Sig P210

 

Go for a real Browning Hi Power over buying both those clones. The gun sucks as a shooter anyway and at least you would have a nice original instead of those two Turkish clones.

 

 

In active service

SIG M17/18
Beretta M9A1 (9×19mm) (USMC)
Colt M1911A1 (.45 ACP) (as the M45A1 CQBP)
Heckler & Koch P11 (Underwater Pistol) (7.62×36mm rocket-propelled darts) (USSOCOM)
SIG Sauer P229R DAK (.40 S&W) (USCG)
Glock Mk 26 Mod 0 (Glock 26) (9×19mm) (USSOCOM)
Glock Mk 27 Mod 0 (Glock 19) (9×19mm) (USSOCOM)
Glock Mk 28 Mod 0 (Glock 17) (9×19mm) (USSOCOM)
Glock Mk 29 Mod 0 (Glock 34) (9×19mm) (USSOCOM)
M45A1 CQBP (Close Quarters Battle Pistol) (.45 ACP) (USMC)
Heckler & Koch MK 23 Mod 0 (.45 ACP) (USSOCOM)

In prior service

Beretta 92SB (9×19mm) (JSSAP winner)
Browning Hi-Power (9×19mm) (Special Forces)
Colt Dragoon Revolver (1st/2nd/3rd) (.44)
Colt M1903 (.32 ACP) (General Officers)
Colt M1908 (.380 ACP) (General Officers)
Colt M1911
Harpers Ferry Model 1805 (.54)
High Standard HDM (.22 LR) (Navy SEALs and USMC Force Recon)
Kimber ICQB (Interim Close Quarter Battle) (.45 ACP) (MARSOC)[11]
LeMat Revolver (.41/.63, .35/.5)
M15 General Officers (.45 ACP)
M1799 flintlock pistol (.69)
M1805 Harper's Ferry flintlock pistol (.54)
M1816 flintlock pistol (.54)
M1836 flintlock pistol (.54)
M1842 Navy (.54)
M1842 Pistol (.54)
M1847 Revolver (.44)
M1848 Revolver (.44)
M1849 Pocket Revolver (.31)
M1851 Navy (.36)
M1860 Army Revolver (.44)
M1861 Navy Revolver (.36)
M1873 (.45 Colt)
M1889 Navy (.38 Long Colt)
M1892/M1894/M1896 Army (.38 Long Colt)
M1902 Revolver (.38 Long Colt)
M1903 Army (.38 Special/.38 Long Colt)
M1905 Marine (.38 Long Colt)
M1908 Army (.38 Special)
M1909 Army (.45 Colt)
M1917 (.45 ACP)
Mk 1 Underwater Defense Gun (Mk 59 Mod 0) (Navy SEALs)
Mk 22 Mod 0 (9×19mm Parabellum) (Special Forces)
Remington-Beals Revolver (.36)
Remington M1858 (.44)
Remington M1865/M1867 Navy (.50)
Ruger MK II (.22 LR) (Navy SEALs)
Savage Figure Eight (.36)
Schofield Model 3 (.45 Schofield)
Smith & Wesson Model 10 (.38 Special)
Smith & Wesson Model 12 (.38 Special)
Smith & Wesson Model 15 (.38 Special) (USAF)
Smith & Wesson No. 2 (.32)
Spiller and Burr (.36)
Starr Model 1863 (.44)

Most of the M18xx revolvers are made as replicas.

Good luck filling out that list. I've met one man who has all of the US Military handguns and he is working on the knives now.

 

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LeMat Revolver (.41/.63, .35/.5)
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Good luck filling out that list. ...

As always, my vote goes to the LeMat.

We really need someone to make a modern centerfire replica/rip-off of this gun.

Forget choosing between a Judge/Governor and a regular revolver. I want both at the same time.

 

It’s a long list, but here’s one:

Colt M45A1

 

It’s a long list, but here’s one:

Colt M45A1
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Nice!

 

An interesting note as it relates to US Military sidearms...all were commercial models available to civilians and adopted by the military except the M17/18 from SIG which became available after adoption.

The primary purpose of all general issue US military sidearms was personal protection. 😎

 

To be fair it's a long list you have there but I don't think it's 100% accurate regarding SIG being the first to go military then civilian.

