Wednesday, December 17, 2014

First firearm

Tam mentions her first centerfire rifle was a Lee Enfield.  Oooo, that's some good street cred right.  Pretty cool first.  Bad ass little piece of history.

That got me to thinking.

What was you first 3 centerfire guns?

I lucked out.  Big time.  My father in law gave me a rifle that his father probably bought surplus.  A 1942 armory rebarrelled Springfield 03.  In pretty sweet condition.  It was in a ratty old sheepskin sleeve in the rafter of the basement.  I replaces that disintegrating old leather cover with something new and whole.  He noticed I cared enough to do that, I might as well be the custodian for it.

Not bad, huh? 

I might have been real jealous of Tam's first rifle, the Enfield, ifn this one wasn't so good.  So good for both of us.

After that it was a S&W 686, and then a 7.62x51mm 'Navy' Garand.
M1E14Mk 2 Mod 0M1 Garand variant; rechambered in .30 T65/7.62x51mm NATO with press-in chamber insert

After that I started this blog and things got a bit jumbled...  Still.  A babe-in-the-woods, rank n00b, those are a good set of 3 to start with.  And one was totally accidental.
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13 comments:

  1. BorepatchDecember 17, 2014 at 9:45 AM

    My first centerfire was a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk IV, FTR 1948. Saw action in the War, although I don't know where.

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  2. joethefatmanDecember 17, 2014 at 11:46 AM

    Mine was a Savage 30.06 in '83.

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  3. lordjimDecember 17, 2014 at 12:51 PM

    Mine was a Lee-Enfield, a 1968 Ishapore in 7.62 NATO. Second was a 1899 Mosin M91 rebarelled by SA.

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  4. KristophrDecember 17, 2014 at 12:53 PM

    A 1903A high serial number Springfield, with a Pederson cut, that some idiot had attached an old Bauch and Laumb cradle scope.

    I immediately removed that awful scope, filled the drilled holes with blind nipples and blue locktite, and scrounged up a proper volley sight to replace the missing one on the receiver.

    And shot the bloody hell out of that rifle.

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  5. Old NFODecember 17, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    1962 model 94 in 30-30, 1968 Python, 1911.

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  6. rickDecember 17, 2014 at 10:55 PM

    My first three were: '96 Swedish Mauser, '98 Krag-Jorgensen, 1903 Springfield (High-numbered RIA).

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  7. Robert FowlerDecember 18, 2014 at 10:40 AM

    1. K98 German Mauser $40.00
    2. Us Carbine, 30. cal $65.00
    3. 1898 Krag $55.00

    I bought all 3 of them from the gun store in 29 Palms Ca. When I was in the Marines in 1975. I sure wish I had all 3 of them back.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 19, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    Mine was a Carcano, came with a car I traded for. Shot 11 antelope with it, none from a book depository. My cousin has it now-it's art of her JFK "collection".
    It was sure fun to watch people act like I was a crazy man for owning it.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 19, 2014 at 11:03 AM

    PART of her JFK collection.

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  10. SteveDecember 19, 2014 at 1:10 PM

    A low SN Winchester 1885 .45-70 (mfg in 1888). Inherited it from my grandfather.

    I also got a Winchester 52 Sporting from him at the same time.

    Us grandkids got to pick 2 from his collection. He also had a boatload of other high-quality rifles, but my grandmother sold them. I just cringe at the thought of what she sold.

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  11. JonDecember 19, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    I still own two of them forty years later.
    Winchester 30.06 - sitting in my gun cabinet
    Winchester 30-30, model 96, pre 1900 - stolen after a hunting trip
    16 GA break action shotgun - also in cabinet

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  12. FirehandDecember 19, 2014 at 9:07 PM

    M94 Winchester, .30-30 of course.
    Then a Winchester Model 1400 scattergun.
    Then the S&W Model 65 Dad had carried on duty for years.

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  13. LeeDecember 21, 2014 at 11:56 PM

    1st: Savage .243 bought for me by my father when I was 11.

    2nd: 4" S&W model 28.

    3rd: 1911

    I still have the 243. I miss the other two.

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