First gun...handguns only

[sipowicz]

Okay.most of us got a rifle as our first gun...what was your first handgun? Mine was a Browning Hi-Power...my brother's was a 6" Colt Python. We were both big fans of Starsky and Hutch at the time....of course, Starsk had a Smith 59 but after handling both, I realized you shouldn't pick a gun based on a fictional TV character.....

It was a stock 81 and around 90' it went to C&S for sights. trigger job and a safety...I've shot just about every kind of 9 since then and this is still my favorite auto...

 

[deralte]

No picture but mine was a Remington Derringer, .41 rimfire over and under. I was 16, 60 years ago and two years later my uncle gave me the other .41 which was the matching half of a pair. Wish I still had them.

 

[Aussie44]

My first handgun purchase was actually 2 at the same time,A M-586 and a M-29 both 6 inch.

Ken

 

[ladder13]

M66, 6 inch

 

[S&W Oldtimer]

Mod 37 in late sixties.

 

[Ray]

Hi, first one was a Colt Woodsman Match Target third series bought in 1981.Still have it and will pass it to daughters.
Regards , Ray

 

[rags]

Now you've hit a sore spot! The first handgun I bought on my own was a M586 (no dash) 6". I was still in the Navy and bought it in VA, 7/1983. I was home for a year and it was stolen!

All I have left is the box, docs and grips. It had Pachmayr Grippers on it when it changed ownership! (had it at the range that week) I replaced it with a 686-1 within 2 months and bought a 586-4 4" in 1994,

 

[jun225]

S&W 49 Bodyguard

Jun

 

[pharmer]

Model 19-3 in the 8K serial range. Bought it from Meltzer's in Garfield NJ for $193 as my duty gun as an "Institutions and Agencies" PO. It's long gone. Joe

 

[rocketdog]

Colt Government Model MKIV Series 70 .45 acp NIB, about 1977.

 

[slowburninsteve]

First handgun

My first handgun was a Dan Wesson .357 with fixed sights and a six inch barrel. It was without a doubt the ugliest gun I have ever owned with the dorkiest looking grips! I could not hit a bull in the arse with it at 5 yards! I traded it off for a Smith & Wesson Model 36 with a 3 inch barrel which later also went on the trading block.
Steve

 

[woodsltc]

Mine was a .22 cal, 4 inch, Colt Diamondback that I later traded on a Model 17-4.

Oh, if I had only known back in the '80s how valuable that gun would be today!!!!!!!!!

Don

 

[afriqueart]

My first handgun was a model 60. Got it when I was 49.

 

[Gutpile Charlie]

My first handgun was a Ruger, "Standard" (aka MK I), 4", fixed sight. .22 auto pistol. It was purchased in 1961 for $37.50. I kept it until about 1970 when I traded in a very poor trade! I don't even want to go there, I'm too embarrassed!

Years latter my son got a replacement, a MKII. Wheeeee!

 

[Photog]

Summer of 1973, Ruger New Model .41 Blackhawk 6.5" barrel. Saved all summer for it. Paid $119 for it. I was 16 at the time.

 

[furyalecto]

5906. It is my bookcase/nightstand gun.

 

[ThirtyAcres]

Six-inch Model 28 Highway Patrolman in 1973.

Had to get my mother to do a "straw man" purchase for me.

Seems I was old enough to register for the draft but not to buy a handgun.

Joined the NRA the same day.

 

[reddogge]

Mine was either this Colt Frontier Scout .22 I traded for a recurve bow during a New Years Eve party or this Colt Police Positive with a Detective Special barrel which was given to me and was my wife's grandfather's pistol. Not sure of any dates here.

 

[MaximumLawman]

649 Bodyguard. I still carry that one the most.

 

[Max-BB]

1st handgun

My first handgun was a gift from my Father. Actually not really a gift - he went back to the service around 1980 and never came back for any guns so I sort of 'acquired' all of them at that time.

It was/ is a Ruger single six w/ both cylinders from about 1970 or so.

It still gets some use but admitedly not as much as it should.