Hello CGN,
Top row, left to right:
1. Ruger Single Six (.22lr). I'm more of a semi auto guy, I guess as a product of the era I grew up in that was populated with 70s and 80s TV cop and private eye programs, but who doesn't love a good western. I've owned a half dozen or so single action shooters over the years but this is the one that stuck. It's a 3 screw 1966 "super" single six with an adjustable rear sight and a 6.5" barrel which means I can actually hit what I'm shooting at. The four distinct clicks when I #### it are so satisfying that I can sit on the couch watching Clint Eastwood marathons for hours on end as I repeatedly #### it and then "ease the hammer down real nice and slow like."
Llama Comanche II (.22lr). Again I'm not much of a revolver guy though I've sure owned my fair share of different double action models in a host of calibers. This little guy seems to have found his way into my permanent collection though. As it's not my preferred platform, I tell myself that owning a 22 is a good way to maintain variety in my diet without breaking the bank. I've owned higher end makes, but the small caliber ones always looked funny to me with their skinny little barrels, whereas this one has a half-lug vent rib barrel which makes it go faster. Sort of like pin striping on a Honda Civic. And because of its vintage it has really nice bluing, much nicer than even the household name brand guns of today's manufacture.
Beretta 71 (.22lr). If it's good enough for the Mossad air marshalls, then who am I to question it? I've had lots of 22 semis from Ruger to Browning to GSG, but nothing runs like this guy nor has the super spy appeal. Besides being extra retro cool I would never get the money I've invested in this back even if I tried to sell it as I paid to have the barrel chopped down to a barely-legal 106mm, put on the handmade wood grips and found a beautiful Bond-esque leather shoulder holster. And man does it shoot, everything and anything, all day long and accurate.
Bottom row, left to right:
Seraphim Armory Crusader Commander (9mm). As no respectable collection can be without the semi by which all others are compared, I have owned many of John Moses Browning's ubiquitous 1911. I had an almost identical one made by SAM that I sold during a rather intense purging phase and learned to regret it, so when I came across these with some of their enhanced features I told myself I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Hard to beat hand-fitted quality for your dollar as a base, plus I added some after market parts and a tune up from Gunnar/Clarence at Armco/Bumblebee and may God help us all, man does this thing shoot! And suck it up you 45 guys, the commander was made for 9mm!
Beretta 92fs (9mm). I think this is the fifth 92 variant I've owned if you don't count the one I bought 2 days ago that hasn't arrived in the post yet. This is another case of if it's good enough for the largest and best funded military organization in the world then I guess I can live with it. Seriously though the 92 platform is by far my favorite double action semi out there, above Sig and CZ and everything else. This one is US made, has a straight dust cover, wood grips that took me forever to find and fits my hand like it was placed there in the womb as my fingers developed around its grip. I've got lots of spare parts, not that I would ever need them, and some .40cal mags that feed flawlessly.
Glock 19 Gen 3 (9mm). I got my first Glock on a trade when I saw an opportunity to see what all the fuss was about but flipped it quickly as it felt weird in my hand, had a sproingy trigger and was glugly as gluck. But I couldn't deny the unsurpassed utilitarian qualities. I tried a few other Tupperware varieties and bounced back and forth between the 17 and 19 a few times trying to find something that fit my mutant hands, but settled on this one. The 106mm Lone Wolf barrel makes me feel like less of a dork, it has XS Big Dot Sights (wow) but the real game changer was adding a Pachmayr grip sleeve. Now I understand why this is the most popular carry pistol in the US.
Top row, left to right:
1. Ruger Single Six (.22lr). I'm more of a semi auto guy, I guess as a product of the era I grew up in that was populated with 70s and 80s TV cop and private eye programs, but who doesn't love a good western. I've owned a half dozen or so single action shooters over the years but this is the one that stuck. It's a 3 screw 1966 "super" single six with an adjustable rear sight and a 6.5" barrel which means I can actually hit what I'm shooting at. The four distinct clicks when I #### it are so satisfying that I can sit on the couch watching Clint Eastwood marathons for hours on end as I repeatedly #### it and then "ease the hammer down real nice and slow like."
Llama Comanche II (.22lr). Again I'm not much of a revolver guy though I've sure owned my fair share of different double action models in a host of calibers. This little guy seems to have found his way into my permanent collection though. As it's not my preferred platform, I tell myself that owning a 22 is a good way to maintain variety in my diet without breaking the bank. I've owned higher end makes, but the small caliber ones always looked funny to me with their skinny little barrels, whereas this one has a half-lug vent rib barrel which makes it go faster. Sort of like pin striping on a Honda Civic. And because of its vintage it has really nice bluing, much nicer than even the household name brand guns of today's manufacture.
Beretta 71 (.22lr). If it's good enough for the Mossad air marshalls, then who am I to question it? I've had lots of 22 semis from Ruger to Browning to GSG, but nothing runs like this guy nor has the super spy appeal. Besides being extra retro cool I would never get the money I've invested in this back even if I tried to sell it as I paid to have the barrel chopped down to a barely-legal 106mm, put on the handmade wood grips and found a beautiful Bond-esque leather shoulder holster. And man does it shoot, everything and anything, all day long and accurate.
Bottom row, left to right:
Seraphim Armory Crusader Commander (9mm). As no respectable collection can be without the semi by which all others are compared, I have owned many of John Moses Browning's ubiquitous 1911. I had an almost identical one made by SAM that I sold during a rather intense purging phase and learned to regret it, so when I came across these with some of their enhanced features I told myself I wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Hard to beat hand-fitted quality for your dollar as a base, plus I added some after market parts and a tune up from Gunnar/Clarence at Armco/Bumblebee and may God help us all, man does this thing shoot! And suck it up you 45 guys, the commander was made for 9mm!
Beretta 92fs (9mm). I think this is the fifth 92 variant I've owned if you don't count the one I bought 2 days ago that hasn't arrived in the post yet. This is another case of if it's good enough for the largest and best funded military organization in the world then I guess I can live with it. Seriously though the 92 platform is by far my favorite double action semi out there, above Sig and CZ and everything else. This one is US made, has a straight dust cover, wood grips that took me forever to find and fits my hand like it was placed there in the womb as my fingers developed around its grip. I've got lots of spare parts, not that I would ever need them, and some .40cal mags that feed flawlessly.
Glock 19 Gen 3 (9mm). I got my first Glock on a trade when I saw an opportunity to see what all the fuss was about but flipped it quickly as it felt weird in my hand, had a sproingy trigger and was glugly as gluck. But I couldn't deny the unsurpassed utilitarian qualities. I tried a few other Tupperware varieties and bounced back and forth between the 17 and 19 a few times trying to find something that fit my mutant hands, but settled on this one. The 106mm Lone Wolf barrel makes me feel like less of a dork, it has XS Big Dot Sights (wow) but the real game changer was adding a Pachmayr grip sleeve. Now I understand why this is the most popular carry pistol in the US.
Last edited:
