Do You Still Have The First S&W You Ever Bought?

[sureshotbob]

8 3/8, 14-4, TT TH TS in 1975 Kellers gun shop for the princely sum of $125. I was barely making that much a week. I don't think I have a pic anywhere but I still have the gun. I've only sold two. A 686 that just didn't fit my profile and a 8 3/8 15-5 that someone offered me way to much money for and turned into an early K22.

DW

I remember Kellers it was were I bought my first handgun in 1973 . I was only 18 so a good friend bought it for me and held it till I turned 21.
It was a Browning High Power for the sum of $250.00 At the time a Colt Python was only $5.00 more.

 

[wyccad915]

my first s&w was nothing more than a sd9ve. I wish I still had it, but made the mistake of selling it in order to finance a sig p250, in the same caliber (9mm). Well, not only did I lose money off that, I am sad to say I probably preferred the sd9ve over the p250. I hope to buy another very soon, since they are so economical.

 

[WardenRoss]

Three inch barreled model 66 in the late eighties. Still have her of course. Wearing our Sunday furniture.

 

[mtgianni]

28

Sadly no. Mine was a 28 and it was traded off for something or another, TC contender with 2 bbls IIRC.
I distrust someone who says they are a gun guy but have never sold one. Would you believe someone was into cars if they had every one they ever owned. I tried to keep track of all I had owned but lost count in the 70's. I hope my trades made some folks as happy as they made me feel.

 

[JM4151]

First S & W gun

My first S & W was a 22/32 with a 6 inch bbl. It was given to me by my parents for my 12 th birthday, back in 1958. I still have the gun. Had a lot of fun with it over he years, and my oldest grand son will be shooting it soon.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

My first S&W, and a permanent possession, was a very practical automatic that opened my eyes to the world of firearms, a Model 915 purchased on the advice of good friend on this forum who was kind enough to take the time to help me get started.

 

[RudyN]

I still have my first as it is a Shield in 9mm I picked up on November 15th. ;-)

Sent from the Telegraph Office

 

[wialco]

First, a model 41 heavy barrel, the last a 642 for my wife, and everyone in between. My favorites are all of them but the 686-2 4" and pre 29 6.5" are stand outs.

 

[xray97]

This 10-5 is my first S&W. I paid $120 at Montgomery Wards for it in 1976. It's the last gun I'd let go.

 

[A10]

Nope. My first was a 4 inch 28, and it's long gone. I do have the first one I ever fired though, my dad's 38/44.

 

[edw794]

wish i did. in 1972 i bought a brand new 2.5 inch model 19 for $125 at the long gone san francisco gun exchange.

 

[legelegel]

I purchased a Model 19 (4") and Model 39-2 when I was a 2LT in the US Army at the Post Exchange while stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska. I was up there from 1971 to 1973. I used the Model 19 as a side arm when I went bear hunting. I still have the Model 39-2, but I sold my Model 19 to my brother who still has that revolver. I later opted for a Model 66 in the late 1970s which I sold about 10 years later to help finance daughter's higher education. I have never replaced that stainless steel .357, but I look forward to doing that soon.

I plan to put a Peter Stahl .22 conversation on my Model 39-2 soon. I have Sile custom walnut target grips designed for the Model 52 to put on it. It should be something special when I get all that done.

 

[Biggfoot44]

The first one I BOUGHT was rusted beyond repair in a flooded basement. The first one Given to me by my father I still have.

 

[Herknav]

The cost of the M-53 was $125.++ and I financed the balance at $5.00 a month forever.

So...you're still paying it off?

 

[wbraswell]

Sure do. Model 25-2 that I bought at a show in Will Rogers in Ft. Worth. I think in 1978. I still have the display case, too.

 

[Taurus627]

The first S&W I actually purchased was a SD9ve but sold it when a gentleman in our club made me a nice offer to take it off my hands. The first one I owned is a 686-2 that I inherited when my first wife passed away in 2008 and it would take a rather large offer for me to let go of it.

 

[DR505]

Picked this up for my first LE academy at "Boots and Guns" in Monroe, WI. Still have original Target Stocks, Box, Papers, and receipt.

 

[Bob O]

Model 19, .357mag, 6" barrel.........30 years ago......don't have it anymore.

 

[johnjohn]

Still have my 15-2 I bought for the sum of $50 from the original owner. He is still offering to let me double my money. No soap,it's not going any where.

 

[darmtn1917]

I still regret selling off my first S&W when I got rid of most of my accumulation in 1991. A mdl 36 three inch square butt with "thin" barrel bought at hardware store for $81 in 1971. I carried it for 20yrs in a Hunter holster while hiking and 4 wheeling