Who builds the best striker fired pistol and why?

Who builds the best striker fired pistol and why?

 

This will all probably come down to personal taste or experience, but I said Glock. Primarily for the reasonably priced aftermarket support as well as easily interchangable parts and ease of use and maintenance. Perhaps some of the others have those things as well, and to be fair to the others, Glock has been on the market much longer and therefore more aftermarket avaiablility.

As far as the others on the list, I'd also like to try the FNS without the manual safety. I've always liked that company as well, but have no real hands on experience with it.

 

How did you manage to forget Walther? That would have been my choice.

 

Me too. Walther P99 or PPS. Both great guns.

 

I personally own a m&p 9c and i am thoroughly happy with it, but this is a just question of preference. You can get 10 different answers from 10 different people. I dont personally believe the m&p is that much better than the others. It is just what i prefer.

 

Kahr is also missing from the poll. Not saying that they are the best, but they're worth considering, IMHO.

They redefined the word compact when they hit.

 

Poll is incomplete. Steyr, Caracal, Kahr, Walther, and Taurus (and I'm sure a few more) all have striker fired designs too.

That said, for the poll choices, I will admit that I've never handled nor fired an FNS or an XD. I own a Glock and M&P and have shot a Ruger SR9. Between them I prefer the M&P.

Ignoring price, between the SR9 and the Glock I'd say that the Glock is a better gun simply due to the lack of annoying features (shark-fin LCI, thumb safety, mag disconnect). If Ruger took those off I'd consider it every bit the gun that the Glock is, and even as-is I think that the annoyances are made up for by the difference in price (basically, I still think the Ruger SR9 is a better value).

 

Need more poll options, including an "other" option.

Kahr or Glock would be my choice.

 

These are the options on the shelf at my LGS. I guess I should start another poll on who I left off this one.

 

Glock, it's the most combat ready pistol with parts availability for everything from sights to barrel conversions to holsters.

 

Didnt vote~
Springfield XD (But not the "m")
Why: very good ergonomics, point shoots very naturally

Havent handled the FN or the M&P yet.

 

This poll is flawed since Walther (who makes some of the world's best striker-fired pistols - the P99, PPQ, and PPS) is not an option.

 

Glock. Simple. Cheap. Reliable. Durable. Tons of accessories. No pins for detail strip.

 

M&Pc

Ergonomics, Aesthetics, Size

 

Glock.

Ergonomics, aesthetics, size.

 

You forgot Steyr. The m40 has a very nice glock-esque trigger, and pulls much better than any glock I've tried.

 

Well I have always found Glocks to be ugly, soulless pieces of plastic. They have zero sex appeal and beyond a cheap colored plate on the back of the slide, there aren't many aftermarket ways to make it "yours".

A Glock is a Glock is a Glock. Be it one with night sights, or a 3.5# disconnect, etc. Boring, uninspired pieces of polymer where a "parent" would have a hard time picking out their "children" from a line up.

...but I'll be damned if I don't own three of them I hate it, but I love them. The ease of maintenance, the quick field strip, the round count that they handle without needing major work. I'm also a huge Ruger fan. I had an SR9 that peened. Sold it. I handled a P95. Nice gun, but not my favorite.

Glocks are NOT perfection. Hell, they might not even be the "best", but they work for me, and when I shop for a striker fired gun it's a good bet that I'm coming home with a Glock.

 

Walther. Everything a Glock wishes it could be.

 

Best for.... what purpose?
I've found Kahr, especially the steel framed ones to be the most finely made of the striker fire pistols.
My M&P9 is one of the most comfortable guns to shoot that I own and as a combat pistol would take it in a heartbeat over a Glock, XD, etc... but that doesn't make it better. It just means it fits ME better. The guns are probably objectively the same level of quality.

 

Smith and wesson M&P builds the best striker fired pistol. Why? Because that's what I have.

 

Your list doesn't list THE BEST 'striker-fired' auto: the Walther P99. The P99 is very ergonomic, lightweight, has THE best trigger of the lot, is scary accurate and has 2nd strike capability.

 

Walther PPQ is my vote

 

I didn't vote cuz I haven't actually fired or even handled them all. But Glocks are so simple, reliable, durable, and they have so much aftermarket support, I find it hard to believe that any of the others are a real improvement.

I'm curious why HK isn't on there. Or the Ruger P series and SW SV series; they're a great value. If I ever came across a good deal on a used P or SV, I'd jump on it just because.

So of the ones I've actually fired, I rate them Glock, XD, SV-9, Sigma, HK USP dead last.

 

You left out perhaps the best of them all, Walther (PPQ)