Under-valued 9mms?? Yeah, again.

[kozak6]

Any steel framed Kahr.

New, they are horrifically expensive.

Except, steel frames and DA-style triggers are at the height of unfashionability, so used models tend to drop and drop in price, month after month in the display case or classified ad.

The steel frame soaks up recoil, the trigger is as smooth as oiled glass, and the match grade Lothar-Walther barrel is no joke. They're great pistols, just unfashionable.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Bersa in general, but the BP9CC in particular.

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

How about a beretta px4? $320 ish NIB on slick deals seems like a steal!

 

[HPJeep]

Astra A70 9mm single action. Heavy porker but very reliable.

 

[greyling22]

Steyr series of polymer pistols

This, also the grandpower pistols. (sti brought it over as the gp6 for a while)

I don't know that the FEG hi-power clones are undervalued anymore. Can't hardly find one for less than 350-400 these days.

 

[Devonai]

As others have mentioned, the S&W "Value Line" pistols are all good. In this category that means the CS9/908/909/910/915. I have a 909 and love it.

 

[RPZ]

Here's the premise: Some really good pistols don't get recognition or price they merit. They are really good guns, just not "popular" and therefore undervalued and potentially under priced.

A couple of examples as I see it: the original Sig P6; Beretta 92s (Americans really hate anything but a button mag release, just ask Walther on the PPQ M1 & M2); Walther P4 (way upgraded P38); Sig 2022; Daewoo P51; 3rd Gen S&Ws (especially the 5906 although prices for them are rising); or the Walther PPX. Stars fall into this category, although I understand how lack of spare parts makes them an iffy purchase.

So what would be on your list of undervalued 9s? I suspect Ruger....but I've only owned 2, both .22s, in 50+ years of shooting. FN? Armscor?

I guess I'm looking for a pistol or two to look for. It took me over a year to find the right P4. I sold my 459 and 39-2 and then bought them back (I hung on to my 5906). So now I don't really need another gun....but I kinda miss hunting for them. I don't need a carry piece or range gun...just something fun to shoot, preferably metal, and a bit out of the ordinary.

Suggestions?

Canik 9mm pistols. They are a steal. The finish will wear quick, but they are well built, generally reliable, and comparatively dirt cheap.

 

[FL-NC]

Not being a huge fan of pistols with hammers, I will say that the Ruger P-series were and are a great no-frills, reliable US made handgun.

 

[hdwhit]

I started reloading 9mm because I was given the brass left over from the church men's retreat and figured, "Why not?" Well, once I had loaded rounds I needed some way to test them but since I didn't intend to do a lot of reloading of the caliber (silly me), I opted for the lowest price gun they had in the store; a Taurus Millenium PT111 G2.

It has been a surprisingly satisfying gun.

I started loading it very conservatively, but once I got the loads hot enough to cycle the action it hasn't once had a failure to feed, chamber or fire. Plated or jacketed. Truncated cone, hollow point, or round nose. Bullseye, HP-38, or Hi-Skor 800X. 115, 124 or 147 grain. It handles them all. For a gun you can pick up for as little as $199, I would call that undervalued.

 

[valor1]

Can I vote for the CZ75? It's so heavenly. Lol.

 

[Blkhrt13]

P95 is on my list of things to buy

 

[Blkhrt13]

I love my 92s

 

[lsudave]

steel frames and DA-style triggers are at the height of unfashionability, so used models tend to drop and drop in price, month after month in the display case or classified ad.

This post was made in reference to Kahr's, but it applies across the board. I've been into one or two gun shops where the guy at the counter is almost hysterical that I may be looking at a steel-framed, hammer fired gun, instead of a polymer-framed striker fired pistol. If you didn't know better, you'd get the impression these guns are made of unstable plutonium compounds, and just touching one will cause your hand to decay and rot off.

Of course I never went back to them. Sell what you want, but don't expect solid business if you choose to ridicule your potential customers.

 

[czhen]

For brand new, warranty, spare parts, mags under 250 Irish, it is hard to bit the SDVE 9 or 40 if they do 45 will crush some market of they own and third party. Have so many car guns otherwise I will get one.

 

[peacebutready]

P95 is on my list of things to buy

It's unfortunate they stopped making that one.

 

[muzzleblast...]

It made us engineers cry when we had to destroy all them brand new pistols.

Understood. At least they weren't FNs.

 

[goldpelican]

It's unfortunate they stopped making that one.

My first 9mm is a P95 - that thing just keeps on going and going and going, even when dirty. I've put 600+ rounds through it without cleaning before, just chugs along even when dirty.

The only issue it's ever had was a bag of crappy gun show reloads that had a bunch of 1980s headstamps - a few cases ruptured and failed to fully eject, but just racking the slide would clear them.

My wife has a current Ruger 9E - that's another great gun for the money, but striker fired, rather than hammer with decocker like the P95.