One handgun only...what would it be?

If end of the world...Sig226 9mm or Glock 17

If just only allowed to own one gun that I'd have to conceal and enjoy for recreation...Glock 19 or 1911 Commander

That's tough...I like the 3 gun limit a little better:D
 
Well if it was the end of the world, I wouldn't need to conceal. I would probably go with a Ruger Vaquero in .45 colt, since there would be no gunsmiths to fix guns or gun companies to send out new springs or parts im going with what will last me the longest without breaking. Cant worry about replacing mag springs and recoil springs.
 
Any good (Ruger or SW) 6" .357/.38 revolver, preferably stainless.

And by the way the "only gun scenario" CAN happen on the way to a loving, safe, helpless, submissive, obeying no guns society. They did it before, they want to do it again, and trying to do it. Beware the per partes method. Cut by cut, all for our safety and protection (yes daddy, yes Big Bro, yes sir) then there was none.
Remember that.
 
Here's another suggestion but first, here's one reason for a "one gun" thread: you only carry one gun. For those of you who carry more than one gun, just go to another thread. This won't interest you. Anyway, it's always a good topic.

I didn't think of this first. I don't think I have ever thought of anything first. One writer who seemed to know what he was talking about and actually had a reason to have a gun thought he had found the perfect handgun--for his circumstances. His pick was a S&W Model 66 with a 2 1/2-inch barrel. He lived in Florida. It didn't rust and was powerful enough for anything in Florida and it could be loaded with a variety of rounds without changing the sights. Sounded pretty good to me.

I had at some point a S&W Model 65LS, which I thought was even better. It had a three-inch barrel, under-lugged even, and of course fixed sights. I've usually preferred fixed sights. I also owned a Model 10 with a three-inch underlugged barrel, too, but I only mention that as a matter of interest. Well, anyhow, although I thought the gun was a delight to shoot and was a perfect size, it really wasn't the easiest thing to holster for concealed carry purposes. Still, it had a lot to recommend it. And just like Webley-Fosberys, they don't make them anymore.
 
BlueTrain said
"I had at some point a S&W Model 65LS, which I thought was even better. It had a three-inch barrel, under-lugged even, and of course fixed sights. I've usually preferred fixed sights. I also owned a Model 10 with a three-inch underlugged barrel, too, but I only mention that as a matter of interest. Well, anyhow, although I thought the gun was a delight to shoot and was a perfect size, it really wasn't the easiest thing to holster for concealed carry purposes. Still, it had a lot to recommend it. And just like Webley-Fosberys, they don't make them anymore."

BlueTrain, +1 - amazingly what I was about to post when I read yours. 65LS, as good as it gets.
 
There was an article I remember very well from an old Gun Digest, probably from around 1960, about this very subject, which is hardly new (what is?). The writer went around and around about this and that, and what he wanted out of his one and only "all purpose" gun, although just having a single gun wasn't the point of the article. He said he had to get used to people asking him why he carried such a big gun, too. The gun? A Colt Single Action Army revolver in .357 magnum. Pretty big gun, huh?

From a personal standpoint, if there were a clearly defined reason to own a gun, I mean for actual utility, choosing one would be a lot simpler. As it is, I have no such reason based on my own life experiences, yet I still own two.
 
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