Camp Fire No. 6: First Guns
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I am so excited that Brian Pearce and his sons are making videos. I have been reading his articles in Handloader and Rifle for many years and have the greatest respect for his knowledge and ability to truly educated in every articles. While reading a writer's articles for so many years one develops a certain persona for the writer. I am so pleased that I find him even more "real" in his videos that even in his writing. A true gentleman.
Hey gents , as always a superb topic and enjoyable conversation. My 1st rimfire rifle was a Browning Auto take down that fed through the stock, then ejected out the bottom.. There are far to many stories about this gun to fit in here. My first rimfire revolver was a 4" Colt Diamondback. I must include one story about it however. The cattle operation I worked for, was having problems with feral dogs. I managed to drop a dog with one shot, while my boss was watching. My 1st centerfire revolver was a 6" Python , to match the Diamondback. The first centerfire rifle was a Savage Mdl 99 in 250 Savage. It was my working saddle gun and the 1st rifle I reloaded for . ( 75 gr Hornaday H.P. with some IMR 4320 ) I still have both the gun and saddle scabbard. And in good light, you can still see horse sweat stains on the butt stock and scabbard. Priceless memories
All great guns! Thanks for sharing
Love it! Thanks again for these campfire videos! You guys really remind me of a branch of my family from the Pocatello area. I have a lot of great memories visiting them when I was a kid. Horseback riding and shooting out in the desert was pretty cool stuff for a young kid from Alaska.
My first centerfire handgun was a 4" S&W Model 28-2. I bought that revolver myself the day I turned 21, and since then it has helped me learn how to perfect my bullet casting skills. My younger sister learned how to shoot with it using light .38 loads on the Knik river just north of Anchorage.
I shot that revolver so much with cast 158 grain SWCs over 15 grains of 2400, that I managed to loosen it up. Thankfully at that time we still had a gunsmith in Anchorage that was extremely good with S&W revolvers, and he fixed the timing and end-shake for me. Of course since then I've backed off that load and generally only shoot midrange loads through it these days.
It may not be a vintage S&W revolver, but due to its importance to me I got a factory letter from S&W on it signed by Roy Jinks. I understand he's retired these days.
Great story! Thanks for sharing!
First rifle was a Marlin 81DL that my Dad bought after WWII. First pistol was an Italian brass framed baby dragoon. My Dad was worried that the cheap Italian gun would blow up on me, so he soon bought me a Ruger Old Army to replace it. A used Ruger Single-Six soon followed and my first center-fire pistol was a Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt.
Thanks for sharing! It's hard to beat Ruger single actions for first handguns
Gotta be nice to sit back by the campfire and reminisce with your family. God bless.
Hearing some of you guys don't have your firsts' anymore is pretty heart wrenching, ngl. I hope they find their way back to you guys at some point or they are at least in good hands. Great vid as always gents. Best wishes to your family and prayers for Mr. Taffin
Thanks for watching! And yes sometimes you sell stuff that you end up regretting
My first rifle was a 30 carbine i was 8, and Pistol was a ruger Super blackhawk 357 mag. I was 17 ,both from my dad .i bought my first rifle when I was 16 ,a Savage m99 243 win. And my first pistol was a ruger gp100 ss 357 .🤠
Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
My 1st centerfire rifle was likewise a Savage Mdl 99 , but in 250 Savage
First gun (excluding bb guns) was an Eastern Arms .410 single shot. It had a very small hammer spur, so it was quite difficult to cock it. My Dad said when I could get that hammer back on my own I would be big enough to own it. I would sit with it in my room, struggling and straining to get that dang hammer cocked. Finally conquered it and the gun was mine. Put a lot of squirrels in the pot with that gun. BTW it was slso my Dad’s first gun, and it is now in my youngest Son’s safe, his first gun. Hopefully will be his Son’s ( he is 3) first also. We never grew up with handguns although I have always loved them. My first was an H&R Mod 950 .22. Shot 1000’s of rounds through it, usually a brick every week. Still have that one too.
That's great! Thanks for sharing!
My first gun was a Marlin 336 in 30/30. When I was 12 I spent my summer vacation from school working at various jobs , mowing lawns,cutting fire wood,digging snake root in the hills. At the end of the summer my dad took me to the local gun shop where I purchased my Marlin in used condition . Great memory and feeling of accomplishment. 26 years later it’s still my main rifle and works perfectly. God willing I’ll be harvesting a bull elk in Colorado with it in a few weeks. It will be me and my sons second elk hunt . He got a bull the last time so hopefully it’s my turn. Lots of excitement can hardly wait.
