When you think handgun(pistol not revolver) what is the first image that pops into your head?

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January 03, 2018, 09:23 PM

cslinger

When you think handgun(pistol not revolver) what is the first image that pops into your head?

I was reading the why do you own a SIG thread and I got to thinking. The first gun I think of/image in my head when I hear the word pistol the image of a SIG P226 pops into my head, maybe a Beretta 92. Not a Glock 17, not a 1911 nor HiPower nor Luger. A P226/92fs. I guess it’s because I am a child of the 80s and I eventually cut my teeth on SIGs.

So even though they are not my go to pistols those are the two images that pop to mind when I think handgun/pistol.

So what pops into your head first and foremost. The image, the connotation not necessarily your favorite or the best or whatever. Just the immediate images that pop to mind, sort of the gun nut Rorschach test if you will.

January 03, 2018, 09:31 PM

k5blazer

Walther PPK.

January 03, 2018, 09:45 PM

DoctorSolo

The exquisite pre-slanted-dustcover era Beretta 92F.

January 03, 2018, 09:47 PM

elde

Colt 1911.

January 03, 2018, 09:49 PM

henryarnaud

1911.

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January 03, 2018, 09:55 PM

arfmel

1911

January 03, 2018, 10:38 PM

scsigs

Beretta 92fs

January 03, 2018, 10:40 PM

smithnsig

Stainless 3rd gen Smith is what pops in to my head when you say pistol.

January 03, 2018, 11:47 PM

Texas Bob C.

1911 of course.

January 04, 2018, 01:09 AM

YooperSigs

1911

January 04, 2018, 01:38 AM

Prefontaine

Taurus

January 04, 2018, 02:02 AM

soggy_spinout

Desert Eagle in .50AE. Go big or go home.

All kidding aside: Glock. Been around them for far too long to consider anything else.

January 04, 2018, 02:20 AM

BuddyChryst

I guess I'd say P229, just because it was my first and was EDC forever. It's the pistol I'm most familiar with.

But before that, it'd probably be a Beretta, thanks to Lethal Weapon. Maybe a High Power if I'd seen Beverly Hills Cop recently.

But as a kid, if you asked me to draw a pistol, it would've been a 1911, because of GI Joe toys. I wouldn't have known it was a 1911, it's just what my drawing would've resembled.

January 04, 2018, 07:25 AM

BillF

First one I always see in my mind is the Luger.

January 04, 2018, 07:42 AM

RichardC

January 04, 2018, 07:46 AM

Todd Huffman

1911

January 04, 2018, 08:34 AM

ArtieS

1911. I'm 52, so that is an auto pistol to me.

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January 04, 2018, 08:37 AM

MNSIG

1911

January 04, 2018, 08:43 AM

fquico

A Fanner 45. When I was a kid, I got this toy gun for Christmas. It shot plastic bullets that were loaded onto a springed cartridge. You could past a round cap on the shell and when you draw the pistol, you would fan the hammer just like in the movies.