The Worlds Best .45's?

[Rob96]

My best 45acp is my only 45acp. a stainless Colt Gov't Model Series 80.

 

[RTFM]

SIG 220ST

RTFM

 

[socomcen]

Definately a SIG 220, here's a pic of Ernest Langdon from the IDPA Nationals, he used his SIG P220ST to win the Custom Defense Pistol class at the IDPA Nationals beating Rob Leatham who came in 2nd place and used a 1911.

 

[Dorian]

HK USP .45

or

HK USP Tactical

or

HK USP Match

or

HK USP Expert

Take your pick

 

[marvl]

Okay, who's the bozo who cross-posted this thread on SigForum?

 

[GSB]

Definately a SIG 220, here's a pic of Ernest Langdon from the IDPA Nationals, he used his SIG P220ST to win the Custom Defense Pistol class at the IDPA Nationals beating Rob Leatham who came in 2nd place and used a 1911.

Why would a SIG 220 be running in CDP? I thought that was for SA only guns, or do I have my wires crossed? (a not unusual phenomenon)

 

[Tamara]

Lotta good publicity for SIGarms if Langdon did well. Which he did.

(Don't forget that this is a guy who drove Berettas at the top of the pack, too. He could probably clean up with a Llama, but it ain't gonna make me run out and buy one. )

 

[cslinger]

Funny I was just thinking the same thing. Joe Super Shooter could probably kick butt with any ole' thing as long as it went bang and he had a chance to get a feel for it.

Sure it sells guns but let's face facts. If you drink Budweiser you are not going to wake up with the Swedish bikini team and just because you buy the finest .45 auto on the planet (another shameless 220 plug ), doesn't mean you will be able to shoot like the pros. It takes time and money to be able to do that, quite a bit of both.

Wouldn't it be great to see one of these pros run through some high profile match with something like old beat up Smith 59 series or a Ruger P97 or an old STAR. It would be classic.

 

[BigG]

Did anyone mention Colts?

 

[Mike Irwin]

I really have to say the Smith & Wesson Model of 1955 Target Revolver...

Wonderful, wonderful guns...

I don't care if it's a revolver, and this is the semi-auto forum...

 

[dhoomonyou]

Glock Model 30.

 

[clint1911a1]

I've fired them all and owned several and I've narrowed it down to two:

1911-A1 (yea, yea, I know. Go figure)

Glock 21

The Glock has got to be the most rugged and reliable sidearm on the planet. As a friend of mine put it, "they're the Kalashnikov of sidearms."

Like I said, I've fired nearly every type of auto in existence and have found nothing to be more ergonomic and user friendly as the 1911, bar-none.

 

[Gordon]

I have a Browning sig 220 .45 and I don't think it compares to a good 1911. I would rate it somewhere around my CZ97 . The most EXPENSIVE(if that is the 'best') is , of course, the .45 Luger which is made pretty well too!

 

[Mute]

Tried the rest. Stayed with the best. 1911.

 

[care-less]

HK USPc

 

[BigG]

Here's a good one.

 

[BWC]

The HK USP45 (full size, compact, expert, match & tactical)

The Sig P220

The HK Mk 23 Mod 0/Mark 23 SOCOM OHG

'nuff said

 

[VG]

The Glock has got to be the most rugged and reliable sidearm on the planet. As a friend of mine put it, "they're the Kalashnikov of sidearms."

From the Glock website:

As GLOCK achieves further penetration in the marketplace, GLOCK pistols can frequently be seen in movies, on TV and in books.

I won't touch the 2nd part of your statement - I asuem he meant it as a compliment, right?

USGI M1911's made nearly 100 years ago can still be used safely and reliably. Completely ignoring collector appeal, we'll see how people feel about shooting 100 year old polymer pistols in 80 years or so. But they will ive on in movies, on TV, and in books.....

 

[clint1911a1]

I must not watch as much television as VG because my opinions aren't based on what I see on TV. I base them on my experiences in the field.
Tell 'ya what. Run over a Glock in an M-37 Dodge Power Wagon on solid rock after it fell out of the truck, pick it up, fire 100 rounds through it flawlessly, and then tell me what you think about the weapon. Do a little shootin' with your Glock after a long day of working on the farm getting in hay. After a flawless shoot at some paper targets, go home, take your Glock apart, and get enough hay out of the inside to start a small fire, and think, man, how did the thing even cycle. Then tell me what you think about the weapon.

 

[Tamara]

If I see one more ad about how the BlastOMatic 2000 was thrown off a cliff into a volcanic caldera and then run over by an M1 Abrams full of Navy SEALS, yet still shot 10,000 rounds into 1" at 1000 yards without a single jam, I'm gonna hurl.

 

[clint1911a1]

Thanks Tamara...Yet another testament to its sound design.

 

[Sarge111]

Sig 220

Light as Commander, reliable as a revolver, shoots like a Gold Cup. Nothing to turn on or off; just "Front sight- press."

 

[45R]

Sig 220ST

 

[Spieler]

SIG P220!

 

[surfinUSA]

SIG 220