If you could design your own handgun?

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

If you were going to design your own handgun what features would you like to see combined?

I don't think that it is possible to have the "perfect" handgun but I think that would be interesting to see what everyone thinks. This is what I would like to see in no particular order and the assumption is reliable:

-Buttery smooth 8 to 10 lb DA trigger pull like Sig or Kahr or Beretta.

-Easy pokayoked disassembly like a Sig.

-Smooth external shape like a Glock.

-Thumb safety ala 1911 or Taurus. (Not Beretta or S&W too high for me)

-Very corrosion resistant like a Glock.

-Sits low in the hand like a Glock.

-Lightweight construction (ie polymer or Aluminum frames)

-Affordable magazines like a Glock.

-Scaleable w/magazine interchangablility like a Glock or XD or S&W MP.

-Good sites from the factory like S&W.

-Interchangeable backstraps if they can be made so it is impossible for them to accidently come off

-Smooth radiused trigger like a Kahr.

-Optional internal locks like a Glock.

-Optional magazine disconnects. Does S&W offer this?

-Simple to work on like a Glock.

What do you guys and gals want in your perfect handgun? Or discuss mine.

[nightrunner]

i would want caliber interchangeability, from 9mm, .40, .357sig, .45acp, and 10mm, with only changing the top end (slide and frame) and magazine.

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

Oh good one.

Like a AR handgun. I like it.

The only catch would be making the gun long enough in the grip to accomodate the 10mm and 45. Might make it a little longer for a base gun but I think the versatility and interchangeable backstraps would make it worth it.

Keep 'em coming.

[molonlabetn]

No square edges

Light DAO/SAO trigger, ~6lb

Tilting locking block action (a-la Beretta 92)

Striker-fired, no manual safety

XS Sights

~12+1 10mm Auto

Polymer frame

Stainless slide, barrel and hardware

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

Why the P-38 design as opposed to a Modified Browning?

Any particular reasoning?

[deerslayer]

Hmmm...Glock 19 with more rounded edges, maybe multiple grip backstraps, something a little stronger than the Fisher-Price sights, a dovetailed front sight, with the rear of the trigger guard trimmed down a little. No manual safety required for me.

[The Rabbi]

It should be absolutely reliable and free from operator error. It should fire a caliber sufficient to inflict tremendous wounds,but also able to handle less powerful loads for practice. It should be of a small enough size and weight to be easy to carry. It should be aesthetically pleasing.

Oh, yeah. They dont need to invent that gun because I already carry a Smith Model 19!

[nightrunner]

Oh good one.

Like a AR handgun. I like it.

The only catch would be making the gun long enough in the grip to accomodate the 10mm and 45. Might make it a little longer for a base gun but I think the versatility and interchangeable backstraps would make it worth it.

Keep 'em coming.

make it a double stack magazine, that holds ~10 rounds of .45acp (think glock 30 size, maybe a bit taller) and that same mag could hold ~10-12 rounds of 10mm. i would think that 10 rounds of .45acp or 10mm would be enough for anything you would come across and would be willing to have only a handgun to defned yourself with.

[Guest jcoyle6]

I would love to see my Sig 220 on a 1911 platform.

[Guest darkstar]

It should be absolutely reliable and free from operator error. It should fire a caliber sufficient to inflict tremendous wounds,but also able to handle less powerful loads for practice. It should be of a small enough size and weight to be easy to carry. It should be aesthetically pleasing.

Oh, yeah. They dont need to invent that gun because I already carry a Smith Model 19!

You know, even before I read that entire post I knew you were gonna say you already had the perfect gun i.e. your 19

[Guest GregRN]

It should be absolutely reliable and free from operator error. It should fire a caliber sufficient to inflict tremendous wounds,but also able to handle less powerful loads for practice. It should be of a small enough size and weight to be easy to carry. It should be aesthetically pleasing.

Oh, yeah. They dont need to invent that gun because I already carry a Smith Model 19!

