Whats your favorite handgun you've owned?

[Exjay]

So? Lets hear them. Past or present, doesn't matter. What makes/ made it your favorite?

I'm no serious collector to say the least when it comes to firearms but I've always been partial to the kahr pm9 (so far). It was the first handgun I bought and the trigger on it is just the bees knees for a DAO.

[LarryFlew]

Depends on what the use is. For carry it is my Kimber custom shop 45. For hunting it is my TC Contender. For range it is my CZ SP-01 9mm. For looks it would be glossy blue CZ 75B with white lettering.

[Spike]

For the range: S&W Model 19-3 6" .357. It's a tack driver and has a sweet trigger. This is the second gun I purchased.
Favorite Semi-Auto: XD-45. This gun and I just get along.
Rifle: 10-22 with Tech Sights, VQ trigger parts, etc. Just fun, and cheap, to shoot. The Mosins are creeping up on the 10/22 though. Boom! Giggle.

- Spike

[CraigJS]

PCR

[grousemaster]

So far, my favorite handgun would be my RTF2 Glock 23.....or the 1960 Chiefs Special .38 my grandpa gave me...

[antimatter]

Mk2 Browning Hi-Power. It was the first gun I ever purchased, and I expect I'll be willing it to someone after I'm gone.

[selurcspi]

P7-M13!!!

[rugersol]

at the moment, I'm a bit torn between this ...


... and my .300 BLK!

... I've also got a nice .41 flattop that comes in 3rd!

[Stradawhovious]

Toss up.

S&W 625-6 5" in .45 ACP or 1909 Colt Police Positive Special in .32-20 WCF

[americos]

PPS 43

[inspyrd]

Sig P226 9mm

[Lunchbox]

Sig P226 9mm

Yup. I've only held a few guns that as good or as right in the hand as that one... Haven't owned any of them though.

[GunGoogler]

This:

Colt 21st Century Lightweight Commander -- Wiley Clapp Edition

[cobb]

My Baer. I also have a Kimber Pro CDP, Rohrbaugh 9mm and a Kahr PM9 that I am very partial to.

[Pat Cannon]

I've only owned four handguns and I've loved them all, but, yeah, some more than others.

They are:
1. Charles Daly Field Pistol (full size 1911)
2. Kimber Custom II (full size 1911)
3. Ruger SP101 (.357 Magnum 5-shot 2 1/4"-bbl revolver)
4. Ruger GP100 (.357 Magnum 6-shot 3"-bbl revolver)

I was sucked into the handgun world by reading Jeff Cooper's column in Guns & Ammo, so my first gun had to be a full size 1911. Because I'm chronically broke, it was a cheap 1911, a Philippines-made Charles Daly. Loved that gun, mostly 'cause it was my first gun -- kinda like a guy's first car ['54 Chevy, best car ever]. Never mind that I had to replace pretty much every small part inside the gun as they broke in the course of a couple years. One of the cool things about a 1911 is, you can go to a local gunsmith and he can dig in his parts bin and he'll find whatever doohickey broke and send you on your way in a few minutes for a few bucks. This was my everyday carry gun from the day I bought it. Unless I didn't have my permit yet, in which case it wasn't.

After a year or two I succumbed to peer pressure to "buy a decent gun", and got the Kimber. This gun broke less often than the Daly, and looked and felt much nicer. But it wasn't any more accurate than the cheap gun, and jammed maybe even a little more, like once or twice per IDPA match. I loved it, but not quite as much as I loved the Daly beater.

So I love 1911s, but the 1% or 2% jam rate of my 1911s bugged me. I thought maybe I wanted a revolver.

Then one day I picked up a 2-1/4" Ruger SP101 snubby, and it just felt right. It's built like a little tank. The full sized 1911 was starting to feel a little heavy as a daily carry gun, and this gun's about ten ounces lighter. I traded the Kimber for it, even up, at Frontiersman. I still love that gun, and still carry it sometimes.

But, once I started carrying the SP, I figured I should shoot something like it in IDPA (you need a 6-shooter for IDPA; the SP holds 5). So I bought the GP100 online. To finance that, I sold the Daly to some sucker here [just kidding, friend].

Then I figured out how to build a decent IWB holster for the GP, and for the last couple years it's been at my side 24/7.

So now I'm an all revolver guy. But 1911s are still awesome.