What revolver have you had the longest?

[OFT II]

My oldest that I still have is a Webley Mk VI cut for 45 acp and bought in '66. The next in line is a 2nd generation Colt SAA in 357 that I got around '72.

 

[L Pete]

My revolver that I've had the longest is a Pre Model 15 bought by my Dad new in 1952. I borrowed this revolver when I first went into LE, until I could afford to purchase my own. I got it when Dad passed, and I will never give it up. I shot it recently, and it stills puts the wadcutters in the 9, 10, X-rings as well as my new Model 67. It's getting a little long in the tooth now with a patina starting to appear around the edges. It is the gun I love the most, and would not have any problems if forced to use it in defense of home and hearth.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Bought this in '71 and it was my CCW for 30+ years.

Now CCW is a 642-1 or my LCP.

 

[K Frame Keith]

I have a few guns that I have owned longer, however my oldest working gun is a Model 60 I purchased new in 1986 and qualified with until my retirement last year.

 

[blackdeuce]

My first revolver was a Ruger Security Six (.357 magnum). I sold it a long time ago. I didn't get back into revolvers until about 5 years ago. I bought a real nice model 17 no dash. It was the beginning of a disease.

 

[Bigman]

My gun that I have owned the longest, and has been with me for the last 34 years, is my S&W model 28-2. My Father bought this gun for me, so this one has been very special to me. For me, this revolver will be the last I would ever part with.....Ray

 

[Old Corp]

Probably my former duty-issued c.1981 M66 4" that I purchased from my department when they switched to autos (M1076's) in about 1990.

It got me through a deadly-force incident and is in good shape still, although it now has a case report number electro-engraved on the grip-frame. Saved my bacon. It'll be a hard one to part with.....

 

[What the]

I've no pictures but it is a octagon barrel H&R Trapper .22 caliber my pops helped me buy used in 1963, not sure but I'm thinking it cost me $11.00 bucks and the guy at the hardware store threw in a box of Winchester, to sweeten the deal.

Still have it and still shoot it on occasion... It makes me smile every time I pull the trigger. The only time I ever used it to get out of harms way was shooting monster rats at the dump.

 

[crawlewe]

I have a K-22, Masterpiece Revolver, Model No. 17 (17-3) that I bought new on December 19, 1974, for $165.38. I still have the original purchase receipt.

The revolver was stolen from me in December 1984, by three teenage boys who burglarized the house. It was recovered in excellent condition and returned back to me approximately 11 months later. I still have it today and plan to pass it on to my daughter some day.

Bill

 

[ischia]

22/32 heavy target. I found out decades later that it was a very early Bekaert. By the serial # around 1912, number on butt of grip too. Paid $35 bucks at the time (1972 or so) at a sporting goods store in Seattle. Still have the receipt. Sweet shooter with standard velocity ammo.

Ischia

 

[Earnest P]

In 1968, a week before I went into the Army my uncle gave me his High Standard Double Nine. I think he said he paid $35 for it in1960. His eyesight was failing and wouldn't be able to use it any longer. The trigger pull in double action is terrible but in single action you can drive tacks with it.

 

[pawncop]

My first, a Ruger Super Bearcat bought in 1973, so nearly 40 years.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

The revolver I have had longest is my Model 40 bought around 1971 or 1972. It was not my first Model 40, but I had the sense to keep this one. I have others, as well.

 

[JCS&W]

My first revolver was given to me by my dad in 1978. He was not doing well and wanted me to have it. My dad bought the gun, to the best of his recollection in 1957, used. It was shipped in May 11, 1956. I cannot remember my dad not having his Pre-Model 30, I frame. I thought it was older. Started me on my search for Smiths in 1979. Still searching today.

 

[johnsonl]

First handgun, a 4" model 66-2, purchased in June 1982, upon my return from Okinawa. Still have it.

 

[Black_Sheep]

625-2 purchased new in '88 or '89. No real history other than putting the hurt on countless x-rings...

 

[old bear]

My M 19-3 was issued to me in 1974 by my first department, we've shared an adventure or two over the years.

 

[ancient-one]

I got my Dad's Police Positive 38 Spec. (Mfg. 1917) about 1965. Don't shoot it anymore but keep it loaded as a backup, backup. It is in good shape for it's age, just needs a pair of the original grips.

 

[deanodog]

High Standard double nine for me. Nine shot double action with western styling. I still have it. Very accurate but the trigger is nothing short of terrible.

 

[MP1983]

circa 1977 Colt Det. Spc. I bought in 1987 in excelent shape...I had others but this is the earliest one that wasn't sold off or traded...

put in a lot of range time with it, and took it coast to coast with me for a good 15 years on road trips...there was a night in Jackson, Mississippi when I was glad to have it (even a cop looked at me funny as he was passing by, I had stopped in the wrong part of town to fuel up)...an early morning once in El Paso at a car wash too...nothing hairy, just nice to have known it was there...