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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
First issued a Gen 3 G22, then a Gen 4 G17, and now a Gen 5 G19.

And I guess now I can add the personally owned Gen 5 G45 with Holosun SCS MOS that I'll be carrying as my duty gun at my new side gig as a part time small town patrol officer.

Started in 2002

First duty firearm was the Beretta 96 Brigadier

Sig Sauer P226

1976 Issued smith model 19 4"
Carried my personal smith model 28 6"
Ended wheel gun carry with personal 686 4"
1989 Issued Sig 226 9mm
1994 Issued sig 226 40 cal.
Retired 2005 as deputy
worked 2005-2014 as per diem deputy in the courts
carried the same 226 40
my department now carries sig 320 in 9mm

Sig 228

Very first was a satin nickel Colt Combat Commander, .45ACP. Issue was a beat up old .38 special with a 6" barrel, can't remember if it was a Colt or S&W. Uh, no thanks, I'll carry my own. Was only there 9 months.

2nd PD (was there a tad over 30 years) issue was a S&W Model 10. No personal weapons allowed for a while. Went through many once personal weapons were allowed and retired carrying my Les Baer Thunder Ranch. Came full circle you can say.

Sig P220 which lead me to join this forum.

The Navy still used the 1911 and continued to until IIRC 1995 when my squadron were issued the M11 (P228). Right before I retired in 2008 I started seeing M9's.

Started with Smith 65 then transitioned to Sig P226 til the end. Now in part-time cooperate security, I carry a new P226 elite with red dot.

Started with a 2nd Gen G21 back in......gods, 2002. Now it's a G47 with an acro.

Personally-owned Gen 2 Glock 17 9mm (1993). Bought it at Wal-Mart in Paragould, AR.

S&W M19 6 inch in 1971, the day after I turned 21. Don’t have it anymore, but I still have all my teeth, which I feel better about.

1990 As a reserve patrolman we had to buy our own equipment. i bought Smith 686-4 and carried for a while. Then the Department went to Sig P226 in 9mm.
I bought one also and few months later i was Hired full time and they issued me the 226

S&W model 64NY-1


Stainless steel k frame 38 special with a 4” barrel

Sig P229 in .40 cal. It was a solid gun, shot well.

2002, SIG P226 folded slide, made in Germany, no rail. Beretta 92FS in the Academy.

A rattle-trap, beat-to-hell, WWII-era M1911A1 in the early 1980s, while serving in the 3rd Marines.

A dept issued S&W .38. 2 years later they switched to the Glock .45.
My first personal purchase was a S&W 6906. Then I caught the bug. I rarely strayed from S&W and Sig until recent years. I don’t like S&W after the 3rd generation semi autos.I still love Sig but love HK as well.

NAC 97-15 (May 11, 1997)

Sig Sauer P226

It was a 1990 or 1991 pistol. I had a KB P226 and the issued one had a slightly lower s/n.

West German beauty.

4" S&W Mod. 66-2, in a Hoyt break front holster, 1986.