What is your Holy Grail of Handguns?

Doc In UPlace · May 1, 2014

WWII Colt

What model was it?

balline36m3 · May 1, 2014

Not a handgun but my holy grail has been mentioned already. HK MP5SD. I got to shoot one in Las Vegas last year. It was so sweet. I'll have to find the video and post it

Will_Power · May 1, 2014

I don't get too sentimental about many things, so my holy grail doesn't have any family history attached to it.

Even so, I'd love to find a 9mm C96 broomhandle in good, working condition. Finicky, hard to load, and everything else, I don't care.

Rix · May 1, 2014

At the moment I think my holy grail is a broomhandle.
Or a white rhino
Or a remington rand

theguncrank · May 1, 2014

Korth pistol in .45acp, matte silver plasma with smooth walnut grips...

mrblond · May 1, 2014

Mine is a 1914 dated 1911 thats been drug through both world wars. don't care what it looks like either.

j3hill · May 1, 2014

I dont have a holly grail anymore. I have a S&W model 19-1 and a Python. Both unfired. So the work truck and the Cadillac

Gator Monroe · May 1, 2014

Gen 1 Glock 19 (Not early Gen 2) yes Gen 1 Glock 19

Doc In UPlace · May 2, 2014

Add me to the 50's Python group- for me is the epitome of the art, the finest production revolver made, so far.

pdxjazz · May 2, 2014

theguncrank said:
Korth pistol in .45acp, matte silver plasma with smooth walnut grips...

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That photo reminded me of something I wish Walther could somehow produce, a .45 version of their classic PPK. A very stylish, even retro looking gun compared to the modern sea of plasticals. Quite the eye-popping prices for those guns however, makes you wonder if they offer AAA member discounts?

coyote223 · May 2, 2014

My grail is a no-lock S&W 610, but I ain't paying the price people are asking these days,,,

Thumper · May 3, 2014

Colt nickel #1 factory-tuned Python, 6".

orygun · May 11, 2014

I just read about something that is nearly unobtainable, but is out there. The opinion is that Colt made a few, but most of the ones floating around are conversions, many of them very high quality. Apparently the handful that Colt made never left the factory and are tucked away in the archives.
But, I'd nearly give my left testicle for a Colt Python 4" in 41 Mag.

Brutus57 · May 11, 2014

FNP Tactical .45 with a custom trigger and grips.

Brutus Out

ch139 · May 12, 2014

One of the two (or both) of the 1911A1s my grandfather had during his time in WWII... never going to happen, but those would be my holy grail guns.

...the rest are just guns that anyone can buy, just a matter of money (sacrifices - or not)

Mr Smith · May 12, 2014

I have a few I guess...

#1 Dan Wesson "PPC" .357 Magnum

#2 Izhmech MP412 "Rex" .357 Magnum

#3 HK USP Match .45ACP

number 1 and 3 are rare and difficult to obtain because they were limited production and most owners of them wont part with them.

number 2 is nearly impossible to get unless you want to steal one of the very few that were made and smuggle it into the US from Russia.

Clinton is the reason that number 2 is impossible to get. He signed an agreement with the Russian president that prohibits the sale of handguns between the US and Russia. And since this is a Russian made pistol, it will NEVER make it through customs to the USA.

Also since the USA is the largest handgun market in the world, the manufacturer never put the gun into production because there is just no real demand for that type of handgun outside the USA.

mkwerx · May 21, 2014

A Glock 19 mid- sized 9mm M&P. Two tone stainless / black.

Kruel J · May 21, 2014

Barachiah said:
My grand dads WWII Colt. He carried it through the South Pacific. He lost his entire company around him, got placed with the Bushmasters afterwards, fought the Japanese until they surrendered. Brought that gun home with him and it was the first pistol my dad ever shot. Had that old colt until the late 70's, early 80's (I wasn't around so can't confirm). Retired then, he decided it was "too much gun" so he traded it, straight across, for an H&R .22 mag/.22 lr revolver. I have that stoopid revolver, only because it was his. As a grown man, I found a pristine 1945 vintage WWII Colt. I pretend that it was grandpas gun. But, I would give nearly everything I own to have that gun that he carried back. I never will, because I don't know the serial number, let alone where he sold it. I still pretend though.

Miss you grandpa.

I completely understand you. Mine is my Great-Uncle's Ithaca WWII 1911 cir. 1943. He was a flak-gun operator and mechanic and carried it everyday across many miles of foreign land. He died about 12 years ago and my father inherited it. About two years ago my dad passed it to me as he said he'd rather see me enjoy it while he was still alive. He and I spent many afternoons talking about it over a cold beer and he knew that it meant the world to me.

If there was a fire in my house, I would get my family and my .45 out. That's it. It's really the only possession I care about. And it shoots great. I would trust my life to it.