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Hi friends.
I bought a Glock about 10 years ago but it went down the road and I'm really out of the plastic fantastic game these days. What plastic 9mm would you recommend these days? Wouldn't hurt if it was IPSC production legal either incase I get bored in the summer.
I would also like to know your recommendation for a 1911. There are so many out there I'm not sure where to start. Which one would you buy for under 1k?
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A Glock 34 is the way to go for a production legal 9mm, in my experience.
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Another good one is the HKVP9
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Glock is still the standard by which others are judged.
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Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0...
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CZ 75D PCR compact for a 9MM. I like Wilson Combat for a 1911
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CZ 75D PCR compact for a 9MM. I like Wilson Combat for a 1911 It'd have to be one of those ebay Chinese distributer Wilson Combats for under $1K! However, you can get 1911s from Colt, Ruger, Springfield, Kimber, and others in that range. If I was buying another 1911 right now for under $1K I'd probably go with Colt. There are a few threads here in the last few months on 1911 recommendations if you look back. I'm on my tablet right now and pasting in links is too much of a pain in the ass.
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Glock 17 is hard to beat, IMO.
If I was buying a 1911 in 9mm, or 45acp, I'd go with the Springfield Range Officer. It's got adjustable target sights, match grade barrel, competition beaver tail safety, target trigger, and a competition hammer. All for less than $800 bucks, too.
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I have had great luck with Ruger 1911s.
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I have had great luck with Ruger 1911s. Yep. No flies on the new Ruger 1911. I'll be buying one of the new 10mm versions as my next 1911 purchase.
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A Glock 34 is the way to go for a production legal 9mm, in my experience. +1 to that, I really like the 34 too. It's a good game gun, but also good for general carry in any of the methods one would use to carry a 1911. The smaller sizes (17 and 19) of course are great too and maybe a little better for AIWB carry, but if it's not a carry gun get the 34.
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Glock 17 is hard to beat, IMO. Been my daily carry for a few years, now. I prefer it to the 19, which I have also. Conceals almost as well, but longer sight radius and more grip frame to hold onto, so I shoot it noticeably better. Then there's the extra two rounds on board.
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A Glock 34 is the way to go for a production legal 9mm, in my experience. +1 to that, I really like the 34 too. It's a good game gun, but also good for general carry in any of the methods one would use to carry a 1911. The smaller sizes (17 and 19) of course are great too and maybe a little better for AIWB carry, but if it's not a carry gun get the 34. I have to wonder if I'd notice any problems with that length of slide while carrying IWB at 4:00. Like, maybe, while sitting.
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I picked up a range officer. Will wait on a plastic 9 for now. Thanks for the feedback.
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I picked up a range officer. Will wait on a plastic 9 for now. Thanks for the feedback. Nice choice.
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If you reload, I would suggest a Glock 35 in 40 for a production gun. It offers the ability to shoot Minor and Major power factor. Minor PF 40 is very soft, perhaps softer than a 9mm. In shooting production you are looking at a 10 round cap so mag size does not matter. If you want to graduate to shooting Limited, just use major pf ammo.
9mm conversion barrels work well in the G35 also.
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As others have said, in a 9mm for a play gun that could be carried, you can't go wrong with the G-34; if you will carry it more than shoot it, get the G-17 which can also be made into a really great play gun via readily available aftermarket parts or simply spring for the money & buy a ZevTech version already tricked out.
As for a 1911, it's hard to beat a Springfield TRP or a Colt Combat Elite, Colt Competition or a Colt Special Combat Government for a very usable, out of the box option.................just depends on how much money you want to invest & how serious you want to be; all are great guns for a stock piece.
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Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0... Yep, though it will take some time getting used to the trigger of an M&P. I shot mine yesterday, and it sure isn't a 1911 trigger. I didn't shoot it badly, but frankly, once you're spoiled with a 1911 trigger, it's hard to regress to a plastic 9mm's trigger. You might just decide to get a 1911 in 9mm instead, and quit screwing around with plastic. I know I'm tempted to just peddle the danged Smith and go all in for 1911s.
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I just picked a full size Ruger 1911. Couple hundred rounds of cheap Winchester white box with no hiccups and very accurate as well. As far as 9mm I prefer Beretta 92's
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Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0... Yep, though it will take some time getting used to the trigger of an M&P. I shot mine yesterday, and it sure isn't a 1911 trigger. I didn't shoot it badly, but frankly, once you're spoiled with a 1911 trigger, it's hard to regress to a plastic 9mm's trigger. You might just decide to get a 1911 in 9mm instead, and quit screwing around with plastic. I know I'm tempted to just peddle the danged Smith and go all in for 1911s. I like the plastic guns-generally Glocks-for a couple of reasons. You can sweat all over them, let them get caked with field trash and they'll still work when you need them. The M&P has a more normal feeling grip than Gen 2 or 3 Glocks and the trigger on both our M&P Compacts were quite good. Glock makes the better magazine hands down.
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