Do You Remember Your First Rifle???

[flydive]

Originally Posted by schutzen-jager

when i was a kid in NJ. we used to carry our uncased .22's on public service buses to the range in the high school basement -

Here we used to carry "our" STGW 57 on the shoulder on our moped or bicycle going to the range every Saturday. Some interesting looks from the tourists

That was "my" (well was a lend) first rifle.

[ithacaartist]

I still have my Ithaca Model 72 in .22lr. It was purchased at the Ithacagun employee store since my wife at the time worked at the service department there.

It is, of course, an Erma EG-71 branded for Ithaca at the German factory. Iver Johnson also had them branded later on, more toward the end of Erma's solvency/existence. Since the Henry Repeating Arms Co. bought the design (and probably the tooling) the first H001 rifles are also the same, although some parts were replaced with plastic ones. Henry went on to re-design the action's carrier to make it also function with .22 short and .22 long.

So, just search up a pic of the Henry H001 and imagine it with a 4-power Weaver scope. I call it the "Ithaca Squirrel Slayer."

[jeb111]

Originally Posted by schutzen-jager

when i was a kid in NJ. we used to carry our uncased .22's on public service buses to the range in the high school basement -

As did my father and uncles also, they grew up in Bergen county. I was told how they used to ride their bikes to school with their 22's to shoot at school. This was in the mid 50's to mid 60's. Times have changed.

[schutzen-jager]

Originally Posted by jeb111

As did my father and uncles also, they grew up in Bergen county. I was told how they used to ride their bikes to school with their 22's to shoot at school. This was in the mid 50's to mid 60's. Times have changed.

same time period as your father + uncles but Middlesex county - times sure have changed ! - now it is a felony to leave your house or property w/o firearms ID , lend any firearm to any relative or friend , even with id travel with any firearm must be to range , hunting area , or gunsmith , + etc. - changes started in 1965 with sills act + have been getting progressively worse -

[cirelaw]

There seem to many members from New Jersey! I'm From Bayonne down the block from Chuck Wepners Bar 39.'

[Sonofeugene]

Mine was my father's Wards Western Field .22 from Montgomery Wards. It was made in 1940 and was actually a Mossberg model 26C. I sort of claimed it for my own when I was about 15 years old which is how old my father was when he got it. I later had a local gunsmith put a Weaver scope on it and me and friends would go out and take squirrels and rabbits with it. I just slung it over my shoulder and rode my bicycle to the smith. This was in the Silicon Valley. Sure can't do that today.







One difference between the Mossberg version and the Western Field version is the front site. The Western Field version used the sight from Mossberg's Targo model. I finally found a replacement hood for the sight awhile back, so the rifle is now complete.

[cirelaw]

SWEET all the German Hitler Youth Trainers were 22cal Walthers and were identical.

[Edward Tinker]

My first rifle was a single shot shotgun - my brother got a 12 gauge for Christmas and mom and dad bought me the 20 gauge.
My first rifle was my hunting rifle, a 30-30 Winchester, bought new in 1972 on my birthday, so I guess I was 12 - I sold that rifle to my mother and she kept it all these years, about 4 yrs ago I was visiting and 'asked' about it. As usual with my mother, I was asked what a Win 30-30 went for and paid a bit under gunshow cost. I was thrilled

M95 Win in 30-06 from my Grandfather Tinker (note the stock, many years ago my grandfather was out hunting on horseback, somehow the rifle was dropped or thrown and the horse stomped on the stock, it knocked a section clear through, but didn't break the stock!)
Win 94 from my father in laws estate
Win 94 that I bought in 1972


Ed

[Schupo]

My first rifle was a .22 caliber Stevens Favorite. Single shot falling block lever action with an octagon barrel. Many a small animal fell victim to my Favorite out in the woods. I still have it in my gun case.

[STEINBVG]

Originally Posted by spangy

We had a variety of firearms in our house growing up.
A Lee Enfield bolt-action 303, 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a side by side Spanish 410 gauge engraved pheasant shotgun - a real beauty, Walther PPK, Luger P 08's

And for my 14th birthday this Gevarm E1 Semi-Auto .22 Rifle



Loved them all.

Do you still have the Gevarm?. In my opinion it one of the coolest 22. I would get it in a heartbeat ...

I wish my 1t rifle was either Gevarm or Marlin 50, or Voere model 2005, or BSA Ralock or anything else old and transferable I'm missing that fires from an open bolt thus a very simplistic....

[spangy]

Unfortunately I don't STEINBVG
The very thing that made the Gevarm series so neat is the very thing that killed it in many countries.

By simply removing one small pin in the trigger assembly it became full auto.

[cirelaw]

I always want a Winchester Rifle but went the Luger route!

[spangy]

Well i'll be damned !!!
I found a Gevarm E1 for sale and it's a beauty STEINBVG.
So if your in the market here it is

https://www.gunpost.ca/firearms/rifl...-mecanism-22lr

Best hurry if you want it though ... I'me tempted to grab it for old times sake.

[STEINBVG]

Can I buy it from the US?

Thanks for he information..

[spangy]

As far as Gunpost is concerned STEINBVG "Yes" ... As far as the US-Feds are concerned I honestly don't know.
It all depends whether they consider it a semi-auto or a full-auto as some countries do.

[Mac Cat]

My first rifle was a bring-back my father got during the Korean War.
He actually brought back a pair of them.

They are not well marked, but I did find a "T" logo on both of them, on the barrel.

I suspect they are either Russian or Chinese.

[cirelaw]

How About Your Favorite Shotgun? https://gundigest.com/gun-collecting...-greatest-ever