Lets have a little fun, 1 company 1 gun

triplebike · March 22, 2020, 11:21 AM

I'm pretty sure a lot of folks here are holed up in their homes just like I am. If (GOD forbid) we were only allowed to buy and own one handgun firearm for you entire life. Also you were not allowed to spend more than $400, WHICH gun manufacture from the CURRENT ones available right now would you purchase from. I'll go 1st and I would pick RUGER. What would be your pick?

hubris · March 22, 2020, 11:32 AM

Stoeger...discount Beretta

**44 AMP** · March 22, 2020, 12:27 PM

Quote:

only allowed to buy and own one handgun firearm for you entire life...

Sorry, too late

I've downsized a bit in recent years, think I'm down to a couple dozen now...

A $400 limit and CURRENT production guns puts me even further out of the game.

Though if I were to play, I'd say Ruger...

Forte S+W · March 22, 2020, 12:32 PM

Fun, huh? Maybe it's because I'm thinking too hard or taking it too seriously, but it's honestly quite a stressful proposition with no simple answer...

Obviously I'd want something of a do-all firearm, but do-all firearms are seldom well suited for any specific use, so there's the rub...

Ah, screw it. The more I think of it the harder it becomes to choose, so I'll just wing it!

Taurus Judge Magnum

It's slim enough to carry, is capable of firing 2 different cartridges which are all quite good, and while 5 shots isn't a lot, it can hold 5 pellets of 000 Buckshot per chamber, which comes to a grand total of 25 .36cal/9mm projectiles per cylinder.

Folks may call me a fool, but whatever, I already own a Taurus Judge Magnum, so I know what these .45/.410 revolvers can do, and I've yet to have any trouble with it.

That being said, I'm glad that I don't have to make any such choice in real life, as that would be very much the opposite of fun.

Pahoo · March 22, 2020, 12:32 PM

Quote:

If we were only allowed to buy and own one handgun firearm for you entire life.

On a modern handgun, I too would have to go with a Ruger. For now, I'll just leave it at that ….

You could have added one of those bar-graphs, for this post !!!

Be Safe !!!

lifesizepotato · March 22, 2020, 12:43 PM

For the arbitrarily low limit of $400 I don't even know. (Given it's once-in-a-lifetime purchase, surely you can save up a few more dollars?)

Remove that and I'd easily say HK. USP Tactical to be even more concrete.

triplebike · March 22, 2020, 01:13 PM

That's why I put a $400 limit. It makes you think a little. It would not be any fun and it would be a no brainer that everyone would pick $1000 - $2000 guns. I am curious as too what company folks would pick since you only got one shot and you're going to have to reply on that company for life. Just trying to lighted things up a little. For instance if the HK USB doesn't make the cut because of price then you should pick the SAR ST10 which is about as close as you can get to the USB.

mk70ss · March 22, 2020, 01:39 PM

Used S&W Model 10 .38 special....4 inch barrel.

AgedWarrior · March 22, 2020, 01:50 PM

The $400 limit means mostly plastic frames and really does not include much I would buy. I could pick up a Ruger Mark IV, but I would probably look at Canik just because of the price restrictions.

MillCreek · March 22, 2020, 02:04 PM

With that price constraint, I would pick up a Taurus M66 stainless .357 with a four inch barrel. I see them online right at the $ 400 mark.

sigarms228 · March 22, 2020, 02:23 PM

Glock 19. LGS had the Gen 3 on sale a while back for $399 so that would be my choice. Second place would be M&P 2.0 Compact that also is at that price point fairly often.

Kreyzhorse · March 22, 2020, 02:45 PM

One gun forever would be a S&W M&P in .40. New however I believe they are outside of your $400 high water mark. So, I'd have to go with Ruger, probably a smaller carry gun like the EC9.

The EC9 isn't a fantastic gun mind you, but it ain't bad and I trust Ruger's designs, quality and customer service.

MarkCO · March 22, 2020, 03:12 PM

That does not sound even remotely fun.

COSteve · March 22, 2020, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkCO

That does not sound even remotely fun.

