What pistols do you think of when you hear "Legendary"

[BigG]

Stevelyn, since you are naming Colt revos, I think it is remiss to forget the one that started it all, the 1836 "Texas" Patterson.

 

[Tom Servo]

Sadly, to judge from modern culture, the Tec-9 and Mac-10

 

[MrAcheson]

Legendary pistols in order of appearance: ...

Colt 1911
Luger
BHP

You do realize the Luger came out before the 1911 right?

I like the BHP, but it doesn't hang in there like the abovementioned.

Not in the US no, but internationally the hipower is easily in the 1911s class. Of course pretty soon I might have to admit the Beretta 92 is legendary under the same criteria...

 

[stevelyn]

You do realize the Luger came out before the 1911 right?

I knew the 9mm cartridge came out long before the .45ACP. Wasn't quite sure about the Luger pistol itsself.

 

[tex_n_cal]

Hmmm...

Colt Walker
Peacemaker
Pepperbox (read Mark Twain )
Luger
1911
Walther PP
Python
"...are you feeling lucky...punk?"

 

[Soap]

Colt 1911
Colt SAA
S&W 19

Each is the pinnacle of their breed IMHO.

 

[garrettwc]

"...are you feeling lucky...punk?"

The S&W 44 Magnum... the most powerful handgun in the world... and it can blow your head clean off... see above

 

[Dr.Rob]

Seems to me the BHP has been in production longer than any other hi-cap 9, has been used/copied by so many countries that it's hard to gauge just how many conflicts it's seen, and is still in service. Nothing to sneeze at.

I'd call that legendary. I would.

 

[Baba Louie]

From days gone by, as a kid and teen and not knowing ALL the technical names and such, the following seemed to the stuff from which legends were made and played with in our neighborhood games.

When playing WAR you HAD to Have one of the following three:
Colt .45
.45 Auto
9MM Luger

If Cops and Robbers was the Game of the day it had to be one of these:
Snub Nose .38 Special
S&W .357 Magnum
.44 Magnum*

Our neighbor hood gang of school age warrior wannabes didn't know everything, but we knew THOSE guns.
Hmmm. You don't see kids playing WAR or Cops and Robbers outdoors much anymore, toting around their arsenals finest (even as a kid i had an old boy scout footlocker filled with toy guns to choose from... * tho the .44 Magnum didn't make the scene until Inspector Callahan made it a household word in the 70's). Nowadays, they sit on their chubby little butts indoors playing GTA and the like, which is probably better than having 10 - 15 kids running around the neighborhood and parks with plastic guns terrorizing today's horrified Moms. That can get a kid in a lot of trouble in todays world. But I digress.

As a much older kid, I'd still say those six qualify as legendary.

 

[BluesBear]

I knew the 9mm cartridge came out long before the .45ACP. Wasn't quite sure about the Luger pistol itsself.

The first Luger was in 1900 and it was in 7.65 (.30 Luger). The 9mm Parabellum came along in 1902 and was first chambered in the Luger. The 9mm P is simply the 7.65 Luger without the bottleneck.

 

[Michael Zeleny]

SIG P210

57 years in production, the best 9mm pistol ever.

 

[La Pistoletta]

Colt 1911, Deringer, Beretta.

 

[Island Beretta]

Legendary- German Luger, Beretta 9 series, Browning Hi-Power, Colt SA, SW mod 10, Walther PPK.

I fail to see how a 20 year old gun can be called 'Legendary'.. that's premature....please control your emotions ....

 

[Bainx]

Broomhandle and Luger, without a doubt.
I have one and aim to get the other!

 

[standingbear]

the 44 automag.

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Why has no one mentioned Elmer Kieths #5? Come on guys, you're slipping.

The three that come to me immediately are the 1911, the registered 357 magnum, and the 44 magnum.

 

[Magnum88C]

Let's see, my picks would be:

Colt Walker
Colt SAA
Broomhandle
Luger
1911
S&W model 10
BHP
S&W .357
Colt Python