If you could only have one handgun what would it be?
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Coltman 77
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We should be allowed to pick at least two handguns! 
However, I'll go with my Sig P220.
However, I'll go with my Sig P220.
Microgunner
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I don't know, but it'd be a big one.
lee n. field
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IF the world's as it should be, all unicorns and rainbows, I'm set for life and my biggest handgun addressable problem is too many stray cats, err, squirrels, a Ruger .22 auto, long barrel, target sights.
IF "We're in Teh End Times!", and I have to survive a 7 year Great Tribbleation wandering through a blasted and mutating apocalyptic landscape with only what I managed to grab in my panicked flight, a Glock 19. It should last as long as I need it. I can scavenge ammo from my fallen enemies, as, surely, the Man 'o Sin's minions will favor the Euroweenie 9mm over the One True Cartridge delivered by the hand of St. JMB.
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robthebuilder
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Glock 22. It's my favorite gun so far. 15+1 capacity, reliable. Fun to shoot.
RG Stewart
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What would it be? An unthinkable tragedy.
In that event, I would probably choose a 4" m629
In that event, I would probably choose a 4" m629
It would be my Glock 23....for it is the complete embodiment of the perfect self-defense/combat handgun, small enough to ccw yet large enough to confidently control and be accurate with in a very effective caliber of which the magazine holds 13 rounds of and it is very tough and as reliable as the sun coming up each morning............whew.........breath.
rickyjames
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i come from the great state of arizona where everyone can legally cc except convicted criminals and nudists, and nudists can open carry all day long if they like. so your single gun question makes no sense to me.
to play your game though i would need to add 1 long gun, a 12 ga pump shotgun capable of shooting anything from birdshot to buckshot to slugs. add to that a good 22/22mag duel cylinder revolver. that combo should do me for anything from arizona to alaska, aardvarks to apocalypse.
to play your game though i would need to add 1 long gun, a 12 ga pump shotgun capable of shooting anything from birdshot to buckshot to slugs. add to that a good 22/22mag duel cylinder revolver. that combo should do me for anything from arizona to alaska, aardvarks to apocalypse.
Webologist
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HK USP .45
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If you could only have one handgun what would it be?
IF the world's as it should be, all unicorns and rainbows, I'm set for life and my biggest handgun addressable problem is too many stray cats, err, squirrels, a Ruger .22 auto, long barrel, target sights.
IF "We're in Teh End Times!", and I have to survive a 7 year Great Tribbleation wandering through a blasted and mutating apocalyptic landscape with only what I managed to grab in my panicked flight, a Glock 19. It should last as long as I need it. I can scavenge ammo from my fallen enemies, as, surely, the Man 'o Sin's minions will favor the Euroweenie 9mm over the One True Cartridge delivered by the hand of St. JMB.
Now if the latter was my motivation, I would reach for my HK USP .45 and use the 9's that had previously been carried by Beelzebub's minions as backups.
I have a G19 but would reach right over it to pick the most effective and reliable handgun I own. The G19 has never failed in my hands but a few buddies and women have experienced FTEs/Stovepipes. The HK has been in my stable much longer gobbled up may times as much ammo and never had any issue of any kind. My trust in the HK is 100%. In the G19 maybe 95%. Even if it was equal the .45 cartridge is more compelling to me.
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If you could only have one handgun what would it be?
IF the world's as it should be, all unicorns and rainbows, I'm set for life and my biggest handgun addressable problem is too many stray cats, err, squirrels, a Ruger .22 auto, long barrel, target sights.
IF "We're in Teh End Times!", and I have to survive a 7 year Great Tribbleation wandering through a blasted and mutating apocalyptic landscape with only what I managed to grab in my panicked flight, a Glock 19. It should last as long as I need it. I can scavenge ammo from my fallen enemies, as, surely, the Man 'o Sin's minions will favor the Euroweenie 9mm over the One True Cartridge delivered by the hand of St. JMB.
Now if the latter was my motivation, I would reach for my HK USP .45 and use the 9's that had previously been carried by Beelzebub's minions as backups.
I have a G19 but would reach right over it to pick the most effective and reliable handgun I own. The G19 has never failed in my hands but a few buddies and women have experienced FTEs/Stovepipes. The HK has been in my stable much longer gobbled up may times as much ammo and never had any issue of any kind. My trust in the HK is 100%. In the G19 maybe 95%. Even if it was equal the .45 cartridge is more compelling to me.
SuperRuger
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I would go with mine just for the versitility. SRH 7.5" 454 Casull. Simply by chambering a different round i can go from hunting to preditor defense to personal defense with the 45 Colt and with all the different load combinations you can pretty much do what you want.