRA Basic Pistol class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burns 16 Posted September 12, 2014 I was about 8 or 9 at a range where I grew up in Michigan. It was a 22 semi-auto and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrap 4 Posted September 12, 2014 WTF is a life event? Thank you for your polite inquiry. . Please allow me to inform you, despite the fact I'd have preferred not to get into it. Our house burned to the ground and left us temporarily homeless, without a single possession, and devoid of any and all worldly goods, family heirlooms, clothes, or anything at all. The rebuilding process required digging out the concrete foundation, as that was the only thing left , and digging a new area for foundation, which then left a very large amount of dirt that got piled into the backyard area... resulting in a large mountain suitable for shooting into. Satisfied? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
illy 1 Posted September 12, 2014 Dang. Sorry about the joke, dude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GlastonburyNative 0 Posted September 12, 2014 I was seven years old and used my father's .22lr colt diamondback. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarecrow 0 Posted September 12, 2014 LOL. I was a late bloomer. Did not shoot my first gun till I was 30. S&W 581 357/38. Sure wish I still had it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oleg 8 Posted September 13, 2014 I did very similar thing as Vlad G. We had 'Civilian defense' classes at school (about 13-14 y.o.) and had to shoot as part of the class. We had a shooting range in the basement in the school, and everything was very well organized thanks to good teachers. We did not get much to shoot though because of luck of ammo. .22lr was on a short supply in USSR Teachers also had to destroy empty cartridges and count them. 100 in, 100 out. Later we shot ak-47 at the real range, about 10 rounds, also as part of the class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duppie 73 Posted September 13, 2014 I was 13 and went to spend a summer in Elkhorn Manitoba on a farm in the middle of nowhere. The owner of the farm,a friend of my father's took me into the basement where he had a collection of rifles and asked me to choose 1. I chose a .22 bolt action with the coolest wood furniture and a scope that you loaded 16 rounds in a tube under the barrel and spent the rest of the summer aiming at and missing squirrels and skunks. The next time I picked up a firearm was in 2009 after I bought a Sig p250 9mm, a box of ammo and rented a lane at Shoreshot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magnawing 5 Posted September 13, 2014 .22 around 5 or 6. .410 at about 8 and graduated to 12 gauge at 13. Handgun was a 38 at about 15 This signature is AWESOME!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KramD52 0 Posted September 14, 2014 I had only shot bb and pellet rifles since I was 12 up until age 18. It was at that age I had shot my first REAL firearm for the first time....my best friends 12 gauge pump sg with 00 buck. I wasn't fully prepared for the recoil and wacked my nose pretty good with my thumb. At least my buddy got a laugh out of it....t'was memorable to say the least. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sage613 8 Posted September 18, 2014 YMCA camp. 11 yrs old. Bolt action 22's loved shooting ever since Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koontz946 0 Posted September 20, 2014 .22 bolt action at a Boy Scout camp (No-Be-Bo-Sco), 11 or 12 years old. Still have the targets. First handgun shot was at 18 when I went to GA to visit some friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishnut 2,358 Posted September 20, 2014 First shot was with my dads air rifle I found while helping clean out the garage at about age 5 or 6. First shot with a firearm was dads marlin 39 .22 rifle in our backyard .22 range in NJ at age 7. first shotgun shot was age 10 with a single shot 20g. Got my hunting licenses at 12 and mowed my neighbors lawns to save enough cash to give to my dad to buy a mossburg 500 12g. First handgun shot was a .44 mag revolver at 13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael2013 56 Posted September 20, 2014 First air rifle - at about 7 or 8. Was a regular shooter for a few years. First rifle, 5.56 - about 16, as a part of school PE. First handgun (Makarov, I think) - at 20. Didn't like it. First shotgun - at 38, on a range in Belgium. A sort of an entertainment during a business trip. I didn't do well but loved it anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
njJoniGuy 2,129 Posted September 20, 2014 At SGF Vacation Camp (behind Methacton HS in Collegeville PA) run by the Phila Jewish Federation (Imagine that one today!) Age 10 ('65) they had BB rifles for the first time. The following summer at age 11 they had single shot bolt action .22 rifles. I was hooked!! Shooting at camp in the summer was my raison d'être. At 15 got a summer job at Camp Sun Mountain in Shawnee-on-Delaware PA as a dishwasher, and spent every spare minute on the rifle range burning up their ammo (purchased at Dunkleberger's in Stroudsburg at $5/brick - those were the days) The next 2 summers I was the camp rifle instructor (after going thru an NRA Instructor course at Pine Forest Camp in Greeley PA near where they're hunting for the State Trooper sniper) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD2K 115 Posted September 20, 2014 Don't remember the age, but first gun I shot was a .22LR rifle when I was in cub scouts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zelig 21 Posted October 13, 2014 22LR single shot rifle age around 8. Co2 pellet pistol around the same time. Shot bottles and paper in the NY catskills. Love at first sight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Candyman87 10 Posted October 13, 2014 Probably 10 or 11. Boy Scout summer camp. Single shot .22 LR. Still have the targets downstairs and I wasn't too bad at that age! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newtonian 453 Posted October 13, 2014 I was 14. Single-shot .22lr rifle. Basement or sub-basement of my high school located at 30 W. 16th St. in Manhattan. They still have a range! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lecky 1 Posted October 14, 2014 1977-78 my fathers first gun was a 38cal airweight, I was 8 or 9 yrs old when I shot it and I can remember that it had a crazy recoil that hurt my hand but that didn't stop me, I loved it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites