What was your first handgun?

[rayzer007]

I saw this question on another forum and thought it might be fun to post here.

My first gun (1975) was a Colt Detective Special.

Ray

 

[mukwah]

When I was 17 I bought a Rossi .22 pistol from my older brother. I foolishly attempted my first trigger job on it. Never would fire again! Funny...... and scary!

 

[rayzer007]

When I was 17 I bought a Rossi .22 pistol from my older brother. I foolishly attempted my first trigger job on it. Never would fire again! Funny...... and scary!

From such humble beginnings are thus produced great gunsmiths!

Ray

 

[bigdogdaddy]

I bought two at the same time. Charter Arms Undercover 38 and a Ruger Mark II with bull barrel.

 

[Indigowolf]

1977 or somewhere there about. My first handgun was a like new S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman .357mag with a 4 inch barrel. Bought the revolver, a used Bianchi holster, a box of .357mag rounds, and a box of 38spl rounds, out the door for $340. For a first revolver I found out it was expensive to feed making it difficult to learn on. My second was a Ruger Single Six followed by a S&W 22lr Kit Gun. I learned multitudes more about shooting with the rimfires, likely because of the thousands of rounds put down range compared to hundreds out of the Model 28.

 

[framedcraig1]

About 13 years ago. It was a beretta 3032 acp alleycat. Good little pistol, and i loved the pop up barrel. Just a little too light of a round for me. :

 

[mayonardo]

Ruger Bearcat. I kick myself every day for selling it.


Mayo.
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[3Coyotes]

Smith & Wesson Model 669 semi-auto. Full stainless, 12 round, 9mm. Pounded out 300 rounds on the first trip to the range 30 years ago. Can't say how many thousands on thousands since.

My younger son asked to borrow it for a range trip of his own about a year ago. Outside of bringing it to the house to clean it several times thereafter... it's now as much his favorite as it was mine.

 

[millsriver]

In 1962 I bought my first pistol; a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 magnum. Sold it to a LEO in 1975. Wish I had it back.

 

[SkipD]

My first was/is my Ruger MkI Target pistol to the best of my recollection.

 

[zingbee]

1985 MKII bull barrel, followed by a 1986 S&W 686. I had to wait until I moved to Florida because NY was so anal. Still have both, plus lots more.

 

[Silverfox1]

My first was a Ruger SR9. That was just a couple of years ago at 56 years of age. I quickly realized I really enjoy shooting and purchased a 22lr pistol less that a month later. That 22 has been replaced by a Ruger SR22p and I'm making up for my late start with lots of range visits.

 

[Pops]

Glock 23! ;D

 

[lws380]

I had shot guns and rifles for hunting for ever. Never had any hand guns. When my father died about 25 years or so ago. I got a Colt model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 and a H&R double action .22 revolver. My father got the Colt from his father, my grandfather who carried it while working on the railroad in IL and MO. The H&R I think my dad bought from a guy.

About 6-7 years ago I bought a Springfield Armory XD 9mm, service size (4 inch) and very soon after that I bought my first Seecamp. It was the Seecamp that got me into making holsters. I looked at some pocket holsters and said, I can do that, so I made my first pocket holster. And boy is/was it ugly, but it worked. But I got better and better with each one and here I am.

 

[Sontag_Shooter]

Beretta 96 FS.

That was the start of my addiction.

 

[Fred_Import]

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away... Oh, wait, that's a different story.

My first was a Llama 1911 copy in .22LR. I saw it in a hardware store, and on a whim asked the clerk what was needed to buy it. His answer -"money". I'm dating myself, but the price on the box was $49.95, so I bought it. Still have it, and here it is:

 

[Yogi 117]

Ruger SS GP-100 4' barrel & Ruger SS SP-101 3' barrel. Carried while horseback riding. Just this week, sold the GP-100 for a Glock 30. So far no regrets, just hope they don't arrive down the road sometime! Yogi 8)

 

[number2son]

Smith & Wesson Model 15 Revolver back in 1974. Still have it today.

 

[Sarge]

Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver...4-inch, heavy barrel, nickel plated. Bought it new in 1980. It's upstairs in the nightstand loaded with .38 Special +P Hydra Shoks. I'll never sell it.

 

[hoppy]

Smith and Wesson model 10 in 1963. One of several Smiths that got away.

Hoppy