[Kind of Blued]

If you had a "free gun" voucher to take to any custom gunmaker, what would you have built?

Mine is a 1911, specifically:
Government size
Beveled titanium-alloy frame & slide
Bobtailed
10mm
Ambi-safety
Extended slide stop
Light magwell/beveling
30 lpi on front strap, back strap, & front of triggerguard
Bobtailed Crimson Trace burlwood grips
Tritium/Fiber-Optic sights, Yellow rear, Green front
8+1 flush fit & 10+1 extended mags custom made

And of course it would have to be 100% reliable. :)

I'd guess that it would cost around $10K, but that's where the "free gun voucher" comes in handy. ;)

And if I ever had to use it in self-defense I'd hope that I got it back. :uhoh:

[nero45acp]

Mine would be a Colt 1908 Hammerless chambered in 9x18 Makarov with an easier to use/manipulate manual safety.


nero

[calaverasslim]

S&W K frame, bored to 44 special and a 3" barrel. Stainless with Pachmyer grips, no rear sight, in my hand, ready to roar

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Mine is a 1911, specifically:
Government size
Beveled titanium-alloy frame & slide
Bobtailed
10mm
Ambi-safety
Extended slide stop
Light magwell/beveling
30 lpi on front strap, back strap, & front of triggerguard
Bobtailed Crimson Trace burlwood grips
Tritium/Fiber-Optic sights, Yellow rear, Green front
8+1 flush fit & 10+1 extended mags custom made


I was gonna say, "I have mine" until I saw your description. Game, set an match - that's mine, too! Except mine would have a 4" bbl, not 5", and would have a steel slide (but keep the Ti frame). Dangit, something else I want to get now. :( :D

[usp9]

A 9mm HK as slim and light as a Kahr P9 or TP9 with a hammer, night sights, LEM or DA/SA decocker.

[MikePGS]

A Ruger SP101 Chambered in .45 a.c.p.

[Pilot]

I have been jonesing after a Colt Lightweight Commander XSE .45 ACP for quite a while now.

[gregormeister]

Para Ord. Night Hawg in 45. with 10+1 cap....Ohh yeahh

[CoRoMo]

5" all stainless Ed Brown Classic Custom

[RKBABob]

It would be a .45... but with the recoil of a .22.
It would carry at least 12 rounds... in its single stack magazine.
It would have a locked breech... with the simplicity of a blowback mechanism.
All metal construction... and ultra-light, with total rust resistance.
Full length barrel... easily concealed because its so short.
A full size compact grip.

You know, somewhere between a KelTec p32 and a full size 1911. :neener:

Actually, I like a long heavy trigger pull and no safety. A S&W 642, Sig P232, P239, NAA Guardian... any of them would get my vote... but the P232 is on my Christmas list!

[Brian Williams]

A S&W 13 with a 3" intermediate weight barrel from a S&W 10-5 or -7 with a dovetailed Gold bead on a 1/10" front sight blade, with B Coverage engraving and Ivory grips

[Prepster]

Ruger Redhawk Alaskan chambered in .454 Casull with a feather-light trigger pull and some pimpalicious grips (material and color up for debate). The best solution? Hardly. Awesome? Absolutely.

[Andrew Wyatt]

A single stack G23 sized glock.

[Mp7]

very slim with one barrel being 4.6mm x 30
and one in 50.AE

Yes Ma´am!

[KINGMAX]

I already own it

A S&W 686-1
6 shot
357
4 inch bbl
full lug
stainless steel
large square walnut grips
orange ramped front sight
adjustablre rear sight
combat hammer and trigger

[OregonJohnny]

Imaginary Gun:

Italian-made Beretta 85fs Cheetah (single-stack) chambered in 9mm.

Real Gun:

Springfield EMP 9mm, custom flush-fit mags, lose the ambi-safety, bobtailed if possible, if not - round the butt.

[CWL]

I already have mine! Bob Rodgers built it for me from base frame & slide.

Besides alternating from buckeye burl, mammoth and micarta grips, the only thing I need to add are bullets!

http://www.rodgerspistolsmithing.com/LiSpringfield008photoshop.jpg

[Clyde from Carolina]

Interesting question, and not to gloat but I guess I already have it. (After about twenty years of planning, pining, and paying for almost what I wanted.)