Thanks for sharing! Very cool your still using that Marlin 336
My first gun was a winchester model 37a 20 gauge when I was 8. I borrowed dads 22 rifles till I saved for a Ruger 10/22. I bought a Ruger mark 2 ss heavy barrel next. I let my Ruger mark 2 go to a friend. Wish I had that one back. Thanks for your video guys. Take care.🇺🇲🌲🔥🔪
Thanks you too!
You guys are so lucky to have this man for your father. First handgun was a smith Wesson model 27 . First rifle was a model 33 Remington ? Single shot 22
Yes we are very lucky!
Fantastic video thanks guys! My first gun I bought myself was a baikal side by side shotgun in 12ga... boy she booted like a mule but I shot many pests with that shotgun off the back of a truck under spotlights (legal on private land here in New Zealand 🇳🇿)
Shot many ducks with it too.
I eventually sold it to my dad but he recently gave it back to me and I'm so grateful to have her back recoil and all!
Thanks for sharing!
Another great Sunday morning !
My first gun was a Marlin 336 30-30..
First handgun was Ruger OM 357 Blackhawk. Those Chipmunks were robust little rifles. Bought one used for my son. Been passed on to grandkids now. I wish I had my Dad's old Ruger 44 carbine I killed my first deer with. Time saves some guns, and passes others along.
Thanks for watching! You are absolutely correct... wish I still had some of the stuff from when I was young
Champions doing champion things. Keep up the awesome work gentlemen
Thanks will do!
My first gun was a Remington 870 wingmaster my uncle gave me for Christmas one year. First handgun was a Taurus 9mm can’t remember the model. Also given to me by the same uncle for Christmas. I don’t have either of those anymore unfortunately. First gun I ever purchased on my own was a Marlin papoose which I do still have.
Yes I've had a few get away that I wish I still had. Thanks for sharing!
Grew up in an anti-gun house, so my first gun exposure was Boy Scout camp - an Anschutz target rifle. Got my merit badge and shot any time the range was open during the week. I was hooked. The first one I owned was a Smith & Wesson 422 4” .22 auto loader. Great little gun but it had to be cleaned after about 200 rounds or it would malfunction. Funny thing, my first pistol I shot was a PPK because Maryland had a waiting period. I bought the Smith on my 21st birthday but couldn’t pick it up for 10 days or so. That same visit I rented the PPK and so shot that one first.
Thanks for sharing!
great vid. as all ways guys , Brian needs to write a book of his stories . been a avid reader of his writing sense his tale of shooting trout with a 45 colt when he was camping with his brother in the lever gun mag. years ago. in our teens my brother and me used to shoot red fish, sheephead, and black drum on hight tide in the salt marsh in FLA. with 20ga. slugs .
Yes he does need to write a book!
Great video! My first gun was a Stevens 410 single barrel. I was 10 at the time, A few years later i got a Marlin 35Rem lever action. My first handgun was a Model 19 Smith and Wesson combat magnum in 357 mag. All 3 were great guns!
Thanks for sharing!
Reminds me of the old days with my dad and brothers. Love this format keep it up.
Thanks will do!
first gun : cooey model 39 single shot .22 . around 12 yrs. old. First big game gun : full wood #4 mk 1 .303 lee enfield @ 22 yrs. Inbetween was a H&R .22 hornet single shot and .22 BLR for coyotes,fox ,racoons and the odd badger. That was in Saskatchewan in the 1970's and 80's.
Thanks for sharing!
Can’t really remember my first gun but I do remember my first purchase with my own money was a 357 mag Dan Wesson 8” barrel in the mid 70’s with no parent present at the Gila Bend market cost was 320. Bucks 14 years old
Dan Wesson made some cool revolvers. Thanks for sharing!
I've been through the lovely burg of Gila Bend. Those were different times when a law abiding 14 yr old could buy an exceptional side arm as a Dan Wesson across the counter. The America that was .................
