What was your first centerfire handgun?

borrowedtime69 · Jan 15, 2022

Mine was a little Grendel .380 i think i found in a gunshop in SD in my youth (1990, at 21 yo). It was affordable, cause at the time i was in college and working at either a grocery store or delivering pizza. It wasnt pleasant to shoot but it was my first handgun. I think I remember that it didn't have a mag, you had to load it from the top. Also if i remember right i didnt have it long, i think i sold it to buy an SKS. I wonder if there's very many out there still? What were your first centerfire?

CoalCrackerAl · Jan 15, 2022

Ruger SBH. Bought it at Boscovs dept store. 200.00. Back in 87 i think. Had to have a dirty Harry gun. Didn't know back then his was SW 29.

Charlie98 · Jan 15, 2022

I had to think on that one. I know my first... first two... rimfire pistols... but I had to think about my first centerfire.

I would have to say it was my 6" S&W 57, .41MAG, bought it off my best friend when he went to get married, he thought 'responsible' people didn't have things like motorcycles, guns, and 4-wheel drives, and sold everything. Idiot.

kilizyrag · Jan 15, 2022

S&W Model 59.

twarr1 · Jan 15, 2022

Center fire handgun?
1976 Ruger Blackhawk 357 Magnum

Mosin77 · Jan 15, 2022

CZ 52 in 7.62x25

chicharrones · Jan 15, 2022

borrowedtime69 said:
Mine was a little Grendel .380 i think i found in a gunshop in SD in my youth (1990, at 21 yo). It was affordable, cause at the time i was in college and working at either a grocery store or delivering pizza. It wasnt pleasant to shoot but it was my first handgun. I think I remember that it didn't have a mag, you had to load it from the top. Also if i remember right i didnt have it long, i think i sold it to buy an SKS. I wonder if there's very many out there still? What were your first centerfire?

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A poly framed top loader, that's a cool piece of pocket gun history.

chicharrones · Jan 15, 2022

borrowedtime69 said:
What was you're first centerfire handgun?

My first handgun, whether centerfire or rimfire, was and is a blued Ruger GP100 with 6" barrel bought new in the early 1990s.

Bought my first rifle before this, which happened to be an SKS.

MutinousDoug · Jan 15, 2022

Gov't model .45 in 1962 or so. I would have been 12-13yo.

badkarmamib · Jan 15, 2022

Beretta 92. Too many 80's action movies. Wish I still had it.

jmr40 · Jan 15, 2022

Ruger Blackhawk 41 magnum. IIRC I paid $175 used for it in the late 1970's

danez71 · Jan 15, 2022

Fyrstyk · Jan 15, 2022

Stevens tip up bicycle pistol with a screw on wire stock in .32 Long. Got it from a guy on my paper route who was going to throw it away.

Joshua M. Smith · Jan 15, 2022

Stallard Arms JS-9.

I traded my Super Single Six for it, knowing nothing about gun values at the time. This stands as the single absolute worse deal I ever made. The second worse was trading a pinned and recessed 4" S&W 19-3 for a Rossi .38 snubby, because I needed something more compact.

I'm thankful I've since become educated, but those two guns are the ones I want back the most.

Josh

Ed4032 · Jan 15, 2022

Smith and Wesson model 39. Still have it.

clutch · Jan 15, 2022

Ruger Security Six target model, 4" barrel. I've had a lot of fun times with it.

The second was a Ruger Super Blackhawk 7 1/2" in .44 Mag. Shot down a few pine trees with it. It took a while but they fell over eventually.

Sistema1927 · Jan 15, 2022

I purchased a Ruger Blackhawk .357/9mm on my 21st birthday. Not long after I purchased my first semi-auto, a Browning Hi-Power.

Riomouse911 · Jan 15, 2022

Taurus M-66 6” .357 in satin nickel. I bought it new in 1988 at Bucksport Sporting Goods in Eureka, Ca.

I no longer have it, though.

Stay safe.

earlthegoat2 · Jan 15, 2022

Para Ordnance P13. Cool high cap Commander 1911.

.455_Hunter · Jan 15, 2022

My Dad bought me a .38 Enfield DAO when I was 14 in 1990. Still a part of my home defense regime.

D.B. Cooper · Jan 15, 2022

S&W Model 10. 4" Pencil profile barrel. Too many 60s action movies. Wish I still had it.

.455_Hunter · Jan 15, 2022

borrowedtime69 said:
Mine was a little Grendel .380 i think i found in a gunshop in SD in my youth (1990, at 21 yo). It was affordable, cause at the time i was in college and working at either a grocery store or delivering pizza. It wasnt pleasant to shoot but it was my first handgun. I think I remember that it didn't have a mag, you had to load it from the top. Also if i remember right i didnt have it long, i think i sold it to buy an SKS. I wonder if there's very many out there still? What were your first centerfire?

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Cool choice- Not having a inadvertently ejectable magazine is feature worth discussion on a compact pocket gun, even today. Did it load with a stripper clip?

starling · Jan 15, 2022

Beretta 92fs for me as well. Used my paper route money. Had to put it in my moms name.

4570Tom · Jan 15, 2022

An early model Ruger P85. Not my favorite Ruger. When I acquired a Sig 226 a few years later I did a straight trade with the Ruger for a Lyman Great Plains Rifle in .54.

Walkalong · Jan 15, 2022

A Remington Rand 1911, which I foolishly sold years ago.

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