Start with a pre-70 Colt Government Model in .45ACP. Why? I just like the looks of the slide lettering, to be honest. Very classic, and Colt is the original home of the 1911. The Pre-70s were the last of the old style 1911s from Colt.

Make it new in the box.

Polish feedramp for reliability and add a tighter link and pin for just a smidge of slop removal.

Trigger job with the original trigger, crisp and 4 pounds.

Add a Smith & Wesson K Frame Revolver sight. Fully adjustable, low profile. Very popular "back in the day" and still a good set-up in my opinion. Round the edges of the sight blades to make it "snag-free" for carry.


Stipple front strap for grip and add flat, stippled mainspring housing also.

Undercut triggerguard for improved grip, but very subtly so the lines of the Maestro Browning's work isn't marred.

Add a front sight night sight.

Gild the lily a bit and throw in an Ed Brown match bushing to tighten things up just a tad.

Change the grip bushings out and add a set of slim profile carry grips.

(This last mod really slims the gun down quite a bit)

Bevel mag well, sides and front to back, to improve ease of mag insertion.

Add a modern low maintenance finish that resists sweat in the muggy summertime.

This is what I did to a new in the box minus the box, 1969 production Colt. King's Gun Works added the Smith sights and link and pin and throating. Gunsmith Karl Sokol finished it up for me a couple of years ago. Karl finished it off with his Mountain Tuff finish, which is the same thing as Wilson's Armor Tuff.

Very retro and minimalist by modern standards, but I like it.

http://www.fototime.com/A1066DD6FB0ABF7/standard.jpg

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Guild the lily a bit

Say what?

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

Clyde, you have impeccable taste.

[Clyde from Carolina]

Premiuim Sauces,

It's a bit archaic, and I typo-ed the word gild, (It's gild as in coat with a gold colored metal, not guild as in a union- doh! That's what I get for drinking and posting) but here's the origin:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gilding%20the%20Lilly


Inspector,

Thank you, sir. I believe it may be apocryphal, but Winston Churchill once- supposedly- said something to the effect that his tastes were simple: the best in everything.

Same with me, but with champagne tastes and a beer budget, unfortunately. Grin.

[crushbup]

Steel frame, hefty but not cumbersome
Single stack for slimness, holding 8rds of 9mm
Elegant but comfortable grips, made of rosewood or cocobolo
Round trigger guard
Maybe some light checkering on the front and back straps
Night sights
Smooth SAO trigger
Spur hammer
Ambidextrous controls
Spare barrel, threaded
Nice leather holster, possibly a shoulder holster with a 2 mag carrier on it
mag carrier for rear of belt

Loaded with 147gr Federal HST of course.

[wnycollector]

3" Ruger GP100 with the "old" style barrel shroud chambered for .44 special!

[zx12rider]

A kahr K9 alloy frame with a 1911 style thumb safety, single stack 9mm with a super short reset trigger (hell even a single action). Make mine with novak night sights, rosewood grips in a matte stainless. Perfect sized for a CCW. Kahr are you LISTENING???? I want this gun.

[biblefreak]

The op said dream carry gun so I guess my vote would be single stack Glock 26/27/33. That would be SWEET!!

[loneviking]

Smith and Wesson revolver
6 shot
Pointability and feel of a Model 19, but having a N frame
Chambered for 44 spcl.
4" barrel
Chamfered cylinders and trigger job
Matte finish---blue it and leave it alone!

[Coal Dragger]

1911

5" Bar-Sto bbl chambered in 9X23 Winchester. Fitted properly in the slide, frame, and bushing. Make the muzzle flush with the bushing.

Steel slide (chromoly or stainless) to prevent galling with frame.

Titanium alloy frame.

Good 3.5-4lb trigger.

Good quality tool steel hammer and sear.

Carry bevel on all sharp edges.

Tritium sights most likely Heine Strait 8's.

10 Good quality magazines.

Finish everything in a good water and salt resistant finish like NP3.

I would also like a matching pistol with a 4" bbl and commander sized frame.

[deadhawg]

Wow, there are some great 1911's listed here, and I would love to own any one of them, but not for daily carry.

