Favorite ww2 era handgun?

[buybeforegordondoes]

New to the group, just stirring up conversation

 

[Cheekibreeki]

I really like the FN Hi power. It has a slick look and had great capacity for the time.

 

[Dfalt]

From an aesthetics standpoint I've always been partial to the p-38. The Nanbu is also neat just due to how weird it is.

 

[Dfalt]

I really like the FN Hi power. It has a slick look and had great capacity for the time.

Oh yeah, definitely the best handgun of its era; every ahead of its time and still relevant today

 

[Cheekibreeki]

Oh yeah, definitely the best handgun of its era; every ahead of its time and still relevant today

It's funny that some were even slotted for stocks. I wish I had one as a range toy.

 

[Stumpy]

Hi Power by far. So ahead of it's time. The Australian military tested handguns and chose the Glock but the existing HP won the competition even though the military thought they had set it up to favor more modern designs! So they changed the criteria again so the HP would loose!

 

[4CERTN]

Browning Hi Power and the fabled 1911. Good then, and both still quite good today.

 

[mark]

Browning Hi Power and the fabled 1911. Good then, and both still quite good today.

Love both although I've never owned a hi power

 

[bashcroft16]

I have a P-38 that my father in law brought back from WWII. It is amazing how well it shoots, and I do agree with Dfalt about aesthetics.

 

[joste334]

Colt 1917 revolver


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[PDren000]

This is almost a joke answer, but one of the first handguns I learned how to shoot was a Nagant M1895 revolver in 7.62x38R. It's a really goofy gun, and nearly impossible to fire in double action because of how much mechanically needs to occur for the gun to fire. The double action pull is something like 20+ pounds. It fires a weird inset cartridge to take advantage of its forward-moving cylinder and takes way longer to reload than even a Colt SAA. But it's really fun to shoot.