The ultimate handgun

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Let me say right from the start, that I am a semi-auto guy. I especially love Sigs and Glocks.

*****BUT****** Having said that, I picked up a revolver several years ago that is my all time favorite handgun. It's too big to carry for CCW, not suitable for hunting, expensive, but there's just something about it.

When I picked it up from the table at the gun show and held it, I didn't even put it back on the table! I asked the dealer for his best price, tucked the revolver into my belt, and got out my wallet and paid for it.

The revolver is a Colt Anaconda, in .45 Colt with 6 inch barrel. I can't explain why, but I love this weapon! It isn't suitable for any of the things that I normally need a handgun for, but if I could keep only one of my handguns, it would probably be the Anaconda.

Have any of you ever felt that way about a gun? When you first held it in your hand, you knew that you'd never part with it? Just that "feeling" that somehow this gun was made especially for you! That you'd found "The Ultimate Handgun?"
 
I'm more of a revolver person - a single action revolver person to be more precise. Never really took a second look at semi-autos until I saw a HK P7M8 yrs ago. Didn't even get a chance then to hold it but I knew I would own one someday. Well, it took me almost 10 yrs, but when I did get one I knew that that would be one gun I would NOT get rid of. It fits my hand perfectly. Holds perfectly and is more than shootable/accurate enuff than I could ask for. It's only threat is these stainless Ruger Bisleys from AcuSport. These are also just perfect for me (have 2 in 45).
 
My Acusport Bisley is the one for me. I wanted that gun for years before they even made it, and as soon as I heard about them I had to buy it. I'm sure glad I did because it is my everything gun now.
 
Oh, yeah - - Happened to me . . .

. . . first time I ever handled a Colt .45 1911. That was well over 40 years ago, and I still feel the same. Any of the commercial variants, so long as they were foaled in Hartford, or any US GI 1911.

Some others feel mighty good, too - - Colt Single Action Army, and the round butt J-frame S&W, with grip adaptor.

Best,
Johnny
 
Yep, the 'Conda is kind'a big for tote'in. :( I probably
would seek out a good, used but not abused S&W
4" barrel model 19 .357 magnum for kick'in around
concealed. I'm a rather large person; but I have
been known to conceal some medium-large frame
revolvers pretty well.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
I feel the same about the Python. .357 is my caliber, and there is nothing quite like it, untill now. I went to see my new Freedom Arms 97 .357 today. Pick it up tomorrow. It might give the Colt a run for its money.
 
S&W 627 PC V-Comp eight shot .357. 3" barrel with removable compensator and cut for moon clips.
 
The first gun I fell for was a Colt Python in 357 when I was around 16. I still don't have one but I will someday...no doubt. The second was a Sig P220. I'm glad I waited on the Sig because I ended up with a P220ST which in my opinion is new and improved.
 
why is a 6" Anaconda in 45 Colt not suitable for hunting? Just curious, sounds like a nice deer gun to me.. but thats just me. GS
 
I am a wheel gun man myself ,DA's . I love 4 " 357's in either the Ruger or S&W brand . I don't own a Colt Python yet or Anaconda yet but when I do it'll be in a 4'' for the 357 and a 5'' in the 45 lc Anaconda . I have a custom Ruger Redhawk 5" coming from Gary Reeder and have some real barn burners set aside . It will be going deer hunting with me .
 
why is a 6" Anaconda in 45 Colt not suitable for hunting? Just curious, sounds like a nice deer gun to me.. but thats just me. GS

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Zeus,

You're correct. It really would be a good deer gun. I guess that when I wrote that, I was thinking that since I have a 7 1/2 inch Redhawk in .44 Mag and 9 1/2 inch Super Redhawk, in .454 Casull, the Anaconda would have to take a bacxk seat to them for deer and elk. Especially elk. Sometimes I'm even a little queasy about using the .454 for elk. (although it has proven quite effective with 325 GR hard cast bullets at 50 yards or less.)

But you're right. And if deer were the only game in season where I hunt, the .45 Anaconda, with proper handloads, would be an excellent choice.
 
My "Ultimate handgun" experience happened a year ago when I bought my g100.

Wow... I hefted that piece (4" stainless) and I felt that there wasn't a situation that could be presented to me requiring firepower that that gun couldn't at least put me on the map for.

I felt like I had found the perfect friend/sidekick for any adventure.

Every single time I shoot it there's not an ounce, anywhere in my brain, of doubt towards its reliability, accuracy, and overall performance.

-Have gun, will travel!
:D
 
Mine has to be my SIG P-225. I have had to part with other guns, sometimes out of necessity and sometimes for other reasons. But that SIG has been hanging on. I thought about selling it once, but I came to my senses. I am not troubled by the fact that I have neither a huge bore diameter nor a large capacity magazine. The single stack grip feels wonderful and you can't beat a SIG for reliability.
 
Doesn't matter on which gun the "AH HA" occured, i think it's fantastic it occured.

I think the experience is beyond that of just finding a good tool. It is special.

munk
 
S&W 4 inch model 66. I hardly ever shoot mine, but I'll never be without one.

For me the 4 inch K frame defines what a hand gun should be.

Ken
 
I think it's a combination of ergonomics and aesthetics - if it fits your hand and you like how it looks and maybe if you shoot it well . . . . that's the magic.

For me, any smith N frame revolver especially the 629 and a recent aquisition a PC 629 with a titanium barrel
 
I would add fitness for the purpose intended. My current fascination is a 625-5". It fits my hands, is beautifully proportioned and finished and instills confidence with its accuracy and easy of reloading.
 
I know what you mean..... There is just something about a Webley MK VI and a Colt 1908 .25--- I just can't explain :scrutiny:
 
Smith K-frames with a good grip such as the old target grip or Butler Creek rubber grip. In autos it's the BHP or Polish VIS (Radom).
 
Although it is far from being the ultimate handgun, I knew the second I picked up the Beretta 418 in 25acp that I had to own it. I had planned to carry it as BUG but have changed my mind. However it is still a blast to shoot and just feels right in your hand. It only cost me a little over 100 bucks so I feel I got my money's worth. Other guns that just feel right are Winchester 1892's, Colt Single Action Army's, 1911's and the M1 Carbine.
 
My first N frame, a 629-4. It just exuded power. The power and mystique of the 44 magnum.

Although long eclipsed by more powerful, albeit portly, handguns, the original 44 Mag platform is still, to the minds of many, the "most powerful handgun in the world".
 
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