Do you still have your first handgun, do you still have it?

[Drm50]

My old man wouldn't let me have a handgun until I was 12. Still have the old
Ruger Single- Six. Worn down to silver in some places. Basic carry method
Back then was canvas holster sewn in my news paper delivery sack. Mean
dogs were a problem back then. I was getting stitched up every other week,
from dog bites. Had to go to Mayors court once over dog, he fined me $3.
I only had $2.37, he "lent" me the rest and returned my gun.

 

[NYlakesider]

Yes I bought a then brand new on the market Ruger Security Six .357 4''in 1972

I really wanted a Smith 19, but in that era trying to find a new or used Smith like that was very hard. My dealer showed me that Ruger and it seemed decent, so I bought it.

Still have it alone with a few Smiths I got my hands on as time went by. More of a Safe queen now but I do shoot it now and then.

 

[Stirling]

My first handgun was a 4" Highway Patrolman, I still have it, still love it.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I wish I did. It was a beautiful Model 15 (don't remember the dash) 4" that my father gave to me in 1986 after I started my first real job and got "off the payroll" at home. A few years later, I traded it back to him for a Model 60, which I still have.

 

[Donn]

First pistol 1971, Colt 1911 Series 70, 38 Super. First wheelgun, S&W Model 29 in 1978. Yes, both are still in the safe and get exercised as much as possible.

 

[G-Mac]

I bought one of the very first Ruger GP-100s when they were first introduced 30 years ago. 4" blued. Still have it. Although I've come to own more S&Ws than Rugers, the GP-100 was my first revolver. I've shot plenty of full-house .357 Magnum ammo through it, and it's none the worse for wear. I replaced the stock wood grip inserts with elk stag from Patrick Grashorn the "Executioner". Also put in a custom front sight.

 

[Cleveland48]

I still have my first handgun a ruger 4 5/8" single six. My uncle gave it to me for hauling rocks all day for him when I was in middle school. He had a large gun collection so he gave me that instead of money. A year later he gave me a 6" 686 for clearing limbs around the lake with a pole saw. Which was a tough job for an 8th grader on summer break.

 

[Buldurhm]

Yep. I sure do. When I was 14 I saved up 100.00 working in my uncles plant nursery. I gave it to my father and asked him to see if a friend of his had a pistol I could buy. He sold me an old model Ruger Single Six with both cylinders. That was 33 years ago.

 

[Cleveland48]

Gotta love those single sixes

 

[model70hunter]

My Dad traded for 2 High Standard Military 22's when I was about 5 and said one was mine. Next thing I knew both were gone for a Browning Sweet 16. So no to your question, but;

A little later Dad bought a late 50's Ruger Single six. He was over his gun trading spell, liked the Ruger and kept it. I was 12-13 then. I claimed it for the loss of the H-S Military. Dad thought I was kidding. I learned to shoot pistols with it. A classmate's Dad had a liquer store/LGS and always had lots of USA marked target Win ammo in the back. His son sold 2 boxes of 50 to kids at school for the same amount as our 50 cent lunch.

I bought ammo daily, would go home and shoot it before Dad got home.

I was cleared by him for gun safety and use by the time I was 9. He bought me a Stevens 94 single shot in 410. I taught many to shoot with it over the years and gave it to my oldest grandson a few years ago.

I was not afraid of what Dad would say if he knew I shot the Ruger but was pretty fearful of his reaction to me spending lunch money for ammo because he might have quit handing out lunch (ammo) money.

There were always leftovers in the fridge to eat after I shot up the ammo.

I inherited the Ruger and many folks have shot their 1st revolver with it.

 

[kimporter]

yup got mine back from a friend few years back,not going anywhere now,model 15-3 ,got from a viet-nam chopper pilot i worked with

 

[Faulkner]

Mine was a second hand High-Standard Double Nine. It dates to 1968, but I acquired it in 1979 while in high school. I still have it too, no telling about many varmits it has dispatched from around the barnyard.

 

[427mach1]

I still have my first handgun, a 1951 production second series Colt Woodsman that my grandfather bought new. He taught my mom how to shoot by setting up a shooting range in their basement in Spokane. My mom got it when he passed away in the mid '50s. It became mine in the mid '70s but I had her keep it in her bedside drawer until about ten years ago. She could outshoot me until her eyesight started to fail. She passed away just before Christmas and I think of her when I shoot it.

 

[Alpo]

Nope. First one was a Charter Arms Target Bulldog. 18 ounce, five-shot, 4-inch 357. I kept it for, maybe, a year, before deciding it was not a good plan. It had two major problems. The barrel was a steel tube, and there was an aluminum shroud over it, to make it look kinda like a Smith. The front sight was on the shroud. The shroud was held in place by a set screw. 18 ounce gun plus 357 equals heavy recoil, which makes shroud move around, which makes front sight move around, which makes accuracy go in the toilet.

Then there was the other thing about the heavy recoil from an 18 ounce 357. The other bullets in the cylinder had a tendency to walk forward. Several times, before firing the last shot, the cylinder would lock up because a bullet nose was sticking out the front of it.

Used it as a trade-in on a Steyr Mannlicher rifle in 308. THAT I've still got.

 

[Radco]

My first handgun was my Security Six .357 S/S 6" in the 80s still have it still shoot it

 

[Rastoff]

Sort of. My first handgun was a Colt Delta Elite. It had a failure-to-feed on every magazine so I returned it. With the money I bought a Dan Wesson. I don't remember the model. It's either a 715 or just a 15. Either way, I still have it.

It has no part number on it so, I can't determine which exact model it is.

One thing I do know is that it is a target model. It has adjustable target sights on it and a very nice trigger. It's the best trigger I've ever felt on any stock gun.

 

[planojack]

My first handgun was a Ruger Standard Model 21st birthday gift from my wife. After more than 60 years, I'm keeping them both. Both are great companions every day.

 

[LittleCooner]

Nope, got rid of that "good for nuthn ***". It was a Ruger blackhawk in 357 Mag. Ever time you shot it will a full house load, the dang thing would turn straight up in your hand. It was my first handgun, total pistol novice around 21-22 years old. Almost gave the thing away after I shot a M19 S&W in 357. I got rid of a Volkswagen and moved up to the other German car, a Porsche. Never looked back, still buying and shooting those Porsche/ Smith and Wesson wheel guns and will admit to looking down my nose that the owners of those Blackhawks. Love Rugers, have a bunch and the son is a total Ruger nut because of me, but nope, first gun is gone, good riddance.

 

[BCDWYO]

I really wish I did. It was a 6" 586 and I foolishly sold it in the early 90s before I knew what sentimental value it would hold now! I've replaced it with others much like it, but they are not the "first"!

 

[Model 19 6"]

My first was a S&W mod 19-3 6". Had it in my hands today.