Put these four 9mm's in order of reliability

[OrvilleYertleson]

The USP definately shoult take #1

I stopped counting after I put 5,000 rounds through my USP (though it is a .40). I have had no failures of any kind. At all.

I have put every imaginable type of ammunition trough it, from premium defense ammo, to the el cheapo stuff, to my own handloads (lead, fmj, plated, etc.). Without fail, every time I have pulled the trigger, the weapon functioned flawlessly.

For pure reliablity, I wouldn't want any other weapon.

 

[SAG0282]

You likely know this already, but conventional wisdom says that shooting lead rounds out of a barrel with polygonal rifling (like that of the USP) is not good.

 

[armoredman]

1) Glock, as much as itpains me to say so.
2) SiG
3)Walther
4)HK
Based on rental guns i saw while working on a range. the USPs fell apart quickly, the Walther also didn't handle the abuse well. The SiG P220 and P226 we had worked OK, but the P232 blew a bunch of springs early on. The Glock 17 ran on for 200,000 rounds or so, even after the slide cracked! Nope, didn't happen on my shift.
The autos that didn't break you didn't list, the Rugers and the CZs. Well, to be totally honest, I don't know when the CZs would have broken - got stolen....I know MINE runs like a champ.

 

[orangeninja]

I'd say in all enviroments given:

Cold, heat, sand, water, mud, dumb-assed cop handling:

Glock
Sig
HK
Walther

 

[OrvilleYertleson]

Siegfried: Yep, I know, now. But I didn't when I started. I started reloading on .45 colt and .40 probably about 2 years ago. The lead bullets worked, but they leaded the barrel really badly (I guess that should have been obvious) and the accuracy was horrible. I still have several hundred assembled lead rounds and about 500 lead bullets in .40 if anyone is interested But my point was that the weapon was able to handle them. The fed well and were chambered without incident even after a couple hundred rounds at the range.

 

[Big Mike]

If we had to split hairs, I would say the order you listed them in. Mike

 

[Boats]

All this type of listing does is bring out the fanboyz. That list could be put in any order and not make a whit of difference.

The 9mm is not particularly destructive to a weapon, and I think that one would find that the reliability of a brand will be entirely dependent on the individual example. I have seen flawless examples of each, and I have seen those same types of pistols fail in other examples. Since they are man made, they can't all be perfect in all conditions, grips, angles of fire and other innumerable variables.

That said, I'd take any of them and be happy, except maybe the Glock because of its funky grip. I'd also take some not on the list and put them right up there amongst them if reliability is the only criteria, namely Berettas, CZ, Ruger, the XD9, the BHP, and possibly the Steyrs, and not lose any sleep over it. It is extremely unlikely any decently built 9mm from a large pistol company is going to be a jammomatic in even a mild way by design rather than in the individual execution of fit and finish on a particular example.

 

[natedog]

They're probably equally reliable, in addition to the Browning Hi-Power, Beretta 92, CZ-75, Springfield XD....almost all the popular pistols from reputable manufacturers are equally reliable.