What was your first pistol?

[andrews10]

I remember mine fondly. It was the Davis 380 pistol in stainless with a 6 round magazine. I was 21 and it was a gift to myself. 95.00 plus tax. I shot it so much the slide had a small hairline crack in it. I sent it to DAvis and they replaced it. However, I traded up to a Ruger p89. I miss that pocket pistol. I also got that slide bite too with it for free. : )

[NavyVet1959]

The first one I ever bought myself would have probably been a Series 70 Colt 1911, although a Ruger Mk-I or Mk-II would have been a close second, I suspect. That would have been in the late 1970s.

[220]

Given pistols are heavily restricted here in Aus I didn't get into pistol shooting until the mid 90's. First purchase was a Browning buckmark field. Still have it, would be close to 100k rounds now. My son now uses it for competition, won a few medals with it last month at the state championships and manages to outshoot me more often than I would like despite the $2k+ target pistol Im now using.

[winelover]

First pistol was a Browning HP, which was preceded by a Colt Python, my first revolver.

Winelover

[Beagle333]

Astra Cub .22 short. Something was wrong with it and it'd fire all 7 at the first pull. But it was my carry pistol and I figured I'd only pull it when they were real close, if I needed it, and unzip em.

[BST4227]

my first was a Browning HP I loved that gun and while it was one of the best hand guns I've owned I can remember how i wished it was a 22 when I was buying ammo for it, it would be another two years before I started reloading

[dale2242]

Benjamin .177 air gun.
Dad bought it for me when I was 8.
I have loved handguns every since....dale

[GoodOlBoy]

When I started college I was driving a long ways to school and back every day. I was given a Lorcin 380 automatic. Thing was supposed to be decent according to the schister that sold it to my folks. You couldn't hit the bottom of a bucket from inside of it, it would jam and stovepipe every other round, and sometimes it would randomly spit a extra unfired round out the top when cycling. Flip side is it did go boom on the first trigger pull. I only had to use it three times in a decade. Once to put down a badly wounded dog. Once to put down a badly wounded Doe. And Once to convince a feller with a switchblade knife that I was serious. Right after the knife incident it was retired in favor of a Ruger GP100.

GoodOlBoy

[Petrol & Powder]

If we're talking about the first pistol purchased, it would be a Ruger Mark II.
I miss that Ruger, it would outshoot some rifles!
I sold it to fund some other itch, thinking, surely...it could easily be replaced.
Well that bone-headed move resulted in a long succession of Ruger .22 pistols in search of the original's equal. I came close but never found one. My own personal Zeno's paradox of firearm acquisition - you can get really close but never there!

[docone31]

Raven .25 cal. It was the reason I did not get another pistol for a long time. Stove pipes, jams, couldn't hit the ground if I pointed it down. Ammo was expensive. A terrible pistol. Too small.

[mozeppa]

colt 22 /22mag six shooter!

wish i still owned it.

[w5pv]

Mine was an Iver Johnson 22LR/22mag,I think it was an Iver Johson been so long ago I don't rightly remember.But I do remember it being 22LR and 22Mag

[nagantguy]

When I started college I was driving a long ways to school and back every day. I was given a Lorcin 380 automatic. Thing was supposed to be decent according to the schister that sold it to my folks. You couldn't hit the bottom of a bucket from inside of it, it would jam and stovepipe every other round, and sometimes it would randomly spit a extra unfired round out the top when cycling. Flip side is it did go boom on the first trigger pull. I only had to use it three times in a decade. Once to put down a badly wounded dog. Once to put down a badly wounded Doe. And Once to convince a feller with a switchblade knife that I was serious. Right after the knife incident it was retired in favor of a Ruger GP100.

GoodOlBoy

I feel your pain my second handgun was a lorcin 9mm, worst poecenof junk I've ever owned and then shortly after got the post card advising me not to fire it and soon they would send a mailing label to send it back for replacement or repair, they went belly up. I turned it in to one of those gun buy back schemes some years later got 150 USD! Only paid $99, kept the mags as a reminder that you get what you pay for!

[atr]

mine was a Ruger Semi auto #1...$39.00 I bought with my paper route money...Mom had to sign for me
still have the pistol and the memories that go with it
atr

[pworley1]

Browning model 1922 32acp

[bedbugbilly]

I'm the oddball here . . . 1851 Colt (repro - 1966 or so)

[Mk42gunner]

CVA .45 cal Kentucky Pistol kit in 1978 or so for $33 or so. I had to buck a lot of hay bales to pay for that.

Robert

[youngmman]

Ruger Standard Auto .22 LR, when I was 13. I had just received my Jr. hunting license after completing the NRA hunter safety course. My Dad had to sign for it and I had to pay half (Lawn money). The total cost of the pistol was $35 and the Jr. hunting license was $1.25.

It was 1961

[dragon813gt]

Ruger MKII Target. It's been a love hate relationship because it's a picky SOB when it comes to ammo. And of course the ammo that doesn't cycle the action is the most accurate. I still have it. But a Beretta U22 Neos and GSG 1911 see a lot more range time.

[popper]

High Standard bull barrel target 22. I got the slide bite for free also. Second was a Star (Astro) 380 that looked like a mini 1911. Both gone now. Third is a workhorse XDm 40. Anything my mark III won't eat shouldn't be shot.