My First Pistol! :D

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Whether you agree with it or not, there's a lot of wisdom contained above.

Especially this:

Do yourself a favor though. Unless you absolutely hate it for some reason never sell it.
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Whether it's the only gun you ever purchase, or you wind up with others costing MANY times more or have an almost-cult-like following, this gun will always be your first. And, it'll always stand as a mile-marker, even against those shiny examples that might come afterward. Wish I still had my $40 first handgun.
 
I don't think I'd shoot it if it were me. I suspect that you will be disappointed with it.

That's no way to start off shooting. :(
 
I don't think I'd shoot it if it were me. I suspect that you will be disappointed with it.

That's no way to start off shooting.
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And why would this not be a good way to start shooting? I have quite a few guns that I own, some are very expensive but when my sons were very little, they could hold the Roehm .22 l.r. revolvers best and that is what I let them shoot.

As they grew, so did the guns. Starting with a Roehm has gotten them interested in firearms and was just the beginning.

That is what and how they shoot nowadays.

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And this is a 12 yard target from when my youngest was about 14. Do you still think that firing a Roehm as a first gun will have a really bad effect?

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How dissapointed can you be with your first gun guys? No matter how it shoots, how cheap they are or anything, its that first gun. I bet you've opened that cylinder 30 times and turned it. I did with my first. My sons first gun he chose was a Rohm 20. Loud and clunky but it shot 22's just fine. Enjoy and no matter what its a keepsake.
 
Ah I remember saving up and buying my first 45, don't sell your first gun like I did mine.
By the way, rohm made a model rg63 revolver that is chambered in 38. Very cheap when you find them. Occasionally they need work, I had to put in a larger barrel pin on mine , but that's it.
An rg63 would be a very cheap 38 to start off with
 
I'm chuckling here,,,

My first handgun was also a Rohm,,,
I call her li'l Bertha.

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I bought her at a garage sale back in the early sixties for $5.00,,,
That also included the box of .22 Shorts minus one cylinder worth of cartridges.

Truly the definition of a P-O-S handgun,,,
But it's nostalgic value is immeasurable to me.

Aarond

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By the way, you have a revolver not a pistol. That's probably a good place to start.
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Good grief not this again. All revolvers are pistols, but not all pistols are revolvers. A revolver is simply a revolving pistol, just like an autoloader is a semiautomatic pistol.
 
Back when I was a very young man, I wanted a Rohm or RG 22 pistol in the worst way.

Why you might ask?

Because I could at least imagine being able to afford one. IIRC, they sold for about $29.95, brand new at the local G.E.M. store. Thirty bucks...I could imagine somehow scrapping together that much. I couldn't imagine ever having the money to buy a Smith & Wesson or a Colt. I've forgotten how much they sold for, but it might as well have been a million bucks.

I never did scrape together that thirty bucks. At least not before the G.E.M. store went out of business, and I never saw a Rohm/RG revolver again, at least not until long after I was able to afford those S&W's and Colts.

But I've been tempted to buy a Rohm/RG several times, "just because."

To the OP. Congratulations on your first handgun. Enjoy it. Fire a round or two for me.
 
Back when I was a very young man, I wanted a Rohm or RG 22 pistol in the worst way.
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I remember being very young and really, and I mean REALLY wanting a little chromed Lorcin (or similar) .25 auto with red plastic grips. It was for sale at the local Long's Drugs in California back in the 80s, and was listed at a whole 49 bucks.

Funny how you can remember those things. Even with 75 or so guns 30 years later, I still remember that little gun.
 
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Shafter--You are wrong.

By Russ Chastain
Definition: A pistol is a handgun - but not all handguns are pistols.
The defining factor that makes a handgun a pistol is a chamber that is integral with the barrel. Semi-automatic handguns have a barrel with the chamber built in, which means they are pistols. Revolvers, on the other hand, are not pistols, because a revolver contains a cylinder that's separate from the barrel and contains multiple chambers.

When it comes to firearms terminology, any gun that is designed to be fired using one or both hands, without shouldering the gun, is a handgun. Legal definitions of the term may vary in certain locales.

The term "pistol" is often erroneously used to describe any handgun, but its definition should preclude its being used to describe revolvers and any type of handgun which does not have a chamber made integral with the barrel.

Types of pistols include semi-automatic, break action, bolt action, rolling block, falling block, and other various action types, and they are often single shot guns. A lever-action rifle that's had the stock removed to become a handgun (like the "mare's leg" used by Steve McQueen in the television series "Wanted: Dead or Alive") would qualify, because its chamber is part of its barrel.

Examples:
Many handguns are pistols, but revolvers are not.
 
Not sure if I said it in this thread or another, but they are available off gunbroker for about $100+ transfer. Scratch that itch!!
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Naw. Buying anything off gunbroker doesn't interest me a bit. I like to prowl gunshops and actually look for just the right example, even if I don't know just what I'm looking for. I'll know it when I see it.

I remember being very young and really, and I mean REALLY wanting a little chromed Lorcin (or similar) .25 auto with red plastic grips. It was for sale at the local Long's Drugs in California back in the 80s, and was listed at a whole 49 bucks.
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The semi-auto I wanted at the same time I wanted the Rohm/RG was a Raven 25. I see them from time to time, but have never bought one. My "logical" side kicks in.
 
A little envious

I am a little envious about seeing you having your first pistol. It should be very exciting for you to fire it for the first time. I have been writing articles about guns for quite a long time now but in reality I never owned one yet. The only time I am able to hold an actual firearm is when I visit my grand dad's house. :)
 
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