bmcgilvray
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I still have the first handgun I ever owned, a Model 10-6 originally shipped in June of 1971 and purchased used at Christmas time in 1975 for $75 as a present to myself.
What revolver have you had the longest?
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Heresy, I know, but the handgun I have owned longest is a Colt Lawman MKIII. I was a young officer dating a young teacher in 1979. My off-duty gun was a Nazi-marked Browning .32 ACP that jammed about every third shot. I desperately wanted a 2 1/2" M19, but there were none to be had. When I gave her a ring the next spring she presented me with that 2" Colt and said she didn't trust the .32 to bring me home to her. It was my BUG in uniform and the last primary I carried as a detective. I had chances to buy 19s and 66s when they became more plentiful, but it felt like cheating.
32 years later and both are still with me. There are plenty of good guns out there, but a good woman is hard to find.
32 years later and both are still with me. There are plenty of good guns out there, but a good woman is hard to find.
bluegrassrules
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Mine is a 637 bought new in 99, not nearly as long ago as some of yours and 10 years after I had been carrying, but it is my oldest...and a keeper.
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1971 Ruger single six is mine. The longest in the family is an old British top break I inherited from a great uncle, he got it in the '40s sometime but it was manufactured well before the turn of the century.
BUFF
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Revolver that I have owned the longest is a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special that I bought in February, 1976. I had owned a couple of other handguns earlier but they were sold or traded later.
S&W revolver that I have owned the longest is a Model 18 Rimfire Combat Masterpiece I bought new in April, 1977.
I would also mention a Colt Official Police in .22 LR with a 6 inch barrel, blue finish and checkered walnut stocks that my paternal grandfather gave to my mother about 1947, which I pretty well had glommed onto about the summer of 1974. My dear now deceased mother used it to shoot a 'Peeping Tom' through the bedroom window of her home one night in 1947, when my dad was working out of state with his dad, and their new house in a brand new neighborhood didn't have telephone service yet. The peeper visited one time too many,failing to realize that his prowlings and entry attempts were unwelcome, winding Mom into She-Wolf mode coiled to protecting her young kitten. He scratched at the window screen that night, at bedtime, to get her attention and laughed at her as she screamed at him. Her pointing the gun didn't make him back off, he just got more bold. His boldness suddenly ceased after she screamed back at him loudly, pointed the Colt at him, screamed again and then, when he did not retreat but kept his hands on the window, cranked off all six rounds through the window glass and wire screen.
The cops, when they finally arrived, were familiar with the fact a peeper had been skulking the nieghborhood, the bedroom windows of the young attractive wives whose husbands were mostly gone out of town on jobs or were working second and third sfifts, and were a little embarrassed they hadn't caught the peeper as yet.
The cops found a blood trail that began at the shot through bedroom window, crossed the yard to the driveway, then ran down the driveway to the street, where they ended. So it appeared that me dear old Mom scored, plunking the peeper properly.
The cop who seemed to be in charge, said only, "Yah gotta be careful wid dat thing, lady."
The cops never caught the peeper.
The peeper never came peeping again.
It's a gun I am keeping.
S&W revolver that I have owned the longest is a Model 18 Rimfire Combat Masterpiece I bought new in April, 1977.
I would also mention a Colt Official Police in .22 LR with a 6 inch barrel, blue finish and checkered walnut stocks that my paternal grandfather gave to my mother about 1947, which I pretty well had glommed onto about the summer of 1974. My dear now deceased mother used it to shoot a 'Peeping Tom' through the bedroom window of her home one night in 1947, when my dad was working out of state with his dad, and their new house in a brand new neighborhood didn't have telephone service yet. The peeper visited one time too many,failing to realize that his prowlings and entry attempts were unwelcome, winding Mom into She-Wolf mode coiled to protecting her young kitten. He scratched at the window screen that night, at bedtime, to get her attention and laughed at her as she screamed at him. Her pointing the gun didn't make him back off, he just got more bold. His boldness suddenly ceased after she screamed back at him loudly, pointed the Colt at him, screamed again and then, when he did not retreat but kept his hands on the window, cranked off all six rounds through the window glass and wire screen.
