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Well IF it was only failed BRASS...?

That PLASTIC mag LOCK shouldn't have TURNED LOOSE!

You'll have to school me on the plastic parts, me no comprende, all I remember is that MF'er coming unglued and gettin sandblasted in the side of the face, and my bud piling up about 3 or 4 different pieces of his pistol and us lookin at the partially blown out bottom and side of a brass hull.

Gunner

Hey Dober,

That one almost made my list but I did not own it. My mother inlaw had me clean it up and hold it for her for about a year or so. Pretty nice pistol, very well made!!

FB

S&W model 14

Got two I have an 'emotional' attachment to..

4" Colt Diamondback in .22 LR
and
6" S&W Model 19

Very Sorry Guys -

I was in a hurry to get gone and FORGOT to put

Gunner --

I'm not schooled on plastics and Glocks.

They have to be well made for so many police agencies to adopt them. They're supposed to be able to shoot underwater.

I am a STEEL kinda guy when it comes to guns and handguns in particular.

Now Rubber grips and synthetic stocks are diff.

When you pull a S&W 6900 series out no one wonders IF it's real.
I might add ANY steel gun.

I like the S&W M15 in particular, but in general I like all Smith K-frames.

Expat

Like this one?

What he said.

Yup. I love Smith and Wessons and the K frame is perfect for the 357 given you don't do a ton of high volume shooting with magnum loads. If all there was was the K and N frames, I would be okay.


19-3

My latest favorite. ;-)
.44 Special Flattop




My most favorite.
629 .44 Mag

S&W 25-5 45 Long Colt with 4 inch barrel P&R all the way baby!!!
Andy

owned a number of good shooting handguns in the years past and sold them all except my favorite two. Pre-29 4" and a Glock 20 juiced up abit to fancy me.

My favorite is my Huntington-built .500 Maximum.

Mark, it is good to know that you have a good one. I had one in .22LR myself, but I got rid of it. My particular one simply would not shoot. Terrible sights and very fussy with ammo, with frequent smokestack jams. I expected better from Walther.

Generally, I defer to those who shoot more than me, but let me list a few of my personal favorites, in ascending order:

Dornaus & Dixon Marksman Special .45 ACP (a special order to my hunting buddy's gun shop, as I recall, mine is s/n 14 of 250, so it is fairly rare)
Colt Huntsman .22LR
Colt 2nd Gen SAA .45, 4-3/4" barrel
Browning HP 9mm factory parkerized in 1980s with double safety
ASP 9mm (need I say more?)
Highly customized Colt Series 70 .45 ACP stainless, bead blasted, in fact pretty much a full boat combat custom job before Colt offered any, done by Mark Krebs in his early days as a gunsmith before specializing in AK-47s.

And for the all-time favorite, I agree with Phil on the S&W K-22. Mine is stainless with a 4" barrel and ramp front sight, and its previous owner had a fabulous smoothing job on it -- including removing the serrations from the trigger. It cycles like butter and is the slickest pistol I've ever owned.

A 1911 in 10mm.

[quote=HighRoad]My latest favorite. ;-)
.44 Special Flattop



Got one of those, too, back in January. The only non-Smith I've ever owned and a ton of fun to shoot and customize. Dayum, is this a neat addiction or what?

Best Regards

Yup...or like this one:



...or this one:



...or this one: