[firestar]

What handgun was the first gun that you carried legally with your CCW permit?

Mine was a Jenning J-22.:o I am ashamed to admit it but that is what I started with. I feel that I have come a long way in finding out what guns are good but I still get burned once in a while.

[sm]

1911 style

I carried before anyone said we needed a law to carry and we all carried something anyway back then. Clear as mud huh? Even back then I preferred to "sling enough mud" ;)

[Hkmp5sd]

S&W Model 59 - 9mm

I had a 9mm before Miami Vice and the Wondernine trend.

[V-fib]

Ruger Sp101 .357 3" first and current

:cool:

[David4516]

Makarov, got my CHL about 3 months ago.

[PawDaddy]

Mine was a three inch Charter Arms .38. My dad bought the revolver for me when I was 13 or 14 and I started carrying it when I turned 21 and got my first "pistol permit". That was 20 years ago and my dad has the CA now and I carry a 3" Taurus 85.

[Chupacabra]

An H&K USP 40 compact.

I've moved on to carrying a 1911 but I still pack it occasionally.

:D

[Marko Kloos]

SIG P239 in 9mm...fine weapon, great carry piece.

[michiganfan]

Glock 17.

[Standing Wolf]

Colt Trooper Mark III with six-inch barrel, carried in Michigan, 1979. It was a trifle cumbersome.

[Bob C]

A fairly old (even then) 1911 marked "Property U.S. Government".

[P95Carry]

It was my (now) faithful M85 2" snub ....... which sits right now where it belongs, at 4 o'clock!!!

Since the early times tho I have added quite a bit ...... such that cooler seasons now have me choose either the P95 or more likely since i got it .. the P97.

I do like the comfort of my FEG in sho rig but ... have to confess to preferring the carry of a DA/SA .... so once the heat goes .. it's P97 all the way, in Fobus paddle.

[NC Shooter]

Ruger P-97.

[Lennyjoe]

Taurus PT100 AFS .40 cal

11 rounds in the pistol and a spare 11 rounder riding shotgun. Both stoked with Speer Gold Dot JHP in 165 Gr.

[cool45auto]

Ruger P95DC.

[jjmorgan64]

Charter arms undercover, still carry it along with a colt combat comander

[Zeke Menuar]

Ruger P-95.
Biggest piece of junk I have ever had the displeasure of owning. Only carried it a couple of times before I sold it.

ZM

[Dorian]

As of YESTERDAY when I got my permit....

I'll be switching between my USP compact .45 and my USP 9mm until i figure out the best way to carry concealed.

[Soap]

Full size 1911, still is my CCW today.

[22luvr]

Beretta Model 21........(after all, I R the "22luvr")

[Skunkabilly]

USP45C. Ditched that and got the P7M8.

[Mike Irwin]

Vis P-35 Radom in 9mm.

After an incident, I bought a Charter Arms Off Duty .38, and became pretty much a revolver devotee.

[Johnny Guest]

- - -Except when traveling, hunting, etc. When I could s-t-r-e-t-c-h those parameters, I variously carried a Colt .22 Challenger, 1922 Browning .32, or a Beretta .25. Everything was necessarily deep cover concealment.

My first day-in, day-out legal concealed carry was when I became a peace officer in 1967. PPK .380 alternated with an old commercial 1911, both IWB. From there, anything I happened to fancy at the moment.:D

Best,
Johnny

[Jeeper]

Para P-13. Same thing I still carry 7 years later.

[OEF_VET]

Hi-Point .380. By far, not the coolest carry gun, but it was all I had at the time. Afterall, I worked at Drunken Donuts, making $6.25 an hour. Couldn't afford anything better.

Frank

[Razor 10]

My first was, and still is a usp compact .40. But for the summer months I carry a Kahr mk-.40






Nick

[Henry Bowman]

Beretta 21A in .25ACP then Charter Arms Undercover 2" in .38spl

[ARGarrison]

S&W 686 .357 magnum with a 4" barrel, first handgun I owned.

[Ala Dan]

Ashamed to admit it, but mine was an Arminus 8-shot .22 LR caliber revolver! With a 2-5/8" (? I think) barrel.

Cuz, I couldn't afford anything else at the time~

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[pale horse]

1911 and its still on my hip as I type.

[Schuey2002]

My Glock 17 ( which has since moved on to greener pastures).. ;)

[WhoKnowsWho]

Since May of this year, a Kel Tec P32, or a Kahr K40 Covert when the weather is a bit nicer.

[Jason Demond]

S&W Sigma 40VE, stoked with 16 rounds of 165gr Tritons.

[CleverNickname]

Glock 26. I haven't carried it much lately though, because it's sort of the odd man out between my G19 and my Kahr PM9.

[coldshot03/04]

Rossi 38spl 2in barrel 5 shot revolver.

[COK]

Remington Rand 1911. Now retired , never gave me any problems at all during it’s many years of use.

[txgolfer45]

G19 It was my only one at the time! lol

[justice4all]

Ruger KP944

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Glock 30 AND S&W 637...what?

Is that too much?

[FunYet]

A S&W 442, in a Kramer pocket holster during a recent vacation to a state for which I have a non-resident permit. Still no CCW here at home.

[glocksman]

Smith & Wesson 3913.
First in a cheap IWB holster, then in a Galco Miami Classic shoulder rig.

[Majic]

3" Colt Detective Special.

[Benton]

A stainless American-made Walther PPK/S .380 carried in a wretched Uncle Mikes shoulder holster.

[Darrin]

Astra A-90 in 9mm. Boy, those were the days. Oh, wait, permit just came in the mail yesterday... :uhoh: ;)

[OEF_VET]

Darrin,

Congrats on getting your permit. Now, how about a sweet deal on another Astra? I've got this real nice A-70 in .40 S&W that I know you like. It won't cost a dime, just give me your P-22. :D

Frank

I gotta keep trying.

[Dave R]

FEG APK MK II. Its a Hungarian clone of the PPK. I still like it, but carry a P-11 and/or P-32 now.

[Nick96]

In the Great State of Texas (a/k/a Republic of Texas), you must qualify with a semi-auto (SA) or non-semi-auto (NSA). Most everyone wants the SA stamp on their CHL, so I qualified with a semi-auto. But what was the first "legal carry" handgun I actually toted around? A revolver of course!!!

[50 Freak]

Mine was a G27 and a NAA 22 mag with a folding grip/holster clip

[Darrin]

Frank,

I'm going to file your last post under, "IWannaCoolGunVirus". You can seek help for this. Go buy a 1911 or something. :neener: :D

[Grump]

Borrowed Colt Detective Special in an FBI speed holster.

No permit--legal because I was on private property. It was a wonderful time out there all alone at the tender age of [all I'll say is it was two digits].;)

[glockten]

Ruger Speed-Six .357 Magnum, 2.75".

[Jesse H]

HS2000 and PPK/S for church use.

[Tacblack]

Bought a Walther PPKS just for my permit to carry.

[customfret]

Only inexpensive light weight (26 oz. loaded) significant calaber pistol that held 10+1 rounds I could find at the time with an ambi safety. I'm lefty & was newbe to handguns at the time, but had carried "Mr. Rattles", a horribly inaccurate 1911 in Army years ago (best groups were measured in feet, not inches) and still remembered how the weight felt at the end of a long day. Since then have discovered DA, which removes the ambi-safety issue, and usually carry a Keltec P40, which is even smaller & lighter (20 oz. loaded) than the Stealth & now has devoured over 6,000 rounds (mostly semi-wadcutter handloads) completely reliably.