The cops, when they finally arrived, were familiar with the fact a peeper had been skulking the nieghborhood, the bedroom windows of the young attractive wives whose husbands were mostly gone out of town on jobs or were working second and third sfifts, and were a little embarrassed they hadn't caught the peeper as yet.
The cops found a blood trail that began at the shot through bedroom window, crossed the yard to the driveway, then ran down the driveway to the street, where they ended. So it appeared that me dear old Mom scored, plunking the peeper properly.
The cop who seemed to be in charge, said only, "Yah gotta be careful wid dat thing, lady."
The cops never caught the peeper.
The peeper never came peeping again.
It's a gun I am keeping.
akjaeger
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A Colt Python I bought new when I was 16.
Model 10-5 snubbie purchased for my wife because she prefers a revolver. It was purchased as a police trade in back when they about 125.00. Sent it to Accurate Plating for hard chrome and then got a set of grips that moma picked out. 25 years later, it still looks like new and shoots great.
Photog
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For me personally, my first M29-2. Bought new in November of 1975 when I was 18...yes, my dad signed for it.
I have K22 Masterpiece that my traded a WWII Walther P38 bring back for in 1948, and a pre 36 that he got, I think, around 1955 or so.
My oldest is a 1884 Trapdoor Springfield that I bought in 1967 for $45 dollars. Paid the guy $5 a week from mowing lawns until it was paid off.
I have K22 Masterpiece that my traded a WWII Walther P38 bring back for in 1948, and a pre 36 that he got, I think, around 1955 or so.
My oldest is a 1884 Trapdoor Springfield that I bought in 1967 for $45 dollars. Paid the guy $5 a week from mowing lawns until it was paid off.
Black Knight
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The revolver I have owned the longest is a 6" Colt Python bought in 1979. The S&W revolver I have owned the longest is my 4" model 28-2 bought in 1981.
dscampbell
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My Colt Lawman mkIII 2" is my favorite revolver of all that I own.
SOFMatchstaff
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I still have a Ruger 357 OM that I bought when I rotated back in 69. the Smiths started soon after that.
The M-34 is the longest that I purchased new, 1970 or so and the longest family pistol in my possession is a Remington M51 380. The Mod 57 came very shortly after the kit gun.
The M-34 is the longest that I purchased new, 1970 or so and the longest family pistol in my possession is a Remington M51 380. The Mod 57 came very shortly after the kit gun.
Loy Loyola
Member
Longest I have had is a Colt Trooper Mk III. Many a dark alley has it provided me protection.
SW 586 & model 17-3................true keepers!!!
S&WIowegan
US Veteran
Very first revolver was a Colt 1917 .45ACP. Bought at a gun shop in Shabbona IL for 23.26 OTD! I don't think I had any idea what I was buying but it was big and cheap. This was Feb. 1965 and I went in the Army in April. I learned to hoard all the Army ball I could get.
I still own it.
I still own it.
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Stu Honea
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My Mod.19 2 1/2 inch. Been with me 41 years. I'm the second owner.It was three years old when I bought it for $90.00.
I bought a used blue 3 1/2" M27 in 1976; I got it to do a .44 Special conversion. I had the cylinder rechambered and a NIB 6 1/2" 1950 Target barrel installed. It was my duty gun for several years. In 2005, I had David Clements cut the barrel to 5", add a ramp front sight, and reblue it.
It ain't going no where!
It is now wearing a pair of Kurac's walnut coke profile target grips.
It ain't going no where!
It is now wearing a pair of Kurac's walnut coke profile target grips.
The one I've had the longest, and coincidently the first new gun I ever bought, is my M-53 .22Rem Jet. I bought it in the Fall of 1965 during my senior year of college. Price was $127.50 and I traded a nickled Colt Scout for the down and paid $5.00 a month for a long time. I still have it and it ain't going nowhere. I still have a couple of boxes of Remington and Peters factory ammo for it but have reloaded for a long time. It has accounted for untold numbers of Jack-rabbits and prairie dogs. I always kept the chambers clean and never had a problem with set back lockup. Keep shootin' and check 6
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Badquaker
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Dan Wesson 44mag. I bought it around 1986. It always puts a smile on my face when I shoot it.
