well, I'm going to disagree on this one
I own a Glock 17 3rd gen, and since I live in Belgium, hi-caps are the only mags I can buy for my G17.
I also own a Beretta 92FS replica, same size, same trigger, same weight, ... the only difference is that it can only shoot blanks.
here's what I came up with (Glock 17 vs Beretta 92FS):
- 2 more rounds capacity.
- longer sight radius in a smaller gun (!).
- the glock can take more beatings than a beretta. they once threw a glock and a beretta out the window of the 10th store of a building, and guess what? the glock was unharmed, but the beretta was broken.
- altough the beretta is utterly reliable, the glock is even a tad more reliable (I talk about the 9mm's here, not the .40's), and you will need to replace springs and stuff on a beretta after 30 000 rounds. the glock can take well over 100 000 rounds.
- simplier mechanism and fewer parts.
- glocks are waaaaay cheaper.
- glocks weigh waaaaay less (about 70 % of a beretta).
- mags are cheaper
- Glocks shoot faster (for follow-up shots, you only need 1/8" triger movement)
- ...
as you can see, the G17 is a far more superiour pistol than the Beretta 92FS, altough this last one isn't too bad at all. it just had the bad luck that it competed with the G17