There is no perfect handgun

The closest thing to the perfect handgun is the S&W model 19. Yep, it's a revolver. Lightweight, pleasant to shoot with .38 specials, powerful with .357 mag., very accurate, single and double action. I thought everyone knew this already.
 
There IS a perfect handgun.
It's owned by a 27-year-old lingerie model who has a summer home in Montana, and a winter home in Arizona, has a bank account as stuffed as Dolly Parton's bra, likes to buy guns as gifts for her man, and wants ME as her man!
I wouldn't care if it were a single-shot, tip-up Harrington & Richardson .22 with a rusty bore! If she owned it and met the above qualifications ... that would be the perfect handgun! :D
 
For CC a subcompact Glock 26/27/33 is as close to perfect as I have found, had one since they came out - mid 1990's.
 
Pete2 said
" The closest thing to the perfect handgun is the S&W model 19. Yep, it's a revolver. Lightweight, pleasant to shoot with .38 specials, powerful with .357 mag., very accurate, single and double action. I thought everyone knew this already."

+1 Pete2 has this down. My version of this is.a 65 LS (Lady Smith). But I also agree with the premise laid out by the OP re perfection. My 65, like all K's, can't (or shouldn't) shoot the hotter 125 gr .357s on a regular basis (not that I'd want to that much). So, empiricallly, the Ruger Speed Six would seem to be the answer to that, very similar package to the K-65 except IIRC it is a little heavier. But,...I don't like the Ruger trigger, cylinder relaease and lines as much; just never been a huge Ruger DA fan. Then there's the 686 Plus in a 3 or 4" - also a candidate for perfection. But it's bigger and heavier yet, making it less ideal than the above two for carry. Oh well, no real perfection out there. There's always something someone can criticize that has some objective merit.

So...I'm back to my beloved 65 LS. Darn' close for the rounds I shoot normally anyway - 3" heaven. Oh, that it could be a 7 shot and load major zombie killers, but then it wouldn't... Oh well! All I know is "perfection," if it exists, is.a revolver :)
 
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For me it's all application, more of a "There's no perfect handgun for all applications I need."

For carry I have 0 complaints on the Glock 30, easy to conceal, shoots very well, I can rapid fire with 230 grain ball at 10 yards into the head of a silhouette target.

Other handguns fulfill the need for home defense and woods guns for me.

For a carry gun it needs to be reliable, easy to self service and something I can shoot accurately quickly. The Glock 30 fills that for me.
 
The gun I have in my hand while shooting is what I expected would be the perfect gun, but the gun I choose next will be the perfect gun. :D
 
Not one of them is perfect....????

a. N frame S&W ...model 27 ...like a 4" ...is awful close to perfection...

b. K Frame S&W model 18 ( .22 ) is sure awful close...again in a 4"..or a model 17 I supppose...

c. A new Freedom Arms - large frame...5 shot single action revolver...is truly a piece of craftmanship that is hard to imagine it could get any better...in whatever caliber you want ( .357mag, .44 mag, .454 Casull, etc ..) but personally mine is in .357 mag and a 4 3/4" octagon barrel...its darn close to perfect...

d. Wilson Combat 1911's...especially their 5" guns....in 9mm or .45 acp...fit and finish is 2nd to none, triggers are spectacular (at least on mine ) ...and its hard to imagine they could get any smoother...

In my opinion ....all 4 of those examples...are perfect 10's....maybe not Bo Derek or Raquel Welch, or Gina Lollabrigida perfect ...but come on man...they're all pretty close....
 
I have both a Glock 19 and Glock 30. They are about the same size and weight, except the Glock 30 is thicker. For a defensive carry gun, I like the Glock 19 (gen 3) better. I've never handled another gun that naturally points so perfectly for me. The Glock 30 is a little too brick-like for me, both in the hand and on the belt. The slightly thinner Glock 19 is just perfect and easier to shoot accurately. Both are very accurate and have been 100-percent reliable with all ammo I've tried, and only weigh 21 oz. If there is a perfect defensive handgun for concealed carry other than the Glock 19, I don't even care. I've found mine.
 
Revolvers (DA and SA) Ruger by a mile........all I want and need they made or make.

Semi autos are a little harder. Big fan of Sig and CZ
 
The closest I've come is my Ruger P345. Accurate, totally reliable, I can feed it anything, easy to take down and reassemble.

Not as pretty as my 1911s or revolvers, but otherwise perfect.
 
K-frame .22's and .38's are close,,,

I started my current collection of handguns with a S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece,,,
Since then I have amassed 33 more handguns of varying kinds and sizes.

My Model 15 is the one I always take to the range,,,
Along with her little sister Model 18.

A good K-frame S&W is as close as it gets for me.

Aarond

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mrt949 (post #20): I agree wholeheartedly, though my 4" Security Six is a few years newer than yours and my life considerably less interesting (thankfully).
 
Isn't the premise of this thread assumed off the bat? Kind of like saying "its only worth what someone will pay" or "you can't pay sales tax without first buying something".

I think the definition of "perfect" plays into this as well. Some would say pure and simple a perfect handgun doesn't exist. Others would say even a perfect handgun would have faults since they all do, so a zonk model 47 is pefect, but its perfect, only to them. Theres no answer.

"how many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"
 
For my money, pre-Lock S&W 4" K-frames and N-frames in 4" and 5" varieties, and 1911s in Commander-ish slide/barrel sizes are about as good as it gets.
 
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