If You Were Only Allowed One Handgun...

[Garand Guy]

If you were only allowed one handgun, what would it be?

 

[PaleGreenHorse]

Glock 20
Its hard to say no to 15+1 rounds of full power 10mm.

 

[butch50]

1911

 

[yorec]

My choice would be based on caliber more than handgun type (revolver vs. semiauto vs. whatever...)

The caliber would have to be good for hunting since I use mine for such - all hunting calibers would be acceptable if not ideal for self defense, but not all self defense calibers would be worth a hoot for hunting... So it'd probably have to be a .44 mag.

Now handgun type... Don't know, Desert Eagle's a little big to CCW and a Ruger Redhawk with better CCW possibilities is nonetheless limited to 6 shots, though a pair of speed loaders would make up for this a bit. Hmmm...

Gee ain't ya all glad we don't have to make such a silly choice?

(I didn't bother to vote as a means of protesting such limitations!! )

 

[somethingmustdie]

a 1911

 

[Boss Spearman]

Beretta 92FS

 

[gb_in_ga]

I've already got it. My 4" S&W 686, .357 Magnum. I could do just fine with this one handgun.

 

[Wynterbourne]

Anything that will allow me to fight my way back to a long gun.

 

[Will Fennell]

one handgun?

It would be a custom full size 1911......probally built on a Caspian frame and slide, and put together by Jim Garthwaite. The only decision[easily made with more information on the situation] would be whether it would be chambered in 10mm or .45 ACP.......

 

[Alaskanmonte]

Browning Hi-Power in 9mm. I like to go to the range and shoot a lot (cheap ammo) and I like the way it CC's (thin frame and feels good in my hand.

 

[BobK]

Kimber or Springfield 1911.

 

[axslingerW]

My Sigma puts 14+1 of .40 wherever I need it to go. But Why only one when I can think of so many reasons to buy an XD-9?

 

[rgoudy1975]

I voted in terms of longevity. If I had to pick 1 gun for life, I figured a revolver has less moving parts...

 

[chris in va]

I don't even *have* a revolver, and voted for one under .40 cal, namely a 38/357. Damn near foolproof and powerful ammo for man or beast stoppers yet still manageable.

I need to get one. Really.

 

[Talon66]

One gun?

That would have to be my H&K USP40 .

 

[IZinterrogator]

Is 10mm bigger or smaller than .400?

 

[Talon66]

Yeah, I had given that some thought too. But I'm biased toward calibers larger than 9mm. Not trying to start anything. I owned 2 9mm semi-autos (Glock 17 & Beretta 92F) and found them very accurate but I just prefer .40 & .45. So if it had to be American made it'd be the Kimber Tactical Pro II in .45 of course . If it could be any .45 it'd be the USP45.

 

[Topthis]

Probably try to weld a .45, 9mm, .40, 10mm and .357 together. Yeah, that would be my One gun.

 

[JohnKSa]

Did you really mean for your poll to exclude the .40 S&W and the 10mm?

 

[LiveWire]

I prefer Texan. In 40 S&W.

STI Edge.

Everything else is second rate.