What was your first Pellet Rifle?

[PGinsandiego]

I was 9 years old and got a 1969 Crosman M1. Lots of fond memories playing army with it! I now have a similar M1 rifle (Not wood) with the origional metal magazine and not scared up from slamming the barrel into the ground to cock it!

*Borrowed picture

 

[Ratzy]

I believe it was a Beeman R1 I inherited from my grandfather back in the mid-80s. Was stolen in the early 90s.

 

[Beagler]

Crosman 760, put alot of bbs and pellets through it. Next was Crosman 22 cal. 140 ? Maybe? . Went to Florida when we moved there and shot swamp rabbits, snakes and a gator sunning behind house,he left the yard quick. Had alot of fun with those guns,like everyone wish I still had them.

 

[EMrider]

Daisy model 25, then a Crosman 760, and then a Crosman 2100. Crosman 2100 was actually a great gun and I put many thousands of pellets down the barrel.
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[crowski]

My first was a Predom Lucznik. Reminds me of the HW35. I was around 10 mid sixties. Hunted every weekend on a 500 acre tobacco farm where the Ganaraska runs through it. A excellent Trout stream. Crow

 

[jetpopt]

No airgun nostalgia for me. The first taste was in March 2023, a Daisy 880. It still was just as addictive as a childhood delight would be, though.

 

[.20calguy]

Around 1972 I bought a used Crosman M1 bb rifle. You pushed the barrel in to cock it. It wasn't very powerful, but I only shot cans with it.

The same year that I bought my Sheridan.

 

[jlharden]

Daisy Powerline 880 that my uncle gave to my father. It was the spark. Had many other Daisy and Crosman models in my youth. I purchased a used AA Pro Elite 25+ years ago as my first really serious air rifle. What an introduction to springers that was! Wish I had that one back, but I've acquired many very nice examples since. It's a great hobby!

 

[Shuggoth]

Crosman 760 for me @ 1973, just had bb guns before that.

 

[Skysho]

My dad bought me a Slavia 618 when I was a kid. From the local farm feed supply store. Sure wish I still had it. I’m pretty sure it’s still in the old barn in my secret stash spot. That was some 40 years ago. Oh to be young again.

Go look for it! If its new owners they probably would mind. I notified owners of a house our family rented back in 1965 of my stash under the house. They found the vintage military emergency ration tins right where I put them.

 

[cavedweller]

The year was around 1968. I got this old and worn Crosman 101. The world just changed for me. (borrowed pic)View attachment 186179B pic.

1962 I got a Sheridan 5 mm on my 8th birthday.

 

[Skysho]

In 1966 I traded my student style 12 bass accordion for a well-used Crosman Model 140. It had a cool stock, walnut on one side and sun bleached on the other. My neighbor's father found it stashed on a rooftop. Wish I could remember where it went, must have gotten tossed when I joined the military.

 

[DixieTriggerMan]

My first was a Sheridan Blue Streak purchased in 1971, a few months after I graduated from college and had a steady job. I still have the rifle. Never had the first problem with it and it's in great condition to this day.

 

[thom]

Crosman 760 in 1968, when I was 10, I kept it until about 1980 when someone stole it.