Remember Your First Handgun? Do You Still Have It?

[Alan]

I'm curious about everyone's first handgun experience. What was your first one, and do you still own it? Share some stories or even pictures if you've got them. Looking back, how do you feel about that purchase now?

 

[27-2]

The very first handgun I ever bought was a Smith & Wesson 5905
I had completed police school (NCBLET '92) with a very nice Combat Masterpiece- but, I wanted a semiautomatic- i hate to say that i do not own that 5905 anymore - I sold it to my 1st cousin, who was also a police officer so, I could buy a Sig P220

 

[URIT]

The very first handgun I ever bought was a S&W Model 15-3 4-inch. My department required officers to buy their own duty weapon.

I carried that revolver on the job for 9 years; then, traded it to buy a new model 19-4 Combat Magnum 4" nickel that I carried for 24 years to retirement.

I gifted the 19-4 to my son-in-law when he got orders for his first deployment to the sandbox as a USMC Prowler pilot. He still has the family heirloom.

 

[RoMaC21]

I'm curious about everyone's first handgun experience. What was your first one, and do you still own it? Share some stories or even pictures if you've got them. Looking back, how do you feel about that purchase now?

Beretta 92FS, always wanted one. Unfortunately I did sell it and have owned several more since.

 

[Gerald D.]

Ruger Standard with 6" barrel, next was a S&W M10 Snub nickle plated...both gone unfortunately.

 

[Shotgunangler]

The first handgun I ever bought was a Taurus M-94 revolver. It was a blued, 9 shot, .22lr revolver with a 4" barrel and adjustable target site. After much shooting the trigger broke in nicely, and it was surprisingly accurate for having such a short barrel (site radius). I really liked the gun as did my wife who used it to qualify for her CCW. The only complaint I had with the gun was that it's cylinder gap was so tight that carbon build up on the face of the cylinder and breach of the barrel would cause the cylinder to bind up after only a few cylinders full and I would have to stop and clean it. I eventually ended up trading towards a Ruger MKII target. The wife was not to too happy. In hind sight I wish I had just tried taking a couple of passes on the breach of the barrel with a file to open the cylinder gap and kept the gun.

 

[SmileMaker]

Dan Wesson 15-2, 4 inch 357 mag and still have it.

 

[bucketofguts]

Glock 22 Gen 2. Still ready to burn.

 

[dsink]

AMT Automag II in 22 magnum. Not a bad handgun but you had to keep it clean, and it would only cycle Winchester 40gr jhp. To say it was loud would be an understatement.

 

[thegunnut]

Ruger Blackhawk 44 magnum. I traded it for a Winchester model 70 in 243. Sure do wish I would have kept the pistol and bought the rifle outright but it was the quick and easy thing to do at the time. As they say, hindsight is 2020. Posting this has proven to be the urge to buy another Blackhawk. Gee thanks....