Get a High Power. I have a Browning and a FEG. They are my favorites. I bought the FEG just before the Springfield High Powers came out or I'd buy one.
If I was looking at a browning hi power, which version should I look at?
To enjoy looking at...Belgium Browning
To shoot....SA-35 by Springfield Armory
Custom...Novak or Cylinder and Slide and you can shoot them to boot!
Get a High Power. I have a Browning and a FEG. They are my favorites. I bought the FEG just before the Springfield High Powers came out or I'd buy one.
If I was looking at a browning hi power, which version should I look at?
To enjoy looking at...Belgium Browning
To shoot....SA-35 by Springfield Armory
Custom...Novak or Cylinder and Slide and you can shoot them to boot!
Get a High Power. I have a Browning and a FEG. They are my favorites. I bought the FEG just before the Springfield High Powers came out or I'd buy one.
If I was looking at a browning hi power, which version should I look at?
To enjoy looking at...Belgium Browning
To shoot....SA-35 by Springfield Armory
Custom...Novak or