Easiest shooting centerfire semi-auto?

[DMK]

(Please exclude the obvious: 22 and 17 rimfires)

In your opinion/experience, what are the easiest centerfire semi-auto handguns to shoot accurately, considering the factors of low recoil, good sights, good ergonomics, good sights, nice trigger, etc.

 

[Fly Navy]

SIG P226 9mm. It's a fullsize duty pistol. Accurate, easy shooting, and easy to use.

 

[Dionysusigma]

My Bersa .380 loaded with Sapsan ammo. Lightest thing (next to a Walther P22 5") I've ever shot in an autoloader.

 

[atblis]

Anything heavy and in a light/moderate caliber

CZ75 SP01 (Regular 75s aren't too bad either)
Sig 226 with Stainless frame in 9mm (I've shot the 40SW and it wasn't bad)
Large frame Witness in 9mm (I think these are available now)

I bet the Glock 34 is a doll (keep thinking about getting one).

The SP01 gets my vote.

 

[BlkHawk73]

For me, it's the HK P9S. Fits the hand nicely and has an awesome trigger.

 

[Black Majik]

SIG P226ST 9mm.

 

[sgt127]

A 1911 in 9mm should be a very nice, soft shooting gun.

 

[todd-45]

Everybody's different. For me it's my Sig 229, 9mm or my XD9.

 

[PO2Hammer]

Sig's are nice and soft, but my new 1911-9mm is even softer and much easier to hit the target with.
I've been shooting Glocks and Sig's for the past 10 years or so, and in one week I'm shooting the best groups of my life with the 1911-9mm.

 

[Jim Watson]

S&w M52.

 

[XLMiguel]

I have a 9mm Kimber TacPro that's quite an easy shooter, as is my USP9C, and the aforementioned P226. I would guess a 226 in all stainless would be even more so.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Right out of the box and with no custom grips I'd choose the Glock 21, otherwise my .357 Ruger Security-Six firing .38's. The Glock 21 is the most comfortable .45 I've shot.

 

[albanian]

My Ruger P-89 seemed to have the least recoil of any 9mm I have shot. It is such a big pistol and shoots a small caliber that is feels like a gentle handshake instead of a smart rap to the palm like some guns feel like.

 

[Moonclip]

Low recoil and high accuracy centerfire would seem to belong to guns like those expensive euro Olympic style target guns that chamber 32S&W long wadcutters or a S&W 52 which chambers 38spl wadcutters. Although I did see a guy who had a 52 at the range trying to fire 38super out of it not exactly low recoiling compared to the correct chambering.

 

[boofus]

Those FN FiveseveNs are about as low recoiling as you can get without going into .22LR.

They come with adjustable target sights as well, so that's a plus. Single action only trigger is fairly light, maybe 5.5lbs, it does have a little take up at the beginning but after that it's fairly smooth. Ergonomics are good, feels like a 1911 grip, long and slim rather than fat like most double stack guns. The ambi safety is easily flipped on or off with your trigger finger.

 

[Silent Bob]

Browning Hi-Power, no doubt about it (unless you get hammer bite, which I don't )

 

[106rr]

The CZ 83 in 32 ACP (7.65mm Browning). It has a 15 shot mag, outstanding reliability and accuracy, excellent sights and a very good trigger. You cannot buy one in CA but it is available in free states. It weighs 28 ounces and fits the hand beutifully. Mine is in 380 ACP and has CA 10 round mags. It is very nicely fitted and finished.

 

[atblis]

SP01 probably

I think it actually weights more than the Sig226ST (and it's less expensive).

Oh yeah, how could I forget the Steyr GB?

 

[Kruzr]

A full race 1911 in 9MM.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

By far the 210-6. Great ergos and trigger!

 

[wrangler5]

For my hand, the Browning Hi Power in 9mm. I have two, an older one with the traditional rowel hammer which does smack the web of my hand regularly (but doesn't draw blood, as some people apparently experience.) Newer models have a spur hammer which isn't suppsed to bite, or if it does can be ground off a bit to eliminate the bite without changing the look much.

My favorite is a new FN Hi Power with the SFS system, bought recently from CDNN. Wonderful trigger (after removing the magazine disconnect, which I don't want anyway) absolutely no hammer bite, and remarkably accurate.

 

[litework]

Browning Hi-Power, no doubt about it

Can't argue with this at all. Good single action pistols are hard to beat. I would think a good single action would be better than a DA pistol.

 

[SamlautRanger]

HK P7M8 and SIG 226

 

[MachIVshooter]

CZ75/Witness/Baby Eagle.