Specific questions to set up a conversation tend to work better than polls for the culturally-predominate type of communication more common in the states.
That being said I take it from the set-up of your poll that you have chosen not to have interest in the other manufactueres that are outside of the ones listed. I know it is because you're looking for a best from a pool of eligibility that was somehow derived from the information from the proceeding poll. Yet, I might echo and mention, as has been said, that defining "best" becomes problematic without criteria as to best at what.
Collecting guns is more than finding a group of best guns. It's about finding the guns that do what you want them to, how you want them to, when you want them to, and why you want them to (a little more philosophical, getting into hunting with a bow and handgun hunting to understand the why part, or using a .22mag or whatever for deer as some do).
So, start exploring the firearm universe before trying to use other's limited experience to determine the bests.
the reason for this is that there is one best that is better than all the rest of the bests. That is the Best for You. Learn to find this, to be honest with yourself in determining your criteria and how you feel about your decisions, and finally, remember to stick to your guns.
all the best from the northwest.
