ARFCOM's favorite non-1911 .45 ACP Handguns

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Posted: 5/17/2020 3:46:36 AM EDT

What are your favorite non 1911 .45 ACP handguns folks? Please share your favorites and pictures as well.

To start with there are many but I like my S&W 4566 TSW and also don’t own one considering getting the CZ 97 BD and the FNX 45 tactical.

Posted: 5/17/2020 4:25:30 AM EDT

[#1]

Let's see:

Sig P220 Legion
P220 classic
P220 Compact
P220 Compact SAO
P245
Glock 30, 30SF, & 30S
FN FNX45

Start here.

Posted: 5/17/2020 4:31:58 AM EDT

[#2]

My favorite, non 1911, .45 acp is my Glock 21. I don't have a picture of it oddly as I have pics of everything else. It's a pretty plain Jane 3rd gen with Trijicon night sights. It has pink colorfill and a pink Hogue grip sleeve on it. I wasn't a fan of the grip because it always seemed hard to hold but with the Hogue on it feels great. I go back and forth between the factory barrel and an extended Storm Lake match barrel with two compensator cuts in it.

The first one I ever bought was back when they first came out. It was big and bulky but extremely reliable and accurate. I learned to shoot very well with it so I've always tried to keep one in the stable since. I think I want to try a Gen 4 with the different grip modules and see if it's worth going with the newer model.

I'm sure y'all didn't want to see a girlified glock anyway lol.

Posted: 5/17/2020 4:53:33 AM EDT

[#3]

I posted these tthe other day. 21 and 41

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Posted: 5/17/2020 5:54:48 AM EDT

[#4]

Not my favorite, but the MK23 is special in SOCOM history in that it was an offensive handgun. I joke that it is a crew served handgun with the laser/flashlight LAM, and didn't lend itself well compared to the FN ACP45's...

Posted: 5/17/2020 6:48:28 AM EDT

[#5]

Ruger P90 and Glock 30

Posted: 5/17/2020 6:52:10 AM EDT

[#6]

There can be only one.....Glock 21.

The SIG 220 gets honorable mention.

Posted: 5/17/2020 6:55:04 AM EDT

[#7]

S&W M-625

Posted: 5/17/2020 7:33:37 AM EDT

[#8]

In the last 50 yrs, I have had maybe a doz 45 pistols & revolvers.

For the last 20 yrs or so I settled on these three:

S&W 945PC

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S&W 645-2 modified with 4in barrel & Ti cylindar

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SIG P220 Elite Carry

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Posted: 5/17/2020 7:58:50 AM EDT

[#9]

Ruger Blackhawk Convertible 45acp/45colt

Posted: 5/17/2020 8:12:13 AM EDT

[#10]

M&P45 and G21.

Posted: 5/17/2020 8:19:58 AM EDT

[#11]

MK23 for sure

Posted: 5/17/2020 9:34:02 AM EDT

[#12]

I like my Sig P220 but I LOVE my USP-45.

I'm also a CZ-o-phile, I might want a CZ97 someday. Never shot one.

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:03:39 AM EDT

[#13]

G21 and P220 are probably the most popular.

I had a G4 G21 a few years back and it was very accurate, reliable, and super soft shooting.

Currently, the only .45 launchers I have are 1911's.

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:06:17 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/17/2020 10:14:24 AM EDT

[#15]

Bought the XD 5" Tactical because it was one of those few made with thumb safeties (so it was like my 1911) and then found out it shot pretty decent groups, too.

Bought the M&P 2.0 .45 Compact (4" 10 round mag) and found out it is more accurate than all the other M&P's I own (two 1.0's in 9MM and .40 and a 2.0 in 9MM). I'm carrying it quite a bit around the yard/sheds/property while doing outside work.

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:18:23 AM EDT

[#16]

I have been a G-21 fan for decades. Need to try a M&P series though. But, the new Sigs look nice.

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:19:48 AM EDT

[#17]

Sig P220 Elite
CZ 97, she's a heavy pig but fun to shoot.

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:52:59 AM EDT

[#18]

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Originally Posted By ban-hater:
There can be only one.....Glock 21.

The SIG 220 gets honorable mention.

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G21 for sure, I didn’t hate the M&p 45 I had years ago either!

@ban-hater I wanted to love the P220 so bad, but meh

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:00:00 AM EDT

[#19]

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:00:38 AM EDT

[#20]

HK45C

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:02:54 AM EDT

[#21]

Yer all dum.

USP .45 > Your pick.

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:14:33 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Fordtough25:

G21 for sure, I didn’t hate the M&p 45 I had years ago either!

@ban-hater I wanted to love the P220 so bad, but meh

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Originally Posted By ban-hater:
There can be only one.....Glock 21.

