Remember that first one

LaKings22 · July 25, 2006, 09:29 PM

What was the first handgun you bought and how long ago was it? Any good memories with your very first gun?

I just bought my first handgun 3days ago, its a sig226, (I dont like this 10day waiting period...the days are going by to slow

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croyance · July 25, 2006, 09:54 PM

Yes, a Beretta 92. Never has failed me yet.

kymasabe · July 25, 2006, 10:08 PM

Mine was a Taurus PT-111 Milennium Pro 9mm. I couldn't afford the Glock or XD that I really wanted so "settled" for the Taurus. I hated that gun and sold it shortly afterwards. I was always reliable, I just couldn't shoot it well. Bought my Sig P226 and never looked back.

tony pasley · July 25, 2006, 10:28 PM

a colt frontier scout over 40 years ago and did i love it even got the western holster for it

BobK · July 25, 2006, 10:30 PM

S&W M57 41 magnum. I foolishly sold it.

Moloch · July 25, 2006, 10:30 PM

My first handgun was the Ruger Super redhawk .454 Casull.
I was is impressed about the casull that I wanted one, that thing was the reason why I started to love and buy firearms.

skeeter1 · July 25, 2006, 10:42 PM

My first handlgun would be the Smith 35, .22LR, that I got in 1972. and it's not going anywhere until I'm pushing up daisysies

topspin43 · July 25, 2006, 10:48 PM

Twas a Beretta 92FS if you don't count BB guns. I loved it but could never shoot it straight. But I could clean it like the devil whether it needed it or not!

CDH · July 25, 2006, 11:06 PM

S&W Model 19 w/6" barrel bought new over the counter at Montgomery Wards (anyone remember them?) in 1970... still have it in original box with paperwork.
Have been with it 2 years longer than I've been with my wife.

Carter

CajunBass · July 26, 2006, 12:10 AM

My first was also a Smith & Wesson, Model 19 "Combat Magnum", with a 4" barrel. I guess I got it in the early 80's sometime. Like an idiot, I traded it off for something else I couldn't live without.

Pinky Carruthers · July 26, 2006, 12:37 AM

Walther P99 six years ago, still have it plus a bunch more.

Hook686 · July 26, 2006, 05:09 AM

A Ruger Super Single Six Convertible .22LR/.22 Mag. in 1967, via mail, while stationed in California.

samsmix · July 26, 2006, 05:27 AM

A 7 1/2" Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44mag. It was also my only handgun for about 3 years, and as such it was a CCW gun for about 1 year. Let me tell you, you gotta WANT to carry a CCW to carry that. Still, it gave good service and did save my bacon once. Fine deer hunting piece, too.

Boondoggie · July 26, 2006, 06:46 AM

About the first year H&K introduced the USP. It's now long gone, having been replaced by the USP40C, no regrets.

10s&Xs · July 26, 2006, 10:15 AM

It was a Beretta 92FS back in 1990 or thereabouts. It survived me learning to reload, still all stock, and it just got me EIC points at Perry in the service pistol match.

Can't complain.

swampdog · July 26, 2006, 06:44 PM

I got my first handgun at Montgomery Wards, too. Model 17 S&W, bought in the mid 70's. I've still got it and it's still the most accurate handgun I've ever fired. After all the bricks of .22 I've put through it, I almost have to try to miss.

kozak6 · July 26, 2006, 07:20 PM

My first handgun was a CZ52.

It's not the best choice, but it's a lot of fun regardless.

jhgreasemonkey · July 26, 2006, 07:24 PM

Mine was an Hk USP .45 I bought it new for $509 nine years ago.

erh · July 26, 2006, 07:37 PM

Glock 17 the first day they were available in the U.S.A.!
Shot better than I did; never really liked it, so, gone away it went!
A "Day or Two ago..! (LOL..!)

Taurus_9mm · July 26, 2006, 08:11 PM

My first handgun was a Jennings J-22 .22 LR pistol, roughly 20 years ago.
It and I parted ways roughly 19 & 1/2 years ago.

tshadow6 · July 26, 2006, 08:19 PM

I bought my Browning Hi Power the summer I was 21. 1984 I still have it. I've carried it through thick and thin during some troubling situations in my travels.

R.D.Wheeler · July 26, 2006, 08:28 PM

Ruger Redhawk .44 mag. Shot six rounds, then went in search of rubber grips. Kept it five years, sold it and bought a S&W 686 .357. My S&W is the best shootin revolver I've ever laid my hands on. The older I get, the more I buy and the less I sell.

