What other handguns do you like?

Major Tom · 12-30-2019, 06:05 AM

For me I like my Ruger Redhawk 44 mag w/Leupold 2x scope
S&W M&P 45acp
AK-47 WASR
Ruger 3 screw Blackhawk .357

Vlim · 12-30-2019, 07:44 AM

Anything with Mauser on it. And 1911s. Particulary fond of HSc's also.

MW2152 · 12-30-2019, 11:25 AM

Vlim, they cut-away Broomhandle is really something! What’s the story on it?

Vlim · 12-30-2019, 11:52 AM

Funny story:

A local gunsmith decided he wanted to build a C96 from scratch. He built it around a 9x19 Uzi barrel but got in trouble using photocopied drawings that got distorted during the copying process. The pistol ended up being about 1.2 - 1.3 times the size of a regular C96 and he never succeeded in making it function semi-automatically. So he decided to turn it into a cutaway eventually.

gunbugs · 12-30-2019, 07:22 PM

I've had a liking for S&W N frame revolvers since I was young. Started buying when I was 16. Never stopped. Have some j and k frame stuff as well. 38 & 357 on the left, then 41's then 44 special and 44mag, then 45 acp and 45 Colt. The two at a diagonal are 44's. Ran out of room on that row.

Edward Tinker · 12-30-2019, 09:49 PM

I like whatever pops my fancy, however, I can't afford just anything, so much more selective than I used to be - I do like a S&W or two - a 25-2 I've had for years and a heavy barrel model 10

Then, i like 1911a1's, but just have a couple now. I'd collect them if I hadn't gotten into lugers.
Always have shooter lugers for 1911's

The remington rand is a CMP, the nickle P1 was a close friends and came from the factory like that.

Ed

gunnertwo · 12-30-2019, 11:00 PM

I like too much. He's a minor sideline of English handguns.

G2

Sergio Natali · 12-31-2019, 10:11 AM

I like guns in general, but I've always had a preference for the 1911 in particular.

HerrKaiser · 12-31-2019, 10:58 AM

I’ve really only gotten started with Lugers, and I am young enough that I haven’t gotten a good chance to really expand my handgun collection from there. But I do have single samples of other handguns I enjoy.

A Steyr-Hahn

A Ruger SRC 1911 in 9mm (the one I entrust to help preserve my well-being every day)

A S&W model 586

mrerick · 12-31-2019, 04:35 PM

i think that my Sig P210 (Swiss, 1958) is near the top of the collection as is my 1953 vintage Pre 18 Smith and Wesson .22LR Combat Masterpiece...

Sergio Natali · 01-01-2020, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrerick

i think that my Sig P210 (Swiss, 1958) is near the top of the collection as is my 1953 vintage Pre 18 Smith and Wesson .22LR Combat Masterpiece...

Very beautiful pieces, congrats.
In my firearms collection I also had two SIG P210; the commercial one s/n P68434 is pictured herebelow, I sold them a couple of years ago, they are exceptionally beautiful pistols.

686 Shooter · 01-01-2020, 02:41 PM

I love the look of the Colt black powder revolvers.

Schutzenbob · 01-01-2020, 05:01 PM

I think my favorite all around pistol is a Colt Officers model match 38 Special that my father gave me when I graduated from high school, however I like my lugers too as well as my Colt single action 32-20.

DonVoigt · 01-01-2020, 06:24 PM

Way too many!
My "problem" is I like too much stuff and cannot make up my mind.

My latest endeavor, while persuing a few hard to find Artillery luger variants, is High Standard .22
pistols.

Some of these date to the 1930s and the predecessor of the High Standard company.
The three "cabinets" show the early hammerless models, the next is the external hammer models, and the last is post WWII and to 1977 "modern" HS target pistols.

Two of them are US martial pistols used for training during WWII.

They are about as "bad" as lugers in terms of varieties; I have some 26- good thing .22 lr ammo is cheap again.

DavidJayUden · 01-01-2020, 08:00 PM

I certainly do like my High Standard HD Military with 6" barrel. Probably my most used handgun.
dju

WG dog · 01-02-2020, 10:52 AM

Browning Hi-Powers.

gunbugs · 01-05-2020, 03:30 AM

Just picked up these two this weekend. An FN Hi power, waffenampt, and a BYF 42. Matching, except the un-numbered mag,(correct, perhaps?) with a DTA41 holster and WA63 tool. I just can't seem to stop.

Ron Wood · 01-05-2020, 08:46 PM

I have way too many interests, but here are some samples of early "belly guns". some small autos, and some .22s.
Ron

RickJZ · 09-07-2020, 03:14 PM

WW II Walther P38's, post war Walther PP/PPK (Ulm), Colt 1903's, and 1911's.

Olle · 09-07-2020, 07:21 PM

Pretty much anything up to 1945. And SIG P210s, of course. For shooting, I prefer SIG Sauer P226 and P220. They're hard to beat.

