What was your first pistol?

[Love Life]

The first pistol I purchased was a Springfield 1911. It was a jam-o-matic with everything and the slide release snapped on it. I put a new slide release in and traded it in on 625-8. Never regretted that decision. From then on it has been Glocks, Colt's, and S&W. Springfield handguns are not welcome in my home.

[WallyM3]

1917 DWM. I was 15 y-o.

[seaboltm]

Beretta 92 FS

[beroen]

.45 cal patriot muzzleloader by TC

[curator]

Remington-Rand 1911, .45ACP. (Not the "A1") A WWI relic I bought for $25 in 1963. I shot more than 100,000 rounds of GI hardball through it by the time the frame cracked. I still have a few boxes of the 1916 vintage .45ACP ammo my gun club sold to its members at $1.00 for 50 rounds. (back when $4 filled your gas tank) The gun lives on having had a frame transplant and some new innards. It is still my go-to carry gun when hiking or camping where the extra weight isn't an issue but reliability and effectiveness might be. Everyone needs a good .45 beater gun!

[John Allen]

Ruger Mk1 22

[bob208]

colt frontier scout .22-.22mag. got it in 67. shot a lot of groundhogs, bottles and cans with it. father carried it in his lunch box during the riots of 68. I had it with me when I worked at the gas station. still have it and the box it came in.

[NavyVet1959]

I still have a few boxes of the 1916 vintage .45ACP ammo my gun club sold to its members at $1.00 for 50 rounds. (back when $4 filled your gas tank)

If you look at it that way, ammo is about the same price now. I noticed a station the other day as I was driving by and gas was $2.70 per gallon. That would be $70.20 to fill up my 26 gallon tank which would mean $17.55 for the ammo using the ratio above. Pretty close to what I see at some of the stores for .45 ammo these days.

[dancingbear41]

Although we can no longer have pistols now, my first was a .22 Smith and Wesson Model 34 with a 2" barrel. On a number of occasion people openly laughed at my little gun on the firing point. A few minutes later when their scores had been soundly trounced, the laughter stopped. It was a great little gun.

Simon.

[Dan Cash]

H&R .38 S&W top break, first revolver. I was 14 and this revolver with flaking nickel and pitted bore taught me about rifling as the thing literally would not hit the side of the barn from 50 yards; I tried a shot when the old man was not around. With that lesson under my belt, I traded up to a 1932 Beretta .32 ACP. Fine shooting pistol and very accurate. Don't remember when or why it got traded off.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Ruger 22 Single Six. Bought in 1956. My brother has it now but I have two SS in stainless.

[Char-Gar]

A byf 42 Luger.

[Geppetto]

EAA Witness in 38 super. Good sturdy gun, 1000+ through it with no problems.

[JSnover]

Taurus 66, .357 with target sights.
it was just about perfect for a newbie.

[gkainz]

Hawes Western Marshall .357 Mag ... and boy did I screw up - just checked google for prices ... oh well ... don't remember what I sold it for, but I do remember paying $60 for it in the early 70s.

[5Shot]

S&W Mdl 29...still have it, but doesn't get shot any more. Bought new in 1986 or there abouts. I think it cost $265.

[snoopy]

Ruger single six, but WINELOVER said python and I was 16 when they came out with the python hunter and I drooled so much on the case display the guys at the LGS ran me off!

[Jbiker]

High Standard model HD, from my grandfather, who got it from his cousin, Gus Swebilus

[funnyjim014]

If you look at it that way, ammo is about the same price now. I noticed a station the other day as I was driving by and gas was $2.70 per gallon. That would be $70.20 to fill up my 26 gallon tank which would mean $17.55 for the ammo using the ratio above. Pretty close to what I see at some of the stores for .45 ammo these days.

Wow its been ten years or so since I payed that for fuel. Up here neer buffalo its down to 3.40 a gal. As far the first pistol.... browning buckmark. Two weeks later a tourus 1911

[georgerkahn]

Mine was a Ruger .22/.22wmr convertible, in blue. A few days later I saw it in stainless, and traded it for the stainless version. Both had grips too small; never really enjoyed shooting them...