My first ever handgun - a story...
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S&WIowegan
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I bought my first handgun soon after graduating college and getting a job. It was a Colt 1903 32ACP....and the ammo was expensive and I couldn't hit doodly squat with it. Traded it for a used Ruger Standard 22LR semiauto which I still have. The mags only hold 9 rounds in those 1950s Rugers and the button on the side of the mag is on the opposite side. It is my euthanasia gun for trapped critters.
I didn't turn 21 until 1963 so I'm much younger than John!
I didn't turn 21 until 1963 so I'm much younger than John!
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double-dipper
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Great story John thanks for sharing. I have two Ruger Mark pistols a Mark II and a Mark III both are stainless steel, they are very accurate and fun to shoot.
I didn't get my first handgun until I was almost 30 I guess. It was a Model 19, probably a -4, but I knew nothing of such things in those days. I just knew it was blue, with a 4" barrel, and those beautiful target stocks. It was brand new, in the blue box, with all the papers and tools. The Sight Adjusting Tool, or as I knew it then, the screwdriver, went straight to my tackle box. What did I know?
A year or so later, I got bit by the IPSC bug and traded that 19 off for a Colt Government Model in 45. Oddly enough the box and papers stayed on top of my glass front gun case for years. I've got no idea what happened to it, or to the tackle box the SAT went into.
I recently picked up another 19-4 in virtually NIB condition, with box, papers, tools, etc. Except for being a Pa State Police 75 anniversary and having presentation stocks rather than checkered targets, it's close enough to that original one to suit me.
A year or so later, I got bit by the IPSC bug and traded that 19 off for a Colt Government Model in 45. Oddly enough the box and papers stayed on top of my glass front gun case for years. I've got no idea what happened to it, or to the tackle box the SAT went into.
I recently picked up another 19-4 in virtually NIB condition, with box, papers, tools, etc. Except for being a Pa State Police 75 anniversary and having presentation stocks rather than checkered targets, it's close enough to that original one to suit me.
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