My first was a Crossman 177 cal. phneumatic(sp)BB/Pellet rifle for Christmas in 66'. Very accurate. I used to line up the front sight on pencils and break them @25' with boring regularity and then went to kitchen matches and finally, no lie, tried to light one and flash, I did, on more than one accasion. On a down note I was too stupid and young to appreciate what I had and took it apart one day and never got it back together to pump up right.
My first real firearm was a single shot Rem. 581 .22. I had put a it's cousin, the 580 that had 5 round box magazine on layaway when I was 11 and started mowing lawns to bail it out but when school started I still didn't have it so I started saving my lunch money, 50 cents a day. When I had $35.00 to put on it I got impatient and hitchhiked to McBride's Guns in Austin and bought the single shot.
When I started coon hunting I needed a repeater so I sold it for ten dollars and bought a used Marlin 39 for 35.00.
I believe that was the most accurate rifle I ever owned.
It was stolen in a burglary but I plan on replacing it someday.
My first real firearm was a single shot Rem. 581 .22. I had put a it's cousin, the 580 that had 5 round box magazine on layaway when I was 11 and started mowing lawns to bail it out but when school started I still didn't have it so I started saving my lunch money, 50 cents a day. When I had $35.00 to put on it I got impatient and hitchhiked to McBride's Guns in Austin and bought the single shot.
When I started coon hunting I needed a repeater so I sold it for ten dollars and bought a used Marlin 39 for 35.00.
I believe that was the most accurate rifle I ever owned.
It was stolen in a burglary but I plan on replacing it someday.