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Are you, like me , tired of reading yet another thread about what is the smallest handgun I can carry or I only shoot one magazine of ammunition through my self-defense gun because I don’t what to wear it out or when I was cleaning my new gun after shooting a box of ammunition through it I noticed the frame rail has a shiny spot where the finish wore off. Should I send the gun back to the factory to be refinished?
Are you the type of person that believes the stakes are so high that a self-defense encounter requires a serious, fighting handgun for the best odds of surviving? Do you believe that there are no second place winners in a gunfight?
Then this topic is for you. Post a picture or pictures of your full-size, heavy hitter carry handguns. By heavy hitter it should be 9mm, 38 Super, 40 S&W, 10 mm, .357, 41, 44 Magnums, 45 Auto and Colt, 357 SIG or make a case for a cartridge I overlooked.
Expect naysayers or being called liars or a one forum member called me “grandiose.”
I’ll go first. I believe in Two is One and One is None so my heavy hitters are in pairs. Starting at One O’Clock;
Stainless Steel Springfield Armory 45 Auto. I followed Jeff Coopers advice with good trigger ( different trigger, sear and hammer), good sights (Wilson Combat carry sights), action job and beavertail grip safety. It has a extended thumb safety that I have decide I don’t like, Just have never got around to having the factory thumb safety fitted.
Beretta 92FS made in Italy in 2014. Customized green fiber optic sights and Beretta D Spring.
S&W Model 27 .357 Magnum 4” barrel.
Springfield Armory 1991A1 45 Auto. Lot of custom features on this gun including usual action job with new trigger and sear, Bar-Sto barrel tuned to shoot 2” groups at 25 yards, stippled frontstrap, Novak Adjustable Rear Sight and some other misc. parts.
Beretta 92FS made in 1996. Night sights relamped in 2016 and has a action job.
S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum with 4” barrel.
I have a several more heavy hitters but there wasn't room on the table for them.
Are you the type of person that believes the stakes are so high that a self-defense encounter requires a serious, fighting handgun for the best odds of surviving? Do you believe that there are no second place winners in a gunfight?
Then this topic is for you. Post a picture or pictures of your full-size, heavy hitter carry handguns. By heavy hitter it should be 9mm, 38 Super, 40 S&W, 10 mm, .357, 41, 44 Magnums, 45 Auto and Colt, 357 SIG or make a case for a cartridge I overlooked.
Expect naysayers or being called liars or a one forum member called me “grandiose.”
I’ll go first. I believe in Two is One and One is None so my heavy hitters are in pairs. Starting at One O’Clock;
Stainless Steel Springfield Armory 45 Auto. I followed Jeff Coopers advice with good trigger ( different trigger, sear and hammer), good sights (Wilson Combat carry sights), action job and beavertail grip safety. It has a extended thumb safety that I have decide I don’t like, Just have never got around to having the factory thumb safety fitted.
Beretta 92FS made in Italy in 2014. Customized green fiber optic sights and Beretta D Spring.
S&W Model 27 .357 Magnum 4” barrel.
Springfield Armory 1991A1 45 Auto. Lot of custom features on this gun including usual action job with new trigger and sear, Bar-Sto barrel tuned to shoot 2” groups at 25 yards, stippled frontstrap, Novak Adjustable Rear Sight and some other misc. parts.
Beretta 92FS made in 1996. Night sights relamped in 2016 and has a action job.
S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum with 4” barrel.
I have a several more heavy hitters but there wasn't room on the table for them.
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