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  • Dallas Hicks

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    So I'm not typically the sentimental type. Is it common/a thing to keep your first gun even if it's not really that great? I have a youth, single loader 410 shotgun.


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    Nightwatch

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    I didn't keep my first-traded it in on my second gun-figuring another youngster'd get a good deal on his first one. Went from a single barrel 20 to a double 12. Funny, I've bought 5 single 20s in the last 2 years as "firsts" for folks. I have one behind the seat of the truck right now with a 10-rd butt cuff on it.
     

    Dallas Hicks

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    That's awesome! Kinda paying it forward. Do you now regret getting rid of the first gun or do you view it as a stepping stone?


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    That's awesome! Kinda paying it forward. Do you now regret getting rid of the first gun or do you view it as a stepping stone?


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    No regret. It served my needs till I discovered I needed more. I don't keep things I don't use and would rather see someone else learning with it. Went a couple three years later from the double to a 1200 Winch pump-now have 4 of those. Never bought a semiauto.
     

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    Depends if you're the sentimental type.

    I will keep forever the first revolver my father bought for me, a Ruger .45, when I was 16. I'll also keep forever the Model 12 Winchester shotgun that passed from my grandfather to my father and then to me.

    I don't need either one. The M12, particularly, isn't in a decent configuration for anything I'm ever likely to use it for - very long, very full choked barrel in 20ga, lowest field grade.

    But the history in those two is worth more than I could ever part with.

    If your .410 was given to you by your dad when you were 8, I'd say keep it forever. If you picked it up last year just for grins, then it's disposable. The choice is yours.
     

    Dawico

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    I have no particular abnormal affection for any gun I own. Guns one through five (probably more) are long gone.

    That being said, I bought them. If I had any that were gifts or heirlooms I would keep them.
     

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    My first gun was an old 12ga single shot Iver Johnson Champion. My grandfather gave it to me when I was 12.
    Longer than me at the time. It had a 32inch full choke barrel. LoL!
    Sadly it was stolen during a burglary of my parents home when I was sixteen. I would never have parted with it.
     

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    First gun that was truly mine is a 20 ga 870 Lightweight Special. Wife gave it to me 25 years or so ago. Nothing special on paper, but I'd never sell it.
     

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    Can't remember if I got the pistol or rifle first. I got a DPMS service match rifle and a EEA Witness in .40, both I plan to keep around a while.


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    My first gun was a Crescent Arms single shot 16 gauge that was my grandfather's. I still have it. Can't shoot it because the breach comes open when a round is fired. Doubt I'd ever get rid of it.

    First one I bought on my own was either a S&W 457 or a Model 60-9. Both are good guns and I have no reason to let them go.
     

    Dallas Hicks

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    My first gun was a Crescent Arms single shot 16 gauge that was my grandfather's. I still have it. Can't shoot it because the breach comes open when a round is fired. Doubt I'd ever get rid of it.

    First one I bought on my own was either a S&W 457 or a Model 60-9. Both are good guns and I have no reason to let them go.

    That first gun sounds special. I guess I don't attach anything to my first gun. Didn't get any passed down from my grandparents or father. My stepdad bought me my first gun, the 410 shotgun I mentioned. I'm thinking I will give it away or sell it though. I'm not one to hold on to stuff and maybe someone else can get use out of it.


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    I still have my first gun, a German Deutschewerke Youth Model 1, .22lr. It was my Dad's first gun. I got it circa 1960. Haven't shot it in many years, but I remember it being very accurate. Refinished the stock in 1980.

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    First gun I ever bought was a Kel-Tec P11. Served me well for 15 years, but about a year ago I traded it (still complete with two mags, manual and box, and in decent shape) in on a purchase of a Walther PPS. It sat on the used shelf for a few months and I started to feel sorry for it, but then it finally got sold and I'm enjoying the hell out of the PPS. Much better gun. Hope the P11 will serve its second owner as well as it did me.
     

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    My first, other than bb and pellet, was a competition Winchester O/U 20ga 26" skeet. I was 16 and I would surely love to have that now. I remember my mother reminding to take care of it because it cost quite a bit back then, if I remember rightly around $900. I worked for a Las Vegas rod and gun club at that time (birdboy) and also competed. Hard to say how much it would be worth today. It got stolen in the early 80's.
     

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    I sold my first gun I bought. Wish I would have kept it. It was a glock 19. I miss it. I will never sell the weatherby my dad gave me.

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    Unless you need the money, why not save it for a hand down to one of your kids? Some look down the road and think that it will be to long to hold onto or not that special. But that time will get hete sooner than folks think, and to them, it may become more special than you think.

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    easy rider

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    Unless you need the money, why not save it for a hand down to one of your kids? Some look down the road and think that it will be to long to hold onto or not that special. But that time will get hete sooner than folks think, and to them, it may become more special than you think.

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    All depends on what it's worth to you. As I have said before I gave up, sold or gave away almost everything I owned. At that time they were just things and my sanity and well being was more precious to me. I could have stored things, but then that to me was a tether and something that would make me look back. I miss many things, but I don't regret what I did. I can't put a price on happiness.
     
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