@@duanehallett2543 Yes sir picked it up after school on my way to my after school job at the whiting brothers gas station
Great video guys, my 1st gun was a center fire,6.5 Swede masterfully sporterized a gift from grandpa, next was 9422 seems so accurate you had to try & miss almost, still have & love them, 1st shotgun was what I consider the best designed pump gun ever, model 37 Ithaca 20 ga, I shoot ambidextrous so it's an ideal walking around scatter gun, 1st handgun S&W model 25 45 colt, & it still after all these years doesn't miss much either.
Great guns! All of them! I agree the Ithaca 37 is a great shotgun
I know I have commented on this before, but this feels so much like my friends and I sitting by our fire telling stories! PLEASE keep doing these!
Will do! Thanks for watching!
My first gun was a Winchester model 59 12 ga 26" barrel improved cyl. I still have that gun and it still shoots great .
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Mine was a H&R Model 865 Plainsman 5 shot magazine .22 LR, great first rifle, took squirrels, woodchucks etc. This was followed by a Ruger Single six w/convertible cylinders in 22 LR and 22 Magnum. Still have them and still shoot them to this day.
Ruger single sixes are great first guns
Early on I remember using a bunch of my dad’s guns. Things such as Ruger 10/22, h&r single shot .410, Ruger mark II .22, Ruger .44 magnum carbine, etc.
When I graduated high school a friend of the family gave me a Colt Frontier Scout .22 (I still have it). The first gun I bought when I turned 21 was a Ruger SP101 .357 magnum (still have this one as well).
Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
My first gun still is a Ted Williams single shot.22 made by Ithaca and sold at Sears and Roebuck. It looks like a Winchester lever action. When you work the lever the bolt breaks down and you load a cartridge. I have shot so many 22 shorts through this rifle that a long rifle will have a stuck case. There’s no way to know how many hogs and squirrels and rabbits have been killed with it.
That's awesome!
My first gun (post BB gun period) was a Marlin bolt action .22. I still have it. But it got away from me for a while. When I lived in Illinois my house was burgled while I was at work and they stole that rifle and a 20 gauge shotgun. Some time later I received a call from down around St Louis that the police had retrieved my firearms. I went down and collected them and they had evidence tape all over them, which was a booger to get off, pre goo gone.
I still have that .22 but my Dad accidentally sold my 20 gauge pump thinking it was one of his. I had left the firearms with him when I moved out of state.
The gun I wish I had back, a USAF SA with color case hardened frame. It was a beauty and I shouldn’t have sold it.
Thanks for sharing! Yes sometimes you sell stuff that you regrett.
I have a Ruger single six just like yours with a 6 in. Barrel and magnum cylinder!
I've had it for nearly 50 year's!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
My first firearm was a Ruger Security Six .357.
Very nice!
First gun was a single shot Rossi 20ga, still got it. First deer rifle when I was 12 Marlin 336 30/30 wish I still had it.
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My first gun was a Colt commander in 9mm that I found in a pawnshop 30 years ago. It got away from me but I found another just like it recently and it’s not going anywhere!
Thanks for sharing!
First gun Remington 870 12 gauge. Then a Ruger 10-22 that i bought used… first handgun was an H&R 922 break top .22. First center fire handgun Ruger Security 6
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My first rifle is a Remington 582 .22 lr . First handgun is a Colt frontier scout .22lr/.22 mag .
Very nice!
The first rifle that was ever officially mine was an Armscor M1600. Earned it with a report card in 6th grade. First handgun was a Pietta 1851 Navy.
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My first real guns were two n.i.b. Springfield 1903 39.99 a rifle bought at a place called central hardware when I was 18 yr. First pistol a Colt series 70 .45 bought when I was 24 yr. $174.00 in 1974. Love this channel terrific in all aspects. ❤
Both great, iconic guns! Thanks for sharing
Great video!
My first gun was back in the 50ties. 950 Beretta in 22 Short. Cheap to shoot back then.
Very nice!
First rifle, Winchester Model 60 from my grandfather. My dad took my brother and I over to buy two rifles from him (I think we each had $5 or $10.) We got there and he wouldn't sell them to us. I was devastated. He (grandfather) then told us if we put the money into our savings account he would give them to us. Still have it.
Thanks for sharing!
First rifle for me was a 1894 Argentine Mauser that had been sporterized. Bolt ran smooth as butter but due to the ammo being so hard to find I ended up selling it 😔
Send that Single-Six to Ruger for the transfer bar conversion so you can keep 6 rds in it.
Yeah I kinda like the old style...