The SIG 220 gets honorable mention.

G21 for sure, I didn’t hate the M&p 45 I had years ago either!

@ban-hater I wanted to love the P220 so bad, but meh

Guns are like underwear sometimes, their comfortable or not.

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:18:49 AM EDT

[#23]

Go ahead Arfcom, I can take the hate.

Ahhhhhggg. IT HAS A MANUAL SAFETY TOOOOO!

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Posted: 5/17/2020 11:27:40 AM EDT

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not my picture, but mine looks just like this, except Ameriglo CAP sights & Apex trigger. I have owned a mess of .45 pistols, but this one just fits me.

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:32:22 AM EDT

[#25]

Glock 21 is my go to pistol...... it just feels right and shoots right

Posted: 5/17/2020 12:51:00 PM EDT

[#26]

There can be only one...

HK 45.

It took me a long while to come to grips with her, but now, she is mine forever.

Posted: 5/17/2020 1:43:25 PM EDT

[#27]

HK45C LEM is like a G19 that has grown up to be much more sophisticated

Posted: 5/17/2020 2:10:10 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By BlitzPig:
There can be only one...

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/152/pFNMgO.jpg

HK 45.

It took me a long while to come to grips with her, but now, she is mine forever.

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Or two....

Or three...

Posted: 5/17/2020 2:53:39 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/17/2020 4:16:14 PM EDT

[#30]

Oops. Didn't read title correctly.

Posted: 5/17/2020 5:33:20 PM EDT

[#31]

S&W M&P 45. The only upgrade is an Apex hard sear. Very accurate and very comfortable to shoot.

Posted: 5/17/2020 6:58:15 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/17/2020 8:47:14 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/17/2020 9:00:54 PM EDT

[#34]

Own the FN and it's a great pistol, but after rounding out the rest of my 9mm stable, I'd pick up a 97B to go with my other CZs

Posted: 5/17/2020 10:08:31 PM EDT

[#35]

Glock 30

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:53:05 PM EDT

[#36]

I have a g21 and jm625.
Really want to find a usp.

Posted: 5/17/2020 11:58:15 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Daytona955i:
Own the FN and it's a great pistol, but after rounding out the rest of my 9mm stable, I'd pick up a 97B to go with my other CZs

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Well, always wanted to ask someone who’d owned and fired a .45 ACP CZ 97B. How is it ? Especially compared to other heavier (albeit older) all meter non 1911s like the S&W 4566 or the new plastic fantastic double stack FNX 45 ?

Posted: 5/18/2020 12:05:08 AM EDT

[#38]

FNX-45 Tactical, HK USP 45 Tactical, Sig P220, Glock 21.

Posted: 5/18/2020 12:26:59 AM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 5/18/2020 12:49:20 AM EDT

[#40]

Have an MP45 but I really enjoy my FNX tactical.

Posted: 5/18/2020 2:22:00 AM EDT

[#41]

HK USP45 and USP45 Tactical LE.

Posted: 5/18/2020 2:39:24 AM EDT

[#42]

HK in general, USP, HK45, Mk23, but specifically the HK USP Expert and Elite models.

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Posted: 5/18/2020 3:25:48 AM EDT

[#43]

I was just thinking how I wish someone made a double stack steel framed .45 with at least a 13rd capacity.

Unfortunately, 10rds is all anyone's come up with.

Posted: 5/18/2020 4:04:25 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By bbohman:
Glock 21 is my go to pistol...... it just feels right and shoots right

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Posted: 5/18/2020 3:34:22 PM EDT

[#45]

My Sonny Crockett Memorial S&W 645.

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On the revolver side, a chopped M1917.

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Posted: 5/18/2020 3:39:41 PM EDT

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Well, always wanted to ask someone who'd owned and fired a .45 ACP CZ 97B. How is it ? Especially compared to other heavier (albeit older) all meter non 1911s like the S&W 4566 or the new plastic fantastic double stack FNX 45 ?

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Own the FN and it's a great pistol, but after rounding out the rest of my 9mm stable, I'd pick up a 97B to go with my other CZs

Well, always wanted to ask someone who'd owned and fired a .45 ACP CZ 97B. How is it ? Especially compared to other heavier (albeit older) all meter non 1911s like the S&W 4566 or the new plastic fantastic double stack FNX 45 ?

They have great triggers out of the box and feel like a 1911 or P220 with better ergonomics. It's not that much bigger of a gun than the 75, the slide is still thin and sitting in the frame mount/rails is even more recoil absorbing in .45 vs the 9mm variety. Tracks well, shoots flat, but obviously has the CZ trigger, which I like.