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Subject: Which is the best 9mm pistol?
Question    11/30/2003 9:32:27 AM
By best,i mean grip,accuracy,reloading function,safety,recoil,etc.Ive heard a lot about the SIG,nice and easy to use.Then theres the glock...17 i think....and the berretta.And probably a lot more.Which do you think is the best?
 
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mike_golf    RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   1/23/2004 8:03:32 PM
My personal favorite pistol is the .40 S&W, followed closely by a Colt .45. In the 9mm group, which I don't really like due to lack of knockdown power, my personal preference is the Browning. It feels right and shoots well. The Beretta 92F is reasonable, although it takes more TLC than the Browning to maintain. As a soldier I disliked the Beretta as a choice due to the cleaning requirements to keep it functioning.
 
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   RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   1/24/2004 3:00:41 PM
I agree with several other posters: there is no best pistol, in any caliber. Those arms that have reached mainstream distribution area ll equally good in terms of reliability, etc. SA/da pistols will be a little more accurae than DAO types like Glock, Springfield XD, Kahr, Steyr etc., but this is made up by a more convenient safety arrangement. They're all the same. The key to choosing one is a personal one- money (and more expensive doesnt always mean better) feel- very important (I love sig pistols, but somehow due to their trigger arrangement and the way I shoot, I always print 3-5 inches to the right of aimpoint. Aestetics is even a factor, otherwise I'd own a Steyr pistol. (theyre UGLY). There are a few minor exceptions to this- Fctory fresh barettas can have their slides removed by an assailant- very nlikely to happen, and there's an aftermarket modification to prevent this happening. Older Glocks had part of the polymer frame bearing some of the recoil forces, causing themto fail over time, leading to accidental discharges. This has been fixed on recent manufacture. They also have a partially unsupported chamber, again very minor unless you reload brass, you might get a kB!. Every pisto has a quirk or two, but theyre all still about equally good, save for preference.
 
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   RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   1/24/2004 3:02:14 PM
anybody know why my handle doesn't get printed next to my post, or can only I not see it?
 
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__nobody__    RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   1/26/2004 4:17:53 PM
What about the P-9 Gurya? A russian I know speaks high of these pistol. It fire, I think, a 9 x 21 mm round that goes through most body armor.
 
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tommyatkins    RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   2/23/2004 9:21:43 PM
No Question - the one that you can shoot best. Which for my money is either Daewoo DP51 (best non polymer 9 in western world) or the Glock 19 (the G17 too bulky for me)
 
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hipowerguy    Hi Power   4/11/2004 8:52:50 AM
It was called the Hi Power (GP=Grande Puissance) because of it's 13-round magazine, making it the first hi-cap semi-auto pistol ever. I like mine because it is accurate, fits my hand, and points very nicely. That it looks nice compared to most German/Austrian/Swiss pistols doesn't hurt either.
 
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eon    RE:Hi Power & others   4/16/2004 8:30:58 AM
At one time or another, I've owned and/or shot most of the service automatics of the last century (including such oddities as the Japanese Nambu family). I have to agree with mike_golf; the Beretta is a colossal pain to keep running, even if you're not in a desert environment (I can personallty attest to the fact that it doesn't like cold and/or wet conditions, either). The Glocks are all right (my preference is the G-20 in the hard-hitting 10mm Auto caliber- assuming that I can find full-power 10mm ammo, that is), and the .40 S&W seems a good compromise between 9mm "firepower" and .45 "stopping power". But when it's all said and done, I think I'll settle for the 1911 in .45 and what is prbably the most reliable 9mm ever made, the old Walther P-38..
 
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Hello-everybody!    RE:Which is the best 9mm pistol?   4/16/2004 11:59:55 PM
I can't really say which is the best 9mm pistol, because there are just too many personal factors you have to take into account. My personal favorite 9mm pistol is the CZ-75 Compact. If you are looking for a duty 9mm(law enforcement), I would suggest the HK USP mainly because it handles hot loads pretty well and it has a pretty good stock trigger pull. If you are looking for a 9mm for competition shooting, I would suggest a customized gun. The CZ-75 or a Browning High-Power are great customizable guns. I'm sure you can tell I have a favorable bias towards 1911-style pistols. The Bottom line, the best 9mm is the one you feel most comfortable with. My all time favorite pistol is my Caspian 1911 .45 hi-cap.
 
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hipowerguy    RE:Hi Power   4/17/2004 9:13:38 AM
I forgot to add that the Hi Power is probably the easiest SA pistol to field maintain--it can be disassembled for basic cleaning blindfolded with a little practice. Another major thing in its favor is it will reliably fire pretty much any ammo put through it. In both these respects it is generally considered far superior to other SA handguns.
 
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eon    RE:Hi Power and feeding   4/17/2004 1:44:49 PM
My High Power (a PJK-9HP)is a bit finicky, not about ammunition, but magazines. It works perfectly well with FN-made 13-shot military magazines, but tends to FTFs with the later commercial ones- even with FMJ. By comparison, my P-38 (vintage 1968) feeds very well with military or commercial magazines, even with JHP. (It did once fail to feed a Glaser, I admit, which is the reason I don't use them.) I think the difference is the feed geometry; the P-38 system holds the top round in the magazine high enough that it really has no where to go but into the breech. Since the P-38's feed ramp is smaller and less well-angled than a Browning's or a Colt's, this is probably a good thing..
 
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