My dream carry gun - that I would carry every day - would be more utiltarian, not have a manual safety, be lighter and slimmer.

I will soon be buying it - A Kahr P45, black frame and slide with night sights.

[NoirFan]

I really like carrying my S&W Model 19, 4" barrel. It feels solid and reassuring on the hip, and the square-butt grip seems to jump into my hand and line up for the first shot all on its own. I would change just a few things:

The balance is almost perfect, but it is just a little bit too forward-weighted. To make it perfect I would somehow remove 2-3 ounces of muzzle weight so it balances a bit further back, like a S&W Model 10.

The Jerry Miculek grips I have on there are pretty good, but they stick out about an inch from the bottom of the frame. I'd prefer a grip with the narrow, rounded feel of the Miculek but which is flush with the frame at the bottom.

Improved modern metallurgy to shore up the K-frame's forcing cone weakness would be nice, too. And while I'm wishing, a high-tech coating to protect that glossy S&W blueing from holster scratches!

[WVMountainBoy]

I want a high polished Stainless Steel 1911 Gov chambered for 10mm with Crimson Trace wrap arounds, a large beavertail, loop hammer, lowered and flared port, Novak low sights with tritium inserts. NO ambo safety (I am right handed) Stainless 10 rd magazines (atleast 4 of them) and the only cuts/marks I want on the slide are cocking serrations at the rear. No need for front serrations. I don't need checkering any where else on the gun. I don't need names or stuff etched on my slide. Just the serrations on the rear and 10mm on the exposed part of the chamber for safety.

[PRM]

Already got the gun. Colt SAA in .45LC/.45ACP. Someday I would like to have it engraved by the Colt Custom Shop and a set of pre-ban ivory fitted to it.:)

[Diamondback6]

Pipedream, assuming legality and safe return if used lawfully:
A Thompson, with tighter QC.
Other features:
->.50GI chambering
->laser sighting

Oh heck, while we're at it let's add a pistolized Remington 1740 to the wetdream list too...lol

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

Clyde, your wife's name wouldn't be Bonnie, would it?:cool:

[TestPilot]

Something like a SIG Sauer P250. May be with slightly shorter trigger pull distance, and straight pull trigger rather than hinged.
Ambidexterous magazine release. Can't think of anyting else. About 5.5 lb VERY smooth trigger.

40S&W caliber.

[Diamondback6]

If you mean me, no--I'm single, but want to be absolutely sure I "bring ENOUGH gun" just in case I should encounter a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde...

And if a 1740 with Dragon's Breath and Screamer in the pipes and Buck & Ball next in the mags isn't "enough gun", I have no idea what is...:what::D

[BullfrogKen]

I'm sort of partial to this one.


9x23 Lightweight Commander.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=47835&d=1163467201

[Kind of Blued]

That's friggin' awesome. I'm guessing the options for 9x23 SD loads are pretty slim though.

[easyg]

Glock ultra-thin single-stack .40S&W with a full length grip.

[shooter58]

A 3" model 13 or 65, round butt, with pachmayer compact grips and Big Dot tritium front sight; bobbed hammer.

[The Bushmaster]

I think I have already. About two months ago I purchased a Kimber UCC II. The only thing I might have done to it is to have the sharp edges rounded a bit...

I already have a full sized Colt 1911 that has been modified a bit...

[searcher451]

I'm carrying it now. It's a Walther PPK/S. It's been my go-to carry gun for years and will likely remain so well into the future. It's reliable, it's dependable, it's accurate, and it's easy to conceal. What more can you ask of a handgun?

[woad_yurt]

I think I already have my two. For light clothing weather, it's the ol' P3AT. When I need a jacket, I use my Makarov. I feel comfortable that I'll be very ok with either if some nonsense should hit the fan. Now, if I could figure out how to comfortably carry my Star Mod 30MI without needing periodic re-alignments from a chiropractor....

[anotherinkling]

Ruger SP101 .357Mag. 3" barrel, target grey.

or

Para CCW.

[Zeekrider]

I've got a few "dream carry guns". This is one of the faves... customized Colt LW Commander, by EGW, with steel feedramp insert, Novak night sights, Ed Brown grip safety, yada yada... oh, and the best part, Ed Brown bobtail mod. Frame refinished in electroless nickel. A dream to carry and to shoot.

