What was your first shotgun?

[JBrockman]

I was 12 Years old ( now 52) Dad bought me a Single shot break action .28 gauge. Has taken many/many rabbits. Both of my sons started with this ol gun and as my grandsons will also get their oppurtunity to shoot her! She is still clean as a whistle but most of the blueing is gone. Still opens and closes strong and shoots straight. Love the 28 gauge!

 

[calcot7]

My uncle gave me a Stevens 20 ga. three shot bolt action when I was 13.

 

[Fergy35]

Another one for the Savage 24. My father gave me one that used to belong to my Uncle (now passed). 22LR over .410. Great combo. Dad's got one too, that he has had for years. When he used to hunt quite a bit it was his go to for squirrel, rabbit, quail etc.

 

[Ahgo]

A Springfield 410. Dad got it for me when I was young. I actually still have it. It's a great little shotgun.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

New England Arms 20 guage single shot!

 

[Wheezy50]

The black synthetic model 870 in 12ga.

Parents gave it to me for high school graduation(11yrs ago), still have it and use it OFTEN!! Came with both vent rib 28" barrel and rifle sighted, smooth bore slug barrel.

It has been the taker of much game, ducks, geese, doves, pheasant, rabbit, deer, turkey, coyote, probably more i'm forgetting!!

 

[jimbo-indy]

Was about 14. Christmas brought a 16 ga. Winchester 1200 pump. That was about 1964. A couple of years later I made my first gun purchase, Winchester model 70 in .270. Guns were sold in hardware stores then. Bought the rifle and carried it down the main street to the car without so much as a odd look. Both hung in my bedroom in a wall mounted gun rack above my bed. Never shot anybody or terrorized the town. This was in western New York. How things have changed.

 

[gpasp101]

my first shotgun was a black diamond model 12 trap with a cut stock to about 9 inches. Unfortunately my Dad talked me into trading it when I outgrew it ,he's always been a horse trader and said he wasn't married to any of his guns ,but he recently gave me a Y-model in the box.

 

[hodgej1843]

20 gauge single shot.i still have it to this day.shoots like it did 20 years ago.

 

[ShooterLee]

Inherited a 12 gauge Rem 1100. Shoots just as beautifully as it looks. I'll never let it go.

 

[Angie]

Remington 870 combo. Christmas present from my mom.

 

[Win52C]

Poor here too....H&R Topper 20ga single....still remember the night my Dad bought it new for $65 bucks with a box of Remington 6 shot ....seems like yesterday.

 

[baldguy637]

Mossberg 500

10th Birthday

 

[longbarrel]

Mossberg 500 combo 12 ga. Still have it and still take game with it.

 

[randyb]

Ithaca 12 ga featherweight. Dad bought it for me since I am a lefty.

 

[slacker]

Mossy 500

 

[2cool9031]

Noble 12 gauge had it for years never used it any more so I sold it.

A Noble 12ga pump was my second shotgun

 

[ryanbr]

An FIE single shot 12, many a rabbit fell to that gun, good times growing up.

 

[45pro]

Rossi single shot .410/ .22lr combo

 

[TGUNTER]

Bolt action 16ga and it was heavy when I was little.