what was your FIRST handgun?

A 9mm Glock 19 (Gen 1) back in the early 1990's just after I turned 21 and when Glock where pretty new on the firearms market.
 
Smith & Wesson K-22 Masterpiece. I had a fellowship and a job which gave me some extra $$, so I indulged myself. Wonderfully accurate with great trigger. I constructed an indoor range in the living room (a former hayloft for a "coach house" behind a mansion on the South Side of Chicago) and my room-mates and I released study stress with target practice at a safe backstop. (This was a LONG time ago!) I stupidly sold the K-22 for funds to get married (two BIG mistakes). I have never been able to replace it. :(
 
Ruger Super Blackhawk, 1978. Got bit by Dirty Harry, couldn't afford a '29 so I settled for the Ruger, glad I did!:):) Coogs.
 
1969 and 10 years old my dad gave me a very used J C Higgins 22 revolver. He had found it under the seat of a used car he bought at a car lot. Some of my best memories are shooting bottles and cans with my dad. Seems he could always outshoot me even with my own gun. I still have that old pistol .....and I sure do miss my dad.....
 
Llama Comanchee .357 Mag. It was a real junker but I loved it because I didn't know any better. A few years later, I sold it and began "up-grading" my handgun collection.
 
My first handgun was a Taurus 357. It was a good looking gun. But I think a billy club would have been a better weapon. Bang, click, bang, click, click, bang.

Traded it in for a Ruger GP100. That thing was a super reliable workhorse.
 
Ruger

Ruger Mark I, 5.5" bull barrel target model. Have no idea what happened to it. Many more over the years, 1911, DW 41 Mag rev, TC Contender, S&W 9mm, and many more. Now I have a Ruger Mark III, 5.5" target model and a Ruger Charger.
 
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