y77bs said:
anyone have any notable favorites?
Let's see, I like blondes, brunettes and redheads....
Seriously, though, I like variety in my handguns. I have both revolvers and autoloaders. I like both DA and SA revolvers. In the DA guns, I'm partial to Colts and Smiths. In the SA, there are lots of great ones (I've got a couple of Blackhawks, some Colts, some Hartford Armory Remingtons, and several others). I've got them ranging from .22LR (a Ruger Single Six and couple of Colt Peacemaker .22's) to .44 Remington Magnum, and I like them all.
On the autoloader side, I really like 1911's. I've got a couple of Colts (1911 WWI replica and a Gunsite Service Pistol), a couple of Paras and a Kimber. I like them in .22LR (my Kimber Rimfire Super is tons of fun and ridiculously accurate), .38 Super and, of course, .45ACP.
I also like Glocks, which is kind of sacrilegious (sp?) for a 1911 fan, I guess (sort of like being a fan of both Michigan and Ohio State). I think Lugers are nifty, and CZ's, and lots of other autoloaders. I've got a thing for pocket pistols, too. I just love my little Colt 1903.
About the only thing I really dislike are traditional DA/SA autoloaders. I just hate that long, heavy trigger pull on the first shot. As much as I think my Walther PPK/s is a neat little gun, I hate shooting it, so I'm probably gonna sell it.
The bottom line is that I like a lot of different handguns, for different reasons. Picking a favorite among them would be tough. It would be like asking me which of my three children is my favorite. They're all different, and I love them all.
If I could only have just one, though, it would probably be my Colt 1911 WWI replica ....