Winter basement vintage pistol shootout - I have to choose my favorite

[45flint]

The English Webley choice was crazy difficult, could have gone either way really but the German choice was quite easy. The Tell 3 may be the holy grail of collecting but I think comes up short as a working pistol. It is probably the nicest looking design. But to shoot it you have to put you hand on top of the barrel right on the sight and push down with force to cock it. Ouch. What a horrible idea really? The front sight is rounded so you can tolerate it. That leads to the sight which are the worse sights of any pistol tested. All mine have a tendency to shoot higher than the sights can adjust for. The trigger though adjustable isn’t that great.

Bottom line I would much rather cock the Haenel for shooting these tests, it is more accurate, good sights, but a trigger that is stiff but workable. Flawless repeating mechanism.