First gun...handguns only

[broggie]

My story is identical to Denver Dick's. Dirty Harry came out in 1971 and I turned 21 in January '72. That's when the search began for the elusive Model 29, which turned out to be found NOWHERE by me. My first S&W was bought a few months later. It was exactly like the one pictured on reerc's post, a Model 19 6". They both were tack drivers.

 

[Steave]

6" Model 17-3, got it when I was 12 or 13. Still have it.

 

[mac2]

January 1991 - I was 22 and had just received my licence after an 8 month wait (6 month club probation + 2 month processing of application). Used a big chunk of savings £540 ($800?) to buy a 6 inch satin stainless Colt Python (wanted the nice & shiny ultimate but was too impatient to wait for them to get one in).

Not sure whether it was ever right - after a couple of years it would bind after 10-15 shots after being cleaned. Traded it for a 686.

 

[gunsmith11]

1969 newspaper ad, bought a Ruger Bearcat with a Meyers western belt and holster for $ 20.00 wish I still had both of them

 

[wbraswell]

In 1975, I think, I bought a Stoeger .22 Luger from a friend for $25. Little gun functioned pretty well. I sold it to another friend about 12years later. I wish I still had it.

 

[davidenorth]

I'll admit it my first handgun was a Ruger P-85. The first handgun I shot was S&W Model 19 my father owned.

 

[Engineer1911]

First handgun was a new Ruger Single 6 in 1971 when I came home on leave while in the air force to get divorced. The best $40 I ever spent until 1976 when the Single 6 was traded for a Ruger Mark 1 target pistol. Kept the Mark 1 until 1981 when a Minneapolis sporting goods store got out of the evil handgun selling business.

Sold the Mark 1 to a buddy and promptly bought a 5-1/2" Model 41 for the amazing sum of $300, my first S&W. I remember being told that was ~$35 less than current dealer cost. Eventually had a Beuhler scope mount and Luepold 2X pistol scope mounted on the barrel. I still have the M 41.

 

[akjaeger]

My first handgun was a Colt New Frontier in .22lr.
I bought it in 1980 when I was 16 for $125 from my high school science teacher! He actually said in front of the class that he was leaving town and had some guns to sell. The next day we did the deal after class and I kept it in my locker for the rest of the day. In today's world we'd both go to jail.
My first centerfire was a 6" Colt Python that I purchased the following summer. I had $400 from an entire month's wages, the Python cost $395 and the dealer threw in a box of shells.
I still have them both.

 

[HoosierMike]

I don't have it any longer, but my first handgun was a 4" blue .38 special Colt Diamondback.

 

[pawncop]

Ruger SuperBearcat, 22 caliber. Still have it.

 

[hberttmank]

My first handgun was a High Standard Sport King bought new in 1977. Still have it but it has been retired.

 

[buckeyeshooter1]

a ruger mark 1 22 autoloader.

 

[smithcollector]

Excam GT-28, .25auto. then a kel-tec p-11, then kel-tec p-32, then my S&W 10-5.

 

[Trippy]

ruger p-89 9mm bought in 2006, still have it and always will, i dont get rid of my guns. my wife-yes, my dog-maybe, my guns-NEVER lol

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Browning High Power, bought in 1968 when I was in the Army. Still have it.

 

[geoff40]

Ruger Super Single-Six, 1967.

Bill

I looked all through this thread to see if you were here Doc! Now, if you don't mind me asking, what was the first 44 magnum you bought?
My first handgun was a short barrel Ruger Standard Auto, back in 1978. It is still here. I put a lot of ammo through that gun in the first couple of years I owned it.

 

[markd]

Model 28 6". Bought it in '84. Still have it.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Mine was a 1939 Luger ($35.00) I bought in 1961 at age 13. There was one question for the purchase. "Does your daddy know you're getting this?" He did when I got home and showed it to him. Next up was a model 10 4" ($75.00 NIB) pencil barrel a few days before 7/1/69. That was when I started as a LEO at the tender age of 21. I wish I still had both but I don't. I've made up for it since then.

 

[Zilmo]

My first was a Dan Wesson .357 six inch that I bought new in 1975. As others have said, I wish I still had it.

 

[Burley]

The first gun I bought because I realy wanted a particular gun was a Colt Commander in about 1978. I thought my wife would kill me but she didn't seem to mind the $285 price.