What gun did you....

[TLG]

Here I take a class,then take the paper to the Sheriff's then I wait for the background check to clear and get my permit.

It was funny that the instructor said two to three hours,and we were done in an hour and forty five.

Not the way it was with me. I live in WV also. My class lasted 7 1/2 hours. We shot about an hour. Then we had a written test. (For the shooting part I used my 9mm SW9VE Sigma.) Two days later I went to the local Sheriff's office, payed my money, filled out the papers, had my picture taken, and went home and waited. One week and 2 days later I received my CCP permit.

TLG in WV

 

[Krull]

Not the way it was with me. I live in WV also. My class lasted 7 1/2 hours. We shot about an hour. Then we had a written test. (For the shooting part I used my 9mm SW9VE Sigma.) Two days later I went to the local Sheriff's office, payed my money, filled out the papers, had my picture taken, and went home and waited. One week and 2 days later I received my CCP permit.

TLG in WV

This one thing I forgot to mention:I paid a bit extra and got a private class,I don't feel the need to be on a firing line full of folks whole have never seen a handgun before!

I told the guy I didn't want to chance losing it and beating someone about the head if they pointed their gun at me

 

[wence5]

Here in Washington you don't have to take a class or show proficiency, or at least you didn't when I got my CCL back in the 90's. I personally don't agree with no class or live fire time. I think folks need to be able to prove they know what they are doing. Just my 2 cents.
When I lived in Oregon you had to take a class and qualify with a 50 round live fire test. I used my S&W 66-2 4''. BTW, I passed with flying colors. :^)

 

[Topspeed]

I qualified with a 1970's era Dan Wesson .357 Magnum using 158gr +P .38 ammo.

 

[TLG]

This one thing I forgot to mention:I paid a bit extra and got a private class,I don't feel the need to be on a firing line full of folks whole have never seen a handgun before!

I told the guy I didn't want to chance losing it and beating someone about the head if they pointed their gun at me

The class I took was basicly the same. It was me and another guy. Both of use have been shooting for lots of years. Myself, 45 years. I didn't mention, we also got a great Pizza lunch served to us. The class was at the instructors home. Even after 45 years of shooting, I learned some bad habits that I had picked up over the years. 7 1/2 hours was really to little.

My class as it was cost me $60. I would like to take advanced classes someday. One can never have "enough' training!!!

TLG...63 years old and counting.....

 

[Krull]

I actually had fun with it and I'm thinking of taking some other courses later on not only for learning new things but for the enjoyment of it.

 

[The Highlander]

I qualified with a Model 19 (S&W, not Glock oddly enough), blued, 2 1/2" barrel. It is now a safe queen after being "claimed" by my daughter. Wears ivory stocks, and just sits looking pretty waiting on her 21st Birthday. I haven't fired it since she asked for it.

Incidentally, the instructor was "assisted" by a Barney Fife wannabe who asked me what I was firing. When I told him .38 Spl. Wadcutters he ran to the instructor and tattled that I was shooting a .357, but I wasn't firing .357's in it, and that just wasn't right! In Tennessee, it doesn't matter if you qualify with a .22lr, by the way.

My wife qualified with her Glock 26. I attended the class as a refresher with the instructor's permission, and then fired my Kimber Custom Target .45.

I loaned one of the guys in wifey's class a Ruger because the piece of junk he brought wouldn't run.

 

[Brian41]

We shot a modified combat course at my club, more than the state required but this was 6 months before the law even passed and they wanted to be sure all bases were covered.
I shot my Kimber Ultra CDP as that was to be my carry gun. After a couple years I went to mostly revolvers for carry.
We don't requalify to renew though.

 

[flop-shank]

4" nickel 586. At one point the young guy two lanes over (who wasn't shooting so hot) looked down at his plastic fantastic, looked over at my Smith, then looked back at his piece. He looked almost bewildered the whole time and I could see that the revolver light was going on in his head.

 

[rbmac52]

Beretta 92F

 

[Fireman Joe]

My Old trusty 39-2 9mm I have had since I was 16.....

 

[jimmyj]

In addition to my Federal (Retired LEO) and Florida CCW, I took the Tennessee CCW with my Wife. Eight hours classroom instruction and fired 48 rounds at the range. My Wife used a S&W Model 625-6 .45acp Revolver and I used a Model 25-2 .45acp Revolver. We both qualified.
Jimmy

 

[TennTony]

Colt Gold Cup (customized) 45acp.

Yep, me too.

 

[Jason68]

You mean my first class? That would be Richmond, Virginia 1994 when the law was first signed by Gov. Allen...
I used my Ruger SP101 .357mag; the only other handgun I owned was a Beretta .22 Bobcat, and they required a centerfire handgun for the permit class. I was a 25 year old starving student, I had used all my money on a new Honda CB750 motorcycle, and I was so busy chasing skirts I barely had time to fit that class in on a Saturday... sigh.

 

[Knightrider03m]

I shot my young (at the time) Sigma 9VE. She only had around 300 rounds in her and was about a week old.

Now she has over 5000 rounds in her and I still love her.

 

[Charliee]

I qualified with my nickled 19-3 with a 2.5 inch barrel. Its a lot of fun to shoot that pistol and was the first time I had shot it in 29 years. It got me back to shooting as a hobby again.

 

[Hyperion]

I shot mine double action using my Ruger Service Six. Passed easily.

 

[BigRich315]

No .22's?

My M&P40c sounded like a canon after the .22 that those ahead of me shot. I'm no stranger to shooting so I was confident with anything, and I bought the 40c to carry, so I figured why not.

It was a family affair: my brother shot my 40c, dad shot his 6906, and mom shot her 60LS. It was a small group of mostly friends, so with the exception of one person whose shiny new CZ locked up solid, everyone else shot the same .22 roundgun.

If I'd done it again, I would have loved to use the old 1905 4th .32-20 and made a single hole

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

This one thing I forgot to mention:I paid a bit extra and got a private class,I don't feel the need to be on a firing line full of folks whole have never seen a handgun before!

Good thinking.

To the original question:

A couple of years before I got my license in FL, I had some spare money and took Massad Ayoob's LFI-1. Being a bit of a freak for training honesty, I took my Model 40, and used a "shoestring" holster made of parachute cord. Of course Mas put me on the left end of the firing line because I was drawing crossdraw. During the qual at the end of the course, Mas had occasion to call out words of encouragement to the group to the effect of "A guy with a five-shot snubbie is whipping your a**es." I was kind of used to shooting that 40, even with its thin front sight.

 

[GatorFarmer]

One time I used a nickel plated Colt Army Special in .32-20. Not only did I have the only revolver, I had the only .32-20... Well the latter was a given.

Another time I simply used a borrowed Beretta 92.