Hypothetical: You are going into a gunfight - what handgun do you take - No reloads!

[GatorFarmer]

I would go to my 4 inch, Model 19-2 stoked with full house 357magnum, 158g Copper washed lead semi wadcutters. If they will crack an engine block then they will discourage any scumbag.

Not to derail the thread, but those rounds are not actually going to crack an engine block. That myth about the .357 probably dates back to Dick Tracy. An expanding bullet would actually work better if you're using that gun for personal defense against humans, unless you've urgent need to shoot through barriers and intermediate cover.
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And on a seperate note, and I do hate being that guy, but it's been on here a lot lately. Clips go into your M1 Garand or feed your Mauser. Magazines feed your pistol. Unless someone has Han Solo's C96, their ammunition supply won't be in clips.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Hmm.... hypothetically..

An A-10. nearly 1,200 30mm rounds should do the trick.

Why not an SR-71 and just out run them?

No guns needed.

 

[38-44HD45]

Not to derail the thread, but those rounds are not actually going to crack an engine block. That myth about the .357 probably dates back to Dick Tracy. An expanding bullet would actually work better if you're using that gun for personal defense against humans, unless you've urgent need to shoot through barriers and intermediate cover.
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And on a seperate note, and I do hate being that guy, but it's been on here a lot lately. Clips go into your M1 Garand or feed your Mauser. Magazines feed your pistol. Unless someone has Han Solo's C96, their ammunition supply won't be in clips.

Thanks, Gator, for saying what lots of us were thinking!

 

[mgjohn]

I would grab my Glock 21SF (45acp) and put a 30 round Magpul magazine in it.

 

[Wheelgunner840]

Springfield XD-45. 13+1 capacity of the good ol' .45 ACP. (The OP stated no reloads, so clips and magazines are not an issue ) I think that a clip may actually be what is used to feed your Mauser "broomhandle" pistol.

 

[38-44HD45]

Springfield XD-45. 13+1 capacity of the good ol' .45 ACP. (The OP stated no reloads, so clips and magazines are not an issue ) I think that a clip may actually be what is used to feed your Mauser "broomhandle" pistol.

That is what Gator said. C96=Broomhandle

 

[Charliee]

I am most proficient with my model 66-2 or my 19-3 so I would have to go with one of those with some hot .357 rounds in them. I would not feel undergunned with either one of them.

 

[rcflyer]

1911 .45ACP

 

[Dregg]

Mine would be the one I carry daily.
Sig Sauer P-239 .40 7+1 rounds.

It's all I would need.

 

[mlk18]

Lots of bad guys = S&W 5943 w/ 20 round MecGar magazine

Few bad guys = S&W 4506-1

 

[GatorFarmer]

If you guys want to get technical about it... Some Mauser C96 style pistols were clip fed using stripper clips to top up an internal magazine. Others were designed to use detachable box magazines. To bring it back on topic... a variant of the latter in 9mm that was selective fire saw some use in the early days of WW2. Back when the Waffen SS was at the low end of the supply chain, they seemed to end up with a bunch and issued them to couriers and such.

Since they could be fitted with a shoulder stock, they were more useful than many machine pistols since the selective fire feature could be better controlled.

Where this is relevant, aside from the fact that unlike Glock 33s there are a few of these Mausers that are fully transferable, is that the exact question here has been posed before and attempts to answer it made by the worlds armies.

Eventually the answer to the question begat a variety of personal defense weapons - the grand daddy of which was the M1 carbine, the more modern examples being small caliber high capacity high velocity guns from FN and HK. Before that though, the answer most commonly arrived at was to fit a high capacity magazine and at least the option of a shoulder stock to a normal handgun. Often times the shoulder stock would double as a holster. This approach was seen with the Ingliss Hi Powers, Artillery Lugers, the afore mentioned Mausers, and continues to this day with the shoulder stocks that the Izzies will sell you to turn your Glock into an SBR.

That these types of guns are NFA weapons in the United States has limited their use, though even our own Army experimented with a hi capacity long barreled selective fire 1911 during WW2. Photos at the 8th Airforce Museum show that one American ace fighter pilot must have somehow obtained a prototype since he's posed with it as his personal weapon on his airplane.

Not a bad answer to this very question really.

 

[KCop]

I'd bring backup, my brother, a police sergeant, and my son, a federal agent. Alone, I'd bring my Kim Arends built 1911 .45 ACP.

 

[GLV]

If I were able to predict

I would lock the doors and stay at home.

Otherwise, since I cannot predict, the question is rather whatever-------

Thus it would be my normal carry guns.

 

[Out West]

My choice is the gun that rests next to my bed: 3rd generation Glock 22 with factory night sights. Gold Dot 180's. Never had a malf and accuracy that exceeds my skill as a shooter.

Out
West

 

[WC145]

Shouldn't we be prepared to go into a gun fight with whatever we happen to be carrying at any given moment? If you don't trust your carry gun or your ability with it then it's time to make a change.

So, for me at this moment, it would be a custom 9mm S&W 360J. Tomorrow it'll be a .38 Super 1911.

 

[Goldstar225]

My Glock 23, a superbly reliable handgun. I'll still be wishing for my 870 though.

 

[NE450No2]

1911, in 45 ACP.

Also, unlike most TV shows and Movies, I would pick up the guns of the dead, as the Gunfight continued.

 

[ect1222t]

Why no back up? A gun is a mechanical device which can malfunction. Most, if not all, LEO's carry a back up. The same generally applies to civilians. And no spare ammo? I've never heard of such a thing. Also, you may have to arm someone else. That being said, mine would be my main normal carry, a pair of 5903's in a Galco MC 244 and Galco SOB 244 worn in the 5 O'clock position. 16 rounds each of 124 grain 9mm, FMJ and JHP/XTP staggered in the magazines. I also carry BUG's, but that wasn't mentioned in the OP. But, as others have stated, if I knew I had a gunfight pending, I'd stay home. -Ed.

 

[Smith357]

Since I don't have an AR-15 pistol with a 100 round magazine I'll just stay in the rear with the gear.

 

[one eye joe]

My custom Colt Gold Cup Trophy, with 11 rounds of Black Talon ammo in it. If that won't get me outta a jam, it's time to call for dust-off.....