Things seem to be a little quiet at the moment so I thought I'd throw in a little fluff.
I was going through my handguns yesterday as a way to relieve the boredom and started really looking at them not so much for utility but as objects of art and one really stood out so I thought I'd throw out the question of what people think is THE most perfect handgun, as far as eye appeal, to ever be produced on a commercial basis?
I don't know if this will get many replies but since it's out there on the airwaves the question will also include that if given the choice of any handgun carried by a historical figure throughout history to call your own who's and what would it be?
As for my choices the hands down winner for aesthetics is the Colt 1851 Navy and the gun of choice that would send me off to Valhalla a happy man would be the one that belonged to Robert E. Lee. A distant second choice as far as pride of ownership would be anything carried by Nathan B. Forrest, which luckily for me also included the Navy.
Unfortunately my 1851 is a reproduction but someday........................