What is the most dead solid reliable pistol (autoloader) design ever?

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BHP

Simple, reliable.

Two thousand rounds (or so)....and NEVER a FTE, FTF...Nuthin!

None of my other guns could claim that.

My CZ had one or two failures. My Makarov has had ONLY ONE...on a cold snowy day....and it hadn't been shot/cleaned in a while. BUT, the BHP was shot the same day.
Makarov & CZ would be near the top. The edge going to the Mak....IMHO.
 
I have several different pistols, almost all from different manufacturers (2 are SIGs), and NONE of them have ever choked. At this point, I've owned more Berettas than any other, and they've all been completely reliable. My SIG pistols are amazing, and I've put more rounds through my P220 than all my Berettas combined. I just bought a Glock 33, and that now serves as my everday carry.

SIG
Beretta
Glock

...would be my tie for the top 3 in my personal experience. I've never had a failure of any kind with any of these guns in thousands of rounds (each - except for the Glock, which I've only had for about 2 weeks), and they're all equally reliable, with the edge going to the SIG pistols in accuracy (for me). I have yet to experience H&K for myself, but everyone knows they're up there as well.
 
Makarov.
Seriously, though, there should be good hard statistics somewhere.
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There was a thread (maybe not in this newsgroup) where one guy put his Makarov through a torture test, he froze it, put it in mud, other stuff, and that sucker still fired. Might not be the most accurate but by all accounts is one of the most reliable.
 
"Glocks are very reliable until you shoot them with less than a frim grip. For that reason alone I wouldn't put them in the same tier as Hk or Sig."


Have you ever shot a Glock bud?

Have you ever experienced this limpwristing you speak of?


I never have, and I think this limpwristing BS is a internet myth! Christ, my girlfreind shots my 19 and it doesnt miss a beat. And she has very limp wrists.:D

So I will have to politely disagree with you, and say, "nope wrong answer, you do not pass go, you do not collect 200 dollars"!
 
My .02 would be in no order Glocks, XDs, Ruger P series, Sigs, and Beretta 92f (I'm having issues with my Tomcat so I would not say all berettas).

However even with these fine weapons you might get an occasional lemon or the shooter, the ammo, or the magazine may cause the gun to be less than 100%.
 
Have you ever shot a Glock bud?

Have you ever experienced this limpwristing you speak of?


I never have, and I think this limpwristing BS is a internet myth! Christ, my girlfreind shots my 19 and it doesnt miss a beat. And she has very limp wrists.
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Das I own 5 Glock and I have see many inexperienced or excited (LEOs)shooters limp wrist them. That is why everyone should know how to tap,rack and go again.
 
I know limp wristing can hurt a very light, small 9mm like KT, Kahr, Rohrbaugh, but I've never heard of such on a full size gun like the Glocks. Even the G26 has heft to it compared to the really small 9s. Got a friend with a G20 (large 10mm) that is simply HUGE. But, just because I've never seen it happen don't mean it ain't so.
 
Speaking only of the firearms I've owned personally, the XD takes the cake. Not one failure in 8K+ rounds.

[edit] Actually, my relatively new Kahr CW9 hasn't failed at all either, but I haven't fired even close to that many rounds through it yet.
 
"Das I own 5 Glock and I have see many inexperienced or excited (LEOs)shooters limp wrist them. That is why everyone should know how to tap,rack and go again."


Ok fair enough, but I can tell you I have never seen it happen.
 
Here goes some Glock limp wristing videos http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=glock+jam. Simply stated nothing in life is 100%. Heck you can have a malfunction with a revolver during the worst possible moment. I love my Glocks but I never believe the hype of Glock perfection. Know you weapons limitations, and practice failure drills. Murphy's law usually hurt the overconfident ones the most.
 
Have you ever shot a Glock bud?

Have you ever experienced this limpwristing you speak of?


I never have, and I think this limpwristing BS is a internet myth! Christ, my girlfreind shots my 19 and it doesnt miss a beat. And she has very limp wrists
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You must be kidding right, the term limpwristing was thought up because of Glocks. I have not experienced it but I've seen it happen.
 
"You must be kidding right, the term limpwristing was thought up because of Glocks. I have not experienced it but I've seen it happen."


Nope wasnt kidding. Never experienced it and never seen it happen.


And BTW, if you are limpsristing a glock, you need to learn how to use a firearm.
 
And BTW, if you are limpsristing a glock, you need to learn how to use a firearm.
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One of times I seen it happen it was my friends daughter maybe 14 years old at the time. Maybe we should send her to Thunder Ranch :)
 
Glock

Owned and shot many handguns. Never had a 1911 style I could keep from jamming, no matter how much I paid or how many "slick" gunsmith tricks I had installed. First Glock I got in a trade and thought, briefly, I had gotten "beat" on the deal. 13 years later, that little model 17 has seen in excess of 15,000 9mm rounds OF ALL TYPES. Still haven't had a failure. You pull the trigger with a loaded magazine, it goes "boom"every time.

Since then I have bought 2 more Glock pistols ( .45 and 10 mm ) and am still quite satified.

Having a new XD .45, I must say I am very impressed with it as well.

And just like my S&W .357 revolver, the Glocks don't fire unless I pull the trigger. They need a safety as much as my revolver does - that is to say, "NOT!"
:)
 
I would say

the USP 45. Because in almos 9000 rounds mine has only failed once, and that was due to bad ammo.
 
1911 with an asterisk.

It is easy to mess one up tweaking it when you don't know what you are doing. They come in varying grades and such, but I wouldn't switch mine out for anything.

I have carried Berettas, Glocks, and Sigs. If I thought they were more reliable, I would be carrying one.

However, if I had to pick up a gun, sight unseen and untested, and trust my life with it, it would be a Glock.
 
I'll vote for Glock as well.
I haven't been able to get mine (19,23,26) to stovepipe even intentionally trying to limp wrist it.
 
I'll go with the pistol that was tested in the Philippines in 1913, in Vera Cruz in 1914, in Haiti in 1915, in northern Mexico in 1916, in the trenches of France in 1917 and '18, in Archangel and along the Trans-Siberian Railway in '19, in the jungles of Central America during the '20s and '30s, carried through the surf at Guadalcanal, Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima, made the march out from the Chosen Reservoir in 1950, soldiered through the triple-canopy jungle of Viet Nam, and was carried by many units in Desert Storm.
 
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