I believe it was a 4" S&W M&P in .38 Special,,,
I was only 11 or 12 when my Grandfather gave it to me.
He also gave me tw0 50-round boxes of ammo and a Lee "whack-a-mole" loader,,,
With enough bullets, powder, and primers for several hundred more re-loads.
I shot all of the factory ammo up very quickly,,,
And eventually used up all of the reloads as well.
I don't have the pistol anymore,,,
It "mysteriously disappeared" from my closet shelf later that year.
I finally got Mom to admit that she gave it away after I shot all the ammo,,,
She never wanted me to have a handgun in the first place,,,
Mom always held that we kids didn't "own" anything.
My Grandfather gave me a lot of guns when I was a kid,,,
That S&W revolver, a pristine 45-70 trapdoor, a good Remington bolt-action .22, and the K98 Mauser his brother brought back from the war.
The K98 is the only one I still have.
Aarond
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