What was the first semi auto handgun you ever shot, and what was the first one you purchased?

[CapnMac]

It was determined, that, having been trained in the operation of the Rifle, M-1, Cal..30, Gas Operated Semi-Automatic (Garand), that it would behoove my education to be instructed in the Pistol Ca..45acp Model of 1911A1.
So, about 14 or so, I was introduced to the gleam of slightly oily, smelling of LSA, Remington-Rand, 230gr ball lobbing glory.

About ten years later, I walked out of a store with a Colt Officer's Model. Still have that arm, too (if after a circuitous path).

 

[FL-NC]

First one shot- Ruger 22 pistol "MK 1". First purchased- BHP, after SF training.

 

[MCMXIautomatic]

The first semi auto pistol I ever shot was a commercial Luger made by DWM, chambered in 7.65 Parabellum (.30 Luger). It's a family heirloom that my great-grandfather obtained by barter when he lived in Illinois. No FOID card, no background check, no waiting period or any of that BS. Of course, this was also back in the 1920s.

The first pistol I ever bought was an Intratec Tec-DC9M, mainly because it had that cool, politically incorrect "assault weapon" thing going for it and I was a bit intrigued by the design and its history. Technically it's a submachine gun design, and is only a pistol in the sense that it has a short barrel and no stock. It actually functioned fine when I shot it and it was fairly accurate from what I remember, but it was still a big, heavy, clunky thing that wasn't really all that practical. I sold it a few years later. If I could do it over again, I would have bought a 9mm Glock instead, and that's what I own and shoot today.

 

[MTNSTRYDER]

First auto fired was a 1911 in MP training in 1976.First auto bought was a S&W 422 in 1989 traded it for a Blackhawk 44mag after 4months.Revolvers just worked better for me,but I never fergot how well that gov 1911 felt in my hand.Because my life was always outdoors I needed a more powerful round than any auto offered thats changed now with the 10 the 460 roland and others.I bought a 357mag 1911 last year my hand remembers how to shoot it well.

 

[Coyote3855]

FIrst shot was my Dad's Colt Woodsman. First bought, a Smith and Wesson Model 39.

 

[jimbo555]

First I shot was a Walther ppk 32. First I owned was a S&w model 39-2 9mm.

 

[BobWright]

The first auto pistol I ever shot was this Mauser M-1910 .25 ACP:



My brother brought this home from WW II, and I was able to shoot it in the spring of 1946. At my brother's death the pistol went to my nephew. When he was close to death, from cancer, he gave the pistol to me.

First pistol I ever bought was a Colt Gold Cup .45 ACP around 1983 or so.

Bob Wright

 

[murf]

our plinking pistol was dad's high standard hd military. i shot a lot of tin cans with that gun. dad brought a luger home one day and i got to shoot it. he brought a military 1911 home one day and i got to shoot it, too.

my first autopistol purchase, in 1984, was a browning hi-power. i wore the bluing off that thing carrying it everywhere. my youngest daughter has it now.

murf

 

[hdwhit]

RG-25 on both counts.

 

[Pilot]

My Dad's WWII bring back Walther PP in 7.65MM. The first semi I bought was a Browning Hi Power.

 

[444]

The first centerfire semi-auto handgun I ever shot was a WWII bring back Luger. The ammo I fired (I think it was one round, possibly two) was from the ammo in the magazine when it was captured. I was about 12 or 13 years old and I fired that round (s) into a tree.
The gun was owned by one of my parent's neighbors. He called me over to his house one day and said, I hear you are interested in guns; and then allowed me to fire his Luger. Several decades later, after his death, his wife gave it to me. With the holster and all the accessories.

I believe the first semi-auto pistol I ever bought with my own money was a Colt National Match. I don't know how old I was, but I bought it from my uncle. Obviously I was old enough to have earned the money for it so some time after I was 16. I was given a Ruger Standard Model pistol at the age of 9. I purchased it at a gun show with $50 of my dad's money (he was standing right next to me) back in an age where something like this was no big deal.

