Best handguns ever?
Revolver, which I put first, not because I prefer the revolver but because it far predates the semi. My favorite
might well be my Ruger Redhawk because it is the most powerfull one that I currently own. I do like the Colt
New Service, Single Action Army, S&W Hand Ejector/1917, S&W Russian and Frontier topbreaks and the New Departure Safety Hammerless, and of course there are the mighty .455 Webleys....
Semis, well my main carry pistol is most often my SIG 229 .357 SIG, but there are a lot of others that I like...
If I carry a 1911, I like to put in the heavy recoil spring and load it with .45 Super......
Just to give an idea, my 3 most recent handguns include Kahr PM9 with night sights, TT-33 7.62mm Tokarev
from Russia's Izhvesk Arsenal in 1944, and 1 of only 9000 made Finnish Lahti L-35 9mm.
In true "auto" pistols the 7.63mm Spanish "Super Azul" Mauser "Broomhandle" lookalike is a lot of fun to shoot
and the only machine pistol by American defination that I have shot a lot. Don't shoot FA without the stock.....
It may not shoot as fast as a Trejo .22, but, trust me on this, it will climb.....a lot....
Remember, in much of the world "Machine Pistol" means any auto weapon which fires pistol ammunition.
The weapons that most Americans call submachineguns fit this catagory, in this case, give me a Soumi or
an MP5....For a WWII mass produced sheet metal gun, the PPS43 is a winner.
So, after all that, Redhawk, Sig 229, and Azul for fullsize handguns. Probably S&W Bodyguard or Charter
Arms .44 Bulldog, Kel-Tec PM-9 or Kahr PM-9 or .40, and Trejo .22 in small guns.