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Crosman 760 pump master was my first airgun. Got it for Christmas when I was in like 1st grade. I couldn't even pump the thing yet. 

My Sheridan Blue Streak was the go-to gun for a few short years. I also had a Crossman .22 multi-pump, model unremembered, that saw some service for a while. Although the adjustable sights on the Sheridan were basic, they allowed me to make repeated eighty yard head shots on rabbits. I still don't know what weight conical shaped pellets were, only that they were the only game in town.

I started with a Crossman 88, BB Scout. Then I moved up to a Sheridan then an RWS 45 and 48 after that an RWS 75 (That was a game changer !) for Mini Sniping. Then life went on. In about 2009 (?) I saw Pyramydair's video on the Discovery. While saving for that I learned about the Marauders and the HW100. After I bought my first few Marauders, I was ready to get into a higher end gun but I wanted a lot of performance. I went the custom route by buying a USED HW100 in 177 and sent it to Alan Zasadny. He did a wonderful job building me a rifle that was FT accurate and Varminter rugged and all told, it was just over 1800.00 for the gun, tuning , custom barrel install and moderator. Now I have an FX400FT in 22 that is just so much fun to shoot it isn't funny.

Jamie 

oops......Crossman 788, BB Scout.

I also started with a crosman pump master 760 when I was about ten. I had to share that gun with my little brother who couldn't pump it. I had to pump it for him. I remember it could shoot BBs really good.

Gentlemen, shall we not forget the classic Daisy Red Rider. My dad got one for me as soon as I was old enough to shoulder it. Fast forward 23 years and I've progressed to a Matador R3m .25 and a FX Bobcat mk1 .30.

I started off with a locally made break barrel gun. It was a sweet shooter till about 30 yards but that was the best I could get out of it. Bought that one in 1998. It still works but it's lying back home. Every time I visit, I do take it out for a few shots, oil it up and lay it back in its cabinet. Will never ever part with that one. It was what got me into shooting in the first place. I gave up shooting when I moved out of my home town for college. Couldn't afford to buy an airgun and I didn't shoot till about 2012. When I could finally afford it after getting a good job, I got myself the hatsan AT44 10 tactical. Started shooting every weekend and haven't stopped since. Then got myself a bobcat and later on exchanged it for the cricket I have currently. 

Shooting is much more than a sport to me. It's my passion. But no matter how many high end PCP's come in, I will never forget the locally made .22 airgun that got me started off in 1998. That's a keeper.

I started out with a Daisy Red Ryder. That gun didn't last very long though but i still had alot of fun with my brothers. Then i remember my first pellet gun, i didn't even know what a pellet was at the time. It was a 760 pump-master and then it went from there to a springer to a PCP

I started out with a Chinese break barrel that my dad sawed off the stock to fit me. I don't remember it having any markings on it though, I wore out 4 of them before I was upgrade to a 22 cal shooting cb shorts. And my dad would let me shoot his feinwerkbau 124 sporter when I got big enough to carry it . That's when I discover the difference quality makes. But from 6-14 I was a killing machine, I was taught good birds vs bad birds my family are farmers. Bad birds= starlings blackbirds sparrows bluejays pigeons crows cowbirds all other birds were left unharmed. If you accidentally shot a bird not on the list you lost the gun for a month. To this day I can tell you by sound or flight what a bird is even if it's barely in sight. Some may argue that some of those birds are good that's just what I was taught. I think I've killed more birds than bird flu I learned that if you kill the white pigeon in a large flock and spread him out on a bare spot, you can almost kill the whole flock one at a time. I literally would get off the buss and kill birds, mice rats ground hogs snakes until dark everyday with an endless supply of pellets. and have also wondered if handling all those pellets was bad for me. Two years ago I got into pcps and besides shooting deer have no desire to shoot center fires anymore. I don't even understand it if anyone thinks they have an explanation I would love to hear one.

.177 Crosman BB. Still in case in attic.

Daisy Model 25.

I started with a Benjamin 347 my grandfather got me for my 10th birthday, still have it and shoot it. Bought a .25 Marauder to get into pcp.

Chinese QB78, CO2 powered gun.
Then a Chinese B18 springer. 

And then an AA S200 PCP with its CZ barrel. Ooohh, that was it, like a laser pointer. 

My three brothers and I received a Daisy 25 for Christmas in 1953. I remember the fights over whose turn it was to shoot We slap wore that gun out! 

55 years ago I had this Benjamen pumper. It was my dad's gun and the workers would shoot the pigeons that messed on the metal stamping presses. It didn't hold air long but I did get a few. This shot was take at a ranch that I had free run on when I was 11 or 12.

I started out as a kid with what would be the Model 105. simple lever action Daisy, but it was not the Red Ryder, because I was so jealous of my cousin who got one.. as I got older I got a Crosman Powermaster 66, then in my teens left those behind for PBs. wasn't til about a year ago I had some backyard pests that I just couldn't trap, so I started researching pellet guns... then the obsession started.. quickly... owned a Trail NP 1100 but wasn't accurate with it, then bought the .25 marauder and then the FX Bobcat .22. doesn't look like I'll be stopping there either

First bb gun was a Daisy 111 circa 1973. Next was a Daisy 880 circa 1978. Next one didn't come until 2013 when I bought a Beeman HW97K. Now I am addicted to air rifles. 

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