Janos Dracwlya
Member
I am in the market for a high capacity 9 mm Pistol and I am looking for advice or at least the opportunity to bounce my thoughts around. :banghead:
First, a little background so you will have some idea on my thinking on this:
I used to own a S&W 915 and it was a quite decent gun. In several years of use (a couple of thousand rounds) I never had a malfunction and accuracy was quite good. I also entertained the thought of getting a Marlin Camp Carbine to go with it since the Marlin can use the same magazines as the S&W, though I never did get around to buying one. The one thing I didn't like about the S&W was the magazine safety, which I felt was fragile.
Last year I traded the S&W off for a factory-reconditioned Sig P226. Partially this was "upgrading" and partially (or at least that's what I told myself at the time) it was so that my high capacity 9 mm would have the same manual of arms as my carry gun, a Sig P225. My 226 was a superb gun. My pistol shooting scores in the informal 3-Gun matches at the local gun club went up immediately. The only thing I didn't like about the Sig was that the only readily-available carbine with magazine compatibility was the Kel-Tech Sub 2000 - I just don't like that much plastic in my guns.
Back in December I parted with the P226 for personal reasons (long story), and now I am looking to replace it. Unfortunately, I can't afford a new Sig. I still have magazines for the Sig and I still have a few magazines for the S&W.
I really like the idea of being able to acquire a carbine that could share magazines with whatever pistol I choose, although I'm not absolutely wedded to this concept. I could still get a Marlin and just acquire some of the longer 20 and 30 round magazines so that there should be no issue with mixing up two different types of magazines.
I don't really like Glocks or Springfield XDs, though I'm not trying to knock them. I just prefer a gun that allows me a second strike on a dud round without having to work the slide. I also am not a fan of polymer-frame guns, though I might get a Kel-Tec P-11 at some point as a car gun (but that's because they are cheap and can use the S&W mags I have left over). I may eventually get one or the other of these, but I'm not interested in one at the moment.
To further complicate my thinking, an acquaintance on another board got me thinking about the CZ 75 series. They are very good guns, great ergonomics and priced extremely reasonably. Also, a decocker model is available, though the decocker is placed differently from the Sig 225. Downside is that there are no carbines that use the same magazines.
Sigh. Choices, choices.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
Thank you.
First, a little background so you will have some idea on my thinking on this:
I used to own a S&W 915 and it was a quite decent gun. In several years of use (a couple of thousand rounds) I never had a malfunction and accuracy was quite good. I also entertained the thought of getting a Marlin Camp Carbine to go with it since the Marlin can use the same magazines as the S&W, though I never did get around to buying one. The one thing I didn't like about the S&W was the magazine safety, which I felt was fragile.
Last year I traded the S&W off for a factory-reconditioned Sig P226. Partially this was "upgrading" and partially (or at least that's what I told myself at the time) it was so that my high capacity 9 mm would have the same manual of arms as my carry gun, a Sig P225. My 226 was a superb gun. My pistol shooting scores in the informal 3-Gun matches at the local gun club went up immediately. The only thing I didn't like about the Sig was that the only readily-available carbine with magazine compatibility was the Kel-Tech Sub 2000 - I just don't like that much plastic in my guns.
Back in December I parted with the P226 for personal reasons (long story), and now I am looking to replace it. Unfortunately, I can't afford a new Sig. I still have magazines for the Sig and I still have a few magazines for the S&W.
I really like the idea of being able to acquire a carbine that could share magazines with whatever pistol I choose, although I'm not absolutely wedded to this concept. I could still get a Marlin and just acquire some of the longer 20 and 30 round magazines so that there should be no issue with mixing up two different types of magazines.
I don't really like Glocks or Springfield XDs, though I'm not trying to knock them. I just prefer a gun that allows me a second strike on a dud round without having to work the slide. I also am not a fan of polymer-frame guns, though I might get a Kel-Tec P-11 at some point as a car gun (but that's because they are cheap and can use the S&W mags I have left over). I may eventually get one or the other of these, but I'm not interested in one at the moment.
To further complicate my thinking, an acquaintance on another board got me thinking about the CZ 75 series. They are very good guns, great ergonomics and priced extremely reasonably. Also, a decocker model is available, though the decocker is placed differently from the Sig 225. Downside is that there are no carbines that use the same magazines.
Sigh. Choices, choices.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
Thank you.
