My favorite poly-auto is the USP or USPc
The HK is a good gun but I don't see myself owning one any time soon (well, maybe a P7 someday).
if I were to buy a new polymer gun, I would just save up for the XD .45
The .45ACP XD is definately a possibility, but not really in the group of pistols I want evaluated right now. The defining characteristic is that the guns on this list are basically non-polymer polymer guns. What I mean by that is these are polymer designs that don't look like polymer designs (the XD, Milennium Pros, 24/7s, and Glocks have that blocky polymer look, these look like they could just as easily be made of some metal). Basically these are FNs, SIGs, S&Ws, etc. that just happen to be made of polymer while the others look like polymer pistols (I guess it is a style thing, but I wanted to break up my list into some kind of groupings).
So... did ya get rid of that P345?
Not yet, I will be trading it after I try a bit longer to make it reliable. I'd prefer to trade an OK gun that is mostly reliable but with occasional issues than one that in some range trips can't get through a mag without multiple failures.
For some obscure reason (to me) many people don't seem to like Rugers...
I have nothing wrong with Rugers in general and often find myself recommending them. However, my KP345 is not reliable, and my last range trip showed me that with the problem with the design of the mag disconnect simply not dry firing without a mag myself may not be enough. I wanted to love my KP345- it is a good looking gun that feels great in my hand and is pretty accurate, but it hasn't proven reliable. Also, my first auto was a KP89- it was reliable but felt like a brick and it was horribly inaccurate (it wasn't me either- I often shot rental guns and mine together and did better with the unfamiliar rental). Still, Ruger makes many good guns, I just don't know that I'll be owning any more (
maybe a P95, but not this time).
If you are looking at and considering Sigs and Walthers why would you consider a gun like the Taurus?
Because my experience is that Taurus makes some darned good guns.
My first gun was a Taurus 82 revolver which never gave me any trouble. I used to own a Taurus 605 revolver which never gave me any trouble. I own a Taurus 85CH which hasn't ever given me any trouble and this time I won't stupidly let it get away as with the prior two.
I currently own a Taurus PT140 Milennium Pro which has actually been a better gun than my SIG 226 from a reliability standpoint and it stands up well in other areas. The SIG had some troubles in its first range trip, the Taurus has 750 trouble free rounds, the slight majority of which have been various JHPs. Both are accurate (of course the full-sized SIG is more accurate). Both are very well made and feel good in the hand (the SIG is obviously better quality, but the Taurus is nothing to be ashamed of with very good fit and finish). The SIG used cost about $250 more than the Taurus did new.
Not on your list but I'd check out the CZ-100
I do like CZs and I have looked at this one before but I think I'll probably wait on this one. I like the Taurus polymers better than this CZ and they are priced about the same. For a CZ I'd prefer to spend a little more and go with something like the PCR.