most durable handgun

[collector rob]

I'd have to go for the Ruger Blackhawk in 357/ 9mm conv. Lots of ammo options also.

 

[giggitygiggity]

Glock.

 

[Fishman777]

Glock???

Maybe with an after market barrel...

http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=115

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I think it would have to be that Glock 21 that was shown torture tested on youtube.......

 

[freedomfanatic]

I thought Glocks were the some of the most rugged dependle firearms on the market? I don't know a lot about guns, but that's one of the things I've heard quite a bit. Am I wrong? Is most of what I've heard about glocks just marketing?

 

[Dogbite]

I had a Ruger Gp100 that was used as a carry piece for a police officer, then used in competition, and then I got it and shot the heck out of it. Never one problem. Also, Glocks. Look up torture tests they have done on the G17, its crazy.

 

[Glockman17366]

The Glock would be my call too. Specifically, the 9 mm models and more specifically, the 17.
Polymers do age and exposure to sunlight (UV spectrum, mostly) will accelerate the aging, so I don't think any Glock would be a multi-generational gun.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

ruger Mk .22LR, Ruger GP100, S&W 5906

 

[usp9]

Two answers.

For a small caliber plinker/target gun the Colt Woodsman is IMO the finest quality ever made. How many have been handed doen to the next generation?

For a major caliber, the HK MK23 is the stoutest, most robust, thouroughly tested pistol I've seen. It was made to be abused and still work. No reason it couldn't outlive several owners.

 

[Fishman777]

In my mind there is no questions...

Ruger Redhawk chambered in .357 magnum. This gun was designed to be used for .44 magnum +.

It is a six shot DA with a solid steel frame, a triple locking cylinder, and only six rounds bored into the cylinder. The cylinder is just ridiculous. It is perhaps one the most overbuilt gun ever.

If not this, take your pick of either Ruger or Freedom arms SA revolvers...

 

[woad_yurt]

I also vote for Ruger and S&W revolvers, like those above. I'd like to add Makarovs and old H&R .22s. They'll be around for quite a while longer, also.

 

[Meeteetse]

If the gun says Ruger on it, it will meet or exceed any expectations you have. Big bore or .22, large gun or small, Rugers are intended to be passed on from one generation to the next. I do not believe the average person can wear out a Ruger. You will run out of time, ammo and money long before the gun breaks down. . . . .

 

[jfh]

So, the conventional wisdom leans to Glock semiautos and Ruger revolvers.

Where would Ruger all-metal semiautos fit in? Can they be serviced easily, like Glocks? Do they have high round counts? Anybody have any experience with them?

Jim H.

 

[hotshotshoting]

i would lean towards the glocks....


and thats saying alot cause im an HK guy!

but what can i say i have over 60k + rnds through my usp 45 compact with 0 problems as of yet and the barrel looks brand new...

all i want is an HK with a glock finish!

 

[P97]

Rugers

The P90 hasn't been MFG'ed long enough to find out just how durable it is. The OM Blackhawks have been pretty durable.

 

[Skillet]

No CZ love here?
i know that CZ has gone through tons of tests with the 75B and some of their other military models.
and, NATO tested and passed, as well as being tested by the several militaries in europe and other areas throughout the globe.
if CZ sells so many of them to the militaries of Europe and Africa and various other places, they must have something going for em.
i have a CZ 75B, and i haven't shot it much, but it hasn't jammed so far. I probably have close to a thousand rounds through it maybe more. not a hiccup. the finish is extraordinary, and the durability must be good, because it was designed to be a military sidearm from the start.
they must have gotten something right.

 

[KyJim]

My money would be on the Ruger MK II .22 LR (probably the other Mark series Rugers).

 

[Fishman777]

If you are talking .22s...

Then I would have to say Single Six Hunter. I've got one and it is a beast. It weighs in at around 45 or 46 ounces and it is only a .22 lr/.22 mag convertible.

 

[rd2007]

an under-folder AK can technically be held like a handgun and it has a pistol grip...

I'd say either a GP100 or SP101. Rugers are like stainless steel AK-47 revolvers.

 

[357sigRog]

Glocks for me.

 

[purebred]

gotta go with the 1911 pattern guns. i carry one made in 1935, and quite a few uniformed fellows carried it before i got it.

Got to go with this one I got a Colt 1911a1 made in 1952 and still going strong

 

[Bill_G]

according to some web torture tests.....the Glock 30.

 

[JamEEson]

If my life was on the line....
Glock done and done


Love my 1911's though

 

[sonier]

TOO EASY
just about any single action revolver, its a old design that has withstood more torture test's than anything out there.

 

[fireside44]

thompson contender.