What firearm, where, and your age?
For me was a Rossi single shot 12 ga,in Harlan Ky creek bed, age 5-6(?). At 7 I learned .22 revolvers.
Funny yet scary - that first shotgun shot knocked me on my rump.
FTR, I was with my grandpa and two older uncles as well as my father.
Iver Johnson single shot 16ga, my Dad didn’t tell me to spread my legs and lean into it, it knocked me back 2 steps. In our yard in rural WI. I was about the same age. Shortly after I fired a .22 semi-auto pistol then .22rifles. Good times. 
I was so young when I first shot a gun, I cannot 100% remember but I’m pretty sure the first gun was a Ruger 10/22 at a Cub Scout event.
I was 16 years old, citizens military training.
M-16 (I fell in love with the design)
semi auto—we were not allowed to waste ammo 
I couldn’t see what I was hitting 
We were young and excited, no one complained about the trigger pull or the noise.
KBKS WZ ?
I don’t know what was “?” (model version).
That was in High School I didn’t have any interest to know what was that rifle… 
I was at Boys Scout Camp and we competed with this rifle. It was fun… that’s what I remember. 
Some old POS .22 rifle when I was about 12. Wrote a story about it, if you are interested.
Very much interested! I’m a sucker for father-son stories.
Thanks for sharing.
Winchester 30-30, 13-14 years old
Not sure, but recall at 12 years old shooting skeet with a 12 gage at summer camp. That was memorable, Joe the 'nam vet laying prone at 4 o’clock, nailing missed clays with his rifle. We shot .22lr rifles at break apart frisbees as well, trap style. I recall my shoulder lurching forward the first shot with .22 after getting used to the 12 gage 
. Think I shot .22lr before that, as I recall buying ammo at Western Auto, little box of 50 had to have been less than 25 cents. Camp was 1971, Western Auto was a mile away then and now, but you sure as heck don’t see kids walking down Main St. with a rifle anymore.
Looked up the camp, still going strong. https://campworkcoeman.org/
Shooting and swimming…never thought of that combo lol.
Good writing.
The first trigger I ever squeezed was my Ruger Police Service Six when going in the Police Academy. Six shot revolver. It had a decent trigger but was a pretty heavy bulky gun. Thank God we went to Glock 19s in 1988. At the time I was 24 years old.
Marlin 22 model 60 about the age of 7, then a 16-gauge pump shotgun, and a 32-caliber rifle. At 12 I got to shoot my dad’s 7 mm magnum and he got me a Stevens 30-30 for my birthday for the coming hunting season.
My first pistol was a Smith and Wesson model 66 - 357 magnum then a Taurus 44 magnum in 1984. I started gun training with the 357 magnum. I love the 357 magnums still.
This is a great topic, thank you for starting it @Smiddy
My first after a BB gun was a 410 single shot that required a rod to extract the spent shell. I shot it dove hunting.
My big claim to fame is shooting an 8 gauge at 8 years old 
I don’t remember what brand of firearm it was, but I remember shooting my cousin’s .22lr pistol with 4 barrels when I was about 13 years old.
First trigger was an M1 Garand.
First pistol was on the qualifying range. No one ever bothered to teach me how to shoot, they just said here, go qualify.
.22LR single shot Stevens rifle. Probably at the railroad tracks not too far from home. Assuredly with my dad and brothers. I don’t recall what age. Under 10. Probably closer to half that age.
Red Ryder BB gun
Benjamin Sheridan Air Rifle
Glock 26
Probably first 3 in order
Dad’s .22LR rifle at about age 14 hunting jackrabbits out at the ranch.
Old Ruger 10/22 that I don’t believe was ever cleaned. Plinking cans in a friend’s farm. That thing just kept getting passed around all day and never complained.
