What was your first revolver?

[PhotoBiker]

Ruger GP100 4" Stainless. Just got it a little over a month ago. Worst part about owning it is wondering why I'd never owned a Revolver before. I would consider this to my first of many based on how much I love this thing.

 

[spm]

Ruger Single-Six; back in the 70s. Still have it.

spm

 

[Valor35]

Taurus 83 4" Satin. Bought it cheap in bad shape. Cleaned it up and love it. My son-in-law has already put in his claim for it when I am gone . . .

 

[freyasman]

Smith model 19 with a 2 1/2" barrel

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

This is the first revolver I bought. A brass framed Uberti 44 caliber 'Navy'. When I turned 18 (in 1968, so the math is easy to do) I found out that it was legal in NJ, where I grew up, for an 18 year old to own a Cap & Ball revolver. So I borrowed my Dad's car and drove down to Ridgefield, where Navy Arms had its showroom. I'm pretty sure it cost $60.




This is the first cartridge revolver I bought, a S&W Model 17-3 bought brand, spanky new in 1975. It cost $125 at the time.




That same year I bought this S&W Model 19-3 and this Ruger Blackhawk convertible with 45 Colt and 45 ACP cylinders. Can't really remember which I bought first, but the Model 19 cost $135 and the Ruger with both cylinders cost $150. A lot of money for a 25 year old kid back then.





P.S. Yes I still have all of them.

 

[slicksleeve]

My first revolver was a Ruger Single Six convertible in stainless steel with a 6 inch barrel, wood grips with fixed sights. My dad, though unemployed at the time, managed to buy it brand new for me when I was 16. The first I bought with my own money was a Smith and Wesson Model 657, 6.5 inch. I was twenty at the time, and had to get my dear late grandfather to ride to the gun store and do the paperwork for me. I still have both of them, and will never let them go.

 

[SDGlock23]

7.5" Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt, stainless.

 

[tomrkba]

S&w 625

 

[all357mag]

My Dad bought me a Ruger Bearcat for my seventh birthday. AWESOME!

 

[Tony_the_tiger]

Ruger Gp100

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[frankmako]

s&w model 19 i got in 73 from ace hardware. still got it.

 

[kennedy]

hi-standard 9 shot .22 from the local hardware store 40 yrs ago, still have it, great shooter

 

[jrod]

Colt PeaceKeeper .357 Magnum w/6" Barrel. I bought it in 1982 for my 21st Birthday.

 

[Hondo 60]

My first (when I had no experience with guns) was a Charter Arms .38 Spl Undercover.

My 2nd was a S&W Model 10-5.

 

[Hardtarget]

"73 I picked up a Colt diamondback .38 spec.(4") My #2 was a Colt diamondback .22 (6"). I still have them.

Mark

 

[Arizona_Mike]

First revolver was my first handgun (I'd owned several rifles and a shotgun before): A Taurus 66CP4 (Medium Frame, 6 shot .357 with a 4" compensated barrel.

Mike

 

[montanaoffroader]

Colt SAA 5.5" in .357 Magnum.

 

[Ex]

"What was yours?"


What an answer to a question! lol

 

[Ex]

And the answer is.....

Ruger Single Six, .22 WMR only, New Model.

Still own it, accuracy surpassed only by my Ruger MarkII bull barrel target.

 

[texashunter]

S&w 28 6" in 1971

 

[postalnut25]

Colt Trooper MK III, nickel, 4 inch

 

[JohnhenrySTL]

I inherited multiple firearms. My first revolver I bought on my own was a Smith model 442.

 

[Harrod]

Very first was given to my by my grandmother. She found an old RG23 in the closet that was my grandfathers, the action was hard as hell even in single action. It didn't shoot straight so I ended up getting rid of it several years later.

First one I ever bought was an ASM 1861 navy, loved that gun.

After i finish my AR project my next purchase will be a revolver of some kind I'm sure.

 

[Chevelle SS]

S&w 66-1 4''

 

[Manny]

Ruger Single Six, .22lr/.22wmr, 5.5" blued. Traded towards my second handgun, a 7.5" Ruger Super Blackhawk .44mag a couple years later when they legalized handguns for deer hunting in Ohio.