N/A What was your First Airgun?
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+ My grandma bought a Daisy 25 in 1947 as squirrel chaser, and I broke into the hobby pinching the snot out of my kid fingers with it when we visited.
+ First airgun I properly owned was a Crosman M1 Carbine with wood stock.
+ The early tootsie-roll Benjamin 347 that Santa brought in 1968 was a mind-bending upgrade.
+ The first Euro springer I ever saw and shot was a friend's BSF S20 pistol, another earth-shaking revelation.
M1 long gone, but eventually inherited the D25; it and the 347 live with me to this day (and still shoot fine). An S20 eventually found its way here too, of course.
+ First airgun I properly owned was a Crosman M1 Carbine with wood stock.
+ The early tootsie-roll Benjamin 347 that Santa brought in 1968 was a mind-bending upgrade.
+ The first Euro springer I ever saw and shot was a friend's BSF S20 pistol, another earth-shaking revelation.
M1 long gone, but eventually inherited the D25; it and the 347 live with me to this day (and still shoot fine). An S20 eventually found its way here too, of course.
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In the late fifties my dad came home with a Daisy Targeteer. A friend had a Daisy model 25 which was a awesome gun. The Targeteer paled in comparison to the power of the 25. To ,make up for its short comings he bought me a model 99 and made me a happy youngster.
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The first one, as a kid, was a Daisy similar to the Red Ryder but with plastic instead of wood a not all that powerful. A few years later was a Crosman 500 which I still have. The collection keeps growing.
Rick H.
Rick H.
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After the 'you'll shoot your eye out" Red Ryder as a youngster, I got a Crosman 760, and my brother got the Crosman 500. I wore out the first one and bought a second 760. I couldn't even guess how many times I've pulled the trigger on those.
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Ran through a few pellets, pretty accurate too. I just finished refinishing the stock and cleaning and oiling metal the other day. Not bad for 35 bucks in an auction for this half century old piece.
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A FWB 124d back in the first quarter of 1975. Still have it. Had to have it resealed twice over the years.
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In 1973, I bought a Diana 23, my family lived in Scotland. Later in the US, I bought a Crosman 760 in1976. Shot that 760 countless number of times, fond memories.
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