Which brand of these semi-autos would you consider the most reliable ?

[IMTHDUKE]

Most reliable meaning, most serviceable in terms of less FTF, jams, stove-pipes, less break down and one you would chose over another if your life was in the balance.

The poll limited me to 16 selections....so if your brand is not listed, please post in your comments.

 

[PRM]

Criteria is Misleading

You are asking for one choice - In just my personal experience there are four listed that I have owned and found to be 100% reliable. I would rate them at that percentage because they have never malfunctioned with me as of today, but, anything mechanical is prone to breakage. Also, no particular model is specified for manufacture.

 

[woad_yurt]

Where's the Makarov check box?

 

[BlindJustice]

CZ/Dan Wesson - what kinda choice is that lumping
together the 75B & variants with the DW1911?

Since I couldn't vote for my 75B which has been
100% relieable after 1050 rds. I voted for the S&W
1911 the other one I have experience with.... and
own.

Randall

 

[kitsapcharly]

XD is probably the most reliable but is not listed. I've never had most of those shown. Bersa has been good for me and most others.
Based on experience Taurus, Beretta and Tanfoglios under any name are not reliable.
Most others...

 

[f4t9r]

there is alot to consider and about everything you listed is very good stuff.
I am going to use my own thoughts and say Sig is the most reliable. I could go into all kinds of different thoughts on this but I will spare you this time.

 

[wally]

I own pistols from all the listed makers except the high dollar custom makers, Bersa, and Ruger. Bottom line, after enough shooting all have failed eventually. Usually its a magazine or ammo issue, or just too much shooting and not enough cleaning.

Freshly cleaned and inspected, I'd trust my life to any of them with fresh known good ammo and not worry about them failing before shooting up all the ammo I could carry.

Like I say, if you've never broken a gun, you just ain't been shooting enough!

--wally.

 

[mljdeckard]

Sight unseen, used, origin unknown, must have a gun THIS SECOND to trust my life to, it's going to be a Glock every time.

 

[MD_Willington]

My S&W 5906 just keeps going...

 

[Onmilo]

Most reliable handguns, factory made and unmodified, straight out of the box reliable, there are four brands.
Beretta
Glock
H&K
Sig
Of the four, pick the brand that feels best to you and you won't go wrong.

The Colt 1911/1911A1 set the gold standard for a reliable semi-auto handgun but that era passed long ago and American gun manufacturers seem no longer capable of producing seriously reliable handguns because the trend is to continue to cheapen up the manufacturing process to increase profits.

 

[px4storm]

I have 2500+ rounds through my Beretta PX4 without a single problem. Seems pretty reliable to me!

 

[possum]

there are many options that you have listed, i would say that the glocks and xd's, and that is the ones that i have 1st hand experience with over a long haul and know to be reliable. my xd service has over 9k rds through it.

 

[possum]

someoen brought up the 1911. i have a sa MC Operator with over 3k through it in a short period of time, 100% reliable.

 

[SigP229R]

I voted for Sig simply because that is one of the ones I own but, I would not hesitate on any of the ones you had listed with the exception of the Glock and that is simply because I don't like Glock in the first place I think they are ugly and none of the later models have hammers and I don't like hammeless guns either.

 

[357sigRog]

I do not own most of these guns either but of the ones I do own it would be the Glock.

 

[jdc1244]

All the semis listed save one are perfectly reliable. I don’t/won’t own plastic so much of the list is moot for me.

I have absolute confidence in my Colt’s 1911s – they’ve all been flawless. Equally reliable have been my CZs.

The bottom line is most of the guns listed will serve their owners well, it comes down to subjective personal taste and what you’re comfortable with.

 

[usp9]

I have two makes that have been perfectly reliable. They are;
HK
Beretta
Multiples of these owned by me, thousands of rounds and not one problem from any of them.

All of my other makes; Sig, CZ, Kahr, Seecamp, Walther, Sphinx, and yes, even Makarov, have stumbled at one time or another.

That is my experience... HK and Beretta. Very reliable. These are the two brands I've also carried the longest, along with my almost perfect Seecamp (which needed an overhaul after twenty years).

 

[p35]

What about the Browning Hi-Power?

 

[browningguy]

You didn't have Browning, so I couldn't vote. Voting FN would include all the non-high power pistols.

 

[hemiram]

I have had great luck with:

Beretta-Never a problem with the 4 I've had.
Astra- Never a problem with 4 of them ( Some of you will faint, I'm sure)
Tanfoglio/EAA Witness- Never a problem with 2 of them, they shoot anything, and don't care how I hold them.
FEG, Crunchy trigger, but shot fine.

Lots of problems:

AMT Hardballer, and Hardballer longslide were total junk, not a single part with a flat surface.
Colt - Almost as bad as AMT, for twice the price, and just as bad customer service. Claimed I was "Limpwristing" my Combat Commander. Nope, it was just junk, nobody but Colt could get a full mag through it, including three owners of identical guns!.
FTL Auto Nine- How can a gun so nicely finished be such a dud?
Springfield Armory (My last 1911 ever, period, I'm done with them! If it made it through more than one mag out of ten, it was a miracle.)

 

[71Commander]

I'd say:

Colt 1911
Dan Wesson 1911
Springfield 1911
High dollar 1911
Para 1911 ( had one with 100,000 rounds and worked perfect when I sold it)
Kimber 1911

All equally dependable.

 

[Will Fennell]

FN produced....

MkIII Hipower in 9mm.....would be my first choice.

 

[skinewmexico]

I'd pick XD. Over 8,000 rounds thru mine in IDPA, and still failures. I clean every case of ammo. Overwhelming number of reliability problems I see in IDPA matches are on the 1911 platform. YMMV.

 

[dogtown tom]

browningguy: You didn't have Browning, so I couldn't vote. Voting FN would include all the non-high power pistols.

Browning doesn't manufacture firearms, never has.

p35: What about the Browning Hi-Power?

Browning Arms is the US importer for Fabrique Nationale (FN).

 

[krs]

Dumb poll.

Is this place populated with teenagers, or what?