 

[Rich Goldsmith]

First shot a S&W Model 39-2 in the mid 80's, was a revolver person prior to, after that I purchased a Sig P225.

 

[Gelrir]

First semi-auto I fired was a Detonics Combat Master, in the 1980s; I suspect it was a Mark II. My first pistol purchase was a WW1 Luger in 9mm.

 

[M1Jeff]

First was whatever 9mm Sig was marked and sold by Browning.

First purchase was an Officer's Model Colt.

 

[Ironicaintit]

First semi-auto I shot was my brother's Mauser HSc. It was a post war Interarms import in .380. I remember how much it kicked (at least to me), for such a relatively heavy gun firing that small cartridge!

My HSc is the same. I love the feel of the thing, and that recoil sure has some authority!
Kicks like you just fired a magnum.

 

[bannockburn]

M1Jeff

First was whatever Sig was marked and sold by Browning.

If that was a Browning BDA I had one in .45 ACP many years ago. Should have held on to it; it was one accurate and soft shooting .45. Should have also picked up the .38 Super and 9mm. models when dealers were doing some pretty hefty discounting just to get rid of them (full size, single column magazine pistols in .38 Super and 9mm. just weren't hot sellers at the time).

 

[tallpaul]

ruger standard 22lr... first semi purchase... model 41 smith & Wesson 22lr

 

[mgmorden]

First I ever shot was a Browning Hi-Power. When I was in high school a friend's dad owned it and he let us go out an shoot in the back yard (it was a very rural area). I'd shot a lot of guns by that time but my dad was never much of a handgun guy so I'd never handled anything but rifles and shotguns till then.

First one I ever bought was about 5 years later - a Ruger P95. I researched online quite a bit and that was what I could find that was affordable for a college student with a part time job but was something that was good enough that it didn't seem like a "junk gun". Still have that Ruger and though it's certainly got it's limitations, it's a very reliable gun.

 

[Invisible Swordsman]

First fired was a full size Colt 1911 in 1971. First purchase was a Browing Hi Power in 1972.

 

[entropy]

So, about 14 or so, I was introduced to the gleam of slightly oily, smelling of LSA, Remington-Rand, 230gr ball lobbing glory.

Awesome line!

 

[jhansman]

Beretta .25 ACP Jetfire. Sold it for $100 to an LEO as his BUG. Me, I wouldn't stake my life on that caliber, but then I'm not him.

 

[skunkbreeder]

I hat a Beretta .25 jetfire too, it was a cool little pocket gun but i wasn't impressed with the .25 acp for effectiveness.
My first semi auto purchase was a Bulgarian Makarov in 9x18. 15 years & nearly 3000 rounds later i've NEVER had a problem

 

[ih772]

The first semi-auto I ever shot was a glock in .45acp I don't remember the model #. The first one I bought was a S&W M&P Shield in 9mm.

 

[RedlegRick]

Whitney Wolverine was the first pistol I shot, when I was nine and visiting family in PA. Wonderful piece and I actually hit the target a couple times with the first magazine.
First purchase was a Rossi .38 five shot, with a three inch barrel, can't recall the model. Just turned 21 and it was the cheapest one I could find, other than RGs and Ravens. It wasn't a bad shooter, just had the annoying habit of losing the cylinder release latch occasionally. Traded it in part for a S&W 39 a few months later.

 

[kBob]

Worked all summer with dreams of a P35 BHP and so skrimped on sodas junk food movies and the like when I was not sweating and panting earning the money.

Then the grunups ran something called GCA68 in on me and it did not happen......the folks got an Ruger RST4 for me to use as a consolation prize(there was no MkII yet and Mk I was the target pistol) So my first auto shots were from an RST 4, and I had money for ammo for sure. First Center fire from a Walther PP in .32ACP.

Immediately after turning 21 I bought a NIB Colt Series 70 Mark IV .45ACP. Amazingly with a few thousand .22 already down range from that RST 4 and a few ten thousand BBs from a Daisy CO2 200 I shot it a lot better than folks said I would.

-kBob