Need Input: SD9VE vs Security 9

[Buckeye63]

I always get a kick about hearing how the SD9 trigger sucks ... .. Can people cut there own steak , snap there pants , open a jar of pickles ???
I cut my teeth on DA revolvers, Makarov pistols ,and such
I remember getting a Sigma .. nice trigger
I thought!!!!! I really have zero problems with my SD9VE trigger ... After a mag of just any pistol..
I have the trigger figured out ..
Honestly.. if you can handle a stock S&W J frame DA trigger .. you got the world by the tail

 

[dodo bird]

I always get a kick about hearing how the SD9 trigger sucks ... .. Can people cut there own steak , snap there pants , open a jar of pickles ???
I cut my teeth on DA revolvers, Makarov pistols ,and such
I remember getting a Sigma .. nice trigger
I thought!!!!! I really have zero problems with my SD9VE trigger ... After a mag of just any pistol..
I have the trigger figured out ..
Honestly.. if you can handle a stock S&W J frame DA trigger .. you got the world by the tail

Agree on everything. Except trying to figure out the snaps on pants

 

[ThomasT]

I always get a kick about hearing how the SD9 trigger sucks ... .. Can people cut there own steak , snap there pants , open a jar of pickles ???
I cut my teeth on DA revolvers, Makarov pistols ,and such
I remember getting a Sigma .. nice trigger
I thought!!!!! I really have zero problems with my SD9VE trigger ... After a mag of just any pistol..
I have the trigger figured out ..
Honestly.. if you can handle a stock S&W J frame DA trigger .. you got the world by the tail

Its funny how some will say how terrible the trigger on a SW/SD gun is and won't spend a dime of their money or a minute of their time to make it any better. Its easier to talk trash about the gun. But those same people will buy a budget 1911 and send it off to a custom gunsmith to have a $100+ trigger job done to it and then come here and crow about the fantastic triggers on 1911s.

The SD models are just darn good $300 guns that fill the need for some who want a gun and don't want to spend $550 for a Glock or way more for a Sig or other gun. The SD does just what it was designed to do. And it does it flawlessly for me so far. It hits what I shoot it at and does it every time I pull the trigger without fail.

 

[triplebike]

I always get a kick about hearing how the SD9 trigger sucks ... .. Can people cut there own steak , snap there pants , open a jar of pickles ???
I cut my teeth on DA revolvers, Makarov pistols ,and such
I remember getting a Sigma .. nice trigger
I thought!!!!! I really have zero problems with my SD9VE trigger ... After a mag of just any pistol..
I have the trigger figured out ..
Honestly.. if you can handle a stock S&W J frame DA trigger .. you got the world by the tail

I have for the longest time thought the same way you do. That changed when I started buying Ruger MKIV 22's. The stock trigger once I memorized it was fine to me. Then I decided to modify one of my MKIV's (have three) with a Voltquartsen hammer and sear. My accuracy improved dramatically. Now all three have the same modification.

 

[ThomasT]

I have for the longest time thought the same way you do. That changed when I started buying Ruger MKIV 22's. The stock trigger once I memorized it was fine to me. Then I decided to modify one of my MKIV's (have three) with a Voltquartsen hammer and sear. My accuracy improved dramatically. Now all three have the same modification.

There ya go. Don't like the trigger on the gun then spend a little and change it. But don't scrap the gun because it doesn't feel like you want out of the box.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

The problem with the SDs is that they're specifically made to be a budget alternative to a Glock or M&P. So if you buy an SD9 to save ~$200 over a Glock, then sink $55 and an afternoon of potential frustration into installing an Apex kit to get a Glock-equivalent trigger, you might as well just buy the Glock to start with.

It really depends how much your time's worth - some of us have more time than money, some of us have more money than time, only a lucky few of us get to have both. If you can find a good deal on the SD9 (I've seen them run as low as $270 on Bud's pre-craziness) and don't mind installing an aftermarket trigger on your own, I think you'll be pretty happy with the end result. The SD really is a great pistol otherwise. But there's just so much competition both around the SD9 in the budget-striker realm and above it in the service-striker realm that taking a budget pistol and putting extra $$$ and work into it probably isn't your best play, and I say this as a certified Bubba.

 

[drobs]

Edit wrong thread.

 

[SwampWolf]

I wish Ruger would reintroduce that gun (SR9C),

Discontinued? No wonder I can't find one to handle and consider buying to replace my current edc pistol.

 

[Spats McGee]

Sadly, yes, the SR9 and SR9c have been discontinued. That wouldn't stop me from grabbing one if I found it and had the budget for another gun.