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Posted: 1/14/2024 4:07:06 PM EDT

[#1]

Commander 1911, still have it.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:14:11 PM EDT

[#2]

S&W 39-2 which was replaced late in the year with a Italian made Beretta 92FS.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:26:51 PM EDT

[#3]

A Ruger P-85. After that a Glock 19.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:27:49 PM EDT

[#4]

Smith M66 4”

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:31:01 PM EDT

[#5]

i was carry a firestar m45 45acp. it was cheap and all i could afford. was actually a decent pistol.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:33:10 PM EDT

[#6]

Taurus 6” model 66. I was 14 when i saved up the mowing, hay and tobacco money ($150) to buy it new. Virginia allowed open carry and a minor could carry as long as you were doing farm work, which I pretty much always was.
That summer i ran iinto a state trooper at the local country store. We were both getting a sandwich and drink. He said he liked my revolver, asked what it was and if he could see it. I told him what it was, thanked him for the compliment and said that no, he could not see it because it was loaded. He just smiled and told me to be careful and went on his way.
Things were so much better then.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:33:39 PM EDT

[#7]

SW 686

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:37:08 PM EDT

[#8]

Win 1200, rem 700 & ruger blackhawk

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:37:55 PM EDT

[#9]

Colt Diamondback .38 SPL

Colt Combat Commander 9mm

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:44:22 PM EDT

[#10]

S&W 686 or Colt Python.

Because .357 Magnum SJHPs vastly outperformed any bullet that would feed through a pistol at that time.

If it absolutely had to be an autoloader for whatever reason then a SIG P220 in .45 ACP.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:44:51 PM EDT

[#11]

1985? Colt Lightweight Commander

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:44:55 PM EDT

[#12]

Redhawk 44

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:46:01 PM EDT

[#13]

9mm Combat Commander because it was what I had.

Posted: 1/14/2024 4:49:45 PM EDT

[#14]

Glock18

Posted: 1/14/2024 5:04:03 PM EDT

[#15]

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As I was a M60 gunner in 1985, I'm going with my issued sidearm, a well-worn M1911A1. It rattled like a canasta when shook,
but went "Bang" every time I pulled trigger.

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Mine went bag every time I pulled the trigger too.
The first time.
But between to crappy old magazines, etc. my “rattler” was not solidly reliable and iffy getting through a magazine or two,
Around ‘88 or so we got the new M9s to replace them. Plus a two week MTT from the AMU to teach/train us on them.

We bitched hard about the .45 being replaced with 9mm,
But the accuracy and reliability and capacity of the new pistols was hard to argue against.
M16A1s were also replaced with M16A2s.
AN/PVS 4s for our 60s were replaced with Litton red dots.
The CAR-15s were not replaced yet, so the new green tip ammo would often keyhole compared to the 55 grain we still used a lot.
Gustavs were being used and tested as a replacement for our cut down 90 mms.
M24s were showing up to replace our M21s.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:23:28 PM EDT

[#16]

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Smith and Wesson 469.

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I carried the S&W model 469 as a duty weapon in ‘87 when I was in law enforcement and concealed when off duty.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:27:28 PM EDT

[#17]

Colt 1911 .45 model 88 and a backup ankle S&W .38 snub

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:40:37 PM EDT

[#18]

4 Inch S&W Model 15.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:42:07 PM EDT

[#19]

Model 66 stainless 2.5 barrel Right rear Pocket-Loved that gun.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:43:08 PM EDT

[#20]

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For most of 1985 I was 18 and KY did not have concealed carry then even if I had been 21.

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That never stopped Me!

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:44:34 PM EDT

[#21]

1911
Bhp
Mp5 suppressed

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:44:35 PM EDT

[#22]

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Back in the 80's we didn't have as many choices as we have now. Revolvers were still popular then, and the state of the art Glock was just brand new. I don't even remember seeing any Glocks in any TV shows or movies back then.
If I were back in 1985, I'd carry a S&W 645 or 1911 probably. I used to carry a 1911, it was a boat anchor. Times have changed so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw135y5IL7c

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Major OP fail … Cites Miami Vice yet fails to mention Sonny’s 10mm Bren Ten.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:46:05 PM EDT

[#23]

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Commander 1911, still have it.