IIRC, the 1911 didn't become commercially available until 1913.

And I think the Colt SAA 1873 was similar in that after it's adoption in 1873 all production was allocated to the military until 1875 or so.

(Sorry, I don’t own one of those...currently)

And I think the same is true of the S&W Schofield. The "American" was available for commercial sales, but the changes to the latch that created the Schofield were all initially sent to the military to fulfill the contract before anything was sold to the public.

My clone is a 5.5", not the military 7.5".

Again it's a long list.

Perhaps the H&K MK 23 (the crew served handgun 🙂) also was military first?

I don't have one of those either.

 

Can’t do revolvers as I don’t believe anyone makes clones of those and I couldn’t afford originals.

You can grab a bunch of well made and affordable modern reproductions from Aldo Uberti and F.lli Pietta to fill in the percussion era US military fighting handguns category.

 

Whoooaaa… this is going to get expensive…

 

The SA35 is a fantastic repro of the Hi Power.

It outshines my late sixties T-model.

 

As a shooter, that’s not hard to do. They are terrible at the range. The SA is marginally better, but has none of the nostalgia

 

HK Mark 23
HK45

 

Well the original post didn't say where they were in use, so don't forget the other half of the world. There's the German crowd with the Luger, P38, and a bunch of other European makes that they conscripted. The only Japanese pistol I'm familiar with is the Nambu. Soviet and Warsaw Pact pistols would need to include various Tokarev and Makarov models plus some oddballs like the P83 Wanad and the venerable M1895 Nagant. I'm sure there are dozens more - it's going to be a BIG collection.

 

I should have said in my OP that I am mainly interested in US and allied military handguns. The list of course is too long for me to afford them all so I will have to be selective in what I buy and it will be a long term endeavor.

 

Don’t forget to factor in additional or bigger safes along the way! 😃

 

Only military pistol I would want would be this:

https://tvd.im/small-arms/4409-heckler-koch-mk-23-mod-0-socom-pistol.html

 

That is nice. Will definitely be on my list.

 

Vintage: 1911, Browning Hi Power, Tokarev TT-33 (7.62 Tokarev is even today a nasty bullet) and German Luger, P38, PP/PPK.
German combat troops liked the P38 much more than the others.

Modern time:

Glock 17, HK Mk. 23, M9,....

I'm of the same opinion, that this is gonna expensive

 

Ones I actually carried on active duty:

1. S&W Model 10
2. S&W Model 15
3. Colt 1911A1
4. Beretta M-9

Ones I personally own:

1. S&W Model 15
2. S&W Victory Model in .38 S&W, 5" barrel
3. Colt 1911 (5 digit serial number)
4. Colt 1911A1
5. Beretta M-9
6. Colt 1917 in .45 ACP
7. S&W 1917 in .45 ACP

Looking for a decent priced S&W Model 10 with a 4" barrel and half moon front sight like the one I carried for a while

 

I really want the SA-35

This. A real BHP.

 

This. A real BHP.
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I had a Belgium made one but didn’t really appreciate the gun like I should have. It had adjustable sights on it which I didn’t really care for.

 

During my Army days I only got to handle two and carried only one, the G.I. 1911A1, I once had to qualify with the M-9, when they first came out, but as my military career as an MP was coming to an end, at my rank and assignments, with a few remaining .45,s still left in the inventory, up unto the day of my retirement, it remained my choice.

 

The Delta Force 1911 would be a good one - actually a clone thereof, like the Operator Model from Pilot Mountain Arms. The owner is a former Delta/CAG gunsmith, and offers as accurate c lone as is available.

Pilot Mountain Arms Operator Model

 

I actually found this gun while searching for the SDS imported MAC JSOC .45. I really would love to have one but can’t afford the price tag on that one. So the imported version will have to do if I decide I want one.

 

Went to my LGS today and placed an order for a Sig P226 MK25. I was gonna order it from Buds Gun Shop but they beat Bud’s price by 60 bucks and now I don’t have to pay a transfer fee. They had a used one in tan which I didn’t even know existed but I want a black one. I started to pay the M9 out of layaway but I’m not in a rush to get it so I’ll take a least two of the three months I have to pay it off.

 

Congrats in advance on the new Sig 😎