twenty5
BoM 11/09, 4/10 BoY '10
Not sure if there are any pawn shops in the area (I assume there has to be...) but there are some gun shops. I will have to do a bit of searching I guess.
Any cheaper models to gravitate toward or stay away from?
What was your first rifle?
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Any cheaper models to gravitate toward or stay away from?
VirginIslander
This Space For Rent
My local pawn shop has a coffin for sale...and not one an 'A' goes in. Makes you wonder. "ahh, guess the doctor was wrong about 6 months left. Guess I don't need this anymore...I'll pawn it"
Ratbert
BoM Oct '07
Stevens bolt action .22 that had been my dad's when he was a boy. He gave it to me for Christmas when I was 10 years old. I still have that rifle and would never part with it. Sadly, I don't have a son to pass it along.
Winchester Model 1903 chambered for the Win .22 auto. this was the first civilian semi auto on the market. I got it in 1954 on the death of my grandfather. I kept it until last Christmas (2008) when it became the property of my oldest grandson, aged 11 at the time. I passed it and 600 rounds of ammo. He knows he will be it's caretaker until he passes it to his grandson.
Just got my first rifle...my father-in-law "passed down" a Remington 760 GameMaster 30-06 to me today.
I've never been hunting before and mentioned to him I wanted to go this year and he asked me if I had a rifle yet. I told him no but I had been looking at a couple of them at a local sporting goods store. He said he had one that I could use.
Yesterday, we went to the shooting range so I could shoot it and get a feel for it. Turned out, I shot it quite well for someone with no rifle experience.
This morning about 8:30, on his way out to the farm, he dropped by my house with a rifle case in tow and told me I would need to "get acquainted" with my rifle before hunting season. I told him I appreciated him letting me use it, he said "I'm not letting you use it, its yours, I'm giving it to you."
Looks like I'm ready for my first hunting season...can't wait!
I've never been hunting before and mentioned to him I wanted to go this year and he asked me if I had a rifle yet. I told him no but I had been looking at a couple of them at a local sporting goods store. He said he had one that I could use.
Yesterday, we went to the shooting range so I could shoot it and get a feel for it. Turned out, I shot it quite well for someone with no rifle experience.
This morning about 8:30, on his way out to the farm, he dropped by my house with a rifle case in tow and told me I would need to "get acquainted" with my rifle before hunting season. I told him I appreciated him letting me use it, he said "I'm not letting you use it, its yours, I'm giving it to you."
Looks like I'm ready for my first hunting season...can't wait!
Not a rifle, but my first gun was a 410 shotgun for my 9th birthday. Still have it.
Ruger 10/22. I still have it 
First rifle was an Ithaca single shot .22 lever action. Fun little gun. I inherited it from my older brother, and his son inherited it from me. I do have a Henry .22 lever action that is similar, except it is a repeater, which I always longed for with the Ithaca.
