I started a thread that worded oddly. I was interested in what firearm you bought for yourself that you still have. One you won't part with for love of money. That first one you scraped and saved for? One bought at auction you still have when all the others hit the road because you needed that latest and greatest like my long gone 41 Blackhawks and pre 64 Win 300 H&H?
Let's get specific. What Handgun revolver or semi have you held onto thick and thin. Bad times scraping the bottom of the barrel for food money but won't let it go.
Mine is my trusty Single Six Convertible. Carried many a mile in the woods, ton of partridge, rabbits and squirrels for supper. Dispatched problem skunks and porcupines and mink/muskrats and coyotes on the trap line. Used on whitetails for the parting shot. I think I will be buried with it as when I go home it is always taken and is the first on my hip to carry around.
Can't see like I could and it might take 3 or 4 to headshot a squirrel when back in the day I'd shoot lights out with it but I don't care. I'll pay the ammo bill