Smith and Wesson's Performance Center Model 327 is from the .357 family, and it fires eight.
Eight rounds of .357 will solve any problem brought on by a violent criminal.
This belongs on the list for certain.
Posted on 01/12/2010 7:55:17 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
1. 1911 (in .45 ACP)
2. CZ P-06
3. Smith & Wesson (M&P series)
4. Springfield XD
5. SIG P200 series
6. Ruger Single Six .22LR/.22 Mag
7. FNH P series
8. Browning Buckmark
9. SIG P210
10. Browning Hi Power/FN Hi Power
The Sig P200s deserve second billing. The S&W and Springfield are too new and aren’t that cool.
I don’t even know why the CZ is on the top 10!
The Beretta 92FS belongs on the list as well.
I had a Glock 17, but traded it in on a Sig P228/M12. Didn’t like relying solely on that trigger-mounted safety.
Have since bought 2 Springfield XDs (.357Sig and .45 ACP) which have the additional grip safety. Couldn’t be happier!
Any S&W K model.
The Python is on a larger frame than the Cobra.
This is interesting so I will list my choices by category.
Plinking; small bore Ruger Mark II bull barrel
med bore S&W 686
Defense; small bore Beretta .25
med. bore S&W 686
large bore Taurus PT945 or SIG P226 .40
Concealed carry; small bore Beretta .25
med bore Bersa .380
large bore Taurus PT945
I know some of my choices seem strange but they are what I own and have always been reliable & accurate.
Having a “Springfield” XD(not the XDM? the M stands for modified...or more...or moron) as number 4 shows what a complete idiot this guy is.
The XD is a giant piece of crap. You know what it is? It’s a Croatian designed pistol originally named the “HS2000.” In 1998-99 or so you could buy them out of Shotgun News for about 250 apiece.
So Springfield bought the rights to the pistol...renamed it...and doubled the price. And it is still a piece of crap.
This is the “top ten” according to gun forum idiots. The fact that Glock is missing entirely shows this is a fanboy list, not a serious list written according to objective criteria. Love or hate Glocks, they’ve had a huge impact. Just because you don’t like them doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Every one of those “accidental” discharges was caused by pulling the trigger.
Pull trigger=go bang. Very simple...and nothing “accidental” about it.
1911 takes in a lot of territory. Personally, I’m happy with my Glocks.
I don’t want to go to a gunfight with it and my .357 won’t fit in my purse. Guess I could buy a bigger purse. :)
FWIW, the USPc was a barter deal: I got the weapon, which fits like a glove, and did a very long design project. I’d have been better off working for cash.
After which I had to buy brass, casting molds, and extra mags.
I wasn’t running .40 at the time...
A week after I got the whole thing together, the .45 became available.
Some days you can’t win for losing.
But it replaced the 4516 as my carry weapon, so I suppose that I can’t bitch.
Oh my, I don’t think I could handle a bigger frame than the Cobra. I think back when I bought it, I weighed all of 103 pounds . . . a bit more now after two kids but still big enough a gun for me. :) The old price tag was on the box too, bought it on sale for 379.00 . . . and had to put it on layaway back then as I was a poor & single white girl. :)
Smith and Wesson's Performance Center Model 327 is from the .357 family, and it fires eight.
Eight rounds of .357 will solve any problem brought on by a violent criminal.
This belongs on the list for certain.
I love my 1911 model made by Taurus.
Good call, but I’d prefer the 27 with a 3.5” barrel.
Really? Mine in .45 has had thousands of rounds through it with nearly flawless functioning. It eats FMJ and all manner of HP rounds without a hiccup.
Factory loads, handloads, all no problem.
I haven't had a single issue that's required repair or service of any kind. I'm totally satisfied with it.
At the time I could have bought almost any service type pistol I wanted and I have absolutely no regrets about picking the XD over the comparable offerings from Glock, et al.
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I am, too. XD sub-compact in .40 S&W with both 9 and 12 round mags.
Bump for later.
I own a .357 Python (blue, six inch bbl) that I consider one of the best hand guns ever made. I bought this from my uncle’s gun shop (in a time when he had a gun shop in his basement, by appointment) for about $400 in the mid 70s.
I have “retired” the gun because I have many others to shoot, (S&W, Glock, etc) and it is no longer in production. Values for a 95 percent Python at a gun show have been in the $1100-$1200 range. If you see one cheaper than that, buy it. Immediately.
I think I bought mine, a Cobra, in 1990. It probably has less than 100 rounds through it. Put it away after getting married and having kids and just getting back into shooting.
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