Best 9mm for under $1500

[dghboy315]

i second mad ogar's billennium suggestion. i think best is very subjective and it means what pistol feels best for you. for me, the beretta 92 fits my hand better than any other gun. for small hands i could see how it would not be the best, but have big palms and short fingers and the 92 is the best i have found. i also love how the smooth all the parts fint together. civilian 92s also have a great reliability record and are combat accurate.

if you like the fit, the billennium is the cream of the crop of 92s. i've seen it for btwn $1000-1200. its an all steel frame and brigadier slide which should make 9mm shots fell like nothing. it has an adjustable, single action trigger and frame mounted safety (cock and lock) which should make 1911 users happy. although, i've heard the trigger pull is not fantastic, there would be enough money left over for a trigger job. one could also get new sights b/c they are dovetailed and a fitted barrel for more accuracy. finally, with its carbon fiber grips and high polish finish, it just looks so sweet.

 

[Jim Watson]

For accuracy, accuracy, accuracy, there are, in addition to P210 and 952:

S&W PPC 1500
Unfortunately S&W will only sell these to cops because they accept high cap magazines and do not have a magazine disconnector. But my PPC shooting pal says they are brilliantly accurate. He is just too cheap to pay the $1000. Maybe you could get a cop to gray market you one. I don't see where that would be illegal, if you did not accept the full capacity magazines and got some Klinton Klips. But I am not a lawyer.

There are shops building PPC 9mms on 1911 chassis but they probably run to more than $1500.

Beretta M92 Service Pistol
Not a factory product, you have a stock 92 accurized by Sams or Kidd. These guys are building guns for use in NRA Service Pistol matches at Camp Perry and they are shooting right along with accurized 1911s.

 

[George Hill]

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[dghboy315]

mad orge,

sorry, my bad.
i read your site enough, you would think i would get that right.

 

[dghboy315]

ok, i can not type... or proofread

OGRE

at least i agree with you, right?

 

[makarov]

I really like my CZ-85 Combat. Adjustable sights. Very accurate. Under $500. If you want to spend more check out the Competition model here:

http://www.czusa.com/product.detail.php?id=39

It's MSRP is $1500 so retail should be much less. Love those CZ's

 

[makarov]

Or this one....


http://www.czusa.com/product.detail.php?id=38

 

[HogRider]

I'd say a nice used SIG 210 - 6 or a STI Trojan..

 

[BHPshooter]

I had around 1K$ into this one if I figure my time.

Eric, I still don't know how you did it. I'd cry. A lot.

Wes

 

[Black Snowman]

CZ 75 Champion or CZ 75 SA gets my vote. The 75 SA is at the top of my 9mm list right now. Both are single action so the double action trigger pull length is moot and the triggers are quite nice and the SA can be improved. The Champion's trigger is pretty hard to beat right out of the box.

 

[goon]

Also, you can lay your hands on a CZ-75BD for around $350 and factory hi-caps cost about $45 or so each new.
It is a double stack though so it may not fit you.
I would still say SIG for a single stack though.
And I don't know how long you have been shooting so don't take this as the advice of an elder or anything.
I am only 23 so my wisdom is questionable at best, but if I had known about CZ's when I first started buying handguns, I would have saved myself alot of aggrivation, time and money.
SIG's are excellent and there is no doubt about that. I trust mine with my life every time I carry it and I am going to keep it now that I have it, but I would have let mine in the case if I had known about CZ's when I bought it.
I may still get a compact variant of the CZ-75 like a P-01 or a PCR and retire my SIG to range and HD use.

 

[ProCharger]

Elite II worked over by langdon tactical would be my choice.

 

[Correia]

I would go out and shoot every one of the guns suggested above. Then I would buy one of the ones that costed between $400-$800 and spend the rest of the money on quality customizations to massage that gun into perfection.

Personally if I was going to spend $1500 I would probably get a HiPower and get it worked over, including having a beaver tail welded on for my bigger than average hands. Man that would be sweet.

 

[jacketch]

When you get this $1500 pistol will you be using WWB in it?

 

[artherd]

Glock 34 (or the ported 17L for range-only.), and a pant-load of ammo.

 

[George Hill]

Check this out...
http://gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=15396235
Beretta Billenium... 900 bucks...
If I had the money - I would be all over this one.

 

[Richard]

As usual I am the fly in the oinment. Can you buy a Sig P210 for $1,500? I thought they ran more. My Walther P88 is superbly accurate but it isn't currently imported. There is a sleeper in the dicontinued 9mm market and it is a Browning BDM. Mine is just a little less accurate than my P88. Regards, Richard

 

[nero45acp]

WOW!! I really appreciate all the suggestions/info!

What I'm really looking for is a 9mm that is ultra-accurate, heavy (>35 oz), single action, single-stack (or fits small hands well), has adjustable sights, is reliable, and is easy to take-down and clean, and is preferably stainless steel, all under $1500.
I have two 9mm 1911's (Kimber, DW) that almost completely fill those requirements, though both have required extractor adjustments, and are about to get new Wilson extractors. I really like the 1911 platform, and I'd be all over the new SIG 1911 when/if they ever produce one in 9mm! I'd buy a SIG 210, but $1500 is as high as I want to go for a new 9mm (the only reason I'm willing to go that high is I plan to curtail my handgun purchases after that...except for maybe a Colt Diamondback in .22LR..... Oh will it ever end?!!?)




So far the pistol that most closely fits my requirements is the S&W 952, but I haven't had the opportunity to handle or shoot one. I'd welcome any opinions/info on the 952. Thanx.

Oh, yes I have to admit that I would be shooting WWB ammo at least some of the time.



nero45acp

 

[Berg01]

The S&W 952 is an awesome piece; it has an awesome trigger, even though it still has the stupid mag disconnect on it, and, like all S&W semis (except the SW1911) the safety is mounted too high up on the slide. But given the good qualities of the gun, these are nits that I could learn to live with. In addition, I have heard that S7W plas to offer a stainless version of the 952, so you may want to stay tuned for that.

 

[modifiedbrowning]

I'll third the Walther P88, excellent pistol.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Nero, i think it's down to the S&W PC 952 or a used P210. Take a look at the auction sites for a good P210. They were used in 200 yard pistol competition in europe. They are heavy single stack 9's with a good trigger, lower bore axis than the Smith, and the swagger of a true classic. The P210 is the only pistol I would even consider trading my 6" USP Elite for.

 

[George Hill]

http://gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=15428082
SIG P210, 1300 bucks.

You can send me the spare 200 as a finder fee.