While I haven't given up entirely on semi-autos, I seem to agree with Rabbi more and more every day. I am slowly turning to the wheel gun as my favorite.

As far as my design of a semi-auto, I couldn't afford it anyway.

[molonlabetn]

Why the P-38 design as opposed to a Modified Browning?

Any particular reasoning?

Barrel alignment is maintained, and more precise locking/unlocking without having to maintain tight tolerances. Also, less force is transmitted directly into the locking block, so recoil is smoother.

I'd consider a rotating barrel lockup, as well...

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

It's very surprising more companies don't use this instead of modifed Browning. I used to have a Walther P5 that was a very sweet shooter. I kinda wish that I still had it sometimes. I wish that someone would do an update on the design. Probably too expensive to build.

[Guest atomemphis]

I'd go modified 1911:

Titanium frame and slide for durability and lightweight and sweet heat-blued color.

3# trigger. Single Action Only.

1911 style thumb safety. Not ambidextrous, I have no use for the ambi-side.

Make the ambi side a decocker, just for giggles.

Slim frame/grips. Bobtail.

Laser guide rod.

Tritium night sights - green tritium front, yellow tritium rear.

swappable barrels to convert from .22 to 9mm to 45acp. make the slide know how to compensate for varying loads and such.

built in toaster oven. sometimes i get hungry mid-gunfight.

accompanying angry red-assed baboon, ready to get nuts in case things really south.

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Hmmm...Glock 19 with more rounded edges, maybe multiple grip backstraps, something a little stronger than the Fisher-Price sights, a dovetailed front sight, with the rear of the trigger guard trimmed down a little. No manual safety required for me.

ill take two of these

[DaveTN]

Mine would be the size of a J-frame.

It would hold 15 rounds of .45ACP.

It would have the accuracy of a 6†L-frame.

It would not be black

It would not have any Polymer in it.

It would not blow up when I fired it.

I could put my finger on the trigger without an ND.

Yep…. That’s what I would design.

[Guest eyebedam]

Mine would come with 2 Asian Strippers that wouldnt talk back & were gourmet chefs.

So that makes my design the best.

[Schadenfreude]

My ideal gun would never need to be reloaded, never fail to hit what I was aiming at & have settings from stun to vaporize.

On a more pracical note the Sig P250 sounds like what several of you are talking about - modular different calibers & frames etc.

[nightrunner]

On a more pracical note the Sig P250 sounds like what several of you are talking about - modular different calibers & frames etc.

exactly what i want except add 10mm to the platform and also i really dont like the looks of a SIG, so....

[deerslayer]

Mine would come with 2 Asian Strippers that wouldnt talk back & were gourmet chefs.

So that makes my design the best.

Not sure if your gun would be the best, but it would probably outsell all others here.

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

Has anyone tried out the Sig 250?

Know anywhere that is renting them to try out. I would like to do some research on that one.

Where do you get the stripper attachment from?????

[Guest bigbuck_tn]

On a more serious side note. Has anyone heard anything about the 250?

Sig has an awesome Classic line but they seem to have had a little trouble with their last few new introductions. I wonder if they have improved...

[Guest mikedwood]

Mine would come with 2 Asian Strippers that wouldnt talk back & were gourmet chefs.

So that makes my design the best.

I'll trade a Glock 19 with Crimson Trace grip, 4 mags, original box and paper work, bore snake and 500 rounds of range ammo and 100 defensive for that one Eyebedam, may throw in some cash also.

I don't think one gun (except the one listed by Eyebedam would do it for me.) I think for general summer carry the Taurus Ultra light .38, carry winter, fall and spring the Glock 19, keep in the Jeep for rainy days Hipoint C9 9mm, Range Ruger Mark III .22.

[xd shooter]

You forgot about self cleanning! O by the way I like brunettes!!

[John Wall]

I am easy to please. A pair of "N" frame Smiths, 5" Full Lug bbls, Hammer Mounted Firing Pins, 625 type with unfluted cylinders in 38 Spl, and 44 Spl, out of the Custom shop with tuned double actions. That's all.