Name your top 5 handguns and why...

[caffee]

Colt Combat Commander - y its a colt
Colt Python
Colt Diamondback
Wilson Combat
Beretta 92 FS

Now these are not in order per say, because I have never fired a Wilson Combat yet.

[callithump]

Well, somebody's got to do it.
Glock.
Glock.
Glock.
Glock.
Glock.
 

[fightingquaker13]

If it were just about SD, I'd agree with you, but for target, you want a good .22  or air pstol.I'm surprised I'm the only one that mentioned one as they are basically free to run, almost silent, safe to shoot in the garage or yard, capable of one hole groups if you buy a good one, and squirrell worthy at reasonable ranges. Then of course there's the BFG in everything from .357 and up. Need it, no. Cool, heck yeah.
FQ13

[twyacht]

Out of the many handguns I own.

1. S&W Performance Center Gold Match 1911 .45 (I invested way too much in making this pistol a super duper .45, and it absolutely is)
2. S&W Full Size M+P .40 (The best grip, no muss, no fuss, .40 out there, with zero issues, with any ammo, accurate)
3. FN9 (It's a 9 that just works, high capacity, grip, accuracy, out of the box reliability)
4. Glock 21 (It's a big honkin' chunk o' Glock, it's like an AK, you can't get it NOT to fire, just one that will work, even on Zombies)
5. Rossi Interarms .357 Magnum SS. (Nightstand, bump in the night pistol, it just can be counted on by me or the wife, without issue)

Pistols of note:
Kel-Tec P3AT .380, carried 98% of the time, no issues,
Uberti .45Colt SAA, with 225gr Winchester Silver Tips, for werewolves. Great gun for the trail.
EAA Witness Compact .40, except for the ported barrel, would be in the top 5.
S&W Walther PPK/S, heavier than the Kel-Tec, rapid firing, reloading, all solid, very accurate.
M85 Taurus .38 snub... Comfortable carry, no frills, +P rated.

[mudman]

TOP 5 GLOCK 22 IN 40
          Springfeild xd sc in 40
          SIG P 220 c 45acp
          S&W mo. 19 357
          Ruger sp101 ct 357

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[Dakotaranger]

My Top Favorites:
My Colt Gold Cup.  THE most accurate pistol I've ever fired
My Springfield GI.  It's stainless and some day I'll get it engrave to make it a true BBQ gun
Any one of my three XD
Peacemaker.  Well, I am a hick after all
And the one I just like the thought of and would LOVE to get.  The LaMatte.  It makes the Judge look like a popgun.

[tekoken]

1. Smith & Wesson Model 442 w/o internal lock(Because I always have it!)
2. Colt 1911(Battlefield experience.)
3. Glock 21(13 + 1 .45acp with exhaustive durability & reliability)
4. Colt 1851 Navy(Wild Bill Hickok, John Henry "Doc" Holliday, Richard Francis Burton, Ned Kelly, & Robert E. Lee.)
5. Beretta M9A1(The Beretta company was established in 1526 & has been owned by the same family for some five hundred years.)

[joediaz]

My top five are easy for me:
1. Kimber 1911 (any model) Kimber almost single handedly blew the 1911 market up and forced everyone to get with the affordable custom .45 market!

2. Sig 220: I have a definite weakness for the single stack .45, and few are more reliable and accurate out of the box than sig.

3. Browning (FN) hi-power: the P35 has to be one of the most underated guns of all time...single action trigger, one of the first high cap pistols, and the grandaddy wonder nine.

4. Ruger 22/45 I had one of the earlier model 22/45's and it was the easiest shooting, most accurate, comfortable .22 pistol I have ever shot. Good sights, nice trigger, optimal grip angle (1911 anyone??) And it would feed friggin anything.

5. Desert Eagle: one of the most iconic pistols of the late 20th century. Also one of the few pistols that fed magnum cartridges reliably. Plus you could get it in .50?? The trigger could use some help...but jeez the muzzle blast and the ogling at the gunclub made it worth the effort to get good with the gun....

[warhawke]

Could'a sworn I answered this one, oh well;

1911 (Just about any good one) - accurate, reliable, fixable (with parts you can get dang near anywhere)

Ruger Security-Six - Boat anchor, damn near unbreakable

EZ-40 (aka CZ-99, CZ-999, CZ-07) - The longer I own this Yugoslavian pistol the more I like it, accurate, reliable, fully ambidextrous, it is a modified SIG P-226 clone and works every bit as well as my SIG did, but I like the metal back-strap better than the SIG plastic wrap-around grip panels. I especially like the ambidextrous thing (though the mag release could be a bit smoother) since I injured my right arm a while back, it is real good for shooting left handed.

SIG P-220 - This is really my second favorite pistol but I don't have one anymore and with the finances I likely won't anytime soon.

CZ-75 - I have never owned one but I have had several clones (TZ-75 and Witness) and I love the way it fits my hand. It is probably next on my wish-list, maybe a compact CZ-06 in .40 S&W. 

[Gossamer]

In no order...

 1. Kimber Warrior: The first 1911 I have ever owned set up exactly the way I like it.
 2. Ruger Bisley in .22LR: It is my go to range gun. It always seem to end up in the case when I go there.
 3. S&W Model 15: It is boring but it always go bang and is more accurate than I am.
 4. Colt Offical Police w 5" barrel: It was Grandads and it is everything the above mentioned Model 15 is but with a better trigger pull.
 5. Uberti 1875 repilca in .45LC: It is the most comfortable shooting SA out there and is fun to shoot CAS with.