Tell us about your first one

[YukonGirl]

No, not that first one.

I was doing some spring cleaning tonight and found an old receipt. It was for my first gun-- a used Savage .22 lever action rifle. My collection of guns increases every year (sometimes every month), but there's always something special about that first one. I guess because it was the start of it all, or maybe it's just that I'm sentimental.

It got me wondering about what everyone else here started out with. I expect a lot of you got your first gun as a child. (Myself, I was well into my adult years, which suggests to me I'm trying to make up for lost time.)

I'm curious to know-- what was your first gun and do you still have it? (I gave mine to a friend.) Did you buy it, or did somebody buy it for you?