Favorite Non S & W Handgun?

[JOE MACK]

If I had to pick just one it would be my Ruger OM Blackhawk in .41Magnum. It kept a mean old range cows horns out of my hide. If I can choose a semi-auto it would be my Glock 19 that I carry when I go to a FREE state.

 

[STCM(SW)]

For a revolver, older Colt Python customed by Austin Behlert.

For a semi-auto, Kimber Pro Carry II.

 

[steamloco76]

I can't say I have a single favorite.

Ruger MKIII Hunter- Accurate and a lot of fun to shoot (Was more fun when I could get bulk .22 ammo!)

Ruger new Model Blackhawk Convertible in 45 ACP/45 Colt with Herrett's Shooting Star grips.

Browning HP-35 High Power 9MM. Shooting this pistol always puts a smile on my face and a tight group on the target.

 

[Dominus_Lex]

Kimber CDP II 4"

Ruger Blackhawk .45Colt full Mag Na Port predator conversion.

 

[Old TexMex]

Czech please....

 

[Smoke]

Wait a second, you mean they make non S&W handguns?

Who'da thunk it?

Seriously, prior to getting my 4006 I carried my CZ75B (.40S&W) almost exclusively

 

[Kid44]

Super Blackhawk

Ruger Super Blackhawk, 4 5/8" barrel in stainless steel, tied with my 4" Model 29 for the easiest packing gun I have ever owned. Easy to carry, handy and more available power than I will most likely ever need.

 

[wbraswell]

Like most, Colt Gov't .45acp.
Revolver, Colt SAA

 

[goldenlight]

My stainless steel Colt Gold Cup National Match 1911. 45ACP, of course.

 

[625smith]

Browning Buckmark Bullseye IMHO the best out of the box .22

 

[alwslate]

Autoloaders; I'm very fond of the only 1911 I own. It's a series 70
Colt that I bought new in 1974 and modified just a bit. I have other
Ruger single actions but this large frame Vaquero in 44 magnum is the
one I like the best.

 

[wraco]

They're all favorites, but here's a couple I'm rather quite fond of.

- 1906 Colt SAA, 45 Colt.
- Colt Python, nickel
- Colt Python, blue

Rod

 

[DCWilson]

Somewhere around here is a Ruger MkIII Competition Target. I don't shoot it a lot, but I tend to smile a lot when I do.

I have a few non-standard Colts that I like, both revolver and semi-auto, but the one I like most varies with the passage of time. Until a couple of weeks ago I had a half-century old high-90s Cobra that filled that slot, but then I lucked into a semi-nice M1903 .32 ACP that feels pretty good in the hand. I already had a M1908 in .380, but I like it from a distance -- it's a GO model and too nice to shoot. I need a slightly rougher 1908 to fill that role. Some day.

On balance, almost any S&W edges the comparable gun from any other maker. I guess I'm a loyalist that way, even though I recognize that not all S&W products have been unburdened by strange engineering decisions. Last week I took delivery of a Model of 1913 .35 semiauto, a gun whose design leads me to wonder if LSD was actually discovered a half century before the commonly accepted date.

 

[8th SPS USAF]

Favorite non -S&W handgun/s

XDs 45
XDs 9mm
Walther PPS 9mm

 

[pinduck]

My 50s vintage Colt MT Woodsman 6".
Glen

 

[LouisianaJoe]

P220 .38 Super

3 screw .41 Mag

Colt .22 Buntline

 

[PALADIN85020]

Everything I need, and nothing I don't.

John

 

[BC38]

Colt Series 80 Mk IV Government Model 380 acp.
Its a 3/4 scale M1911, a real pleasure to shoot, and quite accurate for such a short barreled semi-auto

 

[Protected One]

For plinking, I really like my Sig P226 9mm.

For "Plinking"....why not CARRY it?

 

[arjay]