This is an excellent thread. My first pistol I actually bought was a Bicentennial marked Ruger Mk I .22 Standard. I bought it in Milton while here in the Pensacola area for Flight School. Still have it.
I was thinking the same thing on some of them. It really dates a person. My first one was at 18 in 1992. That doesn't make me the oldest, but definitely not the youngest.Makes me feel really old.
Most of these "first pistols" were not even produced when I got my first pistol(revo). ---- SAWMAN