Have You Found Your Perfect Handgun?

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Three years ago I acquiesced and ended the search.

If I'm wearing anything with a pocket, it will have an LCP in it.

Same here.

I know quite a few folks at the club like me with lots of full size and so-called compact guns in the safe with a ton of holsters... rarely carried. It's the small guns that get carried.

Just a few weeks ago a good friend told me about this great custom holster he was getting for his Browning Hi-Power. Supposed to be the most comfortable holster ever invented... (as we all want to believe when buying yet another new holster for guns we don't carry). So he gets the magic comfort leather and says he can't believe how great it is... at first. I see him a week later and ask how's that new leather working. He says he really likes it but is back to carrying his LCP.

Drop an LCP in the pants pocket in the morning and it stays there till bedtime.

 

[Bulldawg Dad]

It used to be that I never stepped out of my house unless my SW M-340SC was attached to me somewhere. Times have changed. More often than not these days my Glock M-23 Gen 4 is hidden on me along with a spare mag. During the hotter months I've been cc'ing my Glock 43 with several spare mags.

As far as the perfect gun I still say that if the magical "you could only have one handgun" rule appeared, I would opt for my 4" SW 686 (no dash) above all others.

 

[CajunBass]

I've gone through several, but I think I've settled on a Ruger LC9s. It's small, but big enough to get a grip on. It's light...I'm too lazy to carry a heavy gun. I shoot it better than I do any small revolver I've ever owned. Maybe a little too big for pocket carry, but I don't like that anyway. It's dead nuts reliable...I don't think it has ever malfunctioned.

It's purple...so I got it for a really good price. Since then, everything else is for range use.

 

[loknload]

I have holsters for most of the guns that I carry but they are all collecting dust because the LCP fits to easy in the pocket!

 

[BigCityChief]

I love my HiPower, but my new Kimber is mighty good looking.[emoji2]

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[DevilDog72]

............ not yet, but my 19-4 snub is pretty close to perfect

 

[Rastoff]

I love my HiPower, but my new Kimber is mighty good looking.[emoji2]

That was funny. Now show the pic of the good looking one.

 

[BigCityChief]

That was funny. Now show the pic of the good looking one.

It matches my '55 Chevy Bel Air beautifully!


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[John P.]

Right now my perfect handguns are a 637 in the warm weather or a Glock 26 when it is cooler, and I can conceal with a light jacket.

The 637 is loaded with the Speer 135 gr. SB while the 26 is loaded with the Winchester Ranger T-Series 127 gr. +P+.

Nothing fancy but they work.

 

[dben002]

Yes I have......for about the 8th time now....check again in another week or so

 

[rustythread]

Started off back around 1978 with a Model 15, in a Bianchi X-15 shoulder holster when dressed for it at work and in a nice pancake made by a local officer when off work. Summertime, started with a lightweight Bodyguard, then got a Model 60, both in an ankle holster. Woodswalker was a 4" Mod. 66.
Nowadays, being retired and able to dress pretty much as I please, my edc is a Glock 26 with a Glock 17 mag for reload when I'm lightly dressed, and a Sig P226 when clothed to cover it. None of them perfect, but then I'm not perfect either.
Just got a couple of used .45 sig P220s--one full sized 8-round and one compact edge-melted 6-round. 10-round extended mags for reload on both. If I like the pistol and find a good holster, the compact .45 may be my next summer edc.

 

[smitholdtimer]

Since you asked!

I have grown fond of the Ruger LCR chambered for the .327 Federal Magnum. Carries SIX rounds and is just below being as powerful as a .357 Magnum with less felt recoil to boot. This revolver will shoot the .327 Mag, the .32 H&R Mag., the .32 S&W Long and the .32 short. Another plus is the trigger pull which allows most Men & Women to pull the trigger without causing movement from the target. Double action only.
Sure hope S&W finds it in its Heart to resume production for this caliber in the J & K frame revolvers and is competitive. This CALIBER should be allowed to live!

 

[oldfac]

perfect carry pistol

I finally found what to me is my PPP-it is a S&W shield 40 from the performance center

 

[jim lock]

S@W Model 65, 3inch, Hammer spur removed, smoothed action but not lightened, Pac. grips. chamfered cyl,.
Jim

 

[Murphy's Law]

Yes, my Shield 40, 2nd Glock 23, 3rd Talo 686+ 3" others I have for range work only.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

Three amigos!

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[Eddie Southgate]

Open carry : Series 70 1911 w/ 2 spare 8 shot Meggar mags with 185 gr HP +P's .
Concealed : Colt Cobra loaded with Winchester 125 gr lead SWC HP +P's and 2 speed loaders of same.
Most perfect all around handgun for me would be the Triple lock .44 SPL Target and Colt Single Action in .44 SPL. Got the Colt and hopefully one day will get the S&W.

Eddie

 

[Amp]

I think so...
For over twenty years I carried a 640 no dash. Every now and then I tried something else but always came back to the little 38. Just bought a M&P340 that comes in at almost half the weight and much better sights. The 340 just may be what I needed.

 

[Blackgun1]

I've found the perfect handgun many times[emoji12] This time it's this one. Build it perfect, and very accurate!

Dam Wesson CBOB

 

[DelawareDave]

Yes, about 15 of them...