Check Out The Best 5 Handguns Currently On Planet Earth

nationalinterest.org ^ | June 23, 2020 | Kyle Mizokami

[Taxman]

The five best handguns on planet earth are the five you own and shoot regularly!

[William Tell]

"... but I’m liking my Sig Sauer P238."

I carry the P238 in my front pants pocket in a pocket holster. I modified my pants to deepen the pockets so that it wouldn't show. Easy to have with me every minute of the day.

I bought a second one to replace my Ruger LCP. The trigger and sights on the P238 are so much better.

[dsc]

I really like it when I roll over at night and I can see those three dots glowing on the night table.

[FLT-bird]

I have a 1911 and a CZ 75BD. That CZ is THE most accurate and reliable handgun I own....and I own “a few”. Its so ergonomic its like it was made for your hand.

[Red in Blue PA]

I have been buying the 33 round mags of late. Methinks some day soon they may become a valuable form of barter.

[Red in Blue PA]

I love my CZ75B, as it is one of the most accurate and fun guns to shoot. That being said, it is heavy so I don’t use it for carry.

[Red in Blue PA]

Glocks are crap, huh? Tell me more:

https://youtu.be/ub4OswUhLwo

Ask yourself if your gun of choice could do that, and be honest with yourself.

[43north]

The 3/4” shorter length is not really significant. The 8 oz of weight loss is VERY significant. That Commander sits on my hip in a pancake-style holster all day and I don’t even notice it. A full-size steel frame - I notice it. Kimber now makes a full size with an aluminum frame. I just had to get one and it is sweet!

[1Old Pro]

Ditch the 8 round mag and get Chip McCormick 7 round mags. FWIW, I never had a problem with the Chip McCormick 8 round mags. I used to compete in USPSA with them, so they used the thick base pads for protection, but they can be removed. Never a failure to feed in at least 10,000 rounds. Mark

Sounds like you have experience so let me ask this, does leaving rounds in the clip weaken the spring over time or cause any issues that might affect the feed?

[Brown Bag Special]

You're correct! Just checking to see if anyone was paying attention; 😉 LOL! Small print and bad eyes get me at times.

[cyberaxe]

Well, technically, it IS a 1911...

...True!...

...the 1911 has a "feel" that no other auto has in my opinion...

...but (IMHO)only the DE in 10mm offers the same stopping power and...

...2nd and 3rd round accuracy seldom found by us novices with a 45...

[MarkL]

I think that I mentioned I had used those magazines in competition, so I never did leave rounds in the magazines for more than about a week, and that was rarely. I think that the best thing to do would be to contact CMC and go with what ever they told you to do.

For what it's worth, the only mag I ever that kept rounds in them for a long time was a Ramline Taurus PT-99 mag that I had forgotten to unload, and the 17 rounds were int for nearly a year before I realized what I had done. I gave it a try and it worked flawlessly, but Ramline also used a coil spring, secured near the magazine lips, so these results would be very different from a "standard" magazine.

Mark

[SheepWhisperer]

I meant to ditch the 8 round mag that is included with the pistol.

FWIW, I keep a supply of extra wolf springs for every personally owned application.

[MarkL]

The trigger was pretty good when I first bought the revolver back around 1989, but it was improved tremendously by a local guy a met. Luckily, I live in the Kansas City area, and back then, while he was a pretty well known local gunsmith, he had also picked up some tips from Ron Power, so I'm just absolutely in love with the pistol now. The coolest thing he did (not on any of my guns,) was come up with a .44 round for pin shooting. He modified a Model 29 to use full moon clips he made, modified the chambers and made his own rimless cartridges out of .308 cases.

Mark

[MarkL]

I made the mistake of first buying a used PowerCustom 629 Grand Master from a friend, and then selling it back to him about a decade later, but figure I wasn't really shooting much any more, so I'm glad it went back to someone I know appreciates it.

I think I may be buried with the 625! :-)

Mark

[SheepWhisperer]

Wow that’s a lot of work!

[School of Rational Thought]

What? No Beretta 92 FS? Blasphemy.

Have a CZ. Fits like it was molded to my hand. Had some feed issues with some ammo, but a little polishing did the trick.

[School of Rational Thought]

Guns are a personal choice both because of fit, but being able to function.

And what did she finally decide on?

[cuban leaf]

She decided on nothing.

[MHGinTN]

Currently there are surplus (police trade-ins) G22s. The conversion from 40 to 9mm is easy with a replacement barrel. If you want a G17, try out the trade-in G22 with conversion barrel. Works just fine, and there are 33 round mags for it in 9mm.