There is a good article in this month's NRA magazine about the top 10 handguns of all time. This sort of article used to be a mainstay of gun magazines, but it's been a while since I've seen one, or at least one that wasn't about the top ten DA semi auto 9mms.
Before I got to the page with the article, I already had my own list forming in my head: 1911, Hi Power, SAA, S&W Hand ejectors, C96 Mauser, P08 Luger, and the XP 100. (I think the XP 100 is not given enough credit for starting 3 revolutions: handgun optics, handgun hunting, and single shot hunting handguns.) I only came up with 7, and they are in no particular order.
Most of my choices made the NRA list, and the Luger and the XP 100 didn't make their list at all. Some on their list I had never heard of...
The NRA list:
1.) 1911
2.) S&W hand ejectors
3.) Glock 17
4.) S&W model 1
5.) S&W Volcanic
6.) SAA
7.) Walther PPs
8.) Mauser C96
9.) Hi Power
10.) S&W Registered Magnum
So what's on your list ?