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1304.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1310.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1311.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1315.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1317.jpg

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/zmonki/Colt_LW-1321.jpg

[psyprofessor]

Ok...you said dream gun...not sure if this exists:

My dream gun would be a revolver....bigger than a NAA .22mag black widow, but smaller than a SW 642.

I have seen SW models that chamber .22 and .32, but they are practically the same size as a .38 snubbie.

I want something just a tad bigger than a NAA black widow, but is chambered in a more potent round.

Not sure about the reliability of semi-autos at this super small size. (May be a P32, NAA Guardian .32, P3AT)

[Rexster]

I would like a 5"-barreled Match Target SIG P229R with a solid stainless steel frame and the DAK trigger system, with both .357 SIG and .40 S&W barrels fitted, tuned for robust reliability more so than accuracy. Rear sight? Bo-Mar or equivalent. Plus, a normal-dimension spare upper unit chambered in .40 S&W, so I could qual with it annually as a duty pistol. While I am a sixgunner at heart, this would be a back-up pistol for big-city police patrol. Not concealed back-up, but a longer-range fighting pistol for the "war" bag, that would share magazines with the P229 in the duty rig. A pistol for a nightmare scenario along the lines of Columbine, North Hollywood, Virginia Tech, that would continue to be a recreational tool after I retire.

SIG did market a P229 Sport, which is not far from the above ideal, but its longer upper unit was chambered for .357 SIG, at least in the examples I have seen. I need .40 for magazine interchangeability at work.

SIG does market a 5" Match Target P220, but it is in .45 ACP, and if I recall correctly, not available with the DAK action.

SIG also markets X-5 variants of the P226, which could possibly be extensively modified to work with P229 magazines, but they seem to be highly tuned and finicky target pistols; I want robust reliability, like a stock pistol.

Assuming this will not happen before I retire, it is more likely that I will have a custom 'smith like Alan Harton build me a custom single action sixgun based on something like a USFA Single Action. Exact specs to be determined later.

[DawgFvr]

The dream carry gun is a .357 magunum revolver ... open carry. My .45 ACP retires to the night stand.

[Dutch1911]

Colt 1911 - There Can Be Only One...

1972 Colt Series 70 Frame NIB (My Birth Year) -Blackened
Damascus Steel Series 70 Slide
- Straight Lines 30 Lpi
- Briley Bushing
- Bar Sto Match Barrel-Jeweled Hood
- Ed Brown Hard Core Extractor
Lowered and Flared Ejection Port
Full length Guide Rod
All Wolff Springs
Novak Extreme Duty Night Sights
Commander Hammer
Titanium Firing Pin
10-8 Solid Long Trigger
Backstrap
-Novak One Piece
Ed Brown Hard Core Parts
Checkering
-Front Strap
-Back Strap
-Trigger Housing w/Relief Cut
- 30LPI
Grips
-Smooth
-Arizona Ironwood Burl
Cylinder and Slide Ignition System 4.0lb Crisp

*Full Carry Bevel
*Full Reliability Package
*Trigger Work
*Work Completed by Lon Tuttle
Polish all Flats
Milt Sparks Leather

Price.... Who could put a price on perfection.
Arm, Leg, First Born as Bonus

Dutch1911

[goon]

Mine is pretty mild compared to most on here:
A 3" SP-101 .357 with Hogue grips and a Target Grey finish.
Not at all unobtainable to the average guy (or me) either.

[thorazine]

Double stack -- P220ST (.45ACP)

[Lookn4Brass]

Hmm...Dream carry gun...

OK. Here goes:

It would be a 4'' barreled 1911-A1 with a cone barrel, and the end of the coned barrel would be a counterweight, contoured just like the slide, so that the total length of the gun wasn't longer than a standard gun. Kind of like one of the early Clark pin gun models. NOT a compensator. They're too loud. Been there, done that.

Wilson Ultralight hammer/sear
Ed Brown Memory Groove beavertail grip safety
Standard thumb safety, de-horned for carry
Bo-Mar sights, low mounted into the slide
Stippled front strap on the frame
Kingwood checkered grips
Black polymer finish on all parts
Metalform 7-rd magazines with Pachmayr rubber bump pads
A Kramer Leather carry rig - holster/belt/mag pouch
A Galco Miami Classic shoulder rig for other carry use too.

