If you could only have one handgun what would it be?

I don't understand your question.

If you can only have one handgun, i.e. Glock 19, Browning Hi-Power, what would that handgun be?
 
Why should I pick? I can afford and legally own more than one gun, so why limit myself even for an Internet Impious Hypothetical. Sounds like homework for the Brady Bunch to me, where do they want to start restrictions.
 
Because that's the topic of this thread.

I want to know which gun posters would pick if they only could pick one.
 
I will answer using what I already own. Living in SC, I would choose my P14/45 Limited. If I were to move to grizzly or brown bear country, I would choose my Ruger 45 Bisley.
 
I'll loosen the tin hat 1st....

BHP 9mm. Its my favorite gun that is a fairly good compromise in all aspects.

I'm also assuming this is a question that doesnt include XYZ gun with umpteem different barrels/cylinders. One gun, one caliber.
 
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A fairly easy one. S&W 686 3" 7 shot. Ask me tomorrow and it'll be 4" for overall utility, but I am so infatuated with my 3" 65 Lady Smith for it's "just right" size/usefulness, that I'd like any "only one" to be at least nearly as compact/carryable. In any event, load it down (.38/.38+P) or load it up with "regular" or hot mags, still one of the top manstoppers for SD/HD, and can do a yeoman's job of hunting or defense against dangerous 4 legged critters if called upon in a trail/camp/survival setting. Though not the optimal "brown bear and up" round, I'd still rather have it with me in such a circumstance (properly "loaded" of course) than any of the autos (10mm being close, but still...) and makes more sense as a daily all 'rounder than anything in a revolver starting with a .4__.
Btw, this is a revolver choice, generally, because of the "go bang everytime" simplicity of function/reliability of operation, related low maintenance and ruggedness of construction.

Second place: hi-cap .40 auto. I'm thinking something along the lines of the Springfield XDM, Beretta PX or Smith M&P. An added bonus, some of the .40s out there can be paired with a relatively easy/quick.357 SIG changeout for when that might make sense. This (specific auto selection) might be a 10mm choice of some sort--being better able to fulfill the "wilderness" role suggested above making it more an "all rounder"--if ammo were as readily available.

All in all, a mid-frame .357 DA revolver is very hard to beat for "one gun" utility. If parameters were limited to more of a "primarily urban" setting and the user was not an "outdoors type," which I am, or if making such considerations as wilderness/survival a lower priority, it'd be one of the .40 autos.
 
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357 magnum, DA, make not terribly important, 4-6 inch barrel.

Second choice? Either a

Browning Hi power,

or a 1911, maybe in .40
 
What a horrible thought. :eek: If that was the situation, although it is not my favorite, being practical I would have to take my Glock 23 for reliability under adverse conditions and availability of ammo.
 
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