Glockamolie · July 26, 2006, 08:53 PM

December, 1984. I was 12 years old, and got a Ruger MkII for Christmas. My birthday, that following April, I got a Browning lever action .22. Still have 'em.

maqueswell · July 26, 2006, 09:14 PM

My first was a S&W Model 66 satin finish with the 6 inch barrel, I traded it in for my Desert Eagle .44 MAgnum in 1987 (they gave me $260.00 trade in value which was $5.00 more than i paid for it in 1983). I damn sure miss that gun, I loved the K frame it sat on, but I'm not mad that i purchased my Eagle either, which i still own, and shooting regularily after 19 years !!!!

**44 AMP** · July 26, 2006, 09:17 PM

I used my Dad's guns for years, but then went into the Army, and a few months after getting out, I moved away. Had a couple of rifles and shotguns, but I didn't have money for a pistol for a few years.

the first one I ever bought myself, was a Browning BDA .45ACP. In 1980. $369, and they gave me two boxes of Federal 185gr JHP. Still have the piece, and no regrets.

July 25, 2006, 09:29 PM	#1
LaKings22 Member Join Date: June 26, 2006 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 24	Remember that first one What was the first handgun you bought and how long ago was it? Any good memories with your very first gun? I just bought my first handgun 3days ago, its a sig226, (I dont like this 10day waiting period...the days are going by to slow ) __________________ Keep you friends close, but your enemies closer....Godfather

July 25, 2006, 10:08 PM	#3
kymasabe Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2005 Location: Northern by birth, Southern by choice. Posts: 1,704	Mine was a Taurus PT-111 Milennium Pro 9mm. I couldn't afford the Glock or XD that I really wanted so "settled" for the Taurus. I hated that gun and sold it shortly afterwards. I was always reliable, I just couldn't shoot it well. Bought my Sig P226 and never looked back. __________________ God's creatures big and small, eat them one, eat them all.

July 25, 2006, 10:48 PM	#8
topspin43 Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2005 Location: Palm Beach Posts: 760	Twas a Beretta 92FS if you don't count BB guns. I loved it but could never shoot it straight. But I could clean it like the devil whether it needed it or not! __________________ Be careful out there.

July 26, 2006, 12:10 AM	#10
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: Chancellorsville, Virginia Posts: 3,103	My first was also a Smith & Wesson, Model 19 "Combat Magnum", with a 4" barrel. I guess I got it in the early 80's sometime. Like an idiot, I traded it off for something else I couldn't live without. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

July 26, 2006, 12:37 AM	#11
Pinky Carruthers Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2004 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 545	Walther P99 six years ago, still have it plus a bunch more. __________________ "Love lost, fire at will Dum Dum bullets and shoot to kill I hear dive bombers, and Empire down." SOM

July 25, 2006, 09:54 PM	#2
croyance Senior Member Join Date: March 30, 2001 Posts: 3,604	Yes, a Beretta 92. Never has failed me yet.

July 25, 2006, 10:28 PM	#4
tony pasley Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2006 Location: western north carolina Posts: 1,266	a colt frontier scout over 40 years ago and did i love it even got the western holster for it

July 25, 2006, 10:30 PM	#5
BobK Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2005 Posts: 838	S&W M57 41 magnum. I foolishly sold it.

July 25, 2006, 10:30 PM	#6
Moloch Senior Member Join Date: November 27, 2005 Posts: 1,278	My first handgun was the Ruger Super redhawk .454 Casull. I was is impressed about the casull that I wanted one, that thing was the reason why I started to love and buy firearms.

July 25, 2006, 10:42 PM	#7
skeeter1 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 3,403	My first handlgun would be the Smith 35, .22LR, that I got in 1972. and it's not going anywhere until I'm pushing up daisysies

July 25, 2006, 11:06 PM	#9
CDH Senior Member Join Date: August 18, 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 939	S&W Model 19 w/6" barrel bought new over the counter at Montgomery Wards (anyone remember them?) in 1970... still have it in original box with paperwork. Have been with it 2 years longer than I've been with my wife. Carter

July 26, 2006, 05:09 AM	#12
Hook686 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2005 Location: USA The Great State of California Posts: 1,828	A Ruger Super Single Six Convertible .22LR/.22 Mag. in 1967, via mail, while stationed in California. __________________ Hook686 When the number of people in institutions reaches 51%, we change sides. Last edited by Hook686; July 26, 2006 at 09:19 AM.