***Built by...ME*** I don't let other people build my 1911's !

[fase3]

I have it already. I have a number of Colt 1911's including my Grandfathers Commercial 1911(not A-1). My go to gun off the farm is a Colt Defender that I have had for the last 3 yrs and feeds anything I give it including lead swc's. Light - easy to carry in CCW mode and I use a El Paso Saddlery cross draw holster as I am left handed and can not get to a strong side holster while in the drivers seat of a car. I never thought I would like a pistol of this size so much. Then again this is just me!

[planetmobius]

Star Trek phaser set to kill. They seem to leave very little residual debris.

[PTK]

I'm going to get a LOT of nasty looks for this, but my dream CCW would have to be...

A single-stack 10mm, striker or internal hammer fired, small (think Kahr or Kel-Tec small), 5 or more shots. That would be.... fierce.

[Mat, not doormat]

Colt Lightweight Commander in .38 Super, with a properly supported barrel.

Coarse checkering on frontstrap

Long, flat faced trigger, breaking at 3.5 #.

Color contrasting 3 dot tritium sights. Probably green rears and red front. I'm partial to the low profile design which overhangs the rear of the slide.

Mildly extended controls. Not GI, but not the Moby Dick flippers that lots of guns come with, either.

No front serrations.

No FLGR.

An old school welded-type mag well. No S&A, no tech well hangning off the bottom, just an enlarged opening, adding no length.

Taurus pt1911 grips, or similar. Slim, but not too slim, and the checkering is SHARP.

[Kind of Blued]

A single-stack 10mm, striker or internal hammer fired, small (think Kahr or Kel-Tec small), 5 or more shots. That would be.... fierce.

Sounds pretty awesome to me! As long as you can hold on to it. :) We just need more 10mm defense loads out there, and guns too I guess.

[PTK]

Unfortunately, NOTHING even close to what I want exists. I may well have to make a one-off example, but it'd have to be pretty heavy (thinking solid 4140....)

[Kind of Blued]

Yep. I wonder how narrow of a slide you could get away with. A single-stack Glock 29 would be pretty darn close...

[Hostile Amish]

A 1911 with a decocker and no safety. (Draw, Cock, and Shoot)

[XD-40 Shooter]

XD-Subcompact in 10mm.:D I can only wish.:)

[Kevin108]

For me, a G18!

[cedjunior]

I'd say a G18 with 3-shot burst capabilities.

Otherwise a nice 1911.

[IMTHDUKE]

http://photos.gafana.com/photos/1146252230996589373983.share.jpg

[GoodKat]

Resurrection time!!!

Bobtailed commander length
stainless slide
titanium frame
10mm
Scheumann hybricomp 3 port barrel
lasermax guide rod laser
solid trigger and hammer
uncheckered afzelia xylay grips
cylinder&slide "safe fast shooting system"
meprolight tritium sights, orange front, green rear
"horizontal milling" frontstrap serrations
matte chrome on frame and slide
boron carbide on trigger, hammer, and internals

[Isher]

Angus Hobdell's CZ PCR PRO-TEK 1.

http://czcustom.com/testproduct-289.aspx

That is one wicked piece..............

Not that I'm bitching about my P01's.

isher

[jpatterson]

That CZ is gorgeous! I can't CC yet, but I don't think I would change a thing about my SW1911Sc.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson/upload/images/dealer/pistol/MSW1911SC_SW108288.jpg
Light (scandium alloy), slim, 8+1 capacity, Novak sights and I can actually shoot it well. Seems to cover all the bases I would want.

[Erik]

My dream carry gun:

A Colt 1911A1 set up just the way I like it.

Problem:

I haven't decided exactly what "just the way I like it" is yet.

[SniperStraz]

Full size single stack 10mm glock with a a thumb safety.

[ccoorreeyy]

My DREAM carry gun:

Larry Seecamp once posted over on the Seecamp forum that he thought he could make a 9mm smaller than the Rohrbaugh R9. Ever since I read that a Seecamp LWS-9 pocket pistol has been my dream gun. I hope one day that dream comes true!!!!!!!!!!
Corey

[M&PVolk]

Believe it or not, my M&P .40c with CTC grips meets all my criteria for the perfect carry gun. That said, I wish there was a S&W 340 with 6 rounds of .357 in Case Color finish with sweet wood or ivory grips and night sights. Oh yeah, a Colt Python would be incredible, too.

