What is your favorite handgun?

Phantom

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I have had many over the years, I'm getting old, but my current favorite is a Springfield TRP Carry Contour in 9mm that I traded into lately. It is one of the most accurate handguns I have ever shot.
 
Very difficult question to answer! I enjoy shooting all of my handguns, including a Pietta replica 1851 black powder Colt, but if I could have only one to shoot for enjoyment, it would be my silver chrome Browning Hi-Power .40 cal.
 
My favorite handgun would be my 9mm S&W Model 3953, which is most often selected for EDC and nightstand duty. I like its DAO trigger which mimics the trigger on my S&W Model 19-4 .357 Combat Magnum duty weapon I carried for more than 24 years.
 
My favorite handgun would be my 9mm S&W Model 3953, which is most often selected for EDC and nightstand duty. I like its DAO trigger which mimics the trigger on my S&W Model 19-4 .357 Combat Magnum duty weapon I carried for more than 24 years.

I never knew they made DAO in this series of pistols. I love the look, feel, and accuracy of these pistols, but did not like the up to fire safety after learning on 1911's. I'll have to find one to try out.
 
A hopeless handgun geek, I have several 'favorites'. Perhaps one of my most attached is my former issued duty revolver that I lived with from 1980 to 1989/90 when my PD switched it autos, a S&W M66 .357 4". It saved my bacon a couple of times and we saw a lot together.
Actually doesn't get shot much anymore, but it'll be one of the last to go.
 
For full size semi auto I’m most accurate with my CZ Shadow 2 and my Beretta 92XI. But I favor my shadow2 compact which is almost as accurate and small enough to carry depending on how I am dressed. Also, I love shooting my S&W 686 plus 357 5”. If my vision didn’t suck making iron sights a challenge I might pick that as my favorite. Finally, I have a Ruger mkIV target with a Volquartsen competition upgrade kit that has the best trigger of all. It’s a blast to shoot. So I guess my favorite choice depends on the circumstances.
 
What is my favorite handgun? That's like asking me to choose my favorite offspring. Oh, wait... I only have one child, so that's a bad example. But you get the idea. My favorite EDC is an IWI Masada Slim Elite. My favorite plinker is a 3 or 4 way tie. The one I choose depends on the mood I'm in at the time. My favorite "church gun" (my daughter's name for it), some would call it a "BBQ gun", is a stainless model 60 with laminate wood finger grooved boot grips. My favorite Bullseye gun is a Ruger MKII, tho my S&W 22A is a very close second.
 
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