Remembering Your First Handgun: Do You Still Have It?
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My first was a Ruger Standard four inch. I bought it new for $49 plus tax at Tiano's Sporting Goods in Santa Fe. I was 18 years old. I transferred it to my youngerbbrother last year.
Billinthedesert
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That was my first as well, with the six-inch barrel, given to me by Dad on my 18th birthday in 1971. Alas, I traded it off long ago.
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My first pistol was a Colt SAA, 7.5" .45 LC, nickel plated, with ivory grips. It also had a detachable stock. I grew up watching Clint's westerns, and liked the character Col. Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef). Dad had a SAA 4.75", with the action worked over for fast-draw. This I used to impersonate the "man with no name", and the long barreled Colt with a black long-coat for the Cleef's bounty hunter.
I wore this rig dove hunting one time, and decided it was too heavy for daily carry (I learned why they rode horses all the time). Sold it to buy my next gun, which was a Colt AR. My transformation towards the Army started my 9th grade.
I wore this rig dove hunting one time, and decided it was too heavy for daily carry (I learned why they rode horses all the time). Sold it to buy my next gun, which was a Colt AR. My transformation towards the Army started my 9th grade.
Billinthedesert
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The first centerfire handgun I owned was a Smith & Wesson Model 28 Highway Patrolman with four-inch barrel. I bought it on my 21st birthday from the PayLess Drug Store on south Willamette in Eugene, Oregon.
