How many guns

Did your parents own when you were a kid. My dad had only 3 guns
2 shotguns and a 243. I have a few more than that but not near as many as some folks. I was just wondering tonight if our generation just gone wild buying and if it was normal for the generations before us to have fewer guns. My grandpa had 2 guns. A shotgun and a 22 rifle.

Dad only had a 12ga Remington pump and a Winchester .22. He did use a flame thrower in WW2 but they didn't send it home with him.

Back then we didn't have reason to fear our government.

My parents had no guns. They bought me a Ruger 10/22 when I turned 16 and a Remington 870 Express Super Mag Combo when I was 18. Those were the only two guns ever in my parents house.

Keith

My dad had roughly 20 long guns and 6-8 handguns at any given time. Nothing high end-he liked his Ithacas and about any .22. He collected Daisy bb guns and i think when he died mom had to deal with selling somehwere around 160 or so. I know he had more at one time. Kept a few of his favorites as keepsakes.

Dad's
99 savage
16 ga model 12
old remington 22
savage hornet

My Dad had a large collection of handguns.
I used to go with him to the pit to shoot on weekends.
We shot a lot when he was practicing for his crossguns.

A single shot bolt action 22 and a 410 shotgun. Both were for varmit control for chicken and sheep predators. Have both of them still.

Dad had a Winchester .22 pump,model 61 I think and a Smith model 17 . 22 pistol. Bought me a Ithaca 37 20 gauge when I was 13. Other than that , that’s all. I bought a Marlin 336 in 35 Remington when I was 15, dad bought it , I paid for it. Dad was wounded in WW 2, never hunted.

My Dad had a 243 he bought at an auction, a 10/22 he bought new, and a 357 he bought for protection.

My dad was a rifle loony. He bought and traded guns constantly. Unfortunately I took after him in that regard. I've let some go that I wish I hadnt. Including two Savage 99s in 358.

3 was the most my dad owned at one time. A shotgun, a .22 and a deer rifle.

Chris

My dad had a 12 gauge a 410/22 over under and a 22. We never shot for fun, just hunting. No handguns.

My Dad had a .22 rifle which he bought new at the end of WWII, a winchester model 63 which I now own.
He also had a double barrel Cresent 12 ga shotgun. It was a beast. long barrels and tight chokes. No good for everyday country boy shooting.
Later he bought a Marlin 336 in .30-30 which he used for deer hunting with the uncles. Deer hunting with the uncles was more about getting together, drinking beer and playing cards than deer hunting. In all the years I hunted with them, about 6 years no one ever fired a shot at a deer.

My Mom was not opposed to guns at all. she grew up in northern WI and guns were just like any other tool. In fact before i got my divers license she would drive me out to hunting spots, drop me off and be back around dark to pick me up.

I own probably the most guns I have ever owned now and I hunt the least now since I started.

I probably should sell some.

That's funny about no one firing a shot in 6 years.

My mother was opposed to guns, but my Dad kept a double barrel shotgun and a .38 Special revolver.

The shotgun had a length of pull suited for a ten-year-old. My grandfather traded two bushels of potatoes for it during the Depression.

Jim

...btw I don't have single one of them now. Wish I could own a gun, but it's just too risky these days.

my Grandpa had one 12ga from the time he got married till a year before his passing 63 years when he gave it to my uncle

my other grandpa never had any the few times he went hunting he borrowed one he was WWII Navy

my Dad had just one shotgun until I was 11 when he added a 22 then a shotgun for me at 12 we hunted a slug only area so a shotgun was about all one needed for deer. he added more later I was the oldest so as I started hunting and shooting we did more , got into trap for a while , got into pistols some.

until I turned 12 and started hunting he had just the one weekend a year for deer camp. Fishing was his thing still is.

No guns in our house until my parents bought me a Winchester 22cal model 250
For Christmas when I was ten..
Still got it

More than I have now.

