Your Top Five 9mm Service Weapons of all time...

[StrikeFire83]

Well, being that the 9mm is the only ammo I can afford to shoot right now, and the only guns I brought with me to California, I've done a lot of thinking about the round lately. Although I've never needed to shoot anyone with the round, my father has, in combat, twice, and both of those people are not around to scream about how weak it is. So, that being said, I was wondering what the consensus (if there is one) as to what the top 9mm service weapons are. I own a Glock 17 that I’ve put 3,500 malfunction free rounds through and keep as my go to home defense gun. I also own a CZ-75B that I traded away a .45 for this year that I’ve put several hundred rounds through and I love this far.

So, what are the 5 best service 9mms out there, in your opinion. For me, a gun has to be 100% reliable, reasonably accurate, durable, and did I mention, 100% reliable. Here’s my list:

1. Glock 17. I’m sorry, I love this gun. I hit well with it, and it has never failed me. It’s loaded in the safe right now waiting to save my bacon if need be.

2. Browning Hi-Power. First handgun I ever shot. It saved my dad’s life in Nicaragua, and it never failed him.

3. CZ-75B. Like a “modern” hi-power, has not failed me in almost 1K rounds, and is tack driver accurate. Incredibly accurate in my barely capable hands (from a marksman standpoint, I shoot pretty decent for a civi I think)

4. Sig P226. Okay, bowing to the pressure a bit here. I’ve only shot one once, and I wasn’t very good with it, but it felt like a tank and I hear great things from the cops that I talked to who carry the .40 cal version.

5. I DON’T KNOW. Beretta, Smith and Wesson. I guess I need to shoot more nines to get a fifth.

Give me your criteria for a 9mm service weapon and your top five.

Thanks!

 

[mjb]

Browning Hi Power
Glock 17
Sig 226
Beretta 92
Walther P38

 

[Quiet]

Browning Hi-Power
Česká Zbrojovka CZ-75B
Sig-Sauer P-226
Glock Model 17
Beretta Model 92FS

 

[nwilliams]

1 - Browning Hi Power
2 - Beretta 92fs
3 - Sig 226
4 - CZ-75
5 - Glock 17 or 19

Not sure about the order, but BHP is certainly #1 on my list, I own two and I'd pick up a 3rd in a heartbeat if the price was right.

Sadly all of the other guns on my list I have owned but sold off a few years ago to pay off some bills. Now I need to do some replacing, but it may take a while to fill the slots again. Next on my list is certainly a new CZ-75 I really miss that gun

 

[chieftain]

1. UZI
2. MP 40
3. Swedish K
4. MP 5
5 P-35`HI power.

YMMV

You did ask for service weapons, not handguns, right?

If you ask about best 9mm Handguns/pistols.

1. luger
2. P-35
3. P-38
4. SIG
5. Glock

Now you answered your question with what you LIKED, apparently in handguns/pistols.

1. SIG
2. P-35
3. Glock
4. Beretta
5. CZ

Go figure.

Fred

 

[gtmtnbiker98]

1. Glock 17
2. Sig P226
3. Sig P229
4. Beretta M9
5. S&W 5906

 

[Glockensig]

1.) Ruger P89 ( you said service weapon - not CCW )
2.) Sig 226
3.) Glock 17
4.) CZ75
5.) Smith 6906

 

[MCgunner]

The Walther P38 (DA) should rank if we're talkin' innovation and history. Perhaps also should be the P08. These weapons did more in historical terms than any Glock or Sig. Of course, the High Power was innovative as it was the first of the "wonder nine" high cap guns. The Glock introduced polymer. IMHO any other choices are subjective.

 

[Radjxf]

1) HK P7
2) Hi-Power
3) Sig P228
3) S&W 5906
3) Beretta M9
4) Glock 19

CZ75 gets my honorable mention, poor trigger and internal finish keep it out of my top five.

 

[mavracer]

1) BHP
2) Sig 226
3) CZ 75
4) Ruger P89
5) Glock 17

 

[BillinNH]

Top 9mms historically are, IMO, and chronologically:

C-96 (9mm version)
P.08
P.35
P.38
CZ75B

YMMV

Bill

 

[Ala Dan]

Browning Hi-Power
Glock 17
SIG P226
S&W 5906
Walther (I forget the model number?)

With the H&K P7, mixed in there somewhere.

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Browning High Power
GLOCK G19
HK P7 M8
S&W 3913
Walther P99

Did y'all notice 9 out of 12 responders (75%) put the BHP as 1st or 2nd pick?

 

[Walkalong]

1 - Browning Hi Power - Greatest of all time.
2 - CZ-75 - Almost as good.
3 - XD - new one on the block, but real nice.
3 - Sig 226 - Just because.
4 - Beretta 92fs - well, nah
5 - 1911 9MM - is that cheating.

 

[Northslope Nimrod]

1. BHP
2. CZ 75 (I like the P-01)
3. 1911 in 9mm (not cheating, its like peanut butter and chocolate finding each other)
4. Probably Sig (no real experience....just reputation)
5. Hmmm ...XD's are nice

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

Sig P226
Sig P229
S&W 6906
Sig P226
Sig P228

 

[OH25shooter]

Sig P226
Sig P229
S&W 5906
S&W 3913
Glock 17

 

[10-Ring]

My top 5 9mm:
HK USP 9
HK P7M8
BHP
Beretta 92fs
G19

 

[Black Majik]

1) Glock 17
2) HK P7
3) HK USP
4) Beretta 92F
5) SIG P226

 

[Ghostrider_23]

1. XD
2. Glock
3. H&K
4. Sig
5. Beretta

 

[MachIVshooter]

S&W 5906
Beretta 92
CZ75 and clones
Browning HP
Sig P226

 

[762x51]

In no particular order:

BHP
Glock 17
Beretta M9
CZ75
Walther P99

 

[CPshooter]

I'll play. The guns on my list aren't necessarily historically "proven" or anything like that, but they are just my personally favorite service guns.

1. Sig 226/229
2. Springfield XD
3. HK USP or P2k
4. Glock 17/19
5. Beretta 92

in that order...

 

[kmrcstintn]

military handguns:

venerable 1911 in .45 acp (multiservice); Beretta M-9 in 9mm (multiservice); S & W 15 combat masterpiece revo in .38 spl (prior Air Force security); S & W 1917/Colt 1917 revos in .45 acp (multiservice); Colt Peacemaker SAA in .45 Colt (the original .45)

 

[Onmilo]

1. Browning Hi-Power
2. Glock 17
3. Beretta 92F
4. Walther P38/P1
5. H&K USP (This is an up and comer.)