Experienced handgunners - buy or sell?

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Cousin Pat

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Consider the following (all excellent condition and correctly priced) for a recreational shooter (not LE, not routine CCarry) --

1. Kimber Gold Match Stainless, .45acp, 5" bbl.
2. Sig 226 (standard black, not Elite), .40sw, 4.4"
3. Browning BHP (standard), 9mm, 4.6"
4. HK USPCompact, 9mm, 3.6"
5. Beretta 84fs (nickel finish), 380auto, 3.8"
6. Smith Model 27 rev., blued, .357 Mag, 6.5"
7. Smith Model 15-2 rev., blued, .38 Spec, 4" (target version of Model 10)
8. Smith Model 36 rev., blued, .38 Spec, 2"

If you owned them all, which 2, if forced, would you sell first?

If you owned none, which 2, if money in hand, would you buy first?
 
Put it this way. You *need* a "big'un and a little'un". A daily-carry-always-on-you and a full-size-fighter.

So pick on that basis.

The 38 or 380 are your small ones. Pick whichever floats your boat.

The big? 1911 or 27 as you prefer. The 1911s just don't fit my hands. At least not with a straight mainspring housing. Might with the curved but I'd rather have the 27.

One problem is that if you go with an all-auto combination, you don't have the same operating drill on both and to me, that's a problem. One "big and little" combination that makes sense is 1911 and snubbie wheelgun. Sounds odd but both have the same trigger pull for every shot (which to me matters a lot) and in this combination you assume that the snub is for "grab and go" short range problems. There was a very experienced cop on a stakeout squad who liked that combo and it worked for him in a bunch of hairy messes with lead flying around.

Personally? Being in Tucson AZ I don't need major concealability. So I run one gun similar in size and horsepower to the 27, also in 357Mag.
 
Since you said that all of these are strictly for range fun (not HD or CC), I'd probably sell numbers 4 and 5 if forced to liquidate two. If I were going to buy any two of those (again just for range fun rather than "serious" purposes), I'd get numbers 6 and 7.

Now, if they were going to be used for "serious" purposes, I'd sell numbers 2 and 5 and buy numbers 6 and 8.
 
Sell: 4 & 5 would go first, the rest would soon follow.

Buy: None. If I absolutely had to, I'd buy 3 & 6.
 
I am assuming you have your CCW needs met, and as you say, theese are for recreational uses only.

Sell: Mumbers two and five.
Buy: Numbers one and six.
 
That's a tough choice.

I'd probably have to sell the Beretta 84FS and one of the revolvers since you have several, maybe the 36?

I'd definitely buy the Browning HP, it would be a close call between the Sig and the USP though.
 
If I could purchase any of the two I would choose the Sig 226, and the Smith Model 27 .357mag.

If I had to sell two of them, then I would sell the Beretta 84fs and the Smith Model 15-2.
 
Results so far --

Net votes to buy

1. Smith 27
2. Browning BHP
3. Kimber GM2 Stainless

Net votes to sell

1. Beretta 84fs
2. Smith 36

No strong (net) opinions

1. HK USPC
2. Sig 226
3. Smith 15-2
 
Sell- 1&4
Buy- 3&6

one and 4 can be replaced pretty easily.

3 & 6 cover most handgun needs pretty well with 2 quality weapons and neither are going to get cheaper, especially if #3 is a good old blued,walnut example.
 
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