I have no idea. All I know is he kept most of them in a 30+ gun safe and there was never enough room in it. The ones I remember using growing up were a single shot .410, a mossberg 500 12 gauge, a marlin 30-30, a Remington 30-06, a marlin semi auto .22, rough rider .22 mag, a Ruger mark II .22, an SKS, and a hawken .58 caliber muzzle loader. I know he had a .357 revolver too, but I never knew the make and model, it was his concealed carry gun.

Dad had an H&R 9 shot revolver that I have now, a 20 gauge H&R single shot and a Remington bolt action 22. These are what I recall growing up.

My father had a Winchester Featherweight 243 and a Winchester Model 12 shotgun with a full choke. There was also a single shot 22 LR for skunks and such. As we got older, more guns showed up. A single shot 20 gauge, and a Savage auto loader shotgun. I bought a Remington Nylon 66 as soon as I could, but we took turns with the 243 for deer hunting. If it wasn't your turn, you were a brush buster.

Dad had an old 16 ga. Shotgun I can't remember what make. He shot one deer his whole life wasn't a hunter but went a few times. All I ever wanted to do when I was young was trap hunt and fish. I always own between 50 to 60 firearms and PLENTY of ammo

Before we started growing, Dad had a .44 mag (bear gun), 30-06 (moose gun), dbl bbl 12 gauge (duck gun), a .22lr rifle (varmint gun) and his High Standard Double Nine .22 revolver he got in high school.

Like you said, most folks back then only thought of guns as utility. Words like "Tyranny." "Martial Law," "Confiscation," "Mandates" etc weren't even a thought for most people. I think the trend of political-cycle gun buying was started by the Clinton ban, and has only increased over the last couple administrations. Oh to live in simpler times...

Well there was a lot of talk about tyranny and gun confiscation in our home and among my family when the gun control act of 68 was signed into law. My dad always had several guns. Ithaca model 37 16 gauge as far back as I can remember. A smith and wesson 38 special revolver, a pump action 22 and a .308 rifle bought when I was 11. He gave me his bolt action savage 30-30 when he bought the 308. His 22 sat in the corner by the back door. Wanted it to be handy for chicken protecting. Guns were definitely a tool in our house. They were a big help keeping everybody fed . My dad didnt believe in "wasting ammo". About the only target shooting I ever did was with my bb gun. Until I could earn money and buy my own ammo. It was still frowned upon by my dad but it was "your wasting your money not mine" then.

Dad had 7. A 25-06, 2 30-30s, 22 mag, 22 lr, 12 gauge and a 410. They seen lots of use every year especially when my brother and I started hunting too. They were passed on to me 2 months ago

My Dad had the normal3 guns until I was 11. On my birthday I received a long green box with the words
Remington written on it. He lit a fire in me and it caught him too.
Can't say how many guns we bought and sold.
And we had fun shooting everyone of them.
So buy another one today for someone you love

My father had several pistols, three rifles which I have one a Maynard his grandfather gave him. He bought a new Browning shotgun when I was pretty young, my mother wasn't too happy, probably took more money than they had! I never regret buying a gun, passed up some I wished I hadn't!

Big thing in the couple decades or so is the move more towards specialisation. Instead of having a couple guns that can down a wide variety of critters, you now have your squirrel gun, groundhog gun, coyote gun, duck gun, trap gun, deer gun, elk gun, etc. Then along came the internet and guys are always chasing the perfect gun or the latest gun to come out.

My meth head stepdad had a few. I remember a shotgun and a revolver, but I'm sure there was more. He was a felon, so they weren't legally owned. One time in a fit of rage my mom drug my sister and I down to his sew-and-vac store (that he sold shortly thereafter for a huge pile of meth) and she broke down the back door while the place was empty. Someone saw it and the cops came, but since they were still married, they eventually just left. She found all the guns he had hidden around the place and took them to a pawn shop and sold them. He stole a bunch of her jewelery and sold for meth to get back at her later that night. Those were exciting times, to say the least. After that, we didn't have any guns in the house until I was 16 and bought a shotgun to shoot trap with.

I come from a bona fide gun nut collector. Mostly classics with wood furniture. Only a few handguns. One that stands out is 22 Buntline special...which he hid in a closet on top of playboys beside a jar of shine. What a find.

