What is your Favorite Gun?

[iskra]

One To Make Money, One To Have Fun

Favorite "handguns"; note plural. Beyond, first knee-jerk reaction of "favorite for what"...

The fun gun I keep returning to, my Smith Third Model Transition 44 Special w/ 6½” barrel, S63k. Chambering my all-time favorite and 'maturing' into collector appreciation of Smith long tubes.
Pix below.
Honorable mention work: Travelmate/love affair! Glock 26, LE era frequent flyer companion to retirement!

One to make money, one to have fun!
God Bless & Happy New Year All!
John

 

[Ranger514]

Awesome guns! Thanks for posting pics. My favorite isn't much of a collectable, but it's special to me because I carried it early in my LE career: a standard snubby 66-3.

 

[1blindref]

I remember the thread about your RM that was hanging on a nail in a shed when you first introduced it here. I love than gun and your story of getting it. That's truly one of those "if only it could talk" guns. Imagine what that gun went through before you saved it.

I've got too many favorites to post them all right now.
The ones I cherish most are from family members and a few friends that have passed away. Those guns trigger great and fond memories when I shoot, or just pull them out of the safe.

 

[Green Frog]

I only have guns that Spark Joy in me so I will never pick just one . The ones I value the highest though are all family guns , my paps 1955 Blackhawk , My dads Winchester 1885 38-55 High Wall and BLR 81 .358 Winchester , the two target pistols my paps brother built for him , the six shot 45-70 revolver pap was building for me when he was blinded and was never able to finish , the kid sized Tennessee .40 cal caplock rifle uncle Royland built my dad for christmas in 1947 , and last but not least the small brass and iron cannon that paps dad was given as a birthday gift in 1886 .

I know that last one is not an actual gun by legal definition but it fires 18 gr of FFG and a .375 ball or shot and easily kills GI Joes and Barbie dolls . It was made after the War from scrap iron and brass salvaged from a foundry that produced weapons for the South . Pap took it apart and had a sand cast mold made for all the parts and I have three of the ones he made from the mold that have brass barrels but aluminum wheels and carriage .

One year for Christmas I got ship models from everybody in the family ,got 11 ships built and took them and the cannons to the pond and launched the lot . I got on one side and my cousin on the other , we proceeded to bombard the ships with .375 balls until one of the balls skipped by my ear and I said let's get motorcycle helmets and use shot instead . It was the 60's !

Ain't enough money in the world to buy one from that lot .

Happy New Year to all !
Eddie

Back in the early ‘60s when I was in my early teens, my grand uncle, a retired machinist/gunsmith made a model of a Naval Cannon (a la “Old Ironsides”) and gave it to my younger brother and me with the comment that “Every boy needs something to burn his fingers on!” The bore is about 20 gauge or so, and it has a simple touch hole, so we never got it to go off very reliably, but it did provide hours of fun. Thanks for reminding me of simpler times... I may have to set it off tonight to greet the New Year.

Froggie

 

[loknload]

That’s a hard one to answer,,,?
Probably my favorite ones are the ones pictured here,,,
My Smith 36, My Glock27 and my Beretta Cougar 8040
All the ones I use for carry but really like!

 

[bruce5781]

My next favorite gun is finally coming to fruition. I recently completed my scavenger hunt for parts, right down to the bead. Now to find a builder.

A 44 McGivern.

Regards,
Bruce

 

[Valmet]

In this particular category of S&W, I’d have to say a .38 Spl Victory Model. My grandfather served in the European Theater in 1944-45 and recalled carrying an issued Colt 1911A1 that he never warmed up to as he didn’t care for the weight. As he told it, one evening (probably in March-April of ‘45), he was walking back to HQ passed some barrels full of GI gear- helmets, web gear, bayonets, etc and he saw a revolver handle protruding from one of the barrels, which he picked up.

From then on, he left his Colt .45 in his footlocker (which sits in my basement), and carried the Victory Model. He brought it home when he returned that fall and it was his nightstand gun from 1945 until he gave it to my father in 2000. He had a German POW make him a set of grips with his initials engraved in them. My dad got a S&W letter on it in Dec 2014 and the gun shipped to Office of Strategic Service, Naval Station, Norfolk on Aug 22, 1944. A month other, in January 2015 he gave the gun to me.

