What was your very first handgun? - Page 7

rotten mick · August 29, 2013, 06:19 AM

My first was a S&W .40 cal mod 411. Bought it when it first hit the streets. Damn fine gun.. heavy but worth the weight.

Scrumbag · August 29, 2013, 06:23 AM

Sig P226 9mm. Vaud police trade in. Still have it. Taking it to the range tonight. Am contemplating treating the ol' gal to new sights but is currently stock.

meadams314 · August 29, 2013, 09:21 AM

First handgun I inherited a 1942 Enfield No 2 Mk 1** when my grandfather passed.

First I purchased was a Sig Sauer STX 1911.

Still have and shoot both.

Willie Lowman · August 29, 2013, 09:30 AM

Ruger Redhawk stainless .44 Got it for my 16th birthday. Not a gun I would recomend to anyone for their first...

Still have it. Never get rid of it. Don't shoot it much.

kjd2121 · August 29, 2013, 05:59 PM

Glock 21 just last year. I am 51 yo.

Stevie-Ray · August 30, 2013, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Ruger Redhawk stainless .44 Got it for my 16th birthday. Not a gun I would recomend to anyone for their first...

Still have it. Never get rid of it. Don't shoot it much.

Interesting. While a .22 Ruger was my first, my second was also a stainless Ruger Redhawk. Mostly because I thought it to be the most beautiful .44 mag in the world. Still do, actually. Used to love to shoot it, but now haven't shot it in years.

Willie Lowman · August 30, 2013, 01:45 PM

Stevie-Ray, what was the .22 Ruger? Your first?

My second was a Ruger mk II .22/45

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Nevermind, I saw your post on an earlier page. Nice gun!

Stevie-Ray · August 30, 2013, 01:55 PM

Yeah, I went from small to huge, the exact opposite of you.

nanewt02 · August 30, 2013, 02:34 PM

Got my first when I was 12 at the gunshow,
45 colt eaa bounty hunter, have yet to move down in calibers

Javierbdn · September 4, 2013, 03:17 PM

Mine was a SS 9mm Ruger Speed Six 3/4" barrel

LarryFlew · September 5, 2013, 07:52 PM

JC Higgins 410 smooth bore pistol. Currently lost in a dead uncles woods as it isn't legal anymore.

vkeith · September 6, 2013, 12:15 AM

S&W 39-2 purchased just after I got out of school and saved up enough to buy my own pistol.

I will never sell it because it was my first, and it has never failed to go bang.

marv · September 7, 2013, 08:59 PM

First was a Hamilton break-barrel .22 single shot rifle. Barrel was cut down to 6 in., stock was removed and replaced with a hand whittled grip held on with a 3/16" stove bolt. No it was not illegal. BATFE or none of the other alphabet agencies did not exist.

scollen · September 8, 2013, 11:23 AM

S&W 2214 .22
I am just about to get it refinished. Financially that makes no sense

JN01 · September 8, 2013, 01:55 PM

Colt Series 70 Government Model

Salmoneye · September 8, 2013, 02:13 PM

6" Ruger Mark I

Took it out last week for a run...

Sulaco · September 11, 2013, 06:56 PM

Mine was a Taurus revolver. It was a horrible jam-o-matic (timing was off and it bound up after every shot) and I got rid of it pretty quick.

treg · September 11, 2013, 09:06 PM

Browning Buckmark, 1987.

Still shoot it several times a week.

Amendtwo · September 12, 2013, 03:37 PM

My first handgun was a High Standard Sentinel (9-shot .22LR) revolver, blued, with a 6" barrel, purchased while I was in high school (early 1960's) in Maryland. Traded it for a Ruger Standard model, semi-auto .22.
When I was looking for a .22 revolver several years ago, I wished the Sentinel were still with me. Ended up with a Taurus M94, and still have it.

80viking · September 12, 2013, 06:56 PM

"RodTheWrench
First I bought was a Ruger P-85. Couldn't hit the broad-side of a barn - even if you were IN THE BARN. I'm glad it didn't turn me off of autos forever"

Wow, this was my first experience also. Thanks Ruger!

Years later I read an article in a gun magazine where they were reviewing a later P-series pistol and they mentioned that the early P-series pistols were plagued with accuracy problems.

Crankylove · September 13, 2013, 12:04 AM

First pistol I bought was my '97 vintage Kimber Classic Stainless LE...........have had it for several years now, and it still cracks me up to see "Yonkers, NY" on the side of a firearm.

SFsc616171 · September 14, 2013, 03:14 PM

1965, Junior NRA, Otis AFB, MA.

1911 in .45ACP.

PT-92 · September 14, 2013, 05:57 PM

Classic S&W Model 10 (my Dad's service revolver before they switched over to Beretta 92's).

9ballbilly · September 15, 2013, 08:32 AM

Ruger single-six .22lr/.22mag.

wpsdlrg · September 15, 2013, 08:48 PM

A Taurus 851. (5-shot, 38 spl., all-steel variant of the 85 series revolvers). A good, accurate little wheel gun.

August 29, 2013, 06:19 AM	#151
rotten mick Member Join Date: August 28, 2013 Posts: 74	My first was a S&W .40 cal mod 411. Bought it when it first hit the streets. Damn fine gun.. heavy but worth the weight. __________________ "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to touch an electric fence"..... Will Rogers.