Was it missing the trigger guard?

My Dad had a Mossberg Mod. 190 in 16 gauge with the big adjustable Poly Choke.
He also had a 30-40 Krag. I still have both of those plus many more I've acquired through the years.
I've killed many a rabbit and squirrel with that old Mossberg. I take it out hunting once in a while just for the memories.

An old Winchester 97 12 guage,a .22 WRF 1890 Winchester,a 30/30 Marlin and a .32 special 1894 Winchester.Dad swore by the 30/30 and .32 special,said if you couldn't bring home venison with either of them you shouldn't be calling yourself a deer hunter.

The gun, the playboys, or the shine?

My Dad had a Model 97 in 12 gauge, a Marlin .22 with octagon barrel, and in '68 we went together and bought a new Model 770 in .270. Still have them all as well as some wallhangers my Grandpa had, including a Model 87 Winchester 10 ga.

My father is 80 now. In the 60's he was a Sherriff in Harris County Texas, south of Houston by Clear Lake City. I remember he had only 3 firearms at the time, an issued Colt 1911 .45, and old Marlin .22 single shot, and a JC Higgings 12 Ga. bolt action he bought when he was 13 years old. He still has the two long guns. In 1969 he added a single shot Ithaca model .49 .22 Lever gun that was a birthday present for me..

Dad had a win model 37 12ga., A win model 63 22, and a rem pump 30-06 and a s&w 38 .

The old man had a Double Barrel 12 ga.,a pump .22 rifle and his Marine Corps.issue .45

My Dad had Polio in 1944. So he had one Good Arm. He shot .243's and 6mm.'s. Similar and lighter Rifles

But he had about 5 or 6 longuns. One old shotgun which was my Grandpas that Dad never shot. ZERO Handguns while Growing up.

Dad would have had more but he sold bought and sold etc...

I've Sold all mine.

He had zero. I had several by the time I was 17. Bought on my own, God Bless America.

My dad had a 12 gauge shotgun, that’s all. He had won it at a dance. His dad who drove a tank in ww2, had a single shot 22.

Well I'm pleased to see that we were well above average. Dad wasn't a collector or gun nut but he had a decent selection of tools and they were all tools used regularly and always at the ready.

There were no guns in my parents home until I bought one.


Dan

My dad had several, I would guess 8 long guns and a couple of pistols.

Both grandads had a couple of guns that I remember

My great grandad had a handful that I remember

My great grandmother (mom's side) had a single shot .410, an automatic .22 rifle and probably a pistol of some sort that I never saw. she was a widow and lived on 300+ ac about a mile off the highway. She wasn't scared of one thing

My Dad had a Winchester model 12, a Remington. 22 single shot and an a couple of Italian carcanos. No pistols. Guns were for hunting and plinking tin cans.

About 5 or 6

I see a trend with many of your house holds as I saw in my own. kids get to hunting age and the house gets more guns

likely a lot of our fathers got more into hunting as we got into hunting mine certainly did. good memories squirrel hunting and deer hunting.

both hold true in my house , when I could go shooting and hunting with my son I got more guns and he got guns.

he bought his first shotgun at 10 , we had looked at it at the gun shop before Christmas and his mom was going to take him to buy it the next day but when she called the store to make sure they still had it before driving over they said now they didn't see it , 2 weeks later we were in the store and spotted it. so we bought it then. a 20ga shotgun , well we had to go shoot it right then , so we went to the range , it was snowing sideways , blowing and we were standing in knee deep snow , had to walk in from the road , he was grinning ear to ear shooting His shotgun.

he had a little money saved , but he worked the rest off ,much of it splitting and stacking fire wood, he was so proud

he shot some pheasant with it and his first deer and a lot of trap.

My grand parents may have had guns , my Dad only had one old single shot 410 that my nephew got when Dad died. I have zero guns as I lost them all in a flood . Keep thinking if I need one I can dig one up if I look in the right place.

