YOUR FIRST HANDGUN?

[crazyphil]

My first gun was a .22 single shot rifle. Believe it or not, I was
only 9 years old when I got it. A lot of long guns came after that.

Some time in the early 1960s I bought my first handgun. It was
an H&R 922 9 shot .22 caliber. It was blue, 2.5" barrel and plastic grips.
You had to remove the cylinder to load or unload it.

Around 2000 I had some health issues and thought I was all
through hunting, so I gave all my long guns away. When I told
my wife, she said "you did what? Are you crazy?" That's where
and when I got my name crazyphil.

My Dad had a S&W Model 19 and let me shoot it. I was hooked
and had to have one too. The Model 19 was my first S&W but
it wasn't my last. I still have it...and many more.

 

[lihpster]

First handgun was a Ruger Mk.II 5 1/2" bull barrel.

 

[NY-1]

A well-used, HB S&W Model 10. And I've loved nearly every moment of ownership. Since I took that photo it's now wearing some OEM magna stocks and a BK adapter. No matter how many other handguns I shoot, I always find myself gravitating back toward the Model 10.

 

[Kurusu]

My first handgun was a Beretta 71 .22lr. Bought new in 1979.

I still have it.

 

[RobertJ.]

My first rifle was an 1891 Argentine Mauser, in 7.65x53mm. I was 11 and bought it from one of my dad's friends for $30.

My first pistol was a Walther PPK/S in .22 LR. I traded a Fisher turntable and 50 bucks for it when I was 18.

My first revolver was a brand new Virginian Dragoon in .44 Magnum. I was 19 and asked my dad to make the purchase. I started reloading that same year (1979) and it made me laugh that I couldn't buy ammo for it, but I could buy all the components I needed to keep it fed.

 

[Claymore33]

Model 15. 4" blue. Still have it.

 

[sheppard]

High Standard .22 target pistol. Can't remember the model.

First S&W was a model 15.

 

[nate-dogg]

First handgun was a police trade in Glock G22 40 s&w. First rifle was a new from Bass Pro Savage 110 30-06. First shotgun was an old beat up single shot H&R 12 gauge. There all 3 long gone now. Only one I miss is the 30-06.

 

[Valmet]

1968 mfg S&W Model 17-3 K22. Was a 17th bday present from my dad back in 1998. It's one of the first 17-3s as the yoke is marked 17-2. It's had a zillion rounds thru it and still works great.

 

[Moo Moo]

My first handgun was a .22lr High Standard Victor. I bought it to shoot in ISSF matches.

My first S&W was a Model 14-6. I bought this to shoot in Service Matches (like PPC).

 

[CajunBass]

My first gun was an Ithaca M-66, break action 20 gauge. I got it when I was 13?-14? from "Santa."

My first handgun was a Model 19 (probably a -4, but I knew nothing of such things then.) It went down the road when I got bit by the ISPC bug a couple of years later. That's the start of spiral.

I don't have that Model 19, but I do have one that's pretty close.

 

[Sevens]

Christmas gift from Mom in 1988, the first Christmas after my Dad had died, I had turned 16 and all of my older siblings were jaw-dropped when I unwrapped the six inch S&W Model 17-6. Were they more surprised than I was?! I don't know the answer to that!

 

[kevin in nh]

Union Switch & Signal .45.....It was my Dads who died when I was 17. It will go to my grandson.

 

[Richard Simmons]

Colt Trooper MKIII, .357, 4" nickel purchased new in 1978.

 

[Ruger 13]

My first gun was a brass framed 1851 Colt Navy kit that I bought from an ad in Shooting Times magazine when I was 13 years old for $24.95. My dad and I put it together in my dad's gunsmithing shop in the basement of our house. That was 50 years ago and just last week I had it out shooting!

 

[cracker57]

first handgun was my raging bull 44 mag. bought it to shoot hogs.

 

[.455_Hunter]

My Dad got me a .38 S&W Enfield DAO when I was 14 in 1990. Brought me into the world of defensive carry. I still have it as a primary HD component.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I bought my first handgun shortly after I starting working once I got out of school. Always wanted a 1911, Colt Series 70 was the perfect choice. It has worn many different sets of shoes over the years, here it is pictured with its current set. Still have the box, papers, original grips tucked away.

As a continuation to this story, and a natural question to be asked, my first S&W handgun was a Nickel 6" Model 19 (TT, TH, TS) that caught my eye while unsuccessfully seeking the newly released 4" Model 66, which were mainly going to fill law enforcement orders at the time. Beautiful pistol, and a real shooter, and shoot it I did which resulted in some flaking of the nickel on the cylinder. That went down the road so I could buy my SECOND S&W, which I still have. I have pictured it next to my 1911. 6" 629-1 .44MAG (make my day stainless style), this hand cannon has killed game all over the world. When hunting it wears Pachy's (for durability and comfort) but ain't she pretty with the factory targets?

From that point the addiction has never waned...

P.S. I did eventually buy that 4" 66 I was looking for, that one IS my FAVORITE S&W revolver!!

 

[30-30remchester]

Bought my first handgun when I was 15. Brought it home on the school bus. Different times for sure. It was a Ruger Mark 1 6" barrel. Still have it 52 years later. No bluing left at all. Grips finally wore thru and fell apart a few years ago so had to buy new one. Looks out of place for sure. I can say with reasonable certainty that my gun has been under water longer than most guns have been out of the safe. Dang TV and the show Rat Patrol got me thinking you can jump anything in a Jeep. Didn't have enough speed to jump an irrigation ditch and ended up upside down. A month later I couldn't find my pistol. A thorough search of the ditch found the Ruger. After that episode the little 22 didn't get much TLC.

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

My 1st handgun was a 1972 S&W 29-2 with 8-3/8" barrel bought used from coworker with presentation box and Bianchi shoulder holster for $250 in 1983. Bought it to go hog hunting which never happened. Sold it to my best friend for the same $250 in 2007.