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I only see one mention of the Mighty .44 Magnum Auto Mag. While I lust after an AMT model, my 1974 High Standard .44 Magnum Auto Mag will have to suffice for now....
Say you wanted to create a collection of "THE" great handguns
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For the O.P. - if you wanted to pursue a collection you might specialize it to a certain time period, or a certain type of handgun action over time.
A friend's husband passed unespectedly some months ago. Her husband was the recipient of his father's handguns. His father had never told him of this collection. They had photos to a web site and I posted it I think on the
1911 Forum - a member helped to ID the handguns. I passed along the info.
and expanded on the history of the different guns. They recieved:
W/Nazi acceptance/proof marks:
2 - P-38s
P-08 Luger
Polish Viz Radom
7.65 E.Euro pocket style pistol
"Working" guns
Beretta bearcat - looked like it had been pocket carried a lot
Colt Commander mid-60s
Ruger SUper Blackhawk late '60s
and an early 20th century
Webley Bulldog?
So I told them about the Nazis - when they took over a country in
WWII they kept making whatever guns that country made and
issued them to their own troops - looks like the father
had bought some WWII surplus in the late 50s/60s, and they
had a good start on service pistols of WWII European Theater.
To add to this theme one might look for
* Browning Hi-Power w/Nazi proof marks
* Walter PP or PPK w/like Nazi era
* Finland Lahti
* whatever the Russians used, Tokarov?
* Browning HI-Power used by brits or the Canadian
INgalls built HP
* 1911A1 of course
They also had a Nazi Dagger which I recall were
available on the market during the time he got the other
handguns.
Or you could make a collection of the progression of
Single Action revolvers from cap & Ball to centerfire and
later built up for Magnums in various makes/models.
or say, try to get every 7.65/.380 pocket pistols
popular in Europe
one more NIt... the O.P. said Great and that word
and a Nambu pistol should not be included in the same
sentence except with a big negative on Greatness.
Nobody copied Japanese small arms of the 30s/40s
A design that is copied says something about the success
of the design,eh?
Randall
A friend's husband passed unespectedly some months ago. Her husband was the recipient of his father's handguns. His father had never told him of this collection. They had photos to a web site and I posted it I think on the
1911 Forum - a member helped to ID the handguns. I passed along the info.
and expanded on the history of the different guns. They recieved:
W/Nazi acceptance/proof marks:
2 - P-38s
P-08 Luger
Polish Viz Radom
7.65 E.Euro pocket style pistol
"Working" guns
Beretta bearcat - looked like it had been pocket carried a lot
Colt Commander mid-60s
Ruger SUper Blackhawk late '60s
and an early 20th century
Webley Bulldog?
So I told them about the Nazis - when they took over a country in
WWII they kept making whatever guns that country made and
issued them to their own troops - looks like the father
had bought some WWII surplus in the late 50s/60s, and they
had a good start on service pistols of WWII European Theater.
To add to this theme one might look for
* Browning Hi-Power w/Nazi proof marks
* Walter PP or PPK w/like Nazi era
* Finland Lahti
* whatever the Russians used, Tokarov?
* Browning HI-Power used by brits or the Canadian
INgalls built HP
* 1911A1 of course
They also had a Nazi Dagger which I recall were
available on the market during the time he got the other
handguns.
Or you could make a collection of the progression of
Single Action revolvers from cap & Ball to centerfire and
later built up for Magnums in various makes/models.
or say, try to get every 7.65/.380 pocket pistols
popular in Europe
one more NIt... the O.P. said Great and that word
and a Nambu pistol should not be included in the same
sentence except with a big negative on Greatness.
Nobody copied Japanese small arms of the 30s/40s
A design that is copied says something about the success
of the design,eh?
Randall
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A good idea, blindjustice. I have a pretty complete collection of cap/ball colts (some replicas, some originals) with most of the variants... I was just thinking what a collection would look like if someone wanted to make a grouping of "iconic" handguns, important designs, much copied, easily recognizable, familiar to non-gunners or tyros. I suppose a case could be made for many guns, and there are as many answers as people. 
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