What is your Favorite non-S&W Handgun

[Bill Lear]

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.

Okay that's not fair!

 

[Bill Lear]

I'm sure I have far too many "favorite" guns to list each one, but one that comes to mind is my Springfield Armory 1911 with 460 Rowland conversion - and a Wilson BT grip safety.
The 460 Rowland delivers an honest 1,000 fpe which puts it right up there and beyond any short-barrel .44 magnum. Recoil is surprisingly mild, and the gun can basically be fired just as fast - accurately, as any standard 1911. So the 460 conversion gives you 44 magnum power in a fast-to-reload automatic. We're talking 230 grain bullets at 1,408 fps / 1,013 fpe!

The Springfield Armory 1911 is a beautiful rendering of the design!

 

[Kinman]

Love my HK 45c

HK 45C is my bedside firearm, not my favorite non Smith and Wesson. Its the firearm I trust the most for defense of my house and home.

 

[ladder13]

This W&K is up there.

 

[BC38]

This W&K is up there.

Never heard of a NON-S&W Wolf & Klar...

 

[Igiveup]

I would say non-S&W carry gun would be my 9mm Star BM, and 9mm shooter is my CZ75.

 

[junglefighter]

Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 44 Magnum.

 

[88IROC]

Colt .22 Peacemaker
Browning 1911-22 Compact

 

[K Harris]

Bone stock 1911A1. This one is not mine. Clones are as close as I have come to date, but one day I will have authentic USGI 1911A1.

 

[MattB]

I'd say my favorite non S&W pistol in my collection is my 1980 Sig Sauer P6. The West German police history makes it interesting, and because it's a fundamentally a Sig P225 I've been able to upgrade it with an SRT, night sights, and a nice set of wood grips. The only thing it doesn't do is feed hollow points.

 

[thefwguy]

I have lots of non-s&w favorite handgun but i'd mention one which is Glock 45

 

[safearm]

SIG P220R3. I did replace the E2 grips with standard SIG P220 grips.

 

[old tanker]

This old warhorse. Mine since 1961. Now well over a century old, it is retired from every day carry, it served me well for a long time. A Combat Commander, about half it's age keeps me company now.

 

[1911haulic]

Colt 1911 GM Nickel, born 1976, NIB, given to me for my 65th birthday by my son, who was also born in 1976. It doesn't get much better than that.

 

[nfisdlk]

Beretta PX4 full size, fits me perfectly and is completely reliable.

 

[marathonrunner]

one of my favorites is my Sig X5 Legion and Sig P226 SAO legion

 

[woodsltc]

I wouldn't claim these to be my favorite non-S&W's (I like all my firearms or I wouldn't keep them) but they are the two that are carried and shot the most.

Don

 

[jimmyj]

GLOCK (any model)