Only One Handgun

Only 1!!?? Okay, I'll play; a S&W M-19/66 .357 with a 4" barrel, or if you don't have a 12.6 PAL, a 5" M-27 again in .357. Either of these guns can be loaded hotter than 9mm service pistols, although the margin is small if we compare the performance of the .38 Super and .357 SIG pistols. A revolver's not as reliable as an auto when exposed to mud and sand, but the revolver can shoot bullet styles like full wad cutters or heavy, long cast bullets that are unsuitable for use in an auto pistol, not withstanding the S&W M-52 that was designed to shoot .38 Special wadcutters only. DA revolvers don't give up shot to shot cycling when shooting gallery loads, provided the primers don't back out and tie up the gun, where the auto pistol becomes a manually operated repeater. Its prudent to drill out the flash holes of brass intended for primer propelled wax or rubber bullet loads which prevents the primer from backing out, but this brass should be segregated and not used with loads containing powder charges. Thus we see that the range of loads from primer propelled wax bullet loads to 200 gr 1100-1200 fps magnum loads, the .357 revolver has a very wide broad range of usefulness, from close range target shooting, to self defense, right up to wilderness carry, and medium game handgun hunting where lawful. Now I could make a similar argument in favor of DA .44 and .45 revolvers, but the upper end of their power spectrum is beyond the capability of many shooters.
 
Either my Ruger Security Six in 357 RM or my 1911 in 45 ACP . I've had them both for over 30 years and they've always worked perfectly . I'd give the edge to the 357 though , it is a bit more versatile ........ and I just like revolvers .
 
EroJiji said:
If you could only have one handgun for everything that you use a handgun for, which one would it be? (No sci-fi stuff lol)
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I bought a Sig P226 22lr then I picked up a 40SW upper for it so I can shoot 22lr and 40SW then I learned with just a barrel I could shoot 357sig from the 40SW so I can now shoot 22lr 40SW 357sig then Nordic Marksman had those surplus German parts kit with no frame so I picked up one of those then took the 9mm upper and sold the rest of the parts and now my Sig P226 can shoot 22lr 40SW 357sig and 9mm :)
 
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