12-30-2019, 06:05 AM	#1
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	What other handguns do you like? For me I like my Ruger Redhawk 44 mag w/Leupold 2x scope S&W M&P 45acp AK-47 WASR Ruger 3 screw Blackhawk .357 __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

12-30-2019, 07:44 AM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Anything with Mauser on it. And 1911s. Particulary fond of HSc's also. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Vlim; 12-30-2019 at 10:16 AM.

12-30-2019, 07:22 PM	#5
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 660 Thanks: 366 Thanked 1,179 Times in 395 Posts	S&W Revolvers I've had a liking for S&W N frame revolvers since I was young. Started buying when I was 16. Never stopped. Have some j and k frame stuff as well. 38 & 357 on the left, then 41's then 44 special and 44mag, then 45 acp and 45 Colt. The two at a diagonal are 44's. Ran out of room on that row. Attached Thumbnails

12-30-2019, 09:49 PM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	I like whatever pops my fancy, however, I can't afford just anything, so much more selective than I used to be - I do like a S&W or two - a 25-2 I've had for years and a heavy barrel model 10 Then, i like 1911a1's, but just have a couple now. I'd collect them if I hadn't gotten into lugers. Always have shooter lugers for 1911's The remington rand is a CMP, the nickle P1 was a close friends and came from the factory like that. Ed Attached Thumbnails

12-30-2019, 11:00 PM	#7
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 623 Thanks: 826 Thanked 930 Times in 363 Posts	I like too much. He's a minor sideline of English handguns. G2 Attached Thumbnails

12-30-2019, 11:25 AM	#3
MW2152 User Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 50 Thanks: 11 Thanked 35 Times in 20 Posts	Vlim, they cut-away Broomhandle is really something! What’s the story on it?

12-30-2019, 11:52 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Funny story: A local gunsmith decided he wanted to build a C96 from scratch. He built it around a 9x19 Uzi barrel but got in trouble using photocopied drawings that got distorted during the copying process. The pistol ended up being about 1.2 - 1.3 times the size of a regular C96 and he never succeeded in making it function semi-automatically. So he decided to turn it into a cutaway eventually.

12-31-2019, 10:11 AM	#8
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	I like guns in general, but I've always had a preference for the 1911 in particular. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

12-31-2019, 10:58 AM	#9
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 848 Thanks: 784 Thanked 861 Times in 411 Posts	I’ve really only gotten started with Lugers, and I am young enough that I haven’t gotten a good chance to really expand my handgun collection from there. But I do have single samples of other handguns I enjoy. A Steyr-Hahn A Ruger SRC 1911 in 9mm (the one I entrust to help preserve my well-being every day) A S&W model 586 __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

12-31-2019, 04:35 PM	#10
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	i think that my Sig P210 (Swiss, 1958) is near the top of the collection as is my 1953 vintage Pre 18 Smith and Wesson .22LR Combat Masterpiece... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

01-01-2020, 02:41 PM	#12
686 Shooter User Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 10 Posts	I love the look of the Colt black powder revolvers.

01-01-2020, 05:01 PM	#13
Schutzenbob User Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 53 Thanks: 108 Thanked 61 Times in 19 Posts	I think my favorite all around pistol is a Colt Officers model match 38 Special that my father gave me when I graduated from high school, however I like my lugers too as well as my Colt single action 32-20. Attached Thumbnails

01-01-2020, 06:24 PM	#14
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Way too many! My "problem" is I like too much stuff and cannot make up my mind. My latest endeavor, while persuing a few hard to find Artillery luger variants, is High Standard .22 pistols. Some of these date to the 1930s and the predecessor of the High Standard company. The three "cabinets" show the early hammerless models, the next is the external hammer models, and the last is post WWII and to 1977 "modern" HS target pistols. Two of them are US martial pistols used for training during WWII. They are about as "bad" as lugers in terms of varieties; I have some 26- good thing .22 lr ammo is cheap again. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

01-01-2020, 08:00 PM	#15
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I certainly do like my High Standard HD Military with 6" barrel. Probably my most used handgun. dju

01-02-2020, 10:52 AM	#16
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Browning Hi-Powers.

01-05-2020, 03:30 AM	#17
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 660 Thanks: 366 Thanked 1,179 Times in 395 Posts	I like them all. Just picked up these two this weekend. An FN Hi power, waffenampt, and a BYF 42. Matching, except the un-numbered mag,(correct, perhaps?) with a DTA41 holster and WA63 tool. I just can't seem to stop. Attached Thumbnails

01-05-2020, 08:46 PM	#18
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	I have way too many interests, but here are some samples of early "belly guns". some small autos, and some .22s. Ron Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

09-07-2020, 03:14 PM	#19
RickJZ User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 28 Thanks: 8 Thanked 17 Times in 7 Posts	WW II Walther P38's, post war Walther PP/PPK (Ulm), Colt 1903's, and 1911's.

09-07-2020, 07:21 PM	#20
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 663 Times in 318 Posts	Pretty much anything up to 1945. And SIG P210s, of course. For shooting, I prefer SIG Sauer P226 and P220. They're hard to beat. __________________ Deer Hollow Enterprises, LLC Gun repair and restoration