Just wondering what your first handgun was, whether you bought it yourself or whether it was issued to you or was a gift.
Mine was a Springfield Armory M1911A1, purchased in 1988 when I was 17. My father filled out the 4473, but I paid for it with money I had earned working at the indoor range. This was back when you could have any flavor of 1911 from Springfield you wanted, as long as it was what became known as the "Mil-Spec".
It was a great gun and I really enjoyed field stripping it and then detail stripping it, all the intricacies that make a 1911 a 1911. I got oil stains on the pages of the reprint of the 1943 edition of Small Arms of the World that I had going over the 1911 section.
So, what was your first handgun? Did you buy it yourself or was it issued to you?
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