America's favorite handguns....Gotta love number 2!

Top 10 handguns in the U.S. - Photos - Washington Times

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

Tried to check out the linked article. Too hard, kept opening other tabs.

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Greg

Call me crazy, but I would think the M&P/Model 10 or 1911 would have the highest overall production numbers, they went through quite a few wars and were the mainstays of almost every Police Dept.

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Guy-Harold Smith II

Exactly!!

Dang! I didn't even come close. Like Smith357, I would've thought we would've seen the Model 10 and the 1911 in there somewhere. And what about some of the classic Colt double-actions like the Python? And nobody even mentioned the Model 1873!

Oh well, just goes to show from the looks of most of the current top 10 that plastic is here to stay.

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Pack light and cinch tight.

I believe the article is in regards to 2011 production.

The Kimber is the one that really surprised me.
The other mostly plastic mass smashers Don't come as that much of a surprise.

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Soon as I saw the Hi-Point, I X'd out.

I didn't know half the guns on that list, I need to get out more.haha
Here's my top ten list:
1.Smith &Wesson
2.Colt
3****ger
4.Stuff other people buy
5.Etc
Ok ,I couldn't make it to ten.

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the rules? there are no rules

Agreed. Too much invasive BS from that site. I will not comply.

many look like the guns some people have, but won't admit to.

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it just needs more voltage

A classic never goes out of style.

That was not a list of most popular guns. It was a list of which plant turned the most guns of their model(s) and probably based on taxes paid. Ivan

Did I see a safety on the Kahr P40????? I have never seen a Kahr with a thumb safety...I'm I seeing things? I am getting old not feeble YET

It's a list based on production, but it shows some; P89, MkII, 44 Mag without the IL, that are no longer in production. For Ruger it should show an LCP. No 1911's...

The only one on the list I would want is the S&W .44.

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But then, what do I know?

Got to give the article some points they had good pics of Harry and the Model 29.

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Hue 68 noli me tangere

These media outlet websites force you to do that so they can show increased website engagement/clicks. This way they can show advertisers their increased ''views/clicks' and justify their ad rates. They could just lay it out on one page, but they would not get the clicks. They also measure how many comments are created by users, and how many likes/dislikes, too. It all ads up to a factor to drive ad rates for advertisers. Honestly, the "news" only exists to drive advertising revenue. (Period). People that believe otherwise are extremely naive. Many sites will also pop a new ad(s) each time you click through to the next picture, or item on a list.

So, this is why there are so many headlines/'articles' featured with 'Top 10 Best places for Whatever,' Top XX Things Your Doctor/Mechanic/ Financial Planner/Lawyer/Wife/Whomever Should Tell You... Top XX Destinations, Cars, Schools, Places to Retire, Best Beaches, Best/worst Hollywood Plastic Surgeries, Best Bikini Bodies, etc. You get the idea, there are literally a million of these grabbers out there, all designed to drive revenue, and it annoys the heck out of me.

Yes, I could be interested, but just list the darn items, don't insult me with having to click through; I refuse to do it anymore. Rant over; peace.

Oh, and is anyone surprised that a Glock would be on this list...?

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Don't some realize the Kimber is a 1911?

As soon as I saw someone mention a high point on it, I quit. Must be a gang bangers top 10

Looked like a CINKO DE STINKO list to me.

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NRA Pistol/Rifle Inst. RSO

It was based on production numbers by company, not model, for 2011.

The 1911 was represented by the Kimber.

The model 29 was not #2, S&W was the #2 manufacturer.

After all we read about Glock being "America's Gun", it surprises me to see it so far down the list. No surprise to see Ruger and S&W at the top, though.

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You can always learn something new. I didn't know Taurus was manufacturing in the US, nor the parent companies of Kahr and Hi-Point (not that I'll ever need that information).

Funny how times change, only own one example on the list, S&W 29,
three of them and all pre 1980. Have no desire or interest in owning anything else on that list.

Having owned (note past tense) three of them, I'd say they are NOT 1911s...they are (insert words I can't type here.)

Kahr makes guns in New York, although they are preparing a move to Pennsylvania.

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Wisdom comes thru fear . . .

I think the only gun that Taurus "makes" in the US is the 738...and even then, I wonder how much of it is "made" here versus assembled here from imported materials.

I always knew Ruger produced the best semi-auto... Hi-point should have been #2 though...