Your First S&W

[bgrafsr]

My 1st one was a Model 10-? that was issued to me when I was hired on by the Elyria, Ohio PD in Sept. of 1972.

I remember the 1st S&W I bought for myself though was a Model 57-0.

The 1st handgun I ever bought was a Ruger 3 screw Single Six convertible, that I bought in Big Spring, Tx., when I was first stationed there at Webb AFB in in 1964.

 

[Avery11]

OY! I hate these threads. I R old, have a severe case of CRAFT & can never remember if I've already posted.

CRAFT? OMG, I just LMFAO!!!

 

[stevieboy]

A 6" 686-6. Totally unglamorous, that gun remains to this day among the most accurate handguns I've ever fired. I sold it about a year ago. I wish I could remember why.

 

[Arizona5906]

Mine was a 5906 back in 1989. I traded in a Colt Government Model 1911 that had been my very first handgun. I still have the 5906 and shoot it regularly. It has been awesomely reliable and it's accurate and fun to shoot. Great gun and tremendously underrated by the shooting press.

 

[Lefkiguy]

My first S&W was a 629, 6" barrel, back in about 1982. It was counterbored and pinned, so I guess it was a no dash. I was more accurate with 44 mag rounds with that gun than I was with my brother's Python with 357 mag, go figure. I sold it over 15 years ago, but I have replaced it with a few others. No pictures though.

 

[Chuck Jones]

A used and poorly stored Bodyguard, good bore and cylinder, but covered in surface rust and pitted. It was so ugly I had it hard chromed. It's the only S&W revolver I've ever had refinished. That was 1977 and I still have it.

/c

 

[Sprefix]

I bought a 19 in four inch. I sure miss that gun. I paid a whopping $225 for it and sold it for $400. I thought I was the smart one.................It gets better. I purchased a Ruger .22 for $50 on a yard sale. Cleaned it, and traded across for a Winchester 54 in .30-06. Cleaned it and an hour later traded it for a beautiful 13-3 Heavy barrel in a four inch with three boxes of ammo. Some guy offered me $420.00 two weeks later and I took it. That gun was a real shooter. Money isn't everything. I really wish I had both of those guns back.

 

[Cavaliere]

My first S&W? A Model 1917 that I bought at a gun show in 1963 when I was 16 years old. As I recall I paid thirty-five bucks for the gun, and for another five bucks the guy selling it tossed in a Hunter holster.

 

[CharlieT]

A used Model 27 in 1983. Nice gun, well used but a nice gun. I had just got married and my wife hated my guns. It was followed by a new 629 and model 39 in mid 80's and finally a divorce in the early 90's. Ah the memories.... of the guns NOT the Ex!

 

[PuertoRican]

Bought a Model 39 from a local pawn shop in '78. Lost it in a home burglary in '96. Damn fine piece.

 

[S&WIowegan]

My first S&W? A Model 1917 that I bought at a gun show in 1963 when I was 16 years old. As I recall I paid thirty-five bucks for the gun, and for another five bucks the guy selling it tossed in a Hunter holster.

Thirty-five bucks????? geez you got ripped off! I bought a Colt 1917 in 1964 for $23.16 OTD....I've still got the receipt and the gun. Gun came with two half moon clips, had been refinished badly and had stocks that were enormous. Bought it at Carter's Gun Shop in Shabbona IL. Wow did they have the guns.....don't think I've ever seen so many lever guns in one spot. Ahh....the good ole days.

 

[RHINOWSO]

686 4", back in 1996. Paid less than $400, IIRC. Sold it 2 years ago but now have a 66-2 4", 65-3 3", 640-1, K-22 CM, and a 442 no lock (on layaway).

Rhino

 

[nutsforsmiths]

Mine was an 8 3/8" 48-3 I bought used in 1991 for $275. I still have it.

 

[jjgi5150]

Hi all,

Mine was a 4" Model 19 with TT, TH, RR, WO................ and was numbered:

7K6306


IIRC, it was purchased in about 1974 +/-


Take care,


JJ

 

[trulyapostolic]

Bought this 629-6 PC a few months ago:

An incredible shooter.

