I am with Danny on this, that you have to categorise what aspect of the gun you are looking at (shootability, rarity, aesthetics, build quality etc.) when deciding on a favourite. Coincidentally I happen to agree with Danny’s three choices.
However, I have one more to add, in the category of “quirky and spooky”. This Lincoln Jeffries Jr. prototype pistol had lain hidden from collectors for 93 years, since LJ patented the design in 1925.
It surfaced completely out of the blue in 2018 at exactly the same time that I completed the build of this reproduction pistol based on the same patent.
Weird or what?
But that was not the only coincidence, as I was also the first person to be asked to identify the newly found pistol. Needless to say I was astounded to have my repro’ pistol in front of me as I looked at the pictures of an original prototype, suddenly appearing magically after almost 100 years. I wonder what are the chances of that?
I was fortunate enough to be able to buy the pistol off the finder (who luckily was not an air gun enthusiast), and it now has a very special significance for me in my collection.