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45.
When I was 11 or 12, Dad let me carry a no name hardware store single shot .410.
Don't know what ever happened to that gun. Couple years after that, graduated to shuckers.
Shot the first of many wild ringnecks with an Ithaca M37 solid rib.
Back then, I thought the cadillac of all guns was a Belgian A5.
Just within the last ten years, I have gotten into double guns and within the last 5, side by sides.
I only own one now, but am slowly trying to acquire a mate. It has been a great hobby,
but it has had its low points. Biggest disappointment was not buying a G-grade Lefever about a
month ago at my local shop.
That one still stings. As someone put it in another post, "non-buyer's remorse."
-jim

I'm 32 and i've wanted an A.H. Fox since i was in my early 20s but i never made a purchase on a double until a few weeks ago but it wasn't a fox despite looking diligently to find one. I ended up purchasing a 12 gauge weatherby orion side by side that was made in spain. These guns were made only for a short period of time in 2002-2003.

I thought i'd be happy with the weatherby even though i wanted a Fox, so now a Fox that i really like has come into the picture so i may be trading my gun and some cash for it.

Stay tuned, the deal may go down next weekend if i like the gun when i see it.

I'm 59. My first gun was also a JC Higgins .410 bolt action at age 13. Didn't own a double until 10 years ago and it was a Lefever nitro 12.

Bringing the list up to date -

123 responses
Total years 6831
Average age 55.54
Median age 59 yrs.

Should be good info for Dave for selling space to advertisers!
K.

Hi I am 61 in March, I collect the Remington model's 1894 and 1900 in 16ga. I started at 23 year's old,and still at it. Terry Deem

Fun topic! I'm 62. My first gun was an H&R Topper in .410, a family gun with shortened stock that was the starter gun for a couple generations. My first bird a hen pintail shot with the Topper at age 8.

My first double was a Stevens 311 .410 which I still have. I've a modest stable of doubles including my favorite, a Webley and Scott 12 boxlock circa 1910.

Steve

I am 52. First shotgun was Sears bolt action 16 bought used with paper route money when I was 14. First double was $20 Stevens pre-311 12 that patterned in opposite corners of a pattern board. It kicked like heck and got traded off quickly. It soured me on SxS for 30 years.
I was in my 40s when Tom Bryant, now at Cabelas, conned me into buying a Greener D13 lightweight 12 BLNE. I was intrigued, but it was my 1st Vintage Cup in 2001, that really sank the hook.
I now enjoy the odd variations of gauge, actions and embellishment.

Joe

I am updating my info:

I turned 61 on sunday and my first gun was a J.C. Higgins single shot .22 bolt rifle
that had to be cocked before shooting. I got it for Christmas 1958.

My first shotgun was a pump action Mossberg I got in 1967.

JC

I'm 54. Never shot a shotgun until 1987. Bought my first double..an AYA Matador in 1992. Bought an L.C. Smith 16 GA to custom build in 1998...still don't have it done. I have been handling customers fine guns now for 23 years and loving all that they teach me each time I pick one up. I also own a DS Lefever 16 GA.

69 in a few days. Bought my first SxS in Bolivia in 1967, an AyA 12 gauge. Had a variety of over/unders until a Savage Fox Model B came along. Then a couple of Winchester 21's and back to over/unders. Now I'm looking for a 20 gauge SxS, pistol grip, beavertail, single trigger.