I'm am quite impressed to see the number of people who still own their first handgun--has to be 75% or so.
First handgun I ever fired was my dad's WWII 1911, probably age 8 or so. He sold it to finance a 50th anniversary dinner for his parents. He left when I was 12.
Nearly 15 years later, first handgun I bought was a WWII 1911 (not A1). Probably 1982-83, think it cost me $75 or so. It was either nickel or chrome plated, terribly worn, and wouldn't feed FMJ very reliably, much less JHP.
If I owned it today, I could probably make it work, but I was young, foolish and impatient; sold it and moved on.
The upside is that the 1911 seed remained within me, and in the intervening years I have probably owned 25 or so, and currently own half a dozen.
I no longer possess or know the whereabouts of my first love, my first dollar bill, my first motorcycle, my first handgun or my first ounce of common sense.