First Handgun, What was yours? Mine was...

[BlindJustice]

THe first handgun I had use of for a couple of years
was a Hi-Standard Dura-Matic. The Dura-Matic was
a Semi-Auto blowback .22 LR. I visited my Aunt in
September and mentioned some of the handguns
I have acquired in recent years. She brought out what
she called her 'little' gun. She brought it out and all
the years rolled back. IT was the Dura-Matic. It was
nice handling the handgun I cut my teeth on once more.
IT will be handed down to her son. My uncle let me use
it for a couple of years and then took it back because his
son was getting of age to experience it. I then took
money I had at age 14 mowing lawns and my Dad matched it
and got a S & W Model 18 so I learned the revolver after
starting with a Semi-Auto.

Getting back to the Hi-Standard and handling it after 40
years. I pulled the slide back and was surprized to find
that the safety was in the position where you find the slide
lock/release on a 1911. The safety was on the
TH side of the frame opposite the the slide lock/release
All I thought was what a weird set up for the controls.

The DA Model 18 S & W was much simpler in operation
and for a first time handgunner or first gun period is much
easier to operate.

My .02

 

[BrennanKG]

My first handgun (that I purchased) was a gen1 Glock 17, purchased the day after my 21st birthday.
That was followed by an HK USP9mm, then a ParaOrd P14, then a Kimber Gold Combat stainless pre-series II, which is the only one of my first batch of handguns I still own.



B.

 

[kwelz]

First handgun that I owned was a Colt CCO. Great gun but good lord was it HEAVY! THe first gun I purchased myself was a Colt Defender. Now that was a nice gun. Wish I would have never gotten rid of it.

 

[M2 Carbine]

When a young teenager my first handgun was a 22 Zip gun I made.
Even though back then it was legal for kids to own guns, kids had no money, adults either.

We would buy a half box of 22's, fifteen cents, at the neighborhood grocery store.


My first store bought handgun was a Beretta 25cal Minx that I bought out of a gun magazine when I was 17 or 18.
The gun was delivered to the house by the USPO.

 

[Ala Dan]

I'm a bit shame to say, but it was a snub nose .22LR Arminus "Burgo Model"
that I purchased from the old K-mart store in Midfield, AL for the sum of
$42.50. I kept it for many moons; finally selling it for $25 to my (then new)
father-in-law~!

 

[Bellevance]

S&W Model 48 .22 mag in 8 3/8. Loved that gun. Sold it in 1972 to buy a ten-speed Italian bicycle so I could keep up with a redhead I was courting at the time...

Ah, youth.

 

[Gunner4h1r3]

My first gun was given to me by my step-dad. It was the morning of my 16th birthday and he called me into the master bedroom and told me to sit down. He told me about how he thought I was ready and mature enough for his gift and how proud he was of me. He then reached into his closet and handed me a black plastic case. I opened it to reveal a Colt 1991A1 Compact in .45 ACP, his first gun. It is my most coveted firearm in my small but growing collection.

As for the first gun I have bought, I purchased a Mossberg 500 Persuader when I got back from deployment.

 

[paul105]

S&W Model 10 38 Spcl. I was about 12 or 13 and my dad was picking up some summer school classes at UC Berkley. Wasn't much for a kid to do around town, so I haunted the gunshops. I found a Ruger Bearcat and took my dad in to take a look. He wasn't a "gun person" (not an anti, just not a gun person). Anyway, he took one look at the S&W next to that little Bearcat and said "we need to get a real gun". Worked for me! I had a ton of fun with that old gun. Brings back fond memories. That was almost 50 years ago -- both the S&W and Dad are now gone.

Paul

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Gunner - My first handgun was a Colt M1991A1 Compact as well. What a great little pistol. I paid a little over $400 back in the 1990s.

 

[Cougfan2]

My first gun was a Hi-Standard as well. A Supermatic Tournament Military with the 7" heavy tapered barrel. Still have it today. It will be my son's when I pass. Still a tack driver.

 

[98C5]

Um,


Lorcin .380

(running away hard)

 

[mikec]

My first was an Iver Johnson double action revolver, looked like a single action. It was cheap and that was all that mattered. (NY requires you to be approved for a permit, once approved you had a certain amount of time to purchase a handgun and get the actual permit. Car troubles just before I got approved ate my gun savings.)

 

[casio02478]

A glock 17, been a few years, it is still running just fine, got a few more now, but it seems to be the gun I shoot the most - first love is always the best love.

 

[MustangHowie]

Ruger MKII, I bought it used almost 15yrs ago and I still use it.

 

[ZeSpectre]

Hrmmm, first handgun of my very own was a Colt Police Positive.

 

[El Tejon]

IIRC a Colt New Frontier in .22 lr at age 11 or so. I had the two coloured one so I was tactical even in 1980.

Here's a photo of the New Frontier for our younger members who may not remember it: http://www.chuckhawks.com/colt_peacemaker22_revolvers.htm

Broke the gun in half during undergrad one shooting session.

 

[Glockamania®]

Glock 35 OD Green with 3.5 lb. connector, NY1 trigger spring and Trijicon night sights. Awesome gun!

 

[sm]

Hi Standard Sentinel , Nine shot .22 Revolver.

Maternal Grandma stuck that in my dresser draw crib when I was brought home from being born in 1955.

 

[dasmi]

sm, you don't by any chance have a picture of your first gun, do you?

Mine was a Ruger Service Six, in .357.

 

[fletcher]

Gp-100, 3".

 

[pinotguy]

Dan Wesson RZ-10. Doubt I'll ever get rid of it.

 

[jwxspoon]

S&W M586, 4" barrel. Bought it from a Washington state trooper when I was stationed up at Ft. Lewis, WA. Ended up pawning it years later in Fayetteville NC for drinking/fun money when I was a single NCO. Wish I still had it!

jw

 

[RNB65]

S&W Mod 60

 

[Frandy]

I was 18 and it was 1966. I bought a Colt Commander in .38 Super. Sure wish that I had kept it.

 

[6_gunner]

I bought a cap'n'ball Pietta New Army when I was 18; the first "real" handgun I bought was a S&W model 10.