So, as the title states what was the first handgun you purchased? I posed this to my 17 year old son for when he’s old enough to buy his first handgun even though he has already been gifted a few from me for his eventual ownership. What advice would you give a new buyer of their first handgun? Why did you choose your first handgun and do you still have it?
I was finishing up college and rolled my National Guard time into an active duty commission from ROTC way back in 1993. I really fell in love with Sig in the ‘80s and always lusted after one and when the Army adopted the Sig P228/M11 in the late ‘80s, I was pretty set on making that my first pistol. So, after graduation and getting my first paycheck, the Sig P228 was my very first handgun, which I still own:
After talking with my son, what advice would you give a new buyer of their first handgun? Why did you choose your first handgun and do you still have it?
ROCK6
I was finishing up college and rolled my National Guard time into an active duty commission from ROTC way back in 1993. I really fell in love with Sig in the ‘80s and always lusted after one and when the Army adopted the Sig P228/M11 in the late ‘80s, I was pretty set on making that my first pistol. So, after graduation and getting my first paycheck, the Sig P228 was my very first handgun, which I still own:
After talking with my son, what advice would you give a new buyer of their first handgun? Why did you choose your first handgun and do you still have it?
ROCK6