What was your first EDC?

[firecadet613]

A response in the favorite caliber thread made me think of this...

What was your first EDC and do you still have it? Do you still EDC it?

I'll go first. Mine was a Springfield XDm 40 compact, I still have it and carry it from time to time, but it's no longer my EDC...

A lot of advancements in smaller pistols has led me to a 45 and currently a 9mm as my EDC of late...

 

[Cameramonkey]

Ruger P-91DC. Yeah, I drank the Kool Aid. But I was a young guy in the early 90s. I've since smartened up and moved on to all things 9mm.

 

[three50seven]

The first handgun I bought, which by default became my first EDC, was a 3" Rossi .38spl. The first gun I bought specifically to carry was a Bersa Thunder .380. There have been countless other since then...

 

[Expat]

S&W Mod 66, .357
I bought it around 85…
Still have it. I haven’t carried it in a long time. It was primarily my briefcase gun.

 

[92FSTech]

Beretta 92FS. I turned 21 in the middle of the .40 era, and really wanted a 96 because all my buddies were into .40. I couldn't find one and ended up stumbling into a used 92FS at the LGS and bought it. The guys gave me no end of crap for that at the time, but in hindsight I'm glad I ended up with the 9mm.

It's a Maryland built gun, but made before they went to the plastic controls and guide rod. I still have it, and it's a great shooter but it's been years since I carried it.

Here's a standing, unsupported 25 yard target with the old girl that I shot a couple of years ago:

 

[armalitesheepdog]

S&W model 10. I didn’t grow up in a gun family but when I got married my wife’s Father gave me a box. In it was a nice blued .38 and a box of lead round nose Federal ammo. He said John don’t ever let anything happen to my baby girl it was 1984. I still have it and her. He is no longer with us but he sure started something with me and Firearms

 

[Peacekeeper3073]

Sig 220 .45 in an Alessi IWB was my first real EDC and duty pistol at the time.

 

[red_zr24x4]

S&W Mod 66, .357
I bought it around 85…
Still have it. I haven’t carried it in a long time. It was primarily my briefcase gun.

mine was a S&W 66 also. Mine was a ISP trade in and sadly i dont have it anymore, bought it in about '88

 

[foszoe]

92

 

[Expat]

mine was a S&W 66 also. Mine was a ISP trade in and sadly i dont have it anymore, bought it in about '88

I probably shouldn’t say how I came by mine…

 

[COOPADUP]

A Sig P250 in 9mm. Clunky brick of a gun and could never get used to it.
Traded it and moved on.

 

[tcecil88]

Astra Constable II in .380. Cause it looked like a Walther and made me feel like James Bond when I carried it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

My first handgun was a Ruger P97DC (45 acp), but I didn't carry it. First gun I carried was a Diamondback DB380, in a wallet holster. Diamondback was brand new back then and I had to send it in to be replaced. The replacement was a nice little pistol. Much more comfortable to shoot than some of the micro compacts. Still wouldn't mind having one now for deep concealment if needed.

 

[STFU]

Sig P220 Elite Dark.
Yep, still have it...NEVER selling it.


I also have a P229 Elite Dark in 40S&W. NEVER selling that one either.

 

[Scott58]

S&W model 10 4". 1980 same thing I carried in the service.

 

[d.kaufman]

Beretta 92fs. Do not have it anymore

 

[Osprey]

.25 Raven. I got it free when Don's Guns was having a free guns special. Ah...those were the days...

 

[NHT3]

Owned a lot of different things in prior years but if we're talking when I started carrying regularly it was a Glock 38..

 

[rugertoter]

A Bersa model 85, back when they were made of all steel, circa 1987.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

.25 Raven. I got it free when Don's Guns was having a free guns special. Ah...those were the days...

You got ripped off.