The first gun that I bought was a Hopkins and Allen minute man blackpowder rifle I ate peanut butter and jelly all year and finally got the last little bit of money by painting a guys house and bought it for 150 bucks I still have it. My next was an 870 shotgun I had to eat enough sandwiches to get half and my dad covered the rest got it for 175 at a pawn shop when I was around 14 I still use it every year. My first centerfire rifwas a sportsterised Smith Corona 30-06 that one started the trade up for better things. Ones I wish I didn't let go of include a model 29 44 mad early 80s mfg I bought for 200 and a ruger boat paddle 223 I actually traded the model 29 for. It's been a journey but fun and very educational.
That's cool! Thanks for sharing
30-30 marlin but i was a late bloomer😂 my Dad didn't hunt so i was in my twentys before i shot my first gun and been addicted ever since. Let your Dad take his time and cherish his stories... wish i could listen to mine for a few minutes.
Great advice! Thanks for watching
Awesome video
Thanks!
My very first gun was a stevens 15y .22 single shot that my dads boss was giving away. No firing pin. I took that up to the boardimg achool l was attending in East Texas and my roomate traded me his single shot .45 blackpowder pistol for it. It was made in Jukar Spain. Remember those! Still have it. During my first year in collage l bought a model 94 made in 1914 for $145. I tuned 21 in 1992 and bought a Colt New Frontier .22 for $225 at a pawn shop then l bought a Ruger Blackhawk .45 shortly after that. Now l have real Colt SAAS and '73 and '92 winchesters and replicas of them. Bought my first new fangled pistol in 1994, a Colt 1911 .45. Series 70 made in 1982. Still have all those guns. Love collecting and shooting those guns. I also reload and cast my own bullets. I haven't bought a gun magazine in years, but l bought a lot of them in my youth. It is where l learned most of evrything l know and forgotten. I have almost all of them in plastic tubs. Articles from your dad, Mike Venturino and so many others helped shape me into the gun person l am today. I holpe your channel keeps growing!
Thanks for sharing! And thanks for watching
The Chipmunk was my first as well. First handgun was an early Single Six. Can’t remember if it was a flat latch or not.
I've got many fond memories of the chipmunk and my single six. Great guns!
Marlin single shot 12g... sav 110e 30/06 .... h&r 22lr 22mag.... ruger blackhawk 44mag
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My first gun was a Savage 22-410 over under, I got when I was ten. Just passed it on to a Grandson
👍 keeping the tradition alive. Thanks for sharing
Hand guns for Christmas? All I got was a crumby 410!
That c&s 1911 is super cool.
Yes it is! Nicest 1911 I've ever had
My first gun was an H&R topper in 12 ga, the kick was similar to getting punched by Mike Tyson. I think my first .22 was a 10/22. My first handgun was a Ruger Security Six. I still have the 12 ga and the the .357. Although the 12 ga is more of a cautionary tale..
Very cool! Those security six revolvers are great guns!
My first gun... As I remember it was a Chinese SKS carbine - type 56. I had shot my Dad's guns as a kid but that was the first one I purchased for myself.
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I got my first .22 rifle when I was 12. It was 1970 and I got a Remington 581 for my birthday. A year later I got my first shotgun, a plain barrel 870/12 with a 28 Modified barrel.
First handgun, somewhere in there was my old High Standard Double 9 with LR and Magnum Cyl
When I was 14 I was pumping gas after school, and bought my first CF rifle, a Model 700 .17 Rem. I shot so many red fox that my old Ford Fairlane started to smell of them, which was OK til I took a gal named Paula to see Jaws at the drive-in. "What is that smell?"
😆 thanks for sharing
My first was a single shot 410
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single shot H&R 20 gauge still got it.
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My first gun was a crossman pellet rifle my mom had when she married my dad and then my cousin gave me another almost identical other than the stock was blond and I was about six years old I would shoot up a can of pellets every week and have to get my parents to buy me another can but they were not very expensive and we had cherry trees and the birds would come in and eat them all so my job was shooting them and I got where I was shooting robins out of the air with my pellet rifle I killed my first deer a little buck with my dad 94 30-30 and then I bought from my uncle my first rifle a Winchester model 70 30-06 and I worked all summer and bought it with my own money when I was 14 years old and it would shoot a group that at 100 yards with my other uncle handloads you could cover the group with a nickel
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!