What is your Favorite non-S&W Handgun

[HOUSTON RICK]

It is time for another photo safari into what is out there. Please tell us what your favorite non-S&W handgun is and maybe why and maybe a picture. Mine is my most recent acquisition, a later model Browning Hi-Power. Aster reading Stephen Camp's book and WWII veterans on both sides praise for the gun, I had to have one, and from the first round, I knew this was a good firearm. The factory mags are not cheap, but they are available, and we will see what Springfield comes out with on their Hi Power project.

 

[AJ]

original Colt Series 70 National Match Gold Cup in .45 ACP.

 

[Diego]

Mine is my Browning HP Practical. It was my first centerfire handgun. I bought it almost 30 years ago, when I only owned an old Astra TS-22 in .22 l.r.

 

[otis24]

1976 Browning Hi Power. Parkerized finish. Had the slide dovetailed to accept Mark III sights. Currently in the shop to have wider safety installed. It came with VZ thin grips which I really liked. I also tried a set of Navridex grips that looked like Spegel's. Didn't quite care for them. Settled on the Hogue grips. Will add pictures in a couple of weeks when I get it back.

Why? Inimitable ergonomics (nothing else feels like a Hi Power), quality, reliability, and history!

 

[Bro. Dave]

This is like picking your favorite child, but the BHP is a particular favorite of mine, including the one I carry every day. As a work of art, this one is a favorite. It brings me joy for reasons I cannot completely articulate. Edited to add: This is not the one I carry every day.

 

[colt_saa]

Colt Gold Cups. Pretty much all of them

I love the flat top and serrated slide, I love the Eliason rear and Patridge front sights that the older ones came with. I love the wide trigger that Gold Cups have

I love the way the Gold Cups look (especially blue steel and Ivory) and I love the way they shoot

I really love carrying the Gold Cup Commanders that came out back in nineties. I have the blue one pictured above that can be worn at Formal events and I have the stainless one pictured below that can be carried in all environments

As the 10MM Auto cartridge was emerging, I bought a Delta Gold Cup

Years ago I had the chance to buy a 9MM Gold Cup from a run of 500 pieces

Today's Gold Cups are not the same thing

 

[robertrwalsh]

Colt DS. I own several and often carry one.

 

[OLDSTER]

This 1967 "T" series HP.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I suppose you mean only guns I own. My favorite non S&W handgun is my Ruger SR1911, in 10mm.

 

[Mule Packer]

That's easy. The Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt. This gun has logged literally hundreds of miles in the saddle with me as I've led the pack string into wilderness areas for 30+ years.

 

[AJ]

This is limited to only one "Your Favorite Handgun", right? Because have many that fall into different categories. IE: revolver, auto, single shot, target, match, .22, and various.........

 

[LVSteve]

This is limited to only one "Your Favorite Handgun", right? Because have many that fall into different categories. IE: revolver, auto, single shot, target, match, .22, and various.........

...then there's innovative, good looking, hilariously ugly...

 

[petepeterson]

Colt Gold Cups. Pretty much all of them

I love the flat top and serrated slide, I love the Eliason rear and Patridge front sights that the older ones came with. I love the wide trigger that Gold Cups have

I love the way the Gold Cups look (especially blue steel and Ivory) and I love the way they shoot

I really love carrying the Gold Cup Commanders that came out back in nineties. I have the blue one pictured above that can be worn at Formal events and I have the stainless one pictured below that can be carried in all environments

As the 10MM Auto cartridge was emerging, I bought a Delta Gold Cup

Years ago I had the chance to buy a 9MM Gold Cup from a run of 500 pieces

Today's Gold Cups are not the same thing

Those pistols are stunning. Congrats.
My BHPs would be my favorites.

 

[colt_saa]

Those pistols are stunning. Congrats.
My BHPs would be my favorites.

Pete,
Thanks for the kind words

A Colt Gold Cup was the first auto loader I ever bought NEW, that was over 4 decades ago, and it has been a love affair ever since

 

[brendonjames65]

My new Colt 6 inch Python is my hands down favorite non S&W revolver.

 

[AJ]

...then there's innovative, good looking, hilariously ugly...

Have seen more of those than I care to admit.

 

[sigp220.45]

Probably this Colt Cobra. I sometimes carry other guns - 1903 Pocket Hammerless or a Beretta 84 or 85 - but I always drift back to this lightweight Colt. The practical reasons? Six shots, good sights, great action, very light. The non-practical reason? Film noir, of course.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Beretta 92 Compact I've had since 1988....now with Mec-gar it's 15+1



Honorable mention:

Browning HP
Beretta Centurion and Compact Type M (single stack)

 

[Grayfox]

For me its the 1911. Doesn't really matter who makes it, its my favorite semi-auto pistol. It just fits my hand so perfectly and points naturally for me.
Here's some of them. Its an old picture. I've added a few more since this was taken.

But a nod to the OP as the Hi-power is my favorite 9mm. Got three of them and plan on adding a fourth as soon as I find a SA-35 for sale.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I liked my HK P7 PSP so much that I bought my son a P7.