Battle ready out of the box?

[ZeppelinM16]

What is one handgun(s) that you would trust to be "battle ready" right out of the box?

 

[Just One Shot]

Springfield XD

 

[highorder]

Rock Island GI 1911.

 

[Jeff82]

<enter personal favorite here>

(I would worry less with a Glock 9mm if I had to 'grab and go'.)

 

[TheGrimReaper]

Glock 17/19/22/23/31/32/21/20/29/30/34/35.......

 

[hillbillydelux]

None. All need to prove themselves.

 

[CWL]

None.

If that is your "manual of arms" for how to enter a conflict, be prepared for death.

I have personally had 2 NIB guns fail out of box. One was a high-end Kimber and the other one was an HK. No need to mention model because this can happen with any firearm.

Any firearm that is NIB should be taken-out, examined, disassembled, cleaned, examined, lubed, reassembled, examined and tested (often) before you should place any trust in it.

Unless it is only a video-game gun, since that is the only "battle" that I'd take a pistol to.

 

[Eightball]

I'd probably pic an older S&W Model 10.

 

[md7]

i know nothing of battle, or what would or would not be good to take for one. if you are asking what side arm would be most likely to function prior to any sort of cleaning or test run and be used to reliably defend yourself, i would humbly suggest the Glock brand of pistols.

never, in my VERY LIMITED experience, have i seen or shot a Glock that failed to perform flawlessly whether out of the box or adequatley broken in. YMMV

 

[twice barrel]

Ruger Security Six

 

[RugerDoug]

Semi Autos - Glock
Revolvers - Ruger

 

[Deus Machina]

My CZ was.

I still didn't carry it until I had run a hundred rounds through it. <-hint.

 

[md7]

+1 RugerDoug,

ruger revolvers are an excellent choice for reliability if you go the revolver route. imho.

 

[BP Hunter]

My Springfield XD9 goes bang every time I pull the trigger. It has always shot point of aim. It shoots better than me and has made me a better shooter.

 

[mjk812]

XD9 hands down. Never had 1 hiccup in over 1500 rounds, cleaned twice. Wouldnt think twice about it.

 

[InkEd]

Springfield Xd is my first choice.

 

[BADUNAME37]

Any S&W revolver.

 

[AllisonDT]

GLOCK 17 or 21 would be my first 2 choices.

 

[-v-]

Springfield XD. - I have NEVER had a hiccup from it, right out of the box. I honestly do think cleaning is optional for XDs, in case you need to kill some time or something.

Ruger P-series. The AK of handguns, 'cuz its ugly.

 

[tkopp]

Originally posted by highorder

Rock Island GI 1911.

Really? A mass-market bargain-basement 1911? Don't get me wrong, mine eventually became a nice little handgun, but out of the box 'reliable' was not in its vocabulary.

 

[scythefwd]

Any of the big name manufacturers revolvers. They may not be perfect, but they rarely don't go boom on command. Shoot, even that one (pics somewhere on this forum) that blew the barrel off went boom. It probably still could have.. with much less punch than normal for the projectile.

 

[Dr.Rob]

None. I wouldn't buy a car I didn't test drive either.

 

[easyg]

Glock.

 

[Claude Clay]

none
though the factory test fires them.

thats why they come with guarantees

 

[highorder]

Really? A mass-market bargain-basement 1911? Don't get me wrong, mine eventually became a nice little handgun, but out of the box 'reliable' was not in its vocabulary.

Really. Mine didn't have so much as a hiccup out of the box. It wasn't tight, or tuned but it fired ball ammo in fist sized groups every time.