Ideal Handgun

[august1410]

A N frame Smith&Wesson Revolver!

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[Yoshi]

1086: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=273650346

Wow.... I don't think I've ever seen all 10x6 series guns listed at once. That one in Salisbury, NC would have been mine just a couple months ago.

Here's one NIB: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=273506959

All very nice! Any double stack models?

 

[Forager]

No double stacks in the 10x6 models. They are PLENTY big enough as they are.

 

[trbon8r]

Was thinking about this last night. Might not be everyone's cup of tea but this would be *my* ideal handgun:

Start me with a single stack .45 ACP Glock.

Re-profile the slide and frame to match the width, contour, and dimensions of a 1911. Note: the re-profiling would *not* include the hammer. Keep it no exposed hammer & striker fired.

Make the trigger break like my 1911's trigger & give me a 1911 safety.

VOILA.

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Sounds like it would just be a lot easier to buy a 1911.

As witnessed by this post, 100 years later the 1911 is still the standard other guns are trying to chase.

 

[Forager]

Yeah, there is that...

 

[SCARCQB]

Was thinking about this last night. Might not be everyone's cup of tea but this would be *my* ideal handgun:

Start me with a single stack .45 ACP Glock.

Re-profile the slide and frame to match the width, contour, and dimensions of a 1911. Note: the re-profiling would *not* include the hammer. Keep it no exposed hammer & striker fired.

Make the trigger break like my 1911's trigger & give me a 1911 safety.

VOILA.

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Did you use your telepathic powers on Kriss/ IWA for them to make your dream gun? Check out the new line of Swiss made Sphinx pistols that are being imported bt Kriss, USA........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Xbdpf0q_I

 

[BigMBobbyOP]

Did you use your telepathic powers on Kriss/ IWA for them to make your dream gun? Check out the new line of Swiss made Sphinx pistols that are being imported bt Kriss, USA........

meh, they are cool but are not poly frame, have an exposed hammer and are not striker fired

 

[BigMBobbyOP]

Sounds like it would just be a lot easier to buy a 1911.

As witnessed by this post, 100 years later the 1911 is still the standard other guns are trying to chase.

1) I don't find the sentiment that "as long as we've got something that works there no use in looking for improvements" persuasive at all.

2) I've already got a 1911, its not about that. (and multiple glocks)

On another note,

What is the advantage to having an exposed hammer over striker fired?

 

[SCARCQB]

meh, they are cool but are not poly frame, have an exposed hammer and are not striker fired

You wanted this ???? Noooooo!!!!!!!

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

Glock 17 ftw

 

[WheelHead]

I would take the gun RoboCop used to keep in his leg.

It was a modified beretta.....

 

[BigMBobbyOP]

You wanted this ???? Noooooo!!!!!!!

LOL you really pulled that one out of the archives. nice one.

 

[BigMBobbyOP]

Glock 17 ftw

agreed. i love that gun.

i want my 1911 and my glock 17 to have a baby.

 

[tony b]

agreed. i love that gun.

i want my 1911 and my glock 17 to have a baby.

i would adopt that baby.

 

[Tim460]

I also have to go with G17

 

[Boom Boom]

S&W K-frame, Ruger Security Six family

 

[Yoshi]

Did you use your telepathic powers on Kriss/ IWA for them to make your dream gun? Check out the new line of Swiss made Sphinx pistols that are being imported bt Kriss, USA........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Xbdpf0q_I

That is truley bad-ass!

 

[trbon8r]

1) I don't find the sentiment that "as long as we've got something that works there no use in looking for improvements" persuasive at all.

2) I've already got a 1911, its not about that. (and multiple glocks)

On another note,

What is the advantage to having an exposed hammer over striker fired?

Improvements are fine when they are useful. An extended thumb safety, sights you can actually see, or a beavertail grip safety is an improvement in the original 1911 design. On the other hand you can't mistake cost cutting measures like polymer frames and stamped parts as necessarily being improvements from a functional standpoint.

An exposed hammer carries no particular advantage or disadvantage.

 

[4MDGunRights]

The ideal handgun is the one that you can afford, and works when you need it to work.

I love my H&K P7 PSP.

 

[trbon8r]

The ideal handgun is the one that you can afford, and works when you need it to work.

Truth.

There are so many good choices these days for a good reliable handgun, you almost have to go out of your way to make a bad choice. At times we tend to split hairs over which gun is better, when the fact is just about any of the quality handguns on the market can do the job almost as well as a 1911.