While I still have the custom grips my grandfather had made, I purchased an original, correct set of Victory Model grips from a member on here and it sits snugly in my safe. I still take it out and shoot it once in a while, and it is likely my favorite 1896-61 wheelgun.

 

[Krogen]

This one ^^^^^ needs a picture!

 

[LLOYD17]

Can't decide between the 44's...

or the 45's...

Pretty much if it's got a 4 as the first digit I'm game.

 

[SixGunSancho]

Favorite Handgun: Springfield Armory TRP 1911-A1 .45 ACP

Favorite Rifle: Sako AV Classic .270 Win

Favorite Shotgun: Browning A-5 Light Twelve

Favorite Concealed Carry: Springfield Armory EMP 3 9MM

Favorite New Gun: S&W Model 66-8 2.75"

In my opinion, the best handgun to ever bless Earth is the full-size 1911-A1 .45 ACP.

 

[mtgianni]

My favorite is a BLR in 308 that has killed, moose, elk, deer antelope, coyotes, fox and jackrabbits.
My favorite handguns, sorry I am not much of a picture taker, are:
1] Model 14-2 I bought it with pacs and they are still on it but it is wonderfully accurate. I shot it enough DA that it needed a new extractor and hand but it came through in great shape.
2] Model 69 4.2". I picked this up fall of 2019 and it has worked it's way steadily up.
3] Pre-Regulation Police 1952 32 Long. Chrome with Franzite grips it is not pretty to a collector. Al it does is shoot well.
4]Ruger Lipsey special 44 Special Blackhawk 4 5/8". Its a well balanced, accurate shooter.
5] Mod 15 38 special 4". Another K frame 38 that's accurate, who would have suspected it.

 

[film495]

whatever I'm about to take to the range. pretty fond of my Model 10, so much so - just ordered another one from Classic. if one is good, 2 might be better, 3 may be just right … lol

 

[wetdog1911]

In my opinion, the best handgun to ever bless Earth is the full-size 1911-A1 .45 ACP.

Without a doubt, one of the truest statements ever uttered!

To say John Moses Browning was a firearms genius is a vast understatement.

Rob

 

[Chubbo]

Favorite?

This is a hard choice to make. Considering that this is a S&W web-sight & thread, It seems only fitting to choose a Traditional S&W Revolver, S&W's own favorite revolver, the Mod. 27, in my favorite bbl. length 3.5". If this is to include any brand, and style gun, then It's a toss up between the Mod. 27 3.5", and the Colt Gold Cup NM. attachment.php?attachmentid=427621&...entid=427622&stc=1&d=1578074469d=157807435870 Gold Cup NM pistol.

 

[runscott]

I look forward to re-reading this entire thread when I have more time. The OP's selection is great. I was also intrigued by the 4" HP with stags - .357's are my favorite and I think the HP does not get enough respect. After looking at all the beautiful polished blue revolvers, the HP's matte finish is appealing in its own right.

Like most of you, I can't pick a favorite but if I had to do so, it would be my 6.5" 1955 pre-model 27. It came with 1970's targets and it was very, very dirty. Also, it was my first antique S&W. I had to do a LOT of work to recondition it. It's a tack-driver and the barrel length, frame size and grips make it a perfect shooter. Plus, it's shooter-grade, but very nice shooter grade. With all the work it took to get it just where I wanted, it's a favorite for sure.

 

[rubiranch]

Like most of you, I can't pick a favorite but if I had to do so, it would be my 6.5" 1955 pre-model 27.

My 6.5" isn't a pre, just a 1960 4-screw 27 no-dash but its probably my favorite.

I have other M27s that are worth a lot more and some that are in better shape but to me its the pinnacle of all .357 revolvers.

Mime even has a trigger shoe.

 

[notsofast]

Hard to pick an absolute favorite but my Highway Patrolman sure has a good feel to it

 

[Bobbysixkiller]

My 686+ is pretty close to the top.

 

[Bobbysixkiller]

I really love this little guy too. 38 m&p snub

 

[shrade]

chubbo
nice looking maple stocks and grips on your two favorites!