What was your first Smith and Wesson??

[A.O.]

My first S&W was a pair of 500 S$W pistols I got a great deal on, the 8 3/8 and a 4 incher. I have since sold or traded them both off and got a 6 1/2 incher which fits me and handles better!

 

[Simo]

Model 29 with 8 3/8" barrel back in 1978.

 

[MacDone1]

Mine was a model 66 .357mag. It was back in the early 80s and actually the first handgun I ever bought. Wish I still had it.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

A Model 29. Bought it in 1978. It was Harry Callahan's fault.

I know exactly what you mean!!! I did the same thing.

Rick

 

[D B Cooper]

Hello:
What was your very first Smith and Wesson that you purchased?

Mine was a model 64-5 from a few years ago. I got back into shooting a few years ago.
I have several now, but the 64 was my first and favoriteView attachment 787815

A 'Snubby' M&P [ Model 10] originally in .38 S&W. The old neighbor I bought it from had the cylinder replaced with a .38 Spec.

 

[TalcumX]

686-3

 

[shedsruty]

Hello:
What was your very first Smith and Wesson that you purchased?

Mine was a model 64-5 from a few years ago. I got back into shooting a few years ago.
I have several now, but the 64 was my first and favoriteView attachment 787815

Mine was a 686plus 357m

 

[SaberOne]

My first was the Model 28 four-inch revolver when I started with the sheriff's department in 1974. Like with many things, I wish I had held onto it.

 

[45Smashemflat]

337 38SPL. Bobbed off the hammer to make it better for pocket carry. Still have it.

 

[500hunter]

Either a 17-3 triple T or a 14-3 triple T, both 6 1/2" Masterpieces in 1975. I don't remember which was first. A few years later I bought a 17-? and a 14-? Masterpieces triple T from the late 50s or early 60s from my father-in-law. Still have them and shoot them.

 

[ViperVette]

My first was a 6" Model 27. Wish I still had it.

 

[McChemist]

My first S&W was a SD9VE. S&Ws are like Lay's Potato Chips. Can't just eat one.

 

[long colt frazier]

Model 60 in 1972, my grandfather had to pick it up because I was only 16. Paid $125.00 from washing dishes and mowing lawns. The unbelievable thing is I have never shot it, it sits in its box in the safe all these years later;-(

 

[Overdrawn]

My first, and still my all time favorite is my Model 27 (no dash) with the 5" barrel…S199xxx serial #. The deep cobalt blue finish from the old days just can't be beat.

Interesting anecdotal… I'm told after trying the Model 27 out not long after the change from Registered to the Model # system, I'm told Elmer Kieth himself declared this the best overall revolver/barrel length around.
Of course that was over 60 years ago now, but I do like bragging on my Model 27! Hope it's true.

I agree with you and Elmer, in the early 70's my buddy got a 27 and I got the 28 both with 6 inch barrels he would score a 99-100 when qualifying in competition with his and mine shot just as good, amazing how accurate those revolvers were and .

 

[scout789]

Model 28 6". Sometime around 1973. I still have it, love it, and shoot it.

 

[Martin67]

I inherited two at the same time; a model 19 .357 made at the tail end of 1958 and a model 39-2 nickel plated 9mm made in 1974. They both have newer stocks while the originals undergo refinishing. The rubber grip on the 9mm was too big for my hand so I found some verry pretty wood stocks.

Those are gorgeous

 

[Martin67]

I inherited two at the same time; a model 19 .357 made at the tail end of 1958 and a model 39-2 nickel plated 9mm made in 1974. They both have newer stocks while the originals undergo refinishing. The rubber grip on the 9mm was too big for my hand so I found some verry pretty wood stocks.

Those are gorgeous

 

[Mark IV]

My first Smith, was also my very first pistol. It was a nice deal on a NIB Model 469 9mm, that I scored at a local gunshow, back around '85. A couple years later, I asked an excellent area gunstore about trading it towards a new Sig P226, and they apologetically offered me.......more than I had in it !
I had to resist the urge to blurt out, "#@&* YEAH!!"

 

[CTGray]

I recently purchased my first Smith and Wesson on a whim. I bought it blindly, but learned from this forum that I acquired a .38 Military & Police, 4th change, most likely from 1917. The gun has been fitted with more modern magna stocks from the '60s, and it has been reblued.

I know there are lots of these floating around out there, but I was stoked to learn the revolver is over a century old. Even at its ripe old age, it shoots like a dream.

 

[leslawman]

Mine was a 4", nickel plated, Model 19-3. Got it for my birthday in 1974. In 1985, it was stolen in a burglary, along with a Model 29-2 in the presentation case. They're both still listed as stolen in TCIC/NCIC. Maybe someday, one of them will surface… Hope springs eternal…