 

[luangtom]

First was a Model 10 with 4" barrel, issued by USAF. Second was a Model 12 Airweight with 2" barrel, issued by USAF. First one purchased by me was a Model 12 Airweight with 2" barrel, meant to match the one issued in SE Asia.

 

[Lanyard Stretcher]

My one and only S&W, a 642.

 

[Have gun-will travel]

My very first S&W was bought on my 21st birthday in 1970.It was a model 19. I Still have it today.It sits in the safe with 39 other S&W revolvers . I have only sold 3 S&W's in 41 years and I wish I had them back!A (a 6in 28 a mod 60 and a 6 in 27-2)

 

[Bob L]

My first was a model 629 after they were first released. Read an article in a magazine and fell in love with the way it looked. It started a long love affair with Smiths.

Bob L

 

[TAROMAN]

Model 60 no dash. Bought it at Jensen's in Tucson in 1974. Still with me.

 

[Moondancer]

My First S&W = My First Handgun

1972 - I was 18 and wanted a handgun. I found one of these:

A brand spanking new Model 14 K-38 Masterpiece. Local dealer had it listed for $102 and change.
I wasn't old enough to buy it from the dealer, so Dad bought it and we immediately transferred it to me at the Sheriff's Department. (Michigan and their "Inspection Certificate").
I only had this one for about a year or so when I traded it in on a 4" Combat Magnum, but I'd love to have another one again.

 

[crazyhorse]

My 1st. was and is a m&p 38 snub-nose. My Great-Granfather give it to me the day I was born. 8-18-54. It rests in a Bucklin Ks. State Bank money bag with 12 rounds and a pair of dice in it. It will be that way when I pass it on to my nephew. Wish I knew the story of the dice.

 

[pzlehr]

My first was a S&W 686 6"....what a tack driver! I remember hitting 1lb coffee cans @ 50yds. I am NO pistolero...this was maybe 25 years ago. The bullets were reloads. I was so impressed by the gun...I sold it years later very,very regrettably...could kick myself now. Now I am in the market for a good 38spl in 6". I love loading 38's and shooting targets.

 

[gld1203]

686P-4, 4". My first firearm. Bought last year. Sept 1996 production.

 

[volgunner]

S&W 686 plus

 

[aHFo3]

My first was a used 629-? 8 3/8" classic hunter with the unfluted cylinder. I was 17 so my dad was background checked for it, but it was mine. I wish I still had it. I sold it for too little in a moment of poor judgement. I replaced it with a 6 1/2 29-2.

 

[steamloco76]

The first S&W I purchased for myself NEW is this model 617 no dash TT, TH, TS, 8 3/8ths incher. I ordered an model 17 in that configuration, however all distributors were out of stock, so my dealer accepted this gun and sold it to me for the same price as what I ordered. He told me later that he wished I'd told him to "stuff it" because the liked the gun, its trigger and the grips so much. Still my favorite .22 handgun, beating out quite a few other S&W's and Rugers in the safe.

The only S&W I've received as a gift is the model 36 Chief's Special shipped in 1968 pictured here. It was the only handgun my dad ever purchased or carried and it served him well for over 30 years until he gave it to me. He paid a whopping $79.50 for it in February 1968, shot it nearly every month for 30 years, most of the ammo was Plus P and it is still reasonably tight and retains 90% of its original finish. I retired it from active CCW duty, but I wouldn't hesitate to carry it at any time.

 

[cupp260]

Model 29 Blue, 6 1/2" 3 T's in Wood Case purchased in Germany at the American Rod & Gun Club in 1975 while I was in the Army.

 

[farmer56]

model 48-2 with 6 inch barrel in 1975 that rode in the truck with me and took lots of varmints.

 

[ldp4570]

My first was actually two. The Rod & Gun club in Darmstadt Germany in mid '80s had a small gun show an one of the people selling had a 14-3 an 17-3, an since the show had the registration office there, an since I was already an E-6/SSG, I didn't need my CO's permission to purchase. I still have both an the boxes they came in. I have no idea how many rounds both these guns shot over the years, nor how many they are still going to shoot till my son gets them.