Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Guns other than a Glock that work - anyone?

Since one member just can�t believe that any gun other than a Glock works, especially a 1911, I would like to open up a thread for all to talk about the handguns you have that WORK perfectly.

Oodles of Hi Powers have been 100% (My first Argentine was a POS though, and no matter what I tried, couldn�t make it work)
My current S&W M1911PD
A large number of 1911�s I�ve owned over the years. Only had one that gave me problems, a Series 70 Colt�s that as it turned out Colt�s only rough cut the chamber and never ran a finish reamer through it. Easy fix, 100% since then.

Other guns:
Taurus PT92 (very impressive, would eat anything)
Sig P226 & P225 (flawless)
Mauser C96 (flawless with any ammo, but there were no JHP�s in .30 Luger)
CZ 75 (would eat anything)
Beretta 92 (would eat anything)
Ballester Molina (100% with Winchester Silvertip)
Astra A-70 (garbage disposal, would function perfectly with anything you put in it; couldn�t get it to malfunction)
Polish Radom (preferred Federal 9BP for HP�s)
Beretta 1951 Belle (functioned well with every JHP I put through it)
Walther P38 (worked great with Federal 9BP and NyClad HP�s)

Worst gun I ever owned: Action Arms AT84 � Made in Switzerland by Solothurn (outstanding manufacturer); very nice LOOKING copy of the CZ 75, but as it turned out, had major problem with heat treatment on parts, Broke two safeties, two magazine catches, and a trigger bar. Gun shot like nobody�s business and when the parts were all together, it functioned flawlessly.

So what say you?

My Contenders never failed to feed.

Other guns that have NEVER jammed or failed to fire.
Or failed to feed:

Walther PK 380
S & W M&P 9C

( knock on wood )

Never had any issues with my SRH either Scott!

My XD40 is quite reliable. With 5000 plus rounds down the pipe, I've yet to have any issues. Good enough for me.

This one !!!





I have other Smiths/SA Abilene 44 mag...they all shoot.The 1911 is an original Colt,carried it in SEA and still shoot the dog chit out of it,shoots ball and even my cast 185 gr.SWCs no problem!!

These are all lies, and you all are liars! Eveyone knows that Glocks are the only reliable gun made. They never blow up, especially the 40 cal glocks, they love lead bullets and eat them all day long without issues......heck, you can even throw them like a frisbee and they still work. I honestly dont know why other handguns are still being made.

Pretty sad when someone is stupid enough make accusations like that..might as well tie a hamhock on your azz,walk through the jungle and hope you don't get bit!!!

Used to have a Ruger P95 9mm. 5500+ rounds, zero failures. Not only did it never fail, but something about the cycle speed and feel of the gun almost made it feel like it was impossible to fail. I can't quite describe it, but there it is.

I have or had three different third gen Smith 9mms. Total round count on all three is probably 7000+ (most of that on two, not so much on the other). Total malfs: one failure to go completely into battery (coincidentally during my CCW qualification shoot, go figure) that was probably an ammo issue as that was a couple thousand rounds ago on that gun.

Other guns with less rounds (all at least in the higher hundreds, some in the thousands):
Smith 4506, zero failures
Smith 4516, when I bought it, it had the unusual problem of trying to eject the slide stop on the last shot on a mag, causing the slide to hang on the slide stop. After a trip to Smith, zero failures.
Smith 469, got a great deal on this one, found out why after it seemed to decock itself every couple shots, after I cleaned the goop out of the firing pin channel, zero failures
Cigar box 1911, zero failures if you don't count my "I blowed up my 1911" experience, and it's on it's third amateur build iteration now, two of those after I blew the top end up.
Sig 239, zero failures
Sig 220, after I undid some lunatic's "trigger job", zero failures

Here's a couple I'd forgot I'd even had till I went back through my records, no idea how many rounds:
S&W 1911PD, zero failures
Beretta Cougar 8045, zero failures
CZ50, nasty little bitch, zero failures

So outside of one dirty gun (469), one bubbaed gun (220), one blowup (1911, most likely ammo), I've had the issue on the 4516, which was possibly a manufacturing defect, that was fixed, and one malf one one of my Smith 9mms, over many thousand of trouble-free rounds of non-Glock shooting.

XD ... As I've seen referenced in the past ... "The gun that out-glocked the Glock" or "The Glock's Glock" ...

Neither are my creations ... but I do like my XD9 ... cleaned it about 2500 rounds ago ... it still keeps schucking and spitting.

I don't plan on cleaning until it jams ... its not my carry gun (but with a cleaning I wouldn't hesitate) ... Just wanna see how long it will run. ... just some real light oiling now an then.

Fantabulous lil gun

I guess Kevins panties are in a bunch...

I have owned Ruger P90, Sig 220, Two springfields 1911's, two Beretta's 92F and several Glocks that all ran %100.

To be honest though I sold one of the springfields to a guy I work with. It is a loaded light weight champion. He was shooting some off brand of ammo in it the other day and it jammed 38 of 50 rounds. Not really the guns fault but it did jam.

Dink

IMO, unless there is an inherent defect or major design issue, most any gun can be made to work just fine.

There's no magic in Glocks at all.

As for 1911, specifically, I'll put any of mine up against any Glock for reliability............besides, they look better too.

Not knocking Glocks, just saying they have no magic. Period.

MM

Well, my Gosh. Every handgun I own works perfectly, and I own approximately fifty, not one of them a Glock. Although, of the three Glocks I've owned, they all worked perfectly too.

That's because you've never failed to feed it.

Gun's other than a GLOCK that work ...
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Believe It Or Not ... A HI-Point !!!

It works.

Springfield XD

S&W 3rd generation 9mm,ruger SP101 and J frame smiths

I've owned or shot just about every quality brand name pistol out there and had only two problems. A Ruger Security Six that didn't always fire and a 30 Carbine Blackhawk that just hated reloads. Not counting various junk autos like Sterlings.

Even some of the 'Saturday Nite Specials' were pretty good. Once had a Titan .25acp, bought for $25 that kept all it's shots on a paper plate at 25yds. It never bobbled and was my back up/drop gun for several years-this was in the 70's when the practice was considered reasonable.

I now have three 1911's,a Woodsman, two Smiths,a Browning, a High Standard, a P38 and a Glock all of them are just fine if you keep them oiled. I don't think the 1911 is the ultimate auto (tho I have 3) and I think the Glock is pretty good.

Mostly, this is a Ford, Chevy thing. If you like it, buy it as long as it's a quality maker.

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I bought an older Para P-12 used, no idea the round count. It had a few issues early on. I went through and replaced mag springs and recoil spring and now have more than 1,000 failure free rounds. Does that count?

Have a Kimber that I have owned since new. Never had an issue with it. Have an LCP with only 100 rounds through it that is perfect so far. Had a Ruger P95 that was perfect for 2,000 rounds. Heck, I had a Colt Gov't 380 that was perfect for 1k as well.

The worst gun I ever owned was a Brolin Arms 1911.

Have also owned Glock Perfection too, a 23 and a 17.

I just knew someone would see through the ruse.

That's incredible, then why do you act as if the only gun that is worthy of consideration for defense is the Glock. Any gun that is 100% is 100%; there is not higher standard than 100% reliability. I just don't get how your mind works.

I have tried and tried to get you to see reason, and you just continue to make these outlandish statements, and completely ignore any evidence that doesn't fit in your little world.

And quit your sniveling, and childish remarks. Apparently your reading comprehension is just as bad as your critical thinking skills, because it should have been clear that the idea of limp wristing was decisevly ruled out. But you pick out only the details that interest you, and ignore anything else.