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

[coldheartt]

My first

I was a late bloomer, I guess...after I got out of the Marine Corps, I purchased a Ruger SecuritySix .357 Magnum with a 6 " barrel...I've since graduated to a semi-auto Para-Ordinance .45, I still have the Ruger, my wife refers to it as HER "Dirty Harriet" gun!

 

[Maia007]

1. 1858 Remington .44 cal cap and ball repro by Navy Arms

2. first modern: Smith and Wesson Model 39-2 in 9mm

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Llama 9mm

 

[kle]

Heckler & Koch P7M10

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

I bought a Glock 23 and a Taurus 689 at the same time so I had 2 first guns.

 

[xring44]

Colt Buntline .22 back about 1958, wish I still had it.

 

[chilie]

Beretta PX4....

 

[senior]

first handgun

p7m8, got it new from a doctor who sold it to help pay some taxes, $800.00

 

[danjet500]

First handgun was a Ruger Single Six .22lr bought in 1976. I still have it. And a few more.

 

[Nightwing]

walther p22. had catastrophic slide failure after 20 rounds! Sent it in, they sent it back with a defective barrel, sent it back, they sent it back with another BAD BARREL! The store I purchased it from talked with S&W and confirmed my problems and let me return the gun towards another gun of my choice if I paid the difference. I got my sig pro sp2009 and I'll never get rid of it. I love it and it's one of the best guns I've ever fired.

 

[underwritingtech]

My first gun was an H&K USP 9 back in 1994.

 

[Gunsby_Blazen]

My first handgun was a 1911 made by colt for the Argentine military. Not one of the sistemas. It was heavily worn but I replaced the barrel with a drop in. still have all the original parts and has matching numbers.
So yeah, the first handgun I ever shot was a .45 acp and it sure was an eye opening experience. I didn’t expect the recoil. I love that gun now, not super accurate but its fun. But what else can you say about one of your first guns…..

 

[theotherwaldo]

First gun that I bought was an RG-14 with a 1 1/2" Barrel, cost $29.95 at our local PayLess Drug Store. Used it for signalling, plinking, and shooting squirrels. Surprisingly accurate in single action. Back-up for my (found) AR-7 while doing machinery watch in the Oregon mountains.

One of only two guns that I have sold, have another now that's just like it.

 

[Black Majik]

Colt 1911 Government

 

[eric.cartman]

Beretta 90-TWO .40S&W

 

[M40A1]

My first was a S&W 657 with a 6 inch barrel.

 

[photo_guy]

Colt Trooper MkIII .22LR

This was one of the few guns I have traded in for something else. It is also one I traded with few regrets. it was not a bad gun to learn on but was way too heavy and difficult to clean.

 

[Auburn1992]

Baby Eagle in 9mm about 1-1.5 years ago at the age of 14 (of course I had to give my dad my money and put it under his name)

 

[DarkSoldier]

My first handgun was a High Standard Flite King .22 Short with fixed sights and a 6 & 3/4 inch barrel. I was just 10 or 11 years old and saved the money from odd jobs I did at a neighborhood store. As I recall, the gun cost $50.00 new back then and my Dad made the purchase for me. I saw one for sale on GunsAmerica recently for over ten times that much.

I wanted a Smith or Colt .38 but my old man convinced me that I'd learn more by shooting more and the .22 short was so cheap, even a little kid could earn enough for ammo. Over the years I put an incredible amount of ammo through that little gun and let it (and the old man) teach me. I still love that gun!

Last Christmas I gave it to my nephew who is the same age now that I was all those years ago. Hopefully, someday, he'll pass it on to his son.

Respectfully,

DarkSoldier

 

[riceboy72]

Oh, how embarrassed I am to admit this, but my first handgun was a Grendel .380 a friend of mine who knew his guns was selling. I thought, "If he bought it, it has to be good." Ha!

Sold that thing a short time later, and bought a Sig Sauer P220 .45. Okay, so the Grendel was my first 'gun'. The Sig was my first 'real gun'.

 

[camsdaddy]

My first pistol was a Smith and Wesson 3913 TSW. I was in search of a handgun went into the store it fit I bought and still have it to this day. I think I made a wise choice I would carry it more but it is the handgun that my wife is the most comfortable with so it stays at the house more than with me these days.

 

[rklessdriver]

My first hand gun was a Norinco 1911A1. Bought if from my Platoon Sergeant in 1996 for $250.00 when he got drunk and spent his entire paycheck at a... (we'll call it a) "club" one night.
Will

 

[bigfoot311]

berretta 96fs vertec, .40 s&w

 

[lochridge]

springfield armory 1911 trophy match longslide

 

[toocool]

The first handgun that I ever purchased myself was a Ruger fixed -sight Security Six .357 magnum in 1974. I was 19 at the time, so my dad had to do the paperwork, etc. but I paid for the gun. I used it at my armed security job for a couple of years, then got a 4" S&W model 19 from a LEO buddy of mine. I remember I paid him $175 for that one in pristine condition.