My Top 10 circa 2001
Primary: Glock 23 .40
1. Glock 23 .40: (.40 Glocks are fine but Glocks are best in 9mm)
2. Sig Sauer P229 9mm: (I prefer the P228 but in a compact DA/SA 9mm few are better)
3. Browning HP 9mm: (classic, always will be)
4. Glock 21 .45: (I like them even more now with the SF frame. If not a 9mm Glock, I'll take a Glock 21SF in .45)
5. Glock 27 .40: (Glock's are best in 9mm)
6. HK P7/M8 9mm: (still want one)
7. Sig Sauer P220 .45: (SIG's are best in 9mm)
8. Colt MK IV Series 80 .45: (Semi-custom 1911's now, whole nuther level)
9. Sig Sauer P226 .357 Sig: (fun to shoot .357 SIG but expensive, almost bought one but never did)
10. S&W 686 2 1/2" .357 Mag: (fun to shoot but really, there are better guns to fight with for its size/weight)
Current Top 10
Current Primary G26/G17:
1. Glock 34, 17, 19, and 26 (my favorite self defense pistols)
2. Glock 21 SF .45 ACP (my second favorite self defense pistol)
3. Full size single stack 1911 in .45 ACP: Semi-custom from SA Custom and Les Baer (Classic platform made the way they should be)
4. S&W J frame in steel (36, 60, 640, 649) (BUG, everyone should have one esp. one that you'll shoot often)
5. SIG Sauer P226 9mm (The best SIG Sauer P series pistol evah)
6. S&W M&P in 9mm and .40 (has potential but S&W has to to bring up QC. I prefer Glock but I know others prefer this one)
7. Ruger Redhawk .44 Magnum (If you can own only one .44 Magnum the Redhawk is it. esp with the out of the box trigger today. Yes, Ruger)
8. Browning High Power MKIII and Practical in 9mm (classic, slim, elegant. rare quality these days)
9. H&K P7/M8 and PSP (unique, awesome little defense gun)
10. Ruger SP101 .357 Magnum (nice BUG just a bit bigger than a S&W J, if you dont' mind the size/weight)
*Edited to see my old list and new list side by side with my thoughts about my old and new choices today
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