August 29, 2013, 09:30 AM	#154
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	Ruger Redhawk stainless .44 Got it for my 16th birthday. Not a gun I would recomend to anyone for their first... Still have it. Never get rid of it. Don't shoot it much. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

August 30, 2013, 01:45 PM	#157
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	Stevie-Ray, what was the .22 Ruger? Your first? My second was a Ruger mk II .22/45 ------------ Nevermind, I saw your post on an earlier page. Nice gun! __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

August 30, 2013, 01:55 PM	#158
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	Yeah, I went from small to huge, the exact opposite of you. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

September 7, 2013, 08:59 PM	#163
marv Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 1999 Location: South coast of Indiana Posts: 116	First was a Hamilton break-barrel .22 single shot rifle. Barrel was cut down to 6 in., stock was removed and replaced with a hand whittled grip held on with a 3/16" stove bolt. No it was not illegal. BATFE or none of the other alphabet agencies did not exist. __________________ Too old to fight. Knees won't let me run. Good reasons to carry.

August 29, 2013, 06:23 AM	#152
Scrumbag Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2012 Posts: 173	Sig P226 9mm. Vaud police trade in. Still have it. Taking it to the range tonight. Am contemplating treating the ol' gal to new sights but is currently stock.

August 29, 2013, 09:21 AM	#153
meadams314 Member Join Date: April 4, 2013 Posts: 26	First handgun I inherited a 1942 Enfield No 2 Mk 1** when my grandfather passed. First I purchased was a Sig Sauer STX 1911. Still have and shoot both.

August 29, 2013, 05:59 PM	#155
kjd2121 Member Join Date: January 31, 2013 Posts: 28	Glock 21 just last year. I am 51 yo.

August 30, 2013, 02:34 PM	#159
nanewt02 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Posts: 249	Got my first when I was 12 at the gunshow, 45 colt eaa bounty hunter, have yet to move down in calibers

September 5, 2013, 07:52 PM	#161
LarryFlew Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2009 Location: Minnesota CZ fan Posts: 902	JC Higgins 410 smooth bore pistol. Currently lost in a dead uncles woods as it isn't legal anymore.

September 6, 2013, 12:15 AM	#162
vkeith Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2012 Posts: 108	S&W 39-2 purchased just after I got out of school and saved up enough to buy my own pistol. I will never sell it because it was my first, and it has never failed to go bang.

September 8, 2013, 11:23 AM	#164
scollen Member Join Date: November 21, 2004 Posts: 16	S&W 2214 .22 I am just about to get it refinished. Financially that makes no sense

September 8, 2013, 01:55 PM	#165
JN01 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2005 Location: E Tennessee Posts: 828	Colt Series 70 Government Model

September 8, 2013, 02:13 PM	#166
Salmoneye Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 2,076	6" Ruger Mark I Took it out last week for a run...

September 11, 2013, 06:56 PM	#167
Sulaco Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2001 Posts: 138	Mine was a Taurus revolver. It was a horrible jam-o-matic (timing was off and it bound up after every shot) and I got rid of it pretty quick.

September 11, 2013, 09:06 PM	#168
treg Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2006 Posts: 1,102	Browning Buckmark, 1987. Still shoot it several times a week. __________________ .44 Special: For those who get it, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

September 12, 2013, 03:37 PM	#169
Amendtwo Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Location: East Providence, RI Posts: 128	My first handgun was a High Standard Sentinel (9-shot .22LR) revolver, blued, with a 6" barrel, purchased while I was in high school (early 1960's) in Maryland. Traded it for a Ruger Standard model, semi-auto .22. When I was looking for a .22 revolver several years ago, I wished the Sentinel were still with me. Ended up with a Taurus M94, and still have it. __________________ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

September 12, 2013, 06:56 PM	#170
80viking Senior Member Join Date: December 8, 2009 Location: The Peoples Republic of Massac Posts: 333	"RodTheWrench First I bought was a Ruger P-85. Couldn't hit the broad-side of a barn - even if you were IN THE BARN. I'm glad it didn't turn me off of autos forever" Wow, this was my first experience also. Thanks Ruger! Years later I read an article in a gun magazine where they were reviewing a later P-series pistol and they mentioned that the early P-series pistols were plagued with accuracy problems.

September 13, 2013, 12:04 AM	#171
Crankylove Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2008 Location: 8B ID Posts: 1,753	First pistol I bought was my '97 vintage Kimber Classic Stainless LE...........have had it for several years now, and it still cracks me up to see "Yonkers, NY" on the side of a firearm. __________________ The answer to 1984 is 1776

September 14, 2013, 03:14 PM	#172
SFsc616171 Junior member Join Date: June 9, 2011 Location: "In the swamps of Montana" with the gators Posts: 84	re:What was your very first handgun? 1965, Junior NRA, Otis AFB, MA. 1911 in .45ACP.

September 14, 2013, 05:57 PM	#173
PT-92 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2007 Location: "Undisclosed Bunker" Posts: 1,464	Classic S&W Model 10 (my Dad's service revolver before they switched over to Beretta 92's). __________________ NRA Life Member “A free people ought...to be armed..." ―George Washington

September 15, 2013, 08:32 AM	#174
9ballbilly Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2008 Location: northeast Florida Posts: 611	Ruger single-six .22lr/.22mag.

September 15, 2013, 08:48 PM	#175
wpsdlrg Senior Member Join Date: August 18, 2009 Posts: 826	A Taurus 851. (5-shot, 38 spl., all-steel variant of the 85 series revolvers). A good, accurate little wheel gun.