NRA steps in it
Yesterday, I got the latest issue of NRA’s American Rifleman. This issue doesn’t appear to be online yet. But the main article is the Top Ten Handguns of All Time. That will lead to some debate.
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August 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
What will lead to an uproar is the fact they put the 1911 #1 and the Glock 17 #3.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
As a Glock person, I wouldn’t argue with the 1911 being number one. When the Glock is almost 100 years old and still a relevant design, I might feel differently. But by then the 1911 will be pushing 200. The Glock still borrows a lot from the 1911, and could be considered a child of that design in some ways.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Ditto what Sebastion said…
August 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
As an owner of an “arsenal” of 1911’s (and by arsenal, I mean more than one, taking a page out of Bryan Miller’s play book) i was glad to see the 1911 in the top spot. Other than their weight, I can’t find anything to gripe about.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I am finally getting my first 1911, a Kimber SIS in fact, and I can’t wait. I have shot Glocks and can not hit the floor with them. I did the FBI “hostage drill” with the standard back then S&W 4506.
I am not fond of double actions either. I agree with Col. Cooper that they are a “solution in desperate search of a problem” but I did get off a double tap at 5 yds. that put the first round through the bridge of the nose and the second through the right eyebrow. I would have concluded that the problem was solved.
Old Slabsides is a winner in my book too.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Seconded on the 1911. The newer pistols may be nice, but for importance of all time, I have to say 1911, colt revolver, or Luger is #1
August 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I thought the Luger should have been on the list too. Not #1 by any means but since it was one of the first autoloaders to be adopted by a lot of militaries, it would rank in the top 10. I know technically the Broomhandle was “first” but the Luger was adopted by more nations.
The Glock 17 I think deserves to be included on the list but further down. Definitely below the likes of the Colt Single Action Army. I don’t get the #3 ranking.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
America’s First Freedom is my NRA rag of choice; used to be American Rifleman, but I like the political/legal articles in AFF better.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I was surprised to see the Walther PP, PPK DA/SA at #7. Probably my own ignorance, but I don’t know what historic significance this design had.
That said, it is a really pretty gun, and I would love to have one (once 380 ACP becomes availabe again).
August 19th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Colt Navy Six, no question, should be on the list. I shot a replica once, and got Maggie’s Drawers using the “sights” provided. I then just pulled down on the target without even really looking and got the rest of the cylinder into the black, at about 50 feet.
August 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
The ppk killed Hitler. I think that counts.
But year 1911 #1, Glock somewhere on the list. Sounds about right.
August 19th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
My Rifleman came today and I looked the “top 10” list over. The real problem is that no one has owned, fired, or carried a sufficient variety of sidearms to really be able to make a valid comparison. And that definitely includes me.
You can look at catalogs, read what “Ned Buntline,” Elmer Keith, Cols. Askins and Cooper, and whoever else you want to said. But unless you can measure it, it ain’t so. And if you have not handled it, you cannot measure it.
Stranger
August 19th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
A dead-tree magazine?
How quaint!
🙂
August 19th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
1851 Colt Navy
1873 Colt Frontier
Colt/Browning 1903
Colt/Browning 1911
Smith & Wesson .44 Special (Number 1)
Colt .38 Super
Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum
Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum
Colt Woodsman .22LR (tied for Number 1)
Any Glock (Revolutionary concept — also tied for Number 1)
For my two cents’ worth.