What was your first handgun?

Mine was a Norinco M54-1 tokarev clone with two barrels, 7.62x25 and 9mm, 2 mags, holster and cleaning rod. Was at a local gun shop for $100. I paid my parents to buy it for me.:) That was only last year. I love that pistol. Very accurate and loud.
 
My first pistol was a Raven .25 ACP. After 60,000 or so rounds without a malfunction, it's still my "go to" gun for most situations.

OK, I was kidding about most of that but my first pistol really was a Raven. I'm not ashamed of it, either, I was young and just barely getting by on my looks.
 
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It was one of these two, cna't tell which one in the picture though, the other one was my late fathers gun, I now own them both.

When they were bought new the price was $89.00........I believe somewhere around 1971.
 
My first was an Italian Tanfoglio SAA clone of sorts in 22 lr/mag that my dad gave me for my 12th birthday in 1980. I still have it.

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My first handgun was a little while after I turned 21, it was a S&W M&P 9c, I'm 22 almost 23 now, my collection has since grew by one with a Kimber Pro Carry II stainless, and am about to add another one in a couple of weeks.
 
First gun I ever owned was my father's Colt 1903 .32 Automatic, which he gave to me when I turned 21. Technically, I still own it, but he keeps borrowing it back!

First handgun I ever purchased for myself was a Ballester-Molina .45 Auto. Hardly a match-grade tack driver, but it served me well for a number of years. Still regret letting that one get away during a period of penury.....
 
My first handgun was a Ruger Mark III 22/45 (it is jointly owned by me and my father because we each paid half).

However the first gun that was totally 100% mine, was given to me on my birthday last year by my mom, and is a Smith and Wesson M&P 40.
 
Well, my father bought me a .22LR Lightning by AMT for target fun, when i was just a youngster (about 9 or 10); i still have it but don't use it much. I bleve this is the pistol that got AMT sued massively by the Ruger folks they were knocking off. It is a PIA to reassemble; AMT shouldn't have copied that part.

At 15 my aging grandmother traded me a .38 snubby with a HEAVY trigger pull for an airhorn i had bought; it still amazes me i didn't get in trouble for that one. Mom has that in the nightstand nowadays.

The first pistol i bought for and by myself was the Springfield XD45, purchased last year (age 38).
 
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My first handgun was a S&W model 65. I bought it in 1978 when I entered the police academy. Later that year my agency decided to issue it's officers model 66's so I promptly sold the 65 (my pay was about $600/month and with a wife a 2 kids I needed the money). I wish I still had that 65. Since that itme I've owned many handguns and have sold very few of them.
Dave
 
Ruger Standard .22 Semi-Auto. Ruger's first commercial design. Purchased new for $37.50......don't ask my age.:)

Oh, I still have it and shoot it to this day. I guess I could break out the camera and take a photo, but most know what a Ruger Standard looks like anyway.
 
The first one i bought was a Rohm RG-38, and a mayonaise jar half full of 38special ammo. I bought a guy $15 worth of gas in trade for it when I was 16-17 years old. I wanted the ammo and realized the gun was a ****. The guy kept emphasizing: "I'm trading you for the ammo and holster and ammo....I'm throwing the gun in free"!

I still have it, and not real sure I want to know its past!:eek:

Andy
 
My first handgun was a chrome plated Colt Model 1911 (an original 1911, not a 199A1).

Sad to say that I traded it back in 1983 in a deal at a Gun Store in Great Falls, Montana.
 
Raven .25 ACP when I was 17 years old. I traded it for a racing bucket seat. I know I shot it quite a bit and it actually worked. I think I traded it for some other car racing part.
 
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