What was your first ever air rifle?

crossman 760 pump master still have it 41 years later. Still my all time favorite all the fun I had with this rifle..I lived on a dead end street the last house on the left with all woods around..from blasting birds to bumble bees..the best was army men. That we set on fire. The guy holding the bazooka lol ..shot mostly bbs. They used to come in a card board milk like container..memories. HYNZIE 4S

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My first was the Daisy 880. It was actually quiet accurate when shooting pellets. I remember in grown up age I got a Diana 54 springer, which was much more powerful, and expensive, but I never got it to shoot as good as the Daisy:) I probably did not have the knowledge back then, and I guess I used to light pellets for the Diana. I sold it after a couple of years. Brought a new 880 again a couple of years ago just for fun, next to my expensive FX pcp`s, and it was a litle sad to see most parts are plastic now.
 
My first experience with an 'air rifle' dates back to the 1960's when my brother got a push barrel BB gun (likely something like a Crosman V-350 purchased out of the Sears catalog) for Christmas.

Air rifles certainly have come a long way since then, but we likely had as much fun with that first Crosman as anything I've had since. We never shot out an eye, but I recall several times when we had to replace a window pane on the side of the garage!
 
Daisy Model 25.

My grandfather found it in three pieces.

I had to rebuild it (1958) as best I could.

It didn’t look good but it shot well until about 2006.

I bought one of the Chinese copies.

Sent it back.

Finally found one from Rogers, AR:

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A Crosman .177 CO2 rifle that had a magazine for 10 or so BB's (which I was forbidden to use) or could single-load pellets. At the time both pellets and powerlets (CO2) were cost prohibitive to me, but when I'd get some, I'd shoot the snot out of it, mostly in the basement at a target trap. It did not get me into airguns so much as it whetted my appetite for a 'real' firearm. It wasn't until ~20 years and a few airguns later that I started to appreciate airguns for their own sake. Now I'm hooked (both air and powder).

GsT