Happy 1st Day of Spring: A Gun Gallery of Pistols & Revolvers

by Chris Eger March 19, 2020

With the cold gray of Winter passing into history, March 19 marks the beginning of Spring, and the mind turns to pretty things. Here are some bursts of color we came across so far this month, in an appropriately Guns.com kinda way.

kimber rapide M1911 on a wooden block with flowers

Kimber’s new Rapide (Black Ice), available in 9mm, .45ACP, and 10mm. We are currently testing the 10 Mike-Mike version. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

A Springfield Armory Hellcat pistol in a green field of clover with white briar flowers

The Springfield Armory Hellcat 9mm, captured amongst the clover and briars in Tennessee (Photo: Jacki Billings/Guns.com)

A Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 Compact on a timber block, freckled with water

A Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 Compact shaking off the winter and heading into Spring. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Speaking of S&W, how about this hard-used 642 J-frame looking forward to some green grass.

A Diamondback DB15 pistol hanging out in the cherry blossoms, as they are known for (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Glock 34 Smith Wesson Model 28 on a mossy tree trunk

Balancing generations, how about an old-school S&W Highway Patrol .357 Magnum, balanced with a much more up-to-date Glock G34 MOS (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Colt Detective Glock 26 Gen 5 on a mossy tree trunk

And a more compact pairing to include a classic Colt Detective Special and a current Glock G26 Gen 5 (Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Another Hellcat, these guys are everywhere. (Photo: Jacki Billings/Guns.com)

Glock G19X with magazine in a field of green grass

Suns out, guns out with the Glock G19X, which has proven much more popular than people thought it would at launch two years ago (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

Mauser M1914 pocket pistol on a mossy tree trunk

Going way back, we even let this veteran Mauser pocket pistol get some sun. Incidentally, the Germans have a name for the feeling you get in early spring: frühlingsgefühle. (Photo: Gereon Rath/Guns.com)

Even an old circa 1970s Beretta 92S needs to get out among the Asiatic lilies (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)

1911 handgun on a Magnum PI hawaiian shirt

An Auto-Ordnance M1911A1 black oxide, seeking a Detroit Tigers cap. (Photo: Mac McReynolds/Guns.com)

Nighthawk Custom M1911 in a desolate backyard garden

Hailing from one of our editors in Wisconsin, where Spring is more of a state of mind this time of year, is a sweet Nighthawk Custom M1911 (Photo: Scott “Don’t Call Me Mike” Gara)

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