July 26, 2006, 05:27 AM	#13
samsmix Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2006 Location: Montana (Montucky?) Posts: 614	A 7 1/2" Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44mag. It was also my only handgun for about 3 years, and as such it was a CCW gun for about 1 year. Let me tell you, you gotta WANT to carry a CCW to carry that. Still, it gave good service and did save my bacon once. Fine deer hunting piece, too. __________________ You'll probably never NEED a gun. I hope you never do. But IF you do, you will need it worse than anything you've ever needed in your life. IF we're not supposed to eat animals, howcome God made 'em outta meat?

July 26, 2006, 06:46 AM	#14
Boondoggie Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 2006 Location: NEO Posts: 202	About the first year H&K introduced the USP. It's now long gone, having been replaced by the USP40C, no regrets.

July 26, 2006, 10:15 AM	#15
10s&Xs Member Join Date: February 15, 2006 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 73	It was a Beretta 92FS back in 1990 or thereabouts. It survived me learning to reload, still all stock, and it just got me EIC points at Perry in the service pistol match. Can't complain.

July 26, 2006, 06:44 PM	#16
swampdog Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2006 Location: Dismal Swamp, NC Posts: 338	I got my first handgun at Montgomery Wards, too. Model 17 S&W, bought in the mid 70's. I've still got it and it's still the most accurate handgun I've ever fired. After all the bricks of .22 I've put through it, I almost have to try to miss.

July 26, 2006, 07:20 PM	#17
kozak6 Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 2,274	My first handgun was a CZ52. It's not the best choice, but it's a lot of fun regardless.

July 26, 2006, 07:24 PM	#18
jhgreasemonkey Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2006 Location: 46.199ºN 122.188ºW by way of Tacoma Wa Posts: 2,235	Mine was an Hk USP .45 I bought it new for $509 nine years ago. __________________ S&W 5906 9mm, FN commercial Mauser .270 win, Winchester 94 .30-30, Ruger Redhawk .44 mag, Ruger 10/22 .22lr, Ruger P-95 9mm, Savage 110 .30-06, Marlin 983 .22wmr I support our constitutional right to arm bears.

July 26, 2006, 07:37 PM	#19
erh Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 158	1st one..! G.17 Glock 17 the first day they were available in the U.S.A.! Shot better than I did; never really liked it, so, gone away it went! A "Day or Two ago..! (LOL..!) __________________ E!

July 26, 2006, 08:11 PM	#20
Taurus_9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2006 Location: Louisville, Kentucky USA Posts: 963	My first handgun was a Jennings J-22 .22 LR pistol, roughly 20 years ago. It and I parted ways roughly 19 & 1/2 years ago.

July 26, 2006, 08:19 PM	#21
tshadow6 Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2005 Posts: 619	my first I bought my Browning Hi Power the summer I was 21. 1984 I still have it. I've carried it through thick and thin during some troubling situations in my travels.

July 26, 2006, 08:28 PM	#22
R.D.Wheeler Member Join Date: June 17, 2006 Location: Four Oaks, NC Posts: 36	Ruger Redhawk .44 mag. Shot six rounds, then went in search of rubber grips. Kept it five years, sold it and bought a S&W 686 .357. My S&W is the best shootin revolver I've ever laid my hands on. The older I get, the more I buy and the less I sell. __________________ An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. R.A.H. Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?

July 26, 2006, 08:53 PM	#23
Glockamolie Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2005 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 359	December, 1984. I was 12 years old, and got a Ruger MkII for Christmas. My birthday, that following April, I got a Browning lever action .22. Still have 'em. __________________ Brandon

July 26, 2006, 09:14 PM	#24
maqueswell Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 203	My first was a S&W Model 66 satin finish with the 6 inch barrel, I traded it in for my Desert Eagle .44 MAgnum in 1987 (they gave me $260.00 trade in value which was $5.00 more than i paid for it in 1983). I damn sure miss that gun, I loved the K frame it sat on, but I'm not mad that i purchased my Eagle either, which i still own, and shooting regularily after 19 years !!!! __________________ Owner of several quality firearms..LOL

July 26, 2006, 09:17 PM	#25
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 8,968	First one I used my Dad's guns for years, but then went into the Army, and a few months after getting out, I moved away. Had a couple of rifles and shotguns, but I didn't have money for a pistol for a few years. the first one I ever bought myself, was a Browning BDA .45ACP. In 1980. $369, and they gave me two boxes of Federal 185gr JHP. Still have the piece, and no regrets. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.