What was the 1st Firarm you purchased.

[HODGIE 3]

What was the 1st firearm you purchased, why and are you still happy with the choice you made?

 

My 1st purchase was a new Taurus 608 SS8 revolver.

I always wanted a revolver in .357 and the bigger they are the better they look, but if I could do it over I would have went with a 4"-6" barrel the 8" is just to big and cumbersome to shoot more then a few through at at time, kinda kills the fun factor.

 

 

[tony357 386]

ruger redhawk 44 mag, still have it and love it..

 

purchased for a side arm bear hunting which i never ended up doing..

 

great target gun..

 

edit: here she is, dressed in pachmyer grips and simons spectacles..

 

[n4p226r 105]

Sig sauer p226 in 9mm

[totalabuse 27]

Shortly after getting my fid I bought a HK91, great rifle and long gone.

[coldsolderjoint 84]

My 10/22

[MedicYeti 96]

My first gin was a Benelli Nova 12 gauge. I do clay, skeet, 3 gun and hunt with it and I still love it.

[67gtonut 847]

When I was young..... my Dad and I bought 2 pistols....

 

Me a Ruger MKII and my Dad got a Ruger Security Six .357. We enjoyed those guns, but really not using em too much, we both sold em ....

 

Just got back into the hobby this year.....

 

Bought a S&W M&P 9mm ..... awesome gun, this one is a keeper....

 

......also just got my MKIII...... I am so-so about it.....

[Theron 5]

Sig P229 Elite. I'm a sucker for Rosewood grips.

[matt6669 71]

 

......also just got my MKIII...... I am so-so about it.....

 

We'll fix that on Frriday Troy once I show you how easy it is to actually re-assemble!!

 

My first purchase was a Remington 870 Express Super Mag, still have it, still love it!

 

M

[NJ-Tom 4]

Colt - King Cobra 6" (.357)

[CPRPE 4]

Ruger GP100.

[Pizza Bob 1,488]

My first firearm - although purchased for me by my dad because of my age (11) - was a 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. It was to be my deer gun. It was ordered from an ad in the American Rifleman and sent directly to the house (that should give you a hint as to how long ago this was). The first firearm that I purchased for myself was an H&R revolver, a model 929 if memory serves - which was a 9-shot .22LR. It's just gotten totally out of control since then. Most recent: Sig RCS Nitron yesterday - born-on date of 11/18, Sig is really pushing them out the door.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

[XDJohnTact 49]

I have been shooting off and on for 45 years and owned several guns back in the day but they are long gone. Since I took up shooting again a few years ago, the first thing I bought was my Mark III Hunter. I love it!

[Maksim 1,504]

Smith Wesson 22A handgun.

 

Love it. still. Great firearm for people to learn to shoot on.

[njpilot 671]

Couldn't afford the $450 for a Colt Python .357, so I bought a Colt Trooper Mark V. Didn't care for it and sold it a couple of years later for my Colt Gold Cup .45. Finally got my Python 11 years later at a cost of $700. Oh well.

[sparny524 0]

Mossberg Maverick 88 from Wal-mart

[Celraysoda 7]

Smith & Wesson 3913. Love it.

 

[Ray Ray 3,566]

My first firearm (still have it) was a Remy 870L Wingmaster. My dad bought that for me when I was about 11 or 12.

The first one I bought (long gone) was a 10/22 that I purchased while serving for the USCG in Astoria Oregon.

First handgun:

S&W 686

[mikeyboyeee 66]

Glock 26 and Mossberg 500.

Mossy is ok.

 

Do not like the Glock at all.

Have since bought an M&P 9 which I love so far (shot Caine's and found it was the gun for me).

 

Shooting mine this weekend for 1st time

[Wolfy 51]

Ruger P85. Sold it a long time ago.

[djg0770 481]

XD40.

[tbtrout 141]

West German Sig P220, still have it and will not get rid of it.

 

Wolfy, my P85 is gone as well. Never could bond properly with it.

[njJoniGuy 2,133]

When I was still in high school in 1970 I (my Dad, actually) bought my first gun, a Savage Anschutz 64SL that I used on the varsity rifle team at Lehigh University. Sold it in the late 70's to a fellow southpaw and bought my Series 70 Gold Cup with the proceeds.

[bbk 188]

XD40sc was my first handgun, and then my SW MP15 a few months later as my first long gun.

[Chad 3]

Smith & Wesson Model 457 .45 - Still have it, I have never sold any gun, and don't plan on it. Not crazy about this one, or perhaps its the nice and crisp 800 lb trigger?

 

[matty 810]

Purchased, Sig 226, inherited, m1895

[rscalzo 3]

Colt Trooper Mark V

That would have been the Mark III and you are right, they were junk. We had a few fail out of the box in the academy.

 

My first firearm was bought so long ago that a FID card wasn't needed. Actually my father had to buy it for me and it was a Remington 40XB in 22lr.

[matt6669 71]

Smith & Wesson Model 457 .45 - Still have it, I have never sold any gun, and don't plan on it. Not crazy about this one, or perhaps its the nice and crisp 800 lb trigger?

 

 

How would you know what the trigger is like, that would mean you actually shot the gun.

 

Chad when its your time to go, your family is going to be like a gun store, it'll be like opening a brand new store with all new guns

[jermz1987 243]

CZ75b 9mm.

[coldsolderjoint 84]

Smith & Wesson Model 457 .45 - Still have it, I have never sold any gun, and don't plan on it. Not crazy about this one, or perhaps its the nice and crisp 800 lb trigger?

 

 

How would you know what the trigger is like, that would mean you actually shot the gun.

 

Chad when its your time to go, your family is going to be like a gun store, it'll be like opening a brand new store with all new guns

 

He coulda dry fired it.