# The First Trigger You Squeezed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550 "2022-10-04T17:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smiddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/smiddy/32/40072_2.png) [@Smiddy](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Smiddy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/1 "2022-10-04T17:37:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BRUCE26](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/bruce26/32/111546_2.png) [@BRUCE26](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BRUCE26)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/2 "2022-10-04T18:13:42Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tim.D\_USCCA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/tim.d_uscca/32/47540_2.png) [@Tim.D\_USCCA](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Tim.D_USCCA)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/3 "2022-10-04T18:19:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BeanCounter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/beancounter/32/173526_2.png) [@BeanCounter](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BeanCounter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/4 "2022-10-04T19:04:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Jerzees](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/jerzees/32/111382_2.png) [@Jerzees](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Jerzees)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/5 "2022-10-04T19:29:14Z")
**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. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Gary263](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/gary263/32/144697_2.png) [@Gary263](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Gary263)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/6 "2022-10-04T19:36:47Z")
Some old POS .22 rifle when I was about 12. Wrote a story about it, if you are interested. > **[How My Father Taught Me To Shoot – GunsmithUSA NEWS](https://www.gunsmithusa.com/blog/how-my-father-taught-me-to-shoot/)** ---
**Author:** ![BeanCounter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/beancounter/32/173526_2.png) [@BeanCounter](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/BeanCounter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/7 "2022-10-04T20:07:26Z")
> [@Gary263](#): > > Wrote a story about it, if you are interested. Very much interested! I’m a sucker for father-son stories. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Karacal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/karacal/32/146742_2.png) [@Karacal](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Karacal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/8 "2022-10-04T20:32:52Z")
Winchester 30-30, 13-14 years old ---
**Author:** ![mattm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/mattm/32/178411_2.png) [@mattm](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/mattm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/9 "2022-10-04T21:00:16Z")
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/](https://campworkcoeman.org/) ---
**Author:** ![mattm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/mattm/32/178411_2.png) [@mattm](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/mattm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/10 "2022-10-04T21:12:35Z")
Shooting and swimming…never thought of that combo lol. Good writing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnnyq60](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/johnnyq60/32/181828_2.png) [@Johnnyq60](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Johnnyq60)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/11 "2022-10-04T21:43:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Todd30](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/todd30/32/40525_2.png) [@Todd30](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Todd30)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/12 "2022-10-04T22:09:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/gary_h/32/5302_2.png) [@Gary\_H](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Gary_H)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/13 "2022-10-04T23:31:40Z")
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 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Calvin\_USCCA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/calvin_uscca/32/32800_2.png) [@Calvin\_USCCA](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Calvin_USCCA)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/14 "2022-10-05T00:49:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ouade5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ouade5](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Ouade5)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/15 "2022-10-05T00:54:01Z")
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. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Sinbad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Sinbad](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Sinbad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/16 "2022-10-05T01:19:48Z")
.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. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan57](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/nathan57/32/37700_2.png) [@Nathan57](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Nathan57)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/17 "2022-10-05T02:54:36Z")
Red Ryder BB gun Benjamin Sheridan Air Rifle Glock 26 Probably first 3 in order ---
**Author:** ![Ronald150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Ronald150](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Ronald150)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/18 "2022-10-05T04:01:36Z")
Dad’s .22LR rifle at about age 14 hunting jackrabbits out at the ranch. ---
**Author:** ![Mike164](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/mike164/32/52494_2.png) [@Mike164](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Mike164)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/19 "2022-10-05T04:58:05Z")
![06-22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/dd_dev/original/3X/7/b/7b061613c6813ed5f721d3ad182a777abbbf64e8.jpeg) Model -06 22 LR. My grandpa gave it to me when I was a kid. The first time I can remember shooting it was when I was about 7-8 years old. ---
**Author:** ![PDA3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/258eb7/32.png) [@PDA3](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/PDA3)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550/20 "2022-10-06T01:09:58Z")
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. [Next page](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/the-first-trigger-you-squeezed/85550.md?page=2)