Prolific forum poster TTSH shocked me in another thread when he said his first 3rd Gen pistol came to him in 2014! Certainly later than I would have guessed for an addict.
So when was your first? Or better yet, your first in each of 1-2-3 Gens and which models, why?
My first was 1994... my 1006. This is a pistol that my buddy bought after picking my brain in 1992, his first handgun. His then-new wife thought it was too dangerous in the house (!) and he knew that I loved it. And except for four boxes of factory ammo... I had handloaded all it's ammo. I think he paid around $575 for it new in '92... $400 to me in 1994.
My first 1st Gen was my clean 39-2, I wanna say A7xxxxx or so, but I would have to look. No box, 2 mags, but extremely clean. Snagged that from a show in 2012 I think.
My first 2nd Gen was my non-IPSC Model 745, a Gunbroker snag in the Spring of 2014. I remember it being not as low priced as I had wanted but I have had a total blast hammering steel plates with this pistol, no regrets.
Plenty of others but those were my first in each series.
So when was your first? Or better yet, your first in each of 1-2-3 Gens and which models, why?
My first was 1994... my 1006. This is a pistol that my buddy bought after picking my brain in 1992, his first handgun. His then-new wife thought it was too dangerous in the house (!) and he knew that I loved it. And except for four boxes of factory ammo... I had handloaded all it's ammo. I think he paid around $575 for it new in '92... $400 to me in 1994.
My first 1st Gen was my clean 39-2, I wanna say A7xxxxx or so, but I would have to look. No box, 2 mags, but extremely clean. Snagged that from a show in 2012 I think.
My first 2nd Gen was my non-IPSC Model 745, a Gunbroker snag in the Spring of 2014. I remember it being not as low priced as I had wanted but I have had a total blast hammering steel plates with this pistol, no regrets.
Plenty of others but those were my first in each series.