Remembering Your First Handgun: Do You Still Have It?
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Dstegjas
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Yes, I do still have it. It is a Ruger Single Six that my parents bought me back in 1971 when I was a freshman in high school. Just for the record, yes I am old. My dad bought a Ruger Super Blackhawk at the same time. He passed over 30 years ago and I have it now.
dademoss
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My very first was a Siles .44 Remingtion cap and ball revolver, I used to shoot with the NSSA.
Still here. Still have ammo.
The last one was a .45 1911 From Rock Island, I kinda like 1911's
Still here. Still have ammo.
The last one was a .45 1911 From Rock Island, I kinda like 1911's
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leonard shaw
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I don't have my first handgun but I wish I did. It was a s&w model 29 with click adjust front sight have never seen another one
magnum0710
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My first handgun was a Ruger EC9s, it carried extremely well but sadly it had to go. It was my EDC for 3 years until one day the slide started locking back mid magazine. I tried new mags and a new slide stop with no luck. Sent it in to Ruger and they did get it fixed on trip #2. While waiting to get it back I decided to look into it again and I found out it was a somewhat common issue, the slide stop spring can go bad after a while.
I got it back, made sure it and worked and traded it in towards a 43x. It was reliable again but I don't think I ever would've fully trusted it again. That's not a knock on Ruger, I'm a certified Rugerholic but once a gun has issues it's hard for me to trust it again, with a few exceptions.
I got it back, made sure it and worked and traded it in towards a 43x. It was reliable again but I don't think I ever would've fully trusted it again. That's not a knock on Ruger, I'm a certified Rugerholic but once a gun has issues it's hard for me to trust it again, with a few exceptions.
Jay Dee
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I have a High Standard Supermatic that I bought for the college pistol team in 1973.
I owned several handguns that came and went when I was young.
My 1st nib handgun was a S&W 586-1 back in 1987.
Shot the heck out of that revolver and sent it back to s&w to have it redone (out of time). Shot it some more and sent it back a 2nd time to have s&w rework it again. Both times s&w redid the timing and set the bbl back recutting the forcing cone and setting the bbl gap. I didn't shoot it as much after that but it still got a lot of wear and eventually the bbl was shot out/loosing velocity.
Ended up buying a used 4" bbl and cylinder for it. This is what the original bbl looked like. It has the typical flame cutting at 12 o-clock along with the drive side of the lands being rounded.
The cylinders chambers had "steps" flamecut into them.
I shot it for awhile with the 4" bbl and ended up selling it. Just don't care for the balance of the 4" bbl'd 586/686's.
My 1st nib handgun was a S&W 586-1 back in 1987.
Shot the heck out of that revolver and sent it back to s&w to have it redone (out of time). Shot it some more and sent it back a 2nd time to have s&w rework it again. Both times s&w redid the timing and set the bbl back recutting the forcing cone and setting the bbl gap. I didn't shoot it as much after that but it still got a lot of wear and eventually the bbl was shot out/loosing velocity.
Ended up buying a used 4" bbl and cylinder for it. This is what the original bbl looked like. It has the typical flame cutting at 12 o-clock along with the drive side of the lands being rounded.
The cylinders chambers had "steps" flamecut into them.
I shot it for awhile with the 4" bbl and ended up selling it. Just don't care for the balance of the 4" bbl'd 586/686's.
