Your Perfect Gun

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I find that FN FiveseveN with the 5.7mm cartridge very appealing, although the jury is still out on the cartridge. Problem is, the cheapest they come is like 900 bucks.
 
I have though of this A LOT! For years!

My “perfect” pistol is:

Auto-loader in various calibers from 380 ACP through 50 AE.

STS frame same as Colt series 70 regarding rear rails.

STS frame same as BHP regarding forward rails, but thickness of Colt’s rear rails (thicker).

Overall frame width exact same thickness as the slide for maximum strength and balance.

Frame front strap checker full around in choice of 20,30 or 40 LPI.

Back strap same as BHP but full checker around in choice of 20, 30 or 40 LPI.

Double-stacked magazine in STS only, very high strength steel and extreme quality fail-proof warranted springs/followers.

Decrease the amount of “open space” on the grip’s sides as the BHP has (leave the steel).

No manual safety. Same style steel trigger as the SA XD series, must be striker-style pistol (hammerless).

Trigger under-side checkered in choice of 30 or 40 LPI.

STS slide with ejection port lowered etc, but not too much, mid-way of what series 70 and series 80 Colts are.

Glock-style extractor.

Firing pin block system from the series 80 Colt.

Factory direct with choice of hard chromed or black chrome.

Pistol MUST come direct from the factory with a .22LR barrel, upper and magazine.

NO LOADED-CHAMBER indicator.

Doc2005 :D
 
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Here is a posting from this weekend concerning the 5.7x28 and how it performs.
AND yes I know SS190 is LEO only, I post this for information
First hand observation of 5.7x28 SS190 on Homosapien

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I had the unfortunate experience recently to see the damage that an SS190 will cause when it strikes the pelvic bone of a 21yo white male, first hand.

Due to ongoing investigations, privacy concerns, and the potential for civil litigation, I won't post photo's or names... However I CAN say that the damage to his pelvis was utterly debilitating, messy, and looked very painful. The bullet DID NOT exit, and performed exactly as designed (small entry hole, HUGE amount of hydrostatic shock damage, and no retained energy causing over-penetration). It was a "one shot" drop (as he no longer had a "leg to stand on.") Only one shot was fired in the exchange (by the responding Officer.)

More information after the investigation and the potential for litigation has passed.
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Auto:

Colt Government Model (1911, NOT an A1) with low profile 3 dot sights. Long trigger, no lanyard loop --- toss up between smooth flat or arched mainspring housing.

I wouldn't dare cut the slide of an original for dovetails... but I've seen it done. I like the safety and wide checkered hammer. .45 ACP naturally.

Close runner up: BHP in 45 ACP

Revolver: Colt New Service .357 4 inch, smooth buffalo horn grips, Tyler black grip insert. Colt Roayal blue with stainless hammer, trigger and lanyard loop. In a fantasy world I could switch between .45ACP, .45 LC and .357 with a few simple tools. I'd keep the military 5.5 inch barrel in the other 2 cals.
 
Possibly the Springfield XD ,but in 10mm instead of 45. Not the tactical.
Standard model.15-16 round capacity.
 
Wire fed magnetically accelerated Webley Electric, from semi-auto, various burts and various rates to 10,000 rpm. If each projectile is 2mm long a 50 foot spool has 15,000 rounds. Round speed is also variable from BB to BMG :evil:

At 10,000 rpm it can be used for thrust. :what:
 
Small game, plinking, target shooting:

Revolver: Colt Officer's Model Target, made the way Colt used to make them.

Automatic: Colt Woodsman.

Self defense and concealed carry:

Revolver: Ruger SP 101 in .357 Mag

Automatic: M1911A1 (Mine is a Kimber MK I)

Deer and larger game:

Revolver: Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt
 
My "perfect pistol" would be robust, accurate and well made with good fit and finish. And, of course, firing a powerful cartridge. Fortunately, it was already made and I own one.

Perfect rifle: An all-steel AR chambered in .375 Ultra mag. Not much you couldn't do with it.:evil:
 
Funny Dr. Rob would put it that way,

Mine is pretty simple: I'll take my Kimber Custom II, to which I have already added Novak night sights and Hogue wrap-around finger-groove grips, DROP the full-length guide rod, put in a regular spring and plunger setup, and put in an arched mainspring housing with a lanyard loop. (I'll do it when I get around to ordering the parts.)

