If you had to choose 1 handgun, what would it be?

AsianDragonPower said:

why is everyone picking 357?

when it only has six shots?

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If you can't take care of your problem w/6 shots . . . .

AsianDragonPower said:

why is everyone picking 357?

when it only has six shots?

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Now don't get me wrong, I prefer self-loading pistols and external safeties, but 8 rounds "fer shure" of .357 will do just fine.

Ultraman said:

Something more like this?

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I gotta say, those are beautiful.

Would you mind naming them for this student of revolvers?

And what grips are those, please?

Nem

Lindenberger said:

If you can't take care of your problem w/6 shots . . . .

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Agreed, there. If you can't stop a threat with six shots, you either:

A) have terrible aim or
B) are in combat

Manedwolf said:

B) are in combat

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... and need a rifle... But that's another thread

1 gun

If I could have only one handgun, and since I live in the city, I would choose the 45 ACP as it is accurate, reliable, concealable, and has greater capacity than the 357. Put me in a wilderness situation and I would take a 357 in 5 or 6 in barrel length.
Hey, how about making it which 2 handguns would you select! For me a much easier choice!

Well as it stands, .357 is clearly leading wheelie guns and the .45 is clearly leading the autoloaders. Makarov has yet to get a single vote, wonder why , everything else is basically getting a vote or two what I do find interesting is people dont seem to find the .40 as attractive as I thought they would have. 9mm is doing ok in this poll. Most interesting.

My Smith 620

I chose the 9x19 based just on ammo cost and availability and my Sig 226 is dead reliable. That said, my Dan Wesson and 1911's are more fun to shoot.

If I could only have one woman for the rest of my life, what kind of woman would that be?

Hmmmmmmm..........

if limited to only 1 it would be my S&W 657 .41 magnum

jeremywills said:

...what I do find interesting is people dont seem to find the .40 as attractive as I thought they would have. ...

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IMHO, the .40 is a bit too snappy for my taste. For example, a standard 40 180 grains shot in a full size USP, for me, seems to kick more than a 45ACP 185gr GD at the same velocity in a Kimber. Go figure.


BTW, I picked 357magnum. It goes great with my Marlin '94.

-Pat

Have to be a 1911 in .45 for me. May not be the best choice all around, but I've carried one so long I can't see myself without it.

45 acp

i carry a ruger p345 as my duty weapon and have owned a few 9mm back in the days but will never carry one again its a 45 from now on

Like jeremywills I am very surprised that the 40 doesn't seem to be more popular.

I go with the .357 simply because it has a nice balance of power and "shootability" for me, is commonly available, has a variety of different loads if your a reloader, and is sufficient in both defense and hunting (within reason). Other rounds likely fulfill these qualities for different folks, but I just happen to like the .357 best.

I'd go with a 9mm Parabellum.

I would have to go with a Glock 17, 9mm Parabellum, then a .40 cal. Personal choice, of course.

jeremywills said:

Well as it stands, .357 is clearly leading wheelie guns and the .45 is clearly leading the autoloaders. Makarov has yet to get a single vote, wonder why , everything else is basically getting a vote or two what I do find interesting is people dont seem to find the .40 as attractive as I thought they would have. 9mm is doing ok in this poll. Most interesting.

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MikeJ said:

Like jeremywills I am very surprised that the 40 doesn't seem to be more popular.

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I'm not so surprised, I'm only surprised that the 9mm isn't doing even better.

Basically two different questions were asked that could result in different answers. Both "what one handgun" and "what one caliber" were the basic questions. Not what is your favorite or most used gun, or caliber.

In my case, .41mag is my current favorite caliber, and .40S&W may be my favorite defensive auto caliber, but neither is a good choice for one gun/caliber to do everything. If picking an auto caliber 9mm is just more versatile (good for defense, cheap for practice) and .45ACP is the classic 1911 chambering (based on platform and not caliber the 1911 would be my auto choice). In revolvers, there just is no better choice for the one platform question than a nice 3" K-frame which basically means a gun chambered for either .38spl/.38+P or .357mag (I'd pick the mag since it can also fire .38s). Anyway, that is why my two favorite calibers don't make the list. I'm sure others have other thought processes that bring them to their choices and they don't necessarily match what is their favorite or most used.

10mm - Glock 29 or Glock 20

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.357mag if I chose a revolver or 10mm if I wanted a semi-auto.


Luckily, I don't have to choose and can have a few of everything.

Steve

1st choice .357 magnum
2nd choice .45 ACP
3rd choice .22lr

2nd and 3rd are a real toss up for me.

-Jim

I had to go with the .45 but the .357 would probobly be a better choice as you could have a good high power round as well as the .38 special fpr practice. but I just love the .45acp

10mm

10mm in a custom 1911.

.44 mag
kid

When I was down to one pistol, it was a concealable 12 shot 9mm with two extra mags.

Therefore, having lived the scenario - I polled 9mm.