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DO You Remember The Cost Of your First Auto - Shotgun ? Pump
DO You Remember The Cost Of your First Auto - Shotgun ? Pump
Started by Greg Massey, February 01, 2024, 09:29:07 AM
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DO You Remember The Cost Of your First Auto - Shotgun ? Pump
February 01, 2024, 09:29:07 AM
The first Automatic shotgun that I purchased was a Remington 1100 from a Hardware Store for 225 dollars out the door including Tax. I was with my 2 uncles who were buying one and they asked if I would like to have one and I said yes, yes please... I was just a youth and they loaned me the money for my first Remington 1100 and over time I paid them back the money from mowing yards and doing odd jobs for people in the neighborhood etc... I still have that old Remington 1100 and it has never failed to go bang in all these years ....
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February 01, 2024, 09:35:05 AM
I bought an 870 Express in the mid 90's for $200 on sale at K Mart. Never rusted, was a fine gun. Moved to an A-5 Stalker 3" when I found it for $400 at a gun store a few years later. I let a friend talk me out of that gun when I shouldn't have.
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February 01, 2024, 09:49:10 AM
Belgium Browning A5 Sweet 16 new in the box from a store getting out of the business of selling guns. This was 1972 I believe-$150.
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February 01, 2024, 10:20:34 AM
1980 Remington 1100 Magnum. Herman's Sporting Goods. $214.00 on sale.....
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February 01, 2024, 10:23:48 AM
I was always a pump guy, first new gun was an Ithaca model 37 for $235. My first auto was a Browning Gold 3.5" black synthetic stock for $700. It was a great gun and I wish I still had it. Z
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February 01, 2024, 10:51:48 AM
Around 1999 I was 14 got a 870 express 12 from Walmart for $250ish out the door.
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February 01, 2024, 11:25:23 AM
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I was 14 or 15 yrs. old...1975-76. Coast-To-Coast Master-Mag.....Mossberg 500. 30" fixed full choke, 3" 12 gauge. I believe it was $140. It was a duck killing machine. I still have it and occasionally take it out Pheasant hunting.
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February 01, 2024, 11:49:30 AM
it was 1963 and I was 15 years old. I mowed grass all summer for two years and ordered a Browning Auto 5 with a gold trigger and a 28 inch modified barrel. My uncle worked at a hardware store in North Carolina and he ordered it for me, It cost $150 plus tax, I still have this gun and it was hunted hard but never failed to go bang,
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February 01, 2024, 12:53:07 PM
Winchester 1200 pump in 1979 for $169
Winchester 1400 semi (for pheasants over my Britts) don't recall the price.
Winchester Super X2 3.5" in 1999 or 2000 for $775
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February 01, 2024, 12:57:17 PM
870 Express, 12 gauge in 1999--$219
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February 01, 2024, 01:13:08 PM
I don't remember the year but it was an 870 with the nice walnut stock for $249. Regret the day I ever sold it.
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February 01, 2024, 01:17:47 PM
Mossberg 500 $189 that was in 1994
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February 01, 2024, 02:23:02 PM
I purchased a 870 Wingmaster with a 26" IC barrel (all fixed chokes in those days) with money earned in a tobacco patch. I bought the gun and a case for $156 and change. Of all the guns I've bought, sold, and traded, I wish I had that one back.
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February 01, 2024, 03:01:32 PM
Stevens 67e pump in 1979. Mowed lawns and spent right at $85. Still have it. Not a great gun but will pass it down to son one day.
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February 01, 2024, 03:07:59 PM
I bought a Mossberg 9200 in Mossy Oak for 400. It wouldn't cycle 3 inch magnums. Sold it bought a Browning. Never owned another Mossberg.
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