XD40 Tactical. December of 2004. Then I bought a Taurus 7 shot .357 when I turned 21. I didn't see the light with the first of 4 1911's until Thanksgiving of 2008.
Beretta 92. Couldn't hit anything with it - hadn't practiced much back then. I'm a small guy so it was hard to conceal on my frame. Swithed over to a Glock 19 a few years later. Never gone back.