[cjw3cma]

A Bob Rogers custom 5" 1911 with the best internals available and entirely beveled for carry in a flat (matte) black finish and 10 verified magazines.

[CoRoMo]

Hi-Point C9 with all the trimmings!!!



Just kidding... make mine a Wilson, Baer, or Brown to the max.

[dws57]

glock 21

[Phydeaux642]

I would take a Springfield Armory EMP tweaked by Cylinder and Slide. Yes, yes.

[RoboDuck]

I have enjoyed carrying my Colt XSE Lightweight Commander.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107/rickntenn/pistola082.jpg

[zx12rider]

My take would be either a wather PPS with thumb safety, or and alloy Kahr K9s/a with a thumb safety. The Springer EMP 9mm for a more reasonable $400 is up there on the list also. Oh how about the new Sig P238 in 9mm.

[VegasOPM]

My dream carry gun is a GLOCK 22 or 31 with Warren Tactical sight, stippled frame, a slicked up trigger and +5 basepads on the mags. 21 rounds of .40 or .357 Sig is big medicine for a handgun. The only problem is that it is way too big to CCW- so I settle for a G27.

[SirDarksoul]

A polymer DA/SA Makarov with decocker safety and a 12 round staggered mag chambered in 7.62x25.

[mgregg85]

Hmm, how about a pistol the size of a cigarette pack that holds 20 or more rounds of 10mm and has very little recoil.

Until that comes around I will stick with my XD45 and my P3AT.

[ACBMWM3]

I have my dream gun, I guess I probably wouldnt use it as a carry but whatever.
STI Edge 40 S&W

[saturno_v]

Dream Carry Pocketable: The discontinued Kel Tec P-40 with a reversable magazine release (I'm left handed)...so I had to settle for the P-11 which I carry almost every day....until I will find a screaming deal on a ultra compact Kahr in 40 S&W.

With the P-11 I'm very very close to my ideal pocket carry.

Dream Carry Full Size: A strong and trouble free EA Witness capable of digesting true 10 mm Auto loads, with ambidx safety, decocker, reversable mag relase button and with a very good Customer Service.

Alternative Dream Carry Full Size:...a SIG in 10 mm or Bersa Thunder full size in 10 mm.

[kd7nqb]

For me it would be a TRUE pocket pistol chambered in .40S&W I am talking Kel-tec P3AT size or just SLIGHTLY larger to accommodate the round. The closest thing I have seen is the AMT backup in .45acp.

After that it would be a single stack M&P with crimson trace grips

And now for one to bend if not break the laws of physics and political correctness.

A suppressed pistol with a polymer frame say the size of a glock 17 but having the can built in so it didn't really add any bulk to the gun. Of course it would have to have laser grips and be discrete looking enough so if I was forced to draw it would take a trained eye to realize it was suppressed. This would be my perfect gun all around, carry, HD and Range.

[Deus Machina]

A S&W 469 that shoots where I point it, and isn't all worn out. Maybe with tritium sights and a nice lightened-and-smoothed trigger.

For some money and smithing, that could actually happen. I'm just a simple guy. :)

[DMR]

One of these:

http://pro-patria.us/kahr6.jpg

or this:
Kahr T-9 worked on by C&S with a Mitch Rosen ARG:)
http://pro-patria.us/Pistol/kahrT9.gif
I had some troble getting at the release with my thumb on the stock grips, this is one of the mods C&S did:
http://pro-patria.us/Pistol/Kahrrelease.gif

[Mp7]

Hmm... i guess a stainless HK P46 (aka UCP) in 4,6x30 with palisander grips

and a Korth revolver custom snubbie in .357 as a backup :)

[Hostile Amish]

A decocker 1911.

[dwstinge]

I think I would like one of the really small 1911's in 9mm ask me tomorrow and I would say I want it in a .40 then another day and I would say no no no in .45ACP.

[mrt949]

Single stack m@p c. in 45.

