Handgun classics - gotta have

[Snapping Twig]

A man's gotta have at least one 1911. You also need a 29 and an L frame. Something in a single action rounds out the herd and for most, a .22 is mandatory.

Things like a K frame, a Python, are considered standard as well.

 

[col_tapiocca]

What's about a SIG P210?
Maybe not very well known in the US. But it's maybe the most accurate 9mm ever.

A 1911 with .45 caliber is a "must have" classic too.

Actually I own both

 

[geedub]

Just got a Browning Hi-Power

 

[Telesway]

I'm not sure if these qualify as a "classics" but these are two guns I want to get some day "just because", I intend to carry other guns but these I have to have just because...well, because:

1. Springfield Armory 1911 G.I.45

2. Smith & Wesson model 36

 

[DeadHorrorFan]

Browning Hi Power, S&W 19-3, S&W 629, SA 1911 Mil Spec, Ruger Blackhawk .41 Magnum, Beretta 950 in .22 short.

 

[scmparker]

so far...

Colt 70 series repro Government Model
Sig p220 West German made European model
Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 7.5 inch barrel
Ruger Vaquero 357 5.5 inch barrel
Beretta M9 9mm
S&W model 36 38spl snubby
Walther PPK/S 380 West German made
Ruger MkI 22 standard automatic with 6 inch tube

 

[raskolnikov_22]

Must have Colt Detective Special

 

[kanewpadle]

CZ/Dan Wesson Valor 45 ACP
Belgian Hi Power
S&W Mod 57 41 Mag 4" Nickel
S&W Mod 625
Ruger Mark II Bull Barrel 6 7/8"
H&K P7
Colt Python Elite
Colt Anaconda

 

[OLD208X3A]

Colt...

I agree with the OP and many of the others, but the ultimate, Holy Grail of handguns for me is a 4" or 6" Colt Python in nickel. I've got some of the others like a Colt SAA and a few 1911s etcs, but that's the one I'd really like. As soon as I can stop spending my gun allowance before it reaches $1300, maybe I'll get one.

 

[hinton03]

Classics I own.

RRA Basic Carry
1965 Colt Python (Blued)
Unfired Colt ACE
Unfired 1963 Colt DS
1966 S&W Model 49

 

[ironvic]

Make mine the quintessential K-Frame, the S&W Model-15 Combat Masterpiece 4" and the S&W Model-52 .38 Special target pistol.

 

[Dravur]

Heya Borch.

I have one of your Grandpappy's rifles. Its the Borchardt Sharps .45-70

 

[BMF500]

I want to add an Anaconda finished in nickel to the collection....

 

[austin360]

Colt SAA in 45 Long Colt.

 

[doc2rn]

Colt Diamondback .22lr in 4"

 

[HoosierQ]

I agree. I'd add one or both of a S&W Model 28 6" and/or a Colt Trooper 6".

 

[jeremy1391]

.50AE desert eagle
.357 smith model 19
1911 in stainless
mares leg in 45LC
GLOCK 18 =)

 

[DrLaw]

Classics, eh? Okay, here goes.
Luger - any model or caliber.
C96 Mauser Broomhandle
Colt Peacemaker
Colt 1851
Smith & Wesson top break in .32 S&W
Smith & Wesson Model 10 6" thin barrel
Colt Official Police
Smith & Wesson Model 29
Smith & Wesson Model 27 in 3-1/2" (Hey, already have one )
Colt Python
Colt 1911
Walther PPK
Browning 1910
Colt .380 1903
Colt Detective Special
Ruger Single Six
Ruger Mk1 Automatic

When I think of classic handguns, I think of things I have seen since growing up. No Nagant's, no MAB's, no Webley's, no pinfires. Just the guns I have seen in TV shows, movies, etc... Those are what I see as classics, and I hope I have a pretty representative selection here.

The Doc is out now.

 

[VHSBD]

A Webley Mk VI.

 

[BHP FAN]

1911
bhp
1917 s&w

 

[Ala Dan]

The Classics

Proud owner of all three, listed here in NO particular order:

1) 5" Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special (blued) .45 ACP.

2) Blued Browning Hi-Power 9m/m, with factory wood grips
and adjustable sights; in UNFIRED condition, but no box.

3) 3.5" Smith & Wesson model 27-2 blued with triple T's, factory
Goncolo Alves target grips, tools and paperwork; in UNFIRED
status. Complete in wooden presentation case. Manufactuered
in 1977.

Additional Classic: I own 2x Smith & Wesson model 39-2 9m/m's;
one in the original, hinged dark blue box with silver lettering and
extra magazine, tools, warranty card, spec sheet, etc.; also in
UNFIRED status. Its A 121xxx serial number places in DOB as
1970. I also have another 39-2 in N.R.A. excellent condition,
from 1981. I consider the 39 and 39-2's as "CLASSIC'S" in
their own right; as they were the predecessor to the later
"WONDER NINES"~!

 

[ACORN]

Colt 1903/1908, the coolest!!

 

[rogertc1]

Here is a really sweet C96 Mauser
http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_info.php?products_id=112&osCsid=cf23f448b4ab6a9f92b9b565da8c894d

 

[aka108]

Content with the ones I own. Colt Match Target Woodsman, Colt Service Model Ace and 5 screw S&W K-22.

 

[Cards81fan]

Either a Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless in .380 Auto, or the 1903 Pocket Hammerless in .32 Auto.

Either would suffice