UncleEd
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WOW! Five pages, and the "undisputed winner is"................................the P08 Luger.
Blabber mouth, now the prices will so up further.
WOW! Five pages, and the "undisputed winner is"................................the P08 Luger.
People talk about second strike ability like it is a big deal. I don't get it. It doesn't make sense to me. If in a life or death situation & a round doesn't fire I would think it better to get that round out & another one in than to stand there & keep pulling the trigger.
Would like your thoughts on the most reliable 9mm semi-auto hand gun. Please leave out accuracy, weight, concealed carry ability, beauty, and price. Do not include what is completely unavailable ie; not made for over 50 years.
I am searching for a semi-auto 9mm that will go boom when you pull the trigger with most any kind of ammo, including reloaded ammo. Number two in importance would be durability.
People talk about second strike ability like it is a big deal. I don't get it. It doesn't make sense to me. If in a life or death situation & a round doesn't fire I would think it better to get that round out & another one in than to stand there & keep pulling the trigger.
It could be a usable feature for the off chance you have one hand occupied or injured (due to whatever imaginable reason) in a self defense scenario. Not that all my guns have double strike capability, but many of them do.
My personal favorite is the CZ-75B. But, I think such a question is better served with a list of the top ones due to so much personal opinion being involved. A list would probably look something like this, as one of my criteria would be a proven track record...
Glock 17/19
Sig P226
CZ-75 (I'd actually take the SP-01 variant over the "classic" design)
Beretta 92
M&P 9.
With a CZ 75B pistol, without cocking the external hammer, the first trigger pull is a long Double Action trigger pull. Subsequent shots are shorter and light pull Single Action. If at any point "no boom", hammer is in down position and a long Double Action pull is possible for a second hammer fall on the cartridge that didn't fire on the first hammer strike. Most striker fired pistols require racking the slide to reset the striker(which also ejects failed unfired round). Valid argument to be made as to whether it is best in a tactical situation to rack the slide on a failure to fire rather than a second trigger pull on a DA/SA pistol. Trigger pull is faster in my opinion but not if the cartridge fails to fire a second time. Most(all) of my shooting is recreational/target/range. I like the second strike option there. My carry is a striker fired so I know how to clear the weapon quickly in a fail to fire situation. At the range, I think most people are gonna feed a failed cartridge back thru their striker fired pistol anyway since ammo now is apparently cast in gold per the prices! Comes down to personal preference.Hollow- What does this mean? On a CZ75B you pull the trigger and no boom, and then what? Thanks for info and feedback.
Most(all) of my shooting is recreational/target/range. I like the second strike option there. My carry is a striker fired so I know how to clear the weapon quickly in a fail to fire situation. At the range, I think most people are gonna feed a failed cartridge back thru their striker fired pistol anyway since ammo now is apparently cast in gold per the prices! Comes down to personal preference.