What Was Your First Airgun?

[RENVAL]

My first airgun at age 8 was a Daisy poweline in .177, with the years I upgraded to a Gamo Delta Matic in .22, then after a few years I could saved up some money and I got a Gamo Hunter, after that nothing has changed! I'm a airgun addict still!

 

[Ginuwine1969]

RWS 34p in .177 to help out with a rabbit problem and within 1 month i picked up an s510 in .22 and that was all she wrote i was an airgun crack head. Within a year i picked up .25 Cal Vulcan Tactic, and 12 months later have an FX Impact in .22 and .25 on order.

 

[RENVAL]

It won't stop there, we got no cure GW!!!! Lol

 

[Fuji]

Not sure of the model but i think it was a Crosman, pistol kit that shot bb's & the barrel that broke to accept small darts. I was about 8 or 9.

Then a Daisy riffle (again don't remeber the model) at age 11.

Then a Crosman 1377 pump at age 12... (use to terrorize the neighborhood with that thing).

Then a(nother) Crosman 357 replica CO2 .177 (for rat hunting at night down by the creek)....at age 13.

This brings back alot of-great memories!
Great thread!

 

[Guest]

My first air gun at 8 or so was a Red Rider BB gun. It had a longer barrel than the atypical examples to be found at the time. I saved money from paper routes to buy it from a family friend. In my teen years, I progressed to a Crosman 760 Powermaster, now gone mia for some reason? I hunted rabbits & squirrels with it for years, besides plinking & 10M target shooting. After going to powder burners for years, then becoming partially disabled, I quit hunting, then fishing as I could barely walk in pain with a cane. I'm slowly getting better, the doctor helping me get ready for hip surgery, then my L2 disc as well. Hence my reason for getting back into air guns once more. Hunting afield-sports afield?!- will be my rehab, as it were. I really miss being out in the fields & woods, the smells & sights of nature & all that. Getting my exresize as pop called it, that way. I'm loving this the way air guns are these days! Wish we could've had digital cameras & magnum air rifles 25 years ago!?

 

[Sheharyar]

My First airguns was BSA Meteor .22 and Diana 45 .22cal then came the Gamo Whisper X and a local made airgun Paragon.

 

[Deja]

Walther LG 55

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[Catanonia]

BSA Lightening Tactical Black in .22 

Still have the old springer. must get it out soon for a plink.

 

[RenoTwolf]

Sheridan Blue Streak , .20 .

Use it so much the bluing turned to a "copper" color. Use to put 10 each .177 "BB's" in the barrel with a little patch to convert it to a shotgun.

 

[OldCorps]

Another Daisy Model 25 here, Got it for Xmas...........................60 YEARS AGO this year!

OMGIAO!!!

Ed

 

[ebigham1]

Daisy 880. Got it when I was about 8. I shot everything I could. and many things I shouldn't. Had that gun for many years.

 

[LNielsen]

My first air rifle that I bought was this Benjamin 347- 31 years ago and it still shoots really well today.

 

[Jumbles72]

Probably my dad's Falke (model 70 i think) in .22.
Circa 1950 something...

He still has it and knocks the odd indian mynah off with it!
Not bad seeing as he's pushing 76!

 

[Huntnbdgr]

I remember going to Benjamin Sheridans factory store in Racine Wi and getting my 1st air rifle... greatest day of my childhood.

 

[Guest]

Mine was a 1000-shot Daisy Red Ryder "bb gun" which my Dad gave me for my 10th birthday in 1946.

After my discharge from the Army in 1962, I bought a Crosman 760, then a Sheridan .20 caliber multi-pumper.

Then I began accumulating more airguns...all springers except for one PCP, which I didn't like and sold.

My latest airgun is a Browning .22 Mag break-barrel Pistol which is even hard for a large 80-year-old man like myslf to cock!

SpringerHal

 

[LNielsen]

That is awesome SpringerHal. I am sure you have some great memories. We would love to hear your experiences if you feel like sharing.

 

[Jonnes]

Oh, my first airgun, that was way back in 1979/1980.. My first was a The Gat pistol, followed by a Webley Hurricane. My first air rifle was some unbranded Eastern European rifle. 

 

[Guest]

Hey LNielsen,

Sure, I'd love to share my memories and experiences, from home-made slingshots back in Wheeling, West Virginia (1936 to 1944) to modern airguns!

(That's a heroic-looking Avatar you have there!)

SpringerHal

 

[Andrew]

Crossman 766. Still shoots pretty well and started my son on it a couple years ago. Then Sheridan blue streak handed down from grandpa.

 

[Guest]

Hey Andrew.....

I hope the lids on your pellet tins are on tight...it looks like everything is about to fall!

SpringerHal