Best steel framed 9mm?

[yongxingfreesty]

beretta 92 and sig p226



my fn hp and cz75b were also good shooters

 

[matt33]

For an all steel 9mm, this is my favorite:

 

[Pilot]

Box-stock BHP's need a professional trigger job, otherwise their accuracy cannot be beat.

That's not necessarily true. I think its hit or miss. My box stock 1994 Silver Chrome MKIII has an excellent stock trigger. Its a bit heavy, but not prohibitively so. A lighter main spring would cure that and many swap out the springs. Mine is fine so I leave it alone and yes it still has the mag safety. My BHP is my most accurate centerfire pistol, partially due to its excellent, crisp, single action trigger.

 

[CraCZ]

Well Im a CZ nut and after shooting the Armalite AR-24, Ive sold all my CZ's. Its just more refined and fits my hand like no other all steel gun. Plus it uses the EAA Witness type mags that are 16 rnds. Its the Cadilac of all the CZ clones in the $450 to $500 price range IMHO. It takes the best of the Sig P210 and CZ 75 into the AR 24.

 

[RPCVYemen]

That's not necessarily true. I think its hit or miss. My box stock 1994 Silver Chrome MKIII has an excellent stock trigger. Its a bit heavy, but not prohibitively so. A lighter main spring would cure that and many swap out the springs.

That seems to be true of HP's. I know that a lot of them have really nice triggers - but the two I have shot (one rental, one belongs to a friend) have had really crappy triggers. I assumed that it was the mag safety, but one of them had that removed, so it wasn't the mag safety.

I believe all of you when you tell me how wonderful the triggers are on your HPs, so I don't what's going on.

When 100% of my (very small) sample was crappy, I couldn't buy one. I have limited cash, and I couldn't afford to buy a pistol, an then spend hundreds on a gunsmith to fix the trigger if I got one that was bad.

I was pretty disappointed - I love the looks/history of the HP, but I really couldn't afford to buy a lemon. The friend whose HP I borrowed was very disappointed in his. He's a SA autoloader kind of a guy, and also loved the looks and history of the HP. But he's got close to a $1000 into a pistol that's just not very much fun to shoot. He warned me to try his before I bought one.

I am not intending in any way to trash the HP design - from what you guys tell me, if you get a good one, it's incredible. I really, really, really, wanted to like the HP.

So I bought an AR-24, and have been very happy with it.

The trigger is not as nice as my Ruger Blackhawk , but it's much, much better than either of the HPs I have had an opportunity to shoot.

Mike

 

[bac1023]

Here are my 9mms. Besides the Glock 19, they are all steel framed. I'm not much of a polymer fan.


I like the S&W 952 and Sig P210 quite a bit. The X-Five is nice too, as are some others. I like Lugers as well. I have an unfired Mauser Luger on layaway right now.





Left to right top row: HK P7M8, Sig Sauer X-Five, Sig P210-6, Sphinx Competitor, Smith & Wesson PC952, Pardini GT-9

Bottom row: Beretta 92f, Browning Hi-Power, Walther P5, CZ 75B, Glock 19, Kahr T9

 

[belus]

bac1023, what is that in the top right?

I have and love the P7, BHP and CZ75. Not sure which of these would be my favorite.

 

[bac1023]

Sorry, I just edited the post to add descriptions.

The model you asked about is a Pardini GT-9

 

[hessy]

Walther P5 and Beretta 92 are not steel-framed guns.

 

[bac1023]

Actually they are alloy. I wasn't thinking, because the two of them, although good, are not even close to being two of the best 9mms.

 

[aka108]

Star 30M as mentioned earlier here. Never a failure to fire or jam of any type. Not pretty or refined. 15+1 capacity. Simple safety. Owned several other 9's and have sold them off. They were prettier than the 30M but the 30M is a keeper.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Hessy is right, the Beretta M9/92 is not normally steel-framed....except that it's also made in a model called the Steel 1....all steel, heavier than normal, with straight slimmer grip, and a honey of a gun. I'd nominate it for best, but have never shot a BHP.

 

[mattk]

Browning HIPOWER!!! or if your feeling frostly a 1911 in 9mm.

 

[hessy]

Well, I'd name the Beretta Billennium as the best Berreta pistol and one of the best steel-framed 9 mm ever (http://www.berettaweb.com/Billennium/Beretta 92 Billennium.htm). I wish I still had one...
I will vote for BHP as the best all-around steel-framed 9 mm.

 

[ceadermtnboy]

Thanks for all of the suggestions and pictures!! I do love the way a steel framed 9mm shoots. I could spend more time shooting my 9mm handguns than all of my guns put together! This is just my opinion, but theese are my favorite three in the order I rank them.

1- CZ75
2- BROWNING HI POWER
3- SIG P226

I have shot the CZ and P226 , but not the High Power. That could change my mind, but I doubt it. I think the design of the CZ is the best there is, and is probably why it is copied the most. The Sig would be at the top if it were not so dang wide in the grip area, but for now the CZ is tops in my mind, and my next 9mm purchase will be a police model (P01).

 

[redneckrepairs]

Other than the HP , not my choice but yall have fun lol .

 

[jhco]

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[bluetopper]

bac1023, the Pardinis (9 & 45) have perked my interest a lot the last couple of years, I just have never seen one in the flesh to try. I can't bring myself to fork over the cash to buy one on a hunch and if I didn't like it I don't know how the resale on them is in the US. I do know they are THE bullseye gun in Europe however. I do though, have a Dan Wesson 9mm 1911 on order.
Do you have a GT-45 by chance?
A fully adjustable electronic trigger would be neat though.

 

[bac1023]

I don't have a GT-45, but the two are the same design. Its a very nice pistol.

 

[woad_yurt]

You guys are going to call me crazy but I love my Norinco 54. It's the most accurate centerire handgun I own. I shot a guy's Hi Power once and prefer the Norinco. It's a sweet, sweet gun. The trigger is magnificent. Cheap, too.

 

[Coronach]

Best steel-framed 9mm?

Browning HP-35, the "High Power." The only thing close is the P7/PSP series.

Personally, if I had to pick "greatest pistol of all time", I'd have to pick the HP as well, though the 1911 would be right there with it.

Mike

 

[UnTainted]

Ranked in order of preference:

I love my hi-power, it's a sweet shooting 9mm!




I also really like my SIG 229 Elite in 9mm barsto. Very soft shooting and accurate. (shown here with a .40 mag; it loves both).



and as a nice small CCW steel framed 9mm, I trust the MK9, flawless over 1000 rounds now; 600 ball, 400 various HP ammo.

 

[Dobe]

Well Im a CZ nut and after shooting the Armalite AR-24, Ive sold all my CZ's. Its just more refined and fits my hand like no other all steel gun. Plus it uses the EAA Witness type mags that are 16 rnds. Its the Cadilac of all the CZ clones in the $450 to $500 price range IMHO.

I agree. Its one of the best kept secrets in the handgun world.

 

[ImARugerFan]

I like this one, but I can't shoot it straight.. :/

 

[OFT]

My favorites are a Hi Power and an old Radom.