If you could only have one type of handgun action...

[BoomStick82]

For a TEOTWAKI type situation, which action/gun would you prefer? Taking ammunition availability, parts availiablity, and fix it yourself if it does break as highest priorities. 1911 is .45, glock is 9mm or .45, Revolvers are .357 magnum. Just the general type. Leave any comments you think are necessary.

Thanks

 

[GreenFurniture]

Any of these. The hard part would be picking the make and the calibur.

 

[GunNut]

Even though i have mostly Glock's and no 1911's at this point, if forced to pick one type of handgun for good i'd choose the 1911.

Luckily I don't and can have and carry whatever my heart desires.

Steve

 

[kevin387]

I abstain because DA/SA isn't an option.

 

[possum]

dao is my pick i love them, and if there was no other type out there I wouldn't be heart broken! but with that said wat works for me isn't always the case for others.

 

[SAG0282]

Easy for me....GLOCK.

 

[Geronimo45]

DA revolver, just for reliability and simplicity in such a situation.

 

[Autolycus]

1911

 

[10-Ring]

Of the choices you provide, I'd go w/ the 1911 for its versatility

 

[bpisler]

D/A revolver for me,hopefully more than 1.

 

[wildburp]

.45

Not a big surprise - this is why the space people carry .45s to the new space station (fiction by author), and I predict empty .45 ACP casings orbiting the moon soon. Next June.

wb

 

[tanksoldier]

4" DA revolver in .357 from any major manufacturer... Ruger prefered.

 

[jlh26oo]

Someone run this in the auto section and include SA, DA, DAO, and "safe" action (GLOCK). Someone not lazy.

I voted grock.


ETA: lol @ one person rolling w/ sa revolver as their ONLY choice if that's ALL they could have

 

[shaggycat]

GreenFurniture, that is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen.

BTW, I voted 1911.

 

[iowain45-70]

one gun

my ruger 45lc

 

[115grfmj]

SA revolver.....

simplest mechanically, most rugged hands down. Think of the kind of use a SA revolver got in the old west. No other actions is as rugged. I own double action revolvers, autos, and SA, if I had to choose. It would be my ruger Single action that would go....

 

[benelli12]

I voted DA for the simplicity and reliability, but I would have voted 1911 if I had read that all extra and replacement parts are available

 

[M.Kalashnikov]

I abstain because DA/SA isn't an option.

If I could only have one kind of handgun action, I'd kick the ass of the person who made up that stupid rule.... (quoted for truth)

I have a DA/SA pistol and I'm not voteing in your "Poll" :banghead:.

By the way welcome to the THR JonP pull up a chair .

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

You list 1911 and Glock as different action types?
They're both the same short-recoil Browning actions.
The correct options would be:
Short Recoil
Blowback
Gas Operated
DA Revolver
SA Revolver

And pistols that aren't the 1911 or the glock do exist. Better ones in fact.

 

[kieran]

roller-delayed blowback

 

[Sistema1927]

You list 1911 and Glock as different action types?
They're both the same short-recoil Browning actions.

Huh?

Big diff between SA semi-auto and internal striker.

 

[Jrsmith]

Flintlock!

 

[TOADMAN]

Glock..

 

[BoomStick82]

I do apologize if I have offended anyone by not including their favorite action. I've spent a long time debating and I had narrowed it down to these four and wanted opinions between them.

BoomStick82

 

[MCgunner]

The ONLY reason I didn't pick single action is that there isn't a J frame sized single action (not including NAA minis) that's compact enough for back up. But, too, speedloaders are significantly faster than reloading a SA revolver. So, I suppose one of my DA 357s backed up by a .38 snub or two.

I'd definitely want a magnum revolver over any auto for the power and long range accuracy.