I use one gun for everything. I take it out of my carry holster and drop it in a leg holster when I hunt. I want the grips so it will be there to pull in the snow, I want to tie it to my belt, and I hate stripping with the modified plunger. (There are a couple of pock-marks in the ceiling over my coffee table.) The arched mainspring housing was added because it was observed that soldiers were tending to hit low. I do the same.

I also have a .22 conversion kit. This covers the vast majority of what I will ever need from a handgun.
 
Perfect Gun

One that does not miss it's target.

For me, I'd like a compact 45 that I could put in my pocket. Little much to ask, but you asked for perfect, not real.

A rohrbaugh would be close, but a P3AT would be more realistic being a frugal person like I am. I don't see the value of paying 3x the money just for carbon grips and a metal frame.

jeepmor
 
Perfect Rifle

Perfect Gun: an all-steel AR-styled Rifle. My perfect rifle would be am AR-styled rifle of the same exact configuration as the JP rifle, but made of CM or STS. I have often wondered if JP would manufacture one as a custom rifle for a nominal fee?

The problem is that most manufacturers of AR-styled rifles do NOT manufacture their own lower assemblies. Most are manufactured at a foundry and sold to the firearms company which then simply stamps their name on it. So, many times when we buy company A versus companies B, C, D, or E, they are the same exact manufacture. All that varies is the stamp. There was a great article on this recently in one of the major firearms magazines. I'll try to locate it and up date with a post.

Doc2005
 
If you are talking about an existing gun I am pretty happy with my Kimber CDP Pro II.

The perfect gun would be essentialy that but with a matt gray titanium alloy frame, ramped polished barrel, tritium fiberoptic combat sights. But since no one makes any thing close I stick with my CDP.
 
For a general purpose, have it with me all the time for any and all occasions type thing, I would take either:

A commercial Colt Government Model, modified by Armand Swenson with high visibility - low profile fixed sights, and interchangable slides (and ejectors) for .45 ACP, Super .38 and 9mm Luger; and a Colt .22 conversion kit. I might want low profile adjustable sights on the Super .38 slide. I'd want a set of rosewood large diamond grips, scroll engraving and deep bluing for a finish.
(The Swenson modification was for accuracy, reliability and trigger; along with his ambidextrous safety, front strap checkering and anti-glare treatement.)

or,

A four-screw Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum (before they called it the Model 27) with a three and one-half inch barrel and Fitz cherrywood Gunfighter grips. I think it should be scroll engraved and deep blued as well.

If I get to dream, I dream big.
 
A GP 100 or S&W 686 in 41 mag with an accessory rail on the underside of the barrel.

A Berreta Tomcat in 9mm sure would be nice for CC.
 
wilson combat bright shinny nickel,old yellow ivory grips, black sharkskin holsterand matching open top mag holders... just to carry and show off.. my kimber custom target with moprolight front site to work
 
Two guns:

The automatic: Built after the appearance of a Mauser Broomhandle - specifically, the Mauser 712 with detachable magazine. I'd like one that could easily be changed from caliber to caliber with the change of springs and barrels. It would have a magazine in the pistol grip - but this would be the spare. The 10-rounder would fit into a holster, a longer one would fit as well. I'd really like one in .45 ACP that could run the Thompson stick mags, with a shorter one for concealed carry. It would have the shoulder stock available as a holster, and it would have a mount for various lights and a side-mounted scope (like the Mosin-Nagant). It could work as a scoped carbine or a self-defense pistol.

Revolver:
Definitely one of the Webley Mark VI design. Stronger materials - two versions, completely interchangeable parts - one of a lightweight metal (aluminum, Titanium, etc) and one of steel. I think that the Webley stirrup-latch arrangement would allow you to take off the front end of the gun (barrel and cylinder) with ease, and replace it with another caliber. In theory, you could run any centerfire caliber up to 500 S&W magnum in the same frame, if the cylinder was long enough and the frame sturdy enough. There would be short and long barrels for each caliber, of the Webley octogonal barrel design.
I don't know if it could run .22 - might need changes to the firing pin to handle rimfire (don't know). I'm sure a conversion could be made. The chief selling point of such a six-gun is the caliber interchangeability, especially in places where you have to get a permit for every gun you buy.
 
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