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Posted: 1/14/2024 10:47:47 PM EDT

[#24]

Walther P1

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:49:26 PM EDT

[#25]

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An M16A1 with attached M203..... Army issue.

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FPNI. no F-fopa. M16.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:51:35 PM EDT

[#26]

TZ75

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:54:05 PM EDT

[#27]

1985? I was carrying a Beretta clone pellet gun.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:56:26 PM EDT

[#28]

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1911 Commander with Pachmayr grips

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This, see sig line.

Posted: 1/14/2024 10:58:27 PM EDT

[#29]

I would carry the same pistols I carry today: 1911 .45 or SAA .45 LC.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:05:06 PM EDT

[#30]

A colt 1908 made sometime in the 1930's.

My grandfather gave it to me. It was in the bottom of a cigar box full of morgan silver dollars. He said "shussssh" and I shussshed.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:05:22 PM EDT

[#31]

1911

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:11:54 PM EDT

[#32]

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Glock wasn't sold commercially in the US until I think the later 80s, although it was created around 82. Glocks were on some episodes of Vice

The Beretta 92 got accepted by the military in maybe 85. I don't remember if they were around in 84

1911s were still being worked on by after market gunsmiths to function reliably.

Were smith and Wesson semi auto da/sa guns around in 84?

edit ~~Sig p220~~ HK p7

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For almost 30 years at that time.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:12:00 PM EDT

[#33]

Browning Hi Power.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:13:00 PM EDT

[#34]

Smith 59.

Another "wish I never sold".

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:13:31 PM EDT

[#35]

mp5k

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:14:06 PM EDT

[#36]

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Glock wasn't sold commercially in the US until I think the later 80s, although it was created around 82. Glocks were on some episodes of Vice

The Beretta 92 got accepted by the military in maybe 85. I don't remember if they were around in 84

1911s were still being worked on by after market gunsmiths to function reliably.

Were smith and Wesson semi auto da/sa guns around in 84?

edit ~~Sig p220~~ HK p7

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Yes, the S&W 2nd Generation Semi-Autos (the 9mm model 439 & 459 and the .45ACP 645 were fairly common and issue pistols of several departments.

See (Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice)

Bigger_Hammer

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:15:47 PM EDT

[#37]

A bag of weed, a barlow folder and a walkman with a Van Halen tape in it.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:21:53 PM EDT

[#38]

FIE 9mm semi auto 9mm pistol I got straight across the counter at a pawn shop in Oak Cliff/Dallas Texas, just right down the street from the Texas Theater near Zang and Jefferson Blvd.

I was involved in collections and skipped and stolen merchandise primarily in South Dallas and it had its moments.

I periodically went out of state as well tracking stolen merchandise and people down at night due to some of those areas tended to be high crime and dangerous.

People in those areas tended not to fuck with you if you looked, acted, and moved around like they did.

The best cover for success in those kinds of areas was to work your way in after hours and so forth.

I got the weapon free in exchange for not reporting a number of stolen units for sale I found from serial numbers when I used to run places like that periodically.

This was before carrying a gun in Texas was legal but I carried one especially at night on my person anyway.

Strictly a throw away piece and I don't remember what ever happened to it.

I do remember it had a fourteen round magazine and I only had the one that it came with.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:23:52 PM EDT

[#39]

I was a Sr in high school so an H&R 20 gauge

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:25:55 PM EDT

[#40]

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Or maybe

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Asphandgun.jpg/1024px-Asphandgun.jpg

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Posted: 1/14/2024 11:29:55 PM EDT

[#41]

SIG-P226 and a M1-A Super Match

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:32:03 PM EDT

[#42]

I was carrying an M16A1 and occasionally an M60, courtesy of the US Army.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:32:04 PM EDT

[#43]

Uniform Duty S&W 59, plainclothes, off duty S&W Model 60.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:34:16 PM EDT

[#44]

Pretty sure Glocks weren’t commercial available here at that time. So realistically a 1911 would be my choice.

Posted: 1/14/2024 11:39:20 PM EDT

[#45]

Winchester 141 I think. Bolt action .22 with a tube in the stock. Backup gun was a Winchester 1200. Wish I was the cool guy with an AUG but I was still in elementary school.