I agree. If I were to only be allowed to buy a single handgun it would surely cost more than $400 in today's market. Hands down, it would be a Glock G40 and would look very, very similar to the G20L I developed 16 years ago.

Even after all this time, it's my most versatile and favorite handgun as I can handload 10mm from 155grn plated plinking level up to 'nuclear' hardcast 220grn hunting loads and the 6" slide gives me a great hunting platform and a great target platform as well.

BarryLee · March 22, 2020, 03:49 PM

Based on the budgetary constraints I guess some Police trade-in maybe a GLOCK 17.

jmr40 · March 22, 2020, 04:00 PM

At least before the most recent run on guns lots of used Glocks under $400 and I've seen them new for $399. That is what I paid for my G43. Any 9mm Glock in the store was $399.

It is G19 for me regardless of cost.

Carmady · March 22, 2020, 04:52 PM

CM9

TXAZ · March 22, 2020, 04:59 PM

A used Sig. 229. Might have to look hard but they're out there.

MarkCO · March 22, 2020, 06:19 PM

Good choice COSteve! If I can only have one caliber, it would be hard not to choose 10mm.

FITASC · March 22, 2020, 06:41 PM

I bought a new S&W M&P 2.0 Compact for $349.00............I'm covered.......

clayguy · March 22, 2020, 06:46 PM

S&W M&P 2.0, 9mm.

URIT · March 22, 2020, 07:47 PM

I'll go with the used gun I bought for less than $400 in December 2019, a Smith and Wesson Model 3953TSW no rail.

Ed4032 · March 22, 2020, 08:09 PM

BHP

OneFreeTexan · March 22, 2020, 08:53 PM

38 Special. Revolver, old or new.

Umm,,, you mean there are other guns?

Metric · March 23, 2020, 01:50 AM

Probably a ghost gun 80% chassis, to build my own P320.

It may sound like I'm bending/breaking the rules, but I'd definitely be looking to bend/break the rules IRL if someone tried to impose this kind of "lifetime restriction" on me.

March 22, 2020, 11:21 AM	#1
triplebike Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2010 Location: Eastern, Pa Posts: 301	Lets have a little fun, 1 company 1 gun I'm pretty sure a lot of folks here are holed up in their homes just like I am. If (GOD forbid) we were only allowed to buy and own one handgun firearm for you entire life. Also you were not allowed to spend more than $400, WHICH gun manufacture from the CURRENT ones available right now would you purchase from. I'll go 1st and I would pick RUGER. What would be your pick?

March 22, 2020, 12:32 PM	#4
Forte S+W Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2019 Posts: 819	Fun, huh? Maybe it's because I'm thinking too hard or taking it too seriously, but it's honestly quite a stressful proposition with no simple answer... Obviously I'd want something of a do-all firearm, but do-all firearms are seldom well suited for any specific use, so there's the rub... Ah, screw it. The more I think of it the harder it becomes to choose, so I'll just wing it! Taurus Judge Magnum It's slim enough to carry, is capable of firing 2 different cartridges which are all quite good, and while 5 shots isn't a lot, it can hold 5 pellets of 000 Buckshot per chamber, which comes to a grand total of 25 .36cal/9mm projectiles per cylinder. Folks may call me a fool, but whatever, I already own a Taurus Judge Magnum, so I know what these .45/.410 revolvers can do, and I've yet to have any trouble with it. That being said, I'm glad that I don't have to make any such choice in real life, as that would be very much the opposite of fun. __________________ Conspiracy theorists are the greatest political spin-doctors of all time. Only they can make the absolute worst political blunders sound like spectacular feats of ingenuity. Last edited by Forte S+W; March 22, 2020 at 05:56 PM. Reason: Fixed typos.

March 22, 2020, 01:13 PM	#7
triplebike Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2010 Location: Eastern, Pa Posts: 301	That's why I put a $400 limit. It makes you think a little. It would not be any fun and it would be a no brainer that everyone would pick $1000 - $2000 guns. I am curious as too what company folks would pick since you only got one shot and you're going to have to reply on that company for life. Just trying to lighted things up a little. For instance if the HK USB doesn't make the cut because of price then you should pick the SAR ST10 which is about as close as you can get to the USB. Last edited by triplebike; March 22, 2020 at 01:28 PM.