[Malamute]

Colt Single Action Army, .44 spl cal, 4 3/4" barrel, nickel, 3/4 coverage hand engraved, one piece Ivory grips, carved in either a buffalo head or Mexican eagle pattern. Hand polished/tuned action, regular weight springs. Sighted in for the Keith load (250 gr Lyman 429421 @ 1200 fps)before plating.

[makarovnik]

An all stainless steel P3AT.

[ccoorreeyy]

stainless P3at? Sounds Interesting!

[Fishman777]

I can't carry in my state, but if I could it would be a Springfield XD45c.

[mrt949]

get a seecamp 380. all ready proven

[OregonJohnny]

OK, it used to be a polymer single-stack striker-fired ultra-thin 9mm, but there are a few out there and none appeal to me. So I'll go with ultra-thin (less than 1" at widest part of the grip) single-stack, all-metal, DA/SA, compact 9mm. Along the lines of the Walther PPS but metal, with an exposed hammer. 7+1 capacity.

[briansp82593]

The only thing i really would like to have added is a magwell, extended single side safety, and some shorter sights
Mine:
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/beretta96/IMG_0462.jpg

[modifiedbrowning]

Walther P88 Compact with the same decock/slide release lever as a P88, but single side only.

[Demitrios]

I'd trade off a little accuracy for a lot of concealability coupled with power. I like the Glock 29 for such a thing. I'd knock off a little recoil and throw an EFK Firedragon recoil spring, add "Speed Sights" for faster target acquistion and a Pearce Grip extender for better control. Of course if you don't mind the recoil, or would rather drop in a .357 Sig or .40 S&W barrel, and feel like paying out the nose for a Lasermax You could do that too. As far as accuracy goes I figure if the guy I need to shoot is too far away then he's far enough away for me to get myself and those I love out of harms way and someplace safe.

[druber]

A S&W 500 magnum with 8 3/8" barrel and standard compensator or Taurus' "The Judge" with a 6 1/2" barrel and a blue finish.

[Grey_Mana]

Dream gun - a variant of the Judge:
-autoloader
-10 rounds
-12 gauge
-reliable
-concealable
-legal in my state

My dream gun would also have a silencer/suppressor.

[astark]

My dream carry gun, is a dream come true for me.

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/astark_photo/Jessie112.jpg?t=1233192115

[earlthegoat2]

Para Ordinance CCW

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll66/earlthegoat2/CCWPARA.jpg

[shotgunjoel]

Anything here in the PRI (People's Republic of Illinois). No CCW here. We "down staters" HATE Chicago for controlling the state and not giving a crap about us.

[kashton]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=422592

just found mine about 3 weeks ago :)

[Revolver Ocelot]

I feel like such a copycat but if someone else has already done it right then I see no harm in following in their foot steps.

Lunde's Ed Brown Speacial Forces commander with bobtail and blank slide:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zxtqhh.jpg

And my personal favorite Dawgfvr's Gp100 3" from gemini customs:

http://i43.tinypic.com/m7c68i.jpg

[mcwjr13]

I just bought mine today actually, a fullsize Springfield 1911-A1 in 9mm. Now all it needs is some new sights and trigger time.

[jandreski]

a weapon that would deter anti gun enthusiast on a 1911 frame. That saw action in WW2 Korea Vietnam and the Middle East. Something with some meaning behind it.

[JBinMontana]

I have two that I really really want:

#1
http://dynamicarmament.com/images/KIMBERFEB2008/KIMBER%20SIS%20CUSTOM.jpg

#2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2675376908_1fc2d1beb4_b.jpg

[viperstarbuck]

Springfield XDM
.40 S&W
CTC Lasergrips
Tru-Glo Tritium/Fiber Optic sights
Clipdraw
my name engraved on the slide

[The Captain]

My dream carry gun would be a 10-shot J-frame S&W chambered in .50 BMG,



You did say dream.

[Marvin KNox]

Ideally, a J-frame .357 with the trigger of a K-frame.

Impossible, I know.

So.............a 2 1/2" 686+ Performance Center "carry comp". As long as I'm dreaming, why not design a new hammerless centenial type 686 without the lock just for the occasion.

[2075 RAMI]

My "dream" carrying pistol would have to be a CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow, or a CZ 85 Combat. ;)

[coylh]

Squeeze cocking double stack Sig 239 in .357.

