What was your first Smith and Wesson??
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I bought a 5-screw model 28 early S prefix 98% or better w/ a box. Never shot it just clean it once in a while. I know it's not a grail gun for most as it was not for me, but it looked so good I couldn't leave it on the table at the price I paid. Also, my 1st revolver ever. That is when I started looking in on this forum. A friend actually recommended that I get a revolver as I had lots of semi-autos. Now I have just a few Semi's and more smiths.
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My first was a gift from Mom, first Christmas after my Dad passed away. Christmas 1988, Model 17-6, 6-inch barrel, and all of my older siblings needed two hands to pull their jaws off the floor when I opened it.
First S&W that I ever bought was some money from my first "real" job and some saved up paper route money, June 1989, 6-inch S&W Model 686-3. I nearly got the crazy adjustable front sight silhouette version but ultimately caved and simply got the RR front sight.
That purchase was going to be a 6-inch Taurus 669… but in the last moment I threw caution to the wind and more cash at it with no regrets. We had a kitchen table FFL who was a friend of the family and if my memory is correct, I spent $315 on that in '89,
First S&W semiautomatic was a Model 1006 that I bought from my buddy because his wife didn't think have a scary gun in the house was a good idea. He had bought that pistol on my recommendation and outside of the four boxes of factory ammo he started with, I had handloaded everything else it ever digested. He paid $592 for that in the spring of 1992, I gave him $400 in the summer of 1996.
First S&W that I ever bought was some money from my first "real" job and some saved up paper route money, June 1989, 6-inch S&W Model 686-3. I nearly got the crazy adjustable front sight silhouette version but ultimately caved and simply got the RR front sight.
That purchase was going to be a 6-inch Taurus 669… but in the last moment I threw caution to the wind and more cash at it with no regrets. We had a kitchen table FFL who was a friend of the family and if my memory is correct, I spent $315 on that in '89,
First S&W semiautomatic was a Model 1006 that I bought from my buddy because his wife didn't think have a scary gun in the house was a good idea. He had bought that pistol on my recommendation and outside of the four boxes of factory ammo he started with, I had handloaded everything else it ever digested. He paid $592 for that in the spring of 1992, I gave him $400 in the summer of 1996.
My Daddy gave me a Model 28-2 Highway patrolman!
I shot that thing until I could take the wing off a gnat in flight...
...and with the gnat flying too!
I was please to give it to my older brother when I started carrying a Model 29, and then in 2000 a 696 in 44spl.
Mine was the eight and three eighths incher which I carried in a Bianchi X-15 under a sport coat for years.
My first was a 29 I bought in the late 80's Not sure how old I got it used but I know it was pinned and recessed. I needed to buy my own duty gun in 1991 and I traded it for a 4516 that I carried on duty until my department issued everyone Berettas.
My first was a Model 34, 22/32 kit gun in1959. After a few years I traded it for a Ruger single six.
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M29-2, 6.5" blue October 1975.
For me it was an 6 inch model 686 no dash, after I had trash 2 Colt pythons in competition shooting, Dick Metcalf and Wayne Hazelrigg talked me into buying a 686. It has never been modified and had has fired at least 100,000 round without exaggeration and has been dry fired twice that. It has had a couple of wolf spring kits put in it, but I would go grab it out of the vault and use it to defend my life.
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Ignatz
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Model 10 4" HB. I also shot my first action match with it.
mckenney99
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I think my first S&W was a new M64 2 inch RB that I bought just before I graduated from the Highway Patrol Academy. The M64 was carried as an off-duty weapon and a backup to the M10 4 inch HB we were issued and mandated to carry on duty. I wanted something that shot just like my duty gun and could use the same ammo we were issued if the need arose. I carried the M64 in an ankle holster in the summer (not an easy or comfortable task) and I carried it in a Bianchi 9R upside down shoulder holster inside my Blouse (not exactly a speedy access) when we transitioned into our winter uniform.
I eventually traded the M64 in towards a new M49 when I became a little more educated about the different S&W models. The M49 proved to be a much more appropriate and comfortable firearm to carry in the backup gun role.
I eventually traded the M64 in towards a new M49 when I became a little more educated about the different S&W models. The M49 proved to be a much more appropriate and comfortable firearm to carry in the backup gun role.
Model 686, 8-3/8", bought new from a local gun shop in 1988. $340. That was a lot of $$ then. With 20 something eyes and a cylinder full of wadcutters it was an absolute tackdriver.
YeshuaIsa53
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My first Smith & Wesson was the third pistol I bought. Asked my friend and owner at the LGS to show me his most accurate gun in a .38 Special. He went in the back and came out with a NIB Model 14-3 that went home with me. Still have it and shoot it. He knew his guns.
In 1986 when I turned 21 years old, I bought my first handgun. It was a S&W model 57 with 6" barrel. My dad had carried a model 58 when he was a police officer and also on the police pistol team. I helped him reload lots of 41 mag ammo for the team shoots, so it was natural for me to go with a 41-mag gun. I still have that model 57 today and it shoots great.
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Mine was a heavily finish wore 4" model 28 sometime around 1984; that old four screw looked terrible but shot great, around 1986 I had it parkerized…still have it, still looks ugly and still shoots great.
Hair Trigger
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My first S&W was a 6" M19-2. I bought it in 1978 so I could join my unit's (NC Dept of Correction) pistol team and shoot in PPC matches. Most guys with 6" revolvers had action jobs, slab barrels, etc and I couldn't afford that stuff, so after 9 months or so I sold it and bought a 4" M66 and shot in the Service revolver class, which didn't allow modifications. I kept that gun from 1979 until 2005 and sold it to a friend who kept bugging me about it. He still has it and after several offers, still won't sell it back. Some friend, huh? 
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