Remember Your First Handgun? Do You Still Have It?
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armorer951
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I purchased a Model 19, 6 inch revolver in 1975, shortly after becoming a LEO. I used it for several years in PPC matches, eventually installing a 6 inch bull barrel with a counterweight, etc.
After my competition days ended, the revolver was converted again by adding a 2.5" barrel and converting the damaged blued finish to electroless nickel.
Still one of my favorite revolvers, and served many different rolls over these past 50 years.
Carter
After my competition days ended, the revolver was converted again by adding a 2.5" barrel and converting the damaged blued finish to electroless nickel.
Still one of my favorite revolvers, and served many different rolls over these past 50 years.
Carter
Cutty
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Y'all had more liquid funds than I for the first handgun. FIE Titan .25 (Tanfoglio.)
Mine was a direct purchase from the grandfather of a girlfriend in the late eighties. He was a pastor who carried this mouse gun in his pocket during home visits.
I still have it 38 years later. Surprisingly accurate and reliable.
Mine was a direct purchase from the grandfather of a girlfriend in the late eighties. He was a pastor who carried this mouse gun in his pocket during home visits.
I still have it 38 years later. Surprisingly accurate and reliable.
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Mine was a Taurus model 66 .357 magnum.
No, I don't still have it, but my little brother does.
I have since replaced it, and then some.
No, I don't still have it, but my little brother does.
I have since replaced it, and then some.
Billybob44
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Hi Standard Sentinel Deluxe ......22LR. 9 shot revolver==Long gone now-Traded off for a Ruger Blackhawk .357 Mag. and never looked back.
FWIW: I would like to have both of those old guns back???..Bill
FWIW: I would like to have both of those old guns back???..Bill
Still looks sharp after 38 yrs !
Frontiersman
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S&W combat masterpiece. .22 WMR.
I passed it on to my daughter.
I passed it on to my daughter.
Tomindy46203
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I bought a NIB Ruger New Model Single Six 51/2 Convertable for $91.25 if I recall it correctly. It was list price. I ordered from Ruger a stainless grip frame, hammer, trigger, ejector housing and ejector. I made stocks for it out of a hundred year old juniper bush a home owner was throwing away. Fifty years later I still have that revolver and the rest of that juniper bush. I should use it to make stocks for my Bisley Vaquero and Blackhawk both in 45 Colt.