[gripper]

Whichever one I carry with Jessica Alba and Evangeline Lily providing back up....

[wrs840]

My dream carry gun would be a 10-shot J-frame S&W chambered in .50 BMG,

You did say dream.

Right.

I'll take a 442 with an inexhaustible loading of mind-controlled miniture JDAMs.

teeheehee

Les

[zombie666]

A plasma pulse hand blaster in the 800 giga-watt range.:D

[nonseven]

A Rohrbaugh R9


http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/product/prod_set.html

[mrghostwalker]

I bought my "dream carry" a while back-
Ruger SP101 357Mag with a 2 1/4" barrel
It can deal with anything or anyone.

[Harold Mayo]

Bob-tailed polymer-frame Commander-length 1911 in 9mm with reliable, flush-fitting 10-rd magazines. Melonited slide with black oxide finish, no grip safety provision (just a slight beavertail), frame slenderized like the Gunsite Gunsmithy used to do it but as part of the molding of the frame, frame with molded-in texturing like that of a Browning BDM, plain black "ledge_-type (i.e. 10-8, YoBo, Heinie Ledge, etc.) rear sight, self-illuminated front fiber optic sight that would stay in forever and not work it's way out...

That about does it.

[tekarra]

A cZ75 Compact with an aluminum receiver. Had an opportunity to buy one last year, but passed it up and no regret it. Would also consider a full size cZ 75 with an aluminum receiver.

[Isher]

Tekarra -

http://czcustom.com/testproduct-289.aspx

I'm in the scheming process, because

I don't have a 1300 buck rabbit to pull out of the hat right now.

But one way or the other gonna get that gun.

isher

[Marlin 45 carbine]

my Makarov with another round in magazine. 10 shots of .380 on steroids.

[-v-]

1911 in 7.62x25 TT, with all the bells and whistles. I mean, really? Why choose anything else other than a 7.62TT?

[hso]

Al-alloy frame, "Detective" length barrel/slide BHP. Since one already exists in 9mm that isn't too far fetched. Perhaps in .40?

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2199/p42700021gb0.jpg

[onebigelf]

Honestly? I'm pretty happy with my nite-sighted Glock 19. Nothing fancy. Grip plug, 3# connector, and an extended mag release. It's fairly light, fairly accurate, and utterly reliable. That pretty much gets it done.

John

[Clipper]

A Kel-Tec P4T5!!

[FLRon]

Hoping to get a Del Fatti holster in the next few months for this oldie but goodie.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb128/FLRon777/PythonSnubTargetGrips.jpg

[The_Shootist]

Kinda like a Model 19 in 3" bbl if I could find one.

[ohiobowhunter78]

Mine is a Kimber pro carry. I love the gun, but never shot one which makes me hesitate. I have a full size but never shot a compact 1911.

[HexHead]

Mine is a Kimber pro carry. I love the gun, but never shot one which makes me hesitate. I have a full size but never shot a compact 1911.

I had a ProCarry II along with my Classic Royal II. The Pro was about as accurate with just a bit more muzzle flip due to the lighter alloy frame. Comfortable to carry though. I ended up replacing the Pro with my dream gun...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/scat999999/misc/DSC_0022-2.jpg

:D

[Davionmaximus]

XD 45... Oh wait, I already have that...

[Cap'n Jack Burntbeard]

There are two guns on my wish list, a Glock 33 with for ccw, and a solid black or polished stainless desert eagle .44mag under my pillow,there's just something awesome about an auto loading .44mag pistol. :D

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/files/images/desert-eagle-44.jpg

http://majordanger.org/files/2008/05/g30vs33_topdown.jpg

[Elm Creek Smith]

Fraternal twins.

For every day carry:
My three-inch .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 13 with Bianchi Lightning grips with the addition of a tritium front sight. It needs a tune up to tighten everything up, but I trust this gun.

"Barbeque gun:"
A highly polished, fully engraved three-inch .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 65 with a black, dovetailed tritium front site, polished ivory magna grips and a polished aluminum Tyler T-Grip. Just the thing for formal occasions.

ECS

[bakerj]

P7M8 in .357 Sig without the chunky slide that the P7M10 has.