What handgun would you go back in time to buy if you could?

I have and I did. It is a Colt Military M1911 made in 1918. It would of been nice to of bought a few hundred of the Military M1911A1's back about thirty or forty years ago when CMP was selling them for under thirty bucks each.
 
I also think the 45 Luger would be a nice choice. Especially since my father had one years ago and sold it without my knowlege. I would also like to have picked up one of the original Colt 44 automags like ol Dirty Harry sported back in the day. :cool:
 
had an ffl 40n yrs. ago and bought/sold on limited basis. had hands on many "cool" handguns. would love to have a 4" and 6" colt python and a 22 diamond back (4" 22lr). oh well--times change.
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Four and six inch pythons:

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And a four inch .22 LR Diamondback (incorrect grips but they work):

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Back to around the mid '80s when Makarovs were $125 and they were everywhere to be found . . . your choice 380 or 9mm short.

Rmocarsky
 
A Colt .38 Auto, Model 1902. With the spur hammer made after 1908. I 'm not an auto guy, but that's one gun you can't get a clone of now. Besides, I just love the way it looks! With wood grip panels. I'm assuming you're not buying for resale, because it sounds like some already posted a .45 Luger.
 
S&W Scofield.
S&W Russian
S&W "Triple Lock"

1st model Colt patterson. 1st month of production.
Whitneyvill Walker first month of production.
(These 2 for resale when I came back to my time -- so I can have the money to feed the rest of my guns for a loooooong time)
:)
 
I thought they only made 2 .45 Lugers, and one was detroyed in the testing and the other sold for over 1 Million bucks several years ago. Maybe they made more on special order, or were converted 9mm.
 
Oh what could be done if such were possible. a tompson smg, german Luger 9mm, Browning BAR, several Colt Pythons , Colt 1911. M1 Garand and M1A and an UZI back when you could get those.
 
I would like a new Luger. It would have to be a P08. I don't think highly of the pistol as a service weapon, I shot one and the trigger was so-so, but they were beautifully built.
 
I would also like to have picked up one of the original Colt 44 automags like ol Dirty Harry sported back in the day.
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That would be quite a trick, there are no Colt .44 Auto Mags. Never were.

And the one Dirty Harry sported in Sudden Impact wasn't a standard Auto Mag, it was custom built, by the inventor for the movie. Standard .44 Auto Mags have a 6.5" vent rib barrel. The movie gun had an 8" vent rib barrel. There was a "standard" 8in barrel gun, but it had a plain barrel, no vent rib.

Colt never made them. The were made by the Auto Mag Corp, TDE (Trust Deed Estates - a holding company after the original corp went bust), and a small number made by High Standard.

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An original .44AMP vent rib gun, and two of the longer plain barrel ones, one in .44AMP, and the other in .357 AMP.
 
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