March 22, 2020, 01:39 PM	#8
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	Used S&W Model 10 .38 special....4 inch barrel. __________________ Say when.....

March 22, 2020, 01:50 PM	#9
AgedWarrior Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2019 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 210	The $400 limit means mostly plastic frames and really does not include much I would buy. I could pick up a Ruger Mark IV, but I would probably look at Canik just because of the price restrictions. __________________ Knowing when and how

March 22, 2020, 11:32 AM	#2
hubris Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2013 Location: SE Tn Posts: 122	Stoeger...discount Beretta

March 22, 2020, 12:43 PM	#6
lifesizepotato Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2011 Posts: 210	For the arbitrarily low limit of $400 I don't even know. (Given it's once-in-a-lifetime purchase, surely you can save up a few more dollars?) Remove that and I'd easily say HK. USP Tactical to be even more concrete.

March 22, 2020, 02:04 PM	#10
MillCreek Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2004 Location: Snohomish County, Washington USA Posts: 326	With that price constraint, I would pick up a Taurus M66 stainless .357 with a four inch barrel. I see them online right at the $ 400 mark. __________________ Regards, MillCreek Snohomish County, Washington USA

March 22, 2020, 02:23 PM	#11
sigarms228 Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 2011 Posts: 1,765	Glock 19. LGS had the Gen 3 on sale a while back for $399 so that would be my choice. Second place would be M&P 2.0 Compact that also is at that price point fairly often. __________________ “When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” ― Benjamin Franklin

March 22, 2020, 02:45 PM	#12
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	One gun forever would be a S&W M&P in .40. New however I believe they are outside of your $400 high water mark. So, I'd have to go with Ruger, probably a smaller carry gun like the EC9. The EC9 isn't a fantastic gun mind you, but it ain't bad and I trust Ruger's designs, quality and customer service. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

March 22, 2020, 03:12 PM	#13
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	That does not sound even remotely fun. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

March 22, 2020, 03:49 PM	#15
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Based on the budgetary constraints I guess some Police trade-in maybe a GLOCK 17. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

March 22, 2020, 04:00 PM	#16
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	At least before the most recent run on guns lots of used Glocks under $400 and I've seen them new for $399. That is what I paid for my G43. Any 9mm Glock in the store was $399. It is G19 for me regardless of cost. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

March 22, 2020, 04:52 PM	#17
Carmady Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2013 Location: on the lam Posts: 1,735	CM9

March 22, 2020, 04:59 PM	#18
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	A used Sig. 229. Might have to look hard but they're out there. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

March 22, 2020, 06:19 PM	#19
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	Good choice COSteve! If I can only have one caliber, it would be hard not to choose 10mm. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

March 22, 2020, 06:41 PM	#20
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,441	I bought a new S&W M&P 2.0 Compact for $349.00............I'm covered....... __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 22, 2020, 06:46 PM	#21
clayguy Junior Member Join Date: March 21, 2020 Posts: 3	S&W M&P 2.0, 9mm.

March 22, 2020, 07:47 PM	#22
URIT Member Join Date: February 7, 2020 Location: Coastal North Carolina Posts: 52	I'll go with the used gun I bought for less than $400 in December 2019, a Smith and Wesson Model 3953TSW no rail.

March 22, 2020, 08:09 PM	#23
Ed4032 Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 306	BHP __________________ Gun control is like stopping drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to drive.

March 22, 2020, 08:53 PM	#24
OneFreeTexan Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: West, Texas Posts: 280	38 Special. Revolver, old or new. Umm,,, you mean there are other guns?

March 23, 2020, 01:50 AM	#25
Metric Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2016 Posts: 339	Probably a ghost gun 80% chassis, to build my own P320. It may sound like I'm bending/breaking the rules, but I'd definitely be looking to bend/break the rules IRL if someone tried to impose this kind of "lifetime restriction" on me.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search