Do you like the new generation pistols with plastic furniture?

[SAG0282]

LOVE my SIG pro and XD45.

 

[Shipwreck]

Hell, everything I own but a Buckmark is polymer!

 

[HiroProX]

One steel, one alloy, and one piece of combat tupperware.

I bought the Ruger P345 due to how it felt in my hand, how it pointed (natural for me, better than my P85 Mk.2), .45ACP, and price. It came down to the XD45, HK USP45, and the P345 and it "clicked" for me.

Personal preference is personal preference, no need to justify it.

 

[P97]

This is kind of my view point:http://www.gunweek.com/2006/feature0710.html

 

[Daemon688]

I just like having the gun feel substantial in my hand rather than feeling like I'm holding nothing. Another thing I like about having a heavier gun is it controls recoil better. So I'll have to say a big NO to liking polymer frames.

 

[OneShot!]

Light weight of the new genration pistols definately have advantage over all metal ones.

But I do agree for gun lover your collection is incomplete without at least one all metal pistol, preferably in .45!

 

[tydephan]

I agree with Warmachine.

I have both metal and polymer guns. And I love both styles.

Color me unoriginal.

 

[dleong]

I have a fairly equal mix of all-metal and polymer-framed handguns in my collection.

I do like being able to completely detail-strip a polymer frame and dunk it into a tub of hot, soapy water for a deep-down, lemon-fresh cleaning--something I wouldn't feel comfortable doing with a metal frame.

 

[TMann]

Two of each at my home:

"Plastic-fantastic" - Glock 26 and Kel-tec P3AT
"Steel-is-Real" - Kahr MK9 and Ruger Mark III

Love 'em both.

TMann

 

[minutemen1776]

I've tried both, and I like metal frames (steel or alloy) best. Even if the ergonomics are there, I do not like the "recoil impulse" (i.e. how the recoil vibration transfers from the grip to my hand) of polymer guns. I've isolated this as the cause of my dislike for polymer frames because I did not experience this in a Ruger 22/45 that I owned. Despite being polymer, I generally liked it because it was a rimfire and didn't have any appreciable recoil.

 

[wooderson]

Sure. There are good metal-frames (1911, CZ) and good plastic-frames (M&P, maybe the XD - maybe the Rugers, never tried one).

Don't like the Glock, don't like S&W steel-frames.

 

[Koblenz]

My only experience with a .40 was a poly gun. Probably why I don't own any .40's right now.

Beretta may have solved the problem of .40 in a poly gun. I have not fired one myself, but I have read that the Beretta PX4 Storm, in .40 caliber, is a soft shooting gun. I read an article about a police department, which currently issues the Beretta M92 9mm, getting some PX4 Storm .40s to try out. The officers remarked that the Storm actually had less recoil than their 9mms. The Storm has a rotating barrel locking system like the Beretta Cougar, and that is supposed to reduce the recoil.

 

[raginrednek]

bought polymer guns, did not like them. i stick to metal, mostly stainless. long term value is a concern to me, will a plastic gun be worth anything 40 years from now? i dont know.
bought a taurus pt99 more cheaply than the plastic guns i looked at first.

 

[Mulie]

I have a safe full of blue steel and stainless both long and handguns. Not a piece of plastic in the safe (with the exception of the plastic grips on my Beretta 92fs and S&W 3913).

Until about 3 months ago when I got introduced to a S&W M&P, you couldn't have given me a plastic gun. The egronomics of the M&P won me over...

I now own and am very happy with a S&W M&P9. It has replaced my 3913 for daily carry. I have decided to get a second poly framed (I no longer call them plastic) gun, an M&P40. I just can't decide between the fullsize and the compact. The fullsize carrys okay and sure shoots nice.

The poly guns are lighter and more comfortable to carry.

 

[JohnBT]

I like them and even own a P-32.

I guess I don't like them very much.

John