Mine would be:

 

1) Polymer Frame - very light weight, I don't want to know I'm carrying.

2) Super Subcompact - think Ruger LCP, Sig P238, Kahr P380 or similar - easy to conceal and easy to carry.

3) Single Action/Double Action - Can carry hammer down, round in chamber and still fire the first round with just a trigger pull.  Second shot short, light trigger pull.

4) Exposed Hammer - able to de-cock on a full chamber.

5) Beaver tail grip safety similar to 1911.  I want a safety but don't want one I have to fumble with under pressure.

 

 

If you could design your own ccw gun, what 5 features would it have?

Closest gun to ideal for me would likely be a Sig P239 SAS, but with a polymer frame for some weight reduction. 

 

-P239 size is enough for me to get a good grip on it, without being too big or too small.  I've handled some supercompacts, and I cannot imagine holding one properly with my fairly large hands. 

 

-I also want it to be designed well...  The P239s I have handled didn't feel like a block.  I've never handled a Sig P224, but based on pictures, it seems like a oddly shaped, tiny, uncomfortable, bulky block of a grip.  Same goes for the baby Glocks (other than possibly the 42) have felt too 'big' for what they are to me.

 

-I like DA/SA with a decocker, it's something I am familiar with owning multiple Sigs.

 

-Not a .380.  I like options (P239 offers 9mm/.357sig/.40s&w), and I'd be fine if it were also offered in .380 for those who choose that round, but I want a caliber I already have, and trust.

 

-No external safeties, unless something that will not get in the way like the 1911 grip safety or Glock trigger 'safety'

 

 

Wouldn't hurt to have spare reliable mags available to add +1/+2 capacity and a little bit of grip for any carry gun.

1. 3-3.5" bbl

2. Comparable in weight to a compact polymer semi. 

3. Cylinder cut for moonclips

4. 8 rounds (.38/.357)

5. Compact laser grip

 

In other words, a modded S&W 327 Night Guard w/ a longer bbl.

Too bad they don't make them anymore.

1. Walther PPS

2. Walther PPS

3. Walther PPS

4. Walther PPS

5. Walther PPS

1-5; Glock 27

1. Lightweight alloy - Light like polymer, but still metal.

2. Compact size - Neither full-sized nor sub-compact.
3. DA/SA - Carry one in the chamber with no problem.
4. Decocker - No need for a manual safety with a DA/SA pistol.

5. 9mm - More ammo, less recoil.

 

I think the Sig P228/P229 and CZ P-01 fit my criteria.

 

3) Single Action/Double Action - Can carry hammer down, round in chamber and still fire the first round with just a trigger pull.  Second shot short, light trigger pull.

 

If you could design your own ccw gun, what 5 features would it have?

 

I understand why this is desirable from a functional point of view...but I really, really hate double-action only first shot/single action only follow-up shot handguns.   The radical change in trigger pull from the first shot to the next drives me nuts.

Reliable

Stopping power

Concealable

Accurate 

Proven

 

My choice - S&W M19, 2.5 in bbl, nickel plated

(photo swiped from armslist)

 

 

Weighs under 1oz

Unlimited ammo

No recoil

Auto targeting/perfect accuracy

Guaranteed one shot stop

My pm9 if I shot it better. My Xdm 3.8 .40 compact if it was a tad thinner. Print a bit more often then I like in my daily wear of cargo shorts and tshirts or polos in south florida. XDs 45 is next on my list and may be my ideal.

Weighs under 1oz

Unlimited ammo

No recoil

Auto targeting/perfect accuracy

Guaranteed one shot stop

One of these?

1. 1 round of .357

2. 1 round of .357

3. 1 round of .357

4. 1 round of .357

5. 1 round of .357

 

I'd like it in a compact revolver package with a shrouded hammer. Blued would be great, stainless is fine.

 

C

1. Walther PPK

2. Walther PPK

3. Walther PPK

4. Walther PPK

5. Walther PPK

fixed it for you....lol

One of these?

post of the year

One of these?

Meh.... R2A has it closer to what I was thinking but I guess the phaser does have less recoil

1. Made from Titanium

2. 10 rounds of 5.7mm

3. Light DAO

4. 4" x 6" x 1" max size

5. No safeties

1. Light weight polymer

2. 5.7mm with a cap of 15 or 20

3. DA/SA external safety and hammer

4. Decocker

5. Wallet friendly