What is your favorite handgun?

[Adam Helmer]

My good friend Mr. 16 gauge asked, "What is your least practical handgun?" The flip side has to be "What is your favorite handgun?"

We all have likes and dislikes. I really have "a fork-in-the-road" here. A wise man once said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Ok, I did. I like both revolvers and semi-autos. I like old S&W revolvers and old Colt automatics. If pressed, I would take a Smith M27 or M28 and feel well served. My bedside comfort is a M1911 Colt. For my backyard plinking I shoot Ruger Mark I and Mark II .22 caliber semi-autos. I suppose in a free society it is ok to like lots of quality handguns.

Who else has a favorite handgun?

Adam

[Dan Morris]

Ones I shoot most are the ones I sometimes carry..,.a 4" M19 Smith and built up hardball 45. Have a lot of others but these get the most use! Don't laugh, the hard ball is a Auto Ordinance frame with match barrel/fitted slide and bushing/match trigger and polished ramp....never a burp and it shoots right along with Kimbers.
Dan

[Skinny Shooter]

1911.
Is there any other?

[DogYeller]

1911 also.
Colt 1911C, Charles Daly 1911/22 conversion and a 22/45 Ruger.

[GOLD-PAN]

T/C .308 ...15''BARREL....180Gr.hollow.point's

[Pre-64]

Adam,
Tough one to say the least. Out of the choices that I have, I'm going with the Dan Wesson Model 15. I can put a 2 1/2" Barrel on it for a CCW, a 4",6", or an 8" for anything else. I can hunt with it using a 158 Gr. Hornady XTP stuffed in a .357 Mag or take the little lady to the range with a 125 Gr. Sierra HP in .38 Special.

[muledeer]

That' a tough question. I love them all!! Ok my most accurate and favorite is my Colt Anaconda 8" barrel 44 mag shooting 240 gr handloads.
muledeer

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Depends......my favorite carry gun is my S&W M39....an 'oldie' but a 'goodie'! But I do enjoy shooting my Springfield 1911 in .38 Super.

[buckhunter]

I's say my first real handgun a SW 17-2. 38 years old and going strong.

[Rapier]

Adam,
Like most of these types of questions, this one causes me to get into a mental delema, a revolver, a single shot, auto, a big bore, a small bore, Hunting, target, silhouette, IPSC, Pins and on and on. You see, there simply can not be A favorite, it must for me, be a favorite by type and intended purpose or use. Example, the TC Contender is just a great single shot silhouette gun but for hunting I like the Merrill or XL much better because the Merrill is quiet, without the internal safety drop. Neither gun is worth a flip in IPSC or for Pins where I prefer the 1911 longslide in 45ACP.
Best,
Ed

[Larryjk]

There are many, but I go with my first love, the S&W K-22, now the Model 17.
I am still an old fashioned guy and shoot revolvers that are six shooters. The current Model 17 hasn't been shot much, but they all had, or have, 6 inch barrels. Deadly accurate, totally dependable ,and just plain wonderful. Had the first one in 1954 and shot a carton a week; learned how to hit everything I shot at. By 1960 it was pretty well worn. Got the next one. And so on.

[dovehunter]

Of the guns that I own, I'd have to pick my m1911 clone in .45 ACP. My all time favorite though, and one I've always longed to have, is the Browning High Power in 9mm Luger. I think it is the prettiest handgun of any type ever made.

[wrenchman]

I have a gp100 i love the gun 6inch barrel it was first large hand gun i had bought.
I have shot it more then any othere hand gun i have and i have a lot more now.

[Jack]

I would have to say 1911

[Larryjk]

Dovehunter, I don't currently have a handgun in 9mm. If I get another, it will be the Browning Hi-Power because they are the "American" Classic 9mm. I have had Lugers and a Radom, but the Hi-Power is the classic.