Dad had an old single shot bolt action 22 cal. used for killing weasels in the chicken house when needed and to shoot cows and pigs for food. He didnt get a pistol until many years later in his life at the encouragement of his then son in law, but as far as i know never used it. Many on here I would think have enough guns and ammo to defend the alamo.

I dont own any firearms or ammo. I just carry a big stick.

model 97 pump 12 ga. 410 single shot, 22 springfield, 30-30 winchester considering he was born in 1907 and seen the Depression and both Wars first hand it was quite a collection IMHO

My Dad had a Marlin 30-30 and a Ruger .22 revolver. I got a .22 rifle when I was 8 or so, and that's when the firearm population at our house really started growing. By the time I was old enough to drive, there were probably a couple dozen at all times. Sure wish I had kept them all, but I loved trading them when I was younger. I would get bored with one and trade it off for something I just couldn't live without.

Yup,,our double barrel 12 ga. was kept in the house but the old .22 stayed in the barn loaded with rat shot.

2... 1 12ga. Springfield dbl, and a J.C. Higgins single shot .22 (aka... the bullet rifle).

When we were little Daddy had a model 1100 12 gauge, model 94 30-30, and little single shot bolt .22, later he won a 870 Wingmaster in a raffle.

It wasn't until us boys go big enough to pack our own shotgun that the arsenal began to grow.

Like 20 but I'm catching up on the old man

Rem 748 12 gauge
Win model 12 16 gauge
Stevens 20 gauge pump
Rem 12 gauge pump (pre 870)
Win 94 30-30
Rem 30-06 auto
Win 22 auto
Craig Jorgensen 30-40
Colt 1911

There was a
Western Field 16ga pump
Stevens 410 single (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman)
Springfield 22
Winchester 30-30
All were grandpas, us boy have them now.

Until his father passed, he only owned a Japanese rifle he brought back from WW2. After his dad passed he got a Winchester 1895 pump in 22 wrf. Parents bought me a single shot 20 gauge when I was a teenager so he owned that too.
I have the 1895 now. Other 2 he sold after I left home.

Remington 12 gauge side by side , and 22 Winchester pump. Bought him self an Ithaca deer slayer afterwards. But those 2 guns killed everything he wanted to hunt. Wasn't any deer in this part of Ky then.

We had one in the house for every type of game Nebraska has to offer. I don't own any guns now.

Better than ten shotguns and that's just shotguns

My folks never owned a gun of any kind. They certainly weren’t outdoor people. In fact, I’m the only one that does anything outdoors. Made for a long learning curve.

I'm thinking about buying one.

Ok FED, my dad never had ANY

I've got a few but my buddy has a real problem... here's his
safe...lol

Looks a lot like my uncles. He lined a walk-in down in the basement with 5/8 road plate and hung a safe door.

His is 3 sides of 11" of reinforced concrete with a Browning safe door.....hidden.

I've been in one room like that. The guy had a special concrete room built in his basement with a heavy steel door(held shut with a screwdriver LOL). His taste was for ruger revolvers, trap/skeet O/Us, and lever guns like the ones at your friends. In the corner, there were more G Loomis fishing rods than I had ever seen at a sporting goods store.

My grandpa and dad all had the same collection. a .22 and a shotgun. My Great Grandpa had 2 shotguns, 2 .22s, and a savage 101 .22 pistol that he carried on his trapline. It is probably one of my most treasured pieces. I'll never forget seeing my 1st red fox that he caught and then the 1st time I saw that pistol coming out from under his jacket.

I have two, one for each hand.

My father only had high end gun old 12ga Riverside single shot that I now have.
Shot rabbit, quail ,turkey and groundhogs never fired a deer slug in it.

I don't own any!
RR

Neither to I...

Never had any at home, parents never had any either, and I'd be foolish to even say if I had any now at this time in our country, looks like I'm the only one that feels that way !!

Yep in fact I just sold all of them to a guy who had lost all of his guns in a boating accident

Mine are all in new ownership.

Very nice!! I've wanted something like this for years. Probably since I first saw Commando.

I've incorporated the concept into some house plans we are rough drafting.

Mine are all home.Need them to protect life and property and to hunt with next hunting season.