Finest AMERICAN made pistol?
Last week after attending a gun show with my sisters B-Friend (not a shooter but very enthusiastic about getting in) he asked me a question that really thew me for a loop.
What is the Finest/Best American made Semi-Auto (practical not shiny and gold plated and so fourth) pistol? Now here is the tricky part EXCLUDING M1911 designs. I just couldn't come up with a clear winner in my mind, nothing on the level of SIG or HK.
So how about it fellas what is the winner? My sisters B-Friend will ONLY buy an American made pistol.
Thanks for your time,
Tristan Brunscheon
What is the Finest/Best American made Semi-Auto (practical not shiny and gold plated and so fourth) pistol? Now here is the tricky part EXCLUDING M1911 designs. I just couldn't come up with a clear winner in my mind, nothing on the level of SIG or HK.
So how about it fellas what is the winner? My sisters B-Friend will ONLY buy an American made pistol.
Thanks for your time,
Tristan Brunscheon
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If you can't talk him into the '1911' mindset, i.e. Kimber, my money is on Ruger. Over engineered, accurate, economical against about anybody. Remember, a lot of them, including SIG and Browning are made overseas, assembled in the USA. But even that is changing again. 0 -
OK, let me get this strait. He wants to know what the finest American made semi-automatic pistol is excluding the 1911?
You better break the news to your buddy that there is a reason the 1911 is still in production today and why it was the sidearm of choice for the U.S. armed forces for 80 years. Who can't possibly like the 1911?[:D]
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Before the fiasco with Smith and Wesson ... I haven't touched one since and have no idea now ... what I don't understand is;
WHY IN GODS GREEN EARTH WOULD YOU EXCLUDE
THE 1911?
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I think some of the SIG handguns are made in Exeter New Hampshire. You got to go a long way to beat A 220 or 226 model SIG. 0 -
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Well, since it has to be a semi-auto, and you didn't specify caliber or age, I'd say an early Colt Woodsman Match Target. 0 -
If you exclude S&W, exclude 1911, and don't care about caliber, I would say current production would be the Ruger semiauto 22's. Lots of variations, accurate, inexpensive and American made. 0 -
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The topic heading states "Finest" American pistol, while the text states "Finest/Best" Semi-Auto. (I was ready to use the ambiguity of whether "pistol" included revolvers to mention some revolvers.) I am not sure that "finest" and "best" are the same thing, so the question is difficult to answer.
No doubt, the finest American pistol ever was the Pre-War Colt National Match, which was exquisitly fitted and finished, but the question says that M1911 designs must be excluded. That opens up the field to several other fine American pistol designs.
The Smith & Wesson Clemet Design .32 and .35 Semiautomatic Pistols were exquisitely made and finished as well, but certainly were not "best" by most standards. I would place the Pre-War Colt Match Target as the finest and best American pistol after the excluded Pre-War National Match. The Match Targets were several notches above the standard Colt Pre-War rimfire pistols, which would have to be next in line.
The Post-War pistol design that is the "finest/best" would probably have to be the High Standard Models 102 and 103 Trophy pistols. The Olympic version won an Olympic medal in 1960. A close second would be the Smith & Wesson Model 41. The quality and finish on the early Models 41 are outstanding, and they remain among the "best" American target pistols ever.0
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