My choices-
The epitome of the DA revolver?
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Has to be the S&W 686. Make it a "+" if you must, but to me the ultimate DA revolver is the 4" barrel .357 magnum. Not the new ones with the transfer bar either, but the ones with the firing pin on the hammer.
Colt SAA, hands down. The various Rugers are nice, but ever since I was a kid it's been the Colt SAA that I think of when I think of a cowboy gun.
I think I'm going with the Beretta 92fs on this one. I've never owned one, and don't think I ever will, but there's just something about that gun that seems right with the 9mm cartridge.
Not many people might agree with this, but I think the ADCO-spec RRA captures everything a single stack .45 needs to be, and none of what it doesn't. I'd prefer it without the checkered frontstrap, but otherwise it's pretty much perfect. Affordable, all tool steel, parkerized instead of some hi-tec finish, and reliable.
I have to go with the Bren Ten since it's what first made me aware of the 10mm cartridge when good ole Sonny carried one.