10 years ago I would have said my 686, as I’ve gotten older about the only thing I care to carry anymore is my 365 or 43/43x. About as close as I get to carrying a full-size gun anymore is G48. As I’ve gotten closer to 60 and and body beat up and arthritis everywhere from 40 years of piling work, I’ve found my needs have changed. I still have a G19 in a Bugout bag only because I have so many Glock compact and full-size mags

the question is how close have I gotten to a do it all handgun. I can easily see why the Glock 19 gets the most mentions but I don't have one so it can't be my answer to the OP's question. So for me given what I actually own its my M&P 2.0 compact 4 inch barrel. HD, carry, range all work very well. Not necessarily the best for each purpose, and not all the time, but its my most versatile. HD, I prefer my 226. Pocket carry, nope. Basketball shorts and a t shirt, nope. Bear country nope - unless i use it on myself.

But there is no one do it all handgun. Fortunately there does not have to be one.

An old thread, but still interesting.

If I narrowed it down to one gun, it would be a 4" barreled stainless steel .357 Magnum revolver. My GP100 is the most versatile handgun I own. It's as close to a do-all gun as I can imagine.

Welcome to what nearly turned in to the ‘Gooey For a Glock’ thread here on SIGforum.

P239 in .357Sig followed closely by a P229 in .357Sig followed closely by a Ruger GP100.

Depending on what you’re referring to as “Do-All” I’d say my Glock 43X with the Shield Mags, or my S&W K Comp.

If I could only have one pistol for everything, it would be my HK USP45.

P365XL. 12 rounds of 9mm in a package just barely bigger than an S&W Shield. The slight extra barrel length and grip length make zero difference for how it carries appendix, but make all the world of difference versus the OG P365 in terms of shootability.

For HD or just all around target shooting, I prefer a flavor of P320, but the XL just carries so much better and doesn't cost me what a PPS or Shield does in terms of handling or round count.

For woods carry, yes, I would need something significantly larger, but I'm not going to fool myself into believing I'm some kind of rugged outdoorsman on the regular.

I first responded to these “If you had only one handgun” questions many years ago, and my answer then as it would be today is my Smith and Wesson model 66 revolver chambered for 357 S&W Magnum. It assumes, of course, that we want something suitable for all the roles a handgun could fill, and not just one such as concealed self-defense carry or hunting large game.

Concealed carry and other defensive roles or hunting are some reasons we might want a handgun, but there’s also informal practice, and competitions of various sorts, to name the most common. Given the size and configuration of the gun and its capability of handling a variety of cartridges and loads, the model 66 could serve any of those roles at least satisfactorily.

On the other hand, if a handgun can fill all its possible roles to an acceptable degree, it’s highly unlikely it would fill any particular role as well as a handgun chosen for that specific purpose. If, however, I could have only one and thought I might use it for all the possible roles, this would be it.

Out of all the guns I have tried, I can't get over the usefullness of the P365. Boring reliability and accuracy.

For years it was a commander. Now a CZ pcr. Next is an HK P2000.

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On the other hand, if a handgun can fill all its possible roles to an acceptable degree, it’s highly unlikely it would fill any particular role as well as a handgun chosen for that specific purpose.

Its like the definition of a singing waiter. Someone who does not do either one very well.

Haven't found the one do all handgun just yet, but perhaps that's part of the fun.

Seriously, I'm waiting for the (no rail) Dan Wesson DWX Compact to come out as it has everything I'm looking for based on initial appearances.

P229 with a 3567 sig barrel, 49SW barrel and a 9mm conversion barrel.

3 calibers in one compact do many things.

Can do the same with my 40SW Glocks.

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P229 with a 3567 sig barrel, 49SW barrel and a 9mm conversion barrel.

Mine here as well, the only drawback being just how damn heavy my P229 is.

My Glock 32 goes with me when everything else has to stay behind. Light, accurate, powerful, weapon light capable, can replace almost any broken part with spares, thousands of rounds with never a burp. And it can hold lots of boolits if need be.