What was your first handgun?

[mp95b]

A Colt Combat Commander in a satin nickel finish.......Nice! Wish I still had it.

[SGT5711]

S&w 5906

[TheTman]

Some single action "peacemaker" style .22 6 shooter. Got it for my 16th BD. I was stolen in a burglary.

[Southerngunner]

My first was a Smith & Wesson model 19 blued 6" barrel, target hammer and trigger and it cost me 180 dollars brand new. That was 1974.

[deadeye]

H&R Sportsman 9 shot .22. Grandfather gave it to me in 1957. Still have it and shoot it often. Still in excellent condition. He was a county sheriff and in 1946 captured a guy who had used it in a robbery. He got it as part of the reward. Very different day and age.

[Surlyman]

6 inch Dan Wesson 14-2, was my fathers. Still have it love that wheel gun!

[340pd]

MKI Ruger $37.50

[Jollyrogers]

Ruger P89 was the first handgun I ever bought with my own money. I was home on leave. I used it to test 9mm loads up until about 3 months ago when it got traded in on a single stack for CC.

[Armybrat]

Bought it new in 1959 and still have it:

[Pointblank]

When I was about 18 or so, my dad hooked me up with a plain-Jane S&W Model 10 with a 6" barrel. I wish I still had it.

[leftysixty]

First pistol, Ruger standard .22lr. Bought new $37.50

[LawDoc2]

Also a Ruger MK Standard .22; bought on my birthday 52 years ago last month. I was very happy 15 y/o Montana kid.

[wsgrady]

Yep, the good old days when the eyes were like an eagle and flat ground and hills were covered at the same pace. A RUGER SINGLE SIX with the wmr extra cylinder and .22 ammo was EVERYWHERE.....

[O'Dell]

Browning HP in 1966 to be used as my Navy Service Carry. I didn't want the S&W 38 that was the standard at the time.

[C2Scott]

CZ-52, 7.62x25 Tokarev. Purchased in 2003 for all of $109. I still have it. I have two of them now, actually, and at one time I owned 3.



The chromed example looked much better than it shot, so I sold it when I bought a Kahr CM9. The dark parkerized one with the walnut grips was my first.