What was your first handgun?

[jb1911]

 

[451_Detonics]

When I was 13 I got my first handgun as a Christmas gift. This was not like the other guns my brother and I shared that were really Dad's but instead this one was mine and mine alone. Ruger Blackhawk .45 with both Colt and ACP cylinders. My brother got a Bearcat. Still own and shoot that pistol today over 40 years later.

 

[FishnHunt]

Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm 4.25". It doesn't look much like this anymore...

 

[draftyranger]

My first was a Ruger P89! I still have it. Its a great gun, but its a little clunky!

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Mine was a CZ SP-01 Phantom.

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

Rossi 971 .357 with a 2.5" barrel. I still carry it from time to time.

That seems kind of sad compared to some other "firsts" in this thread.

So to make it real sad, I then bout a .380 Lorcin. I don't think it ever managed to feed more than 2 rounds without jamming. I don't have it anymore.

Huh, that gives me an idea for my first OP thread....

Karl

 

[BDS JIN]

Sig P226 MK25 when I was 21, one year later I did a E2 grip and SRT upgrade.

 

[prescut]

hey sticky,
I can't believe you got a Hi Standard for a first gun. How lucky can you get? Those are pistolas that have collectible written all over them. Wow, most of us don't get quite that lucky. Still got it? Get any other Hi Standards afterwards?
Lost

 

[GunSlinger]

Nickel plated Hawes .22lr fully adjustable single shot target pistol. Bought it when I was 21 and wish I still had it.

 

[JollyMon]

Sig P6

 

[T-DOGG]

Keltec P11
It had a trigger similar to this guy:

 

[9mmfan]

Berets 92 FS. Got it when I was around 27 or 28. Still have it and shoot it.

 

[ADDICTED2TONE]

My first handgun was a a Sig 229 in 40 s&w. I bought it in 1996 when I got my LTCH.

 

[Arthur Dent]

Ruger P95. Still have it and it's my EDC.

 

[88E30M50]

I had done some shooting in the late '70s, but did not get around to buying my first handgun until 2008. It was a Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. I put north of 2500 rounds through it in the first year and have been hooked on 1911s ever since.

 

[Bennettjh]

Ha ha ha, boy that sure is funny, ATM. What a kidder, that ATM.

Mine was a Ruger SR9. Still have it.

 

[ATM]

 

[The Bubba Effect]

full sized 1911. I was dating this guy's sister and he sold it to me for either $125 or $225 so he could buy a glock.

 

[ScouT6a]

My first handgun was a chrome plated, top break, 6" Iver Johnson revolver in 38 S&W that an uncle gave me when I was about 14. It had some timing issues and eventually, a broken hammer spring. First handgun that I bought for myself came along two years later with the purchase of a Government Model 1911.

 

[johnwhite]

S&W .38 snubby paid 125.00 for it a month after my 21st birthday right after i got my carry permit approved fit nicely in either my front or back pocket. i did have an H&R i think it was .22 revolver before that but it was more my dad's than mine the .38 was truly mine bought and paid for with my sweat