What was the first handgun you ever owned and how old were you when you got it?

[Cowhide Cliff]

S&W model 29 when I was 18. Still have it.

 

[P5 Guy]

First handgun is a S&W 17 that I got in 1993, not my first firearm just my first handgun. Since I grew up in NJ even owning a shotgun was a chore. I still have this 17 and while not lately it is one gun that always goes to the range with me.. Made in 1959 I'm only a couple years older.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Astra 400.


Stock image, not mine.

I bought it at a gunshow in Oklahoma City in the early 1980s. 9mm Largo ammo was difficult to find back then.

It was stolen around 1986, never saw it again.

 

[Rodentman]

I bought a 28-2 in 1972 from Bond's Gun Shop, 24th and Indian School Rd in Phoenix. I was 22. Yep, and like a fool I sold it. Recently replaced it with a similar vintage model from 1976.

 

[Speedo66]

View attachment 983648 View attachment 983649 1966/67? R-106High Standard Sentinal Deluxe 9 shot .22.
Given to me by my grandfather in 1984.
Still have it to this day. Box and all paperwork.
First I ever purchased myself new was my 5904 S&W

I traded a Ruger Single Six for a Beretta 950 in that same sporting goods store when I was going to college in that town in 1966.

Thanks for the smile I got when I saw that tag just now.

 

[sisyphus]

nickel finished Sig P228, maybe 1992? Before the magazine ban anyway. I was about 26 at the time.

 

[Misplacedtexan]

S&W 28 hiway patrol 357 mag.

 

[SundownRider]

Smith 586 with a 4” barrel. I was 21, because my Dad wasn’t into guns.

 

[murf]

as soon as i turned 21 i bought a new s&w model 28-2 for $199 plus tax (at the hardware store in town). my daughter has it now.

murf

 

[ev780]

Grew up with guns all over the house, barn, shop, tractor. None of them were were "mine" I guess. You just grabbed whatever was around. I got a Ruger Blackhawk as a Christmas present at like 14 or 15 which I guess we could call mine. I took it when I left the farm. That gun was my constant companion until I began shooting competitively in 2000 maybe. The semi auto addiction relegated the old Blackhawk but since you brought it up I guess I might dig it out this summer.

 

[Doug444]

Ruger Mark I Target, 6 7/8" tapered barrel, .22LR. Bought at age 21, still have it. Will never sell it.

 

[vintovka]

Was like 17 and aquired a 32 S&W .32 revover from a "customer" at the gas station i worked at. Sold it to a pawn shop in Memphis for gas $ on my way to PA to enlist in the USAF.