Only one "All Purpose" handgun

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Completely agree, but why would you want a 9mm as your sidearm while hunting, or if you had to use it to actually hunt with?

Well yeah, but it all just kinda depends on what YOUR "all-purpose" means:

-I am a hunter, so if I have NO rifle, then this one handgun, being all-purpose, has to be a hunter, too. That means a 4-4.5" revolver in .45 Colt. Also serves very well for other uses. But not everyone is a hunter.

-If one was not a hunter, OR if this hypothetical posited here does not necessary mean that you can't have a rifle, then the rifle keeps it's hunting duty, and a semi-auto round/gun makes a bit more sense to me personally, for CCW and the like. I'd pick 9x19mm in that scenario. But I ain't an urban-only guy, and I don't believe the OP clarified whether you can have longguns or not, along with this one-only handgun.

 

[langston302]

XD40 service in .40.....had the glocks for years.....no, as long as its a perfect world.

but in a EOTW scheme.....glock 22 only. just that good. I respect the glocks....just the best idea put into practice ever.

 

[GoodGuy]

1911 or S&W 686.

 

[TSQUARE]

Should have made a poll...................

 

[OKNewshawk]

Should have made a poll...................

Could you imagine the size of the poll you'd have to make?

 

[justinsaneok]

G 22 with 357.sig and 9MM conversion barrels and G17 mags! O ya and because one is none and two is one a 4" 686 and 4 speed loaders

 

[surjimmy]

This one, my custom Delta Elite by Chuck Warner. [Broken External Image]

 

[kalebiscool]

High cap. 9mm is all good and well with extra hot loads...till you get a dud primer or any other array of things that could cause the gun to not cycle. I agree not common, but possible. Then my gp-100 will be there to save the day!

 

[shotty]

Gp 100, able to conceal, it would be difficult but doeable, 38 for plinking and small game, 357 for larger game, home defense and personal defense, very accurate, strong and reliable. Able to totally disassemble with minimal tools. A tank of a gun. My newly aquired 5" GP is about the most balanced gun I have ever handled.

 

[Uncle Bobby]

3" Kimber 45
Accurate with short barrel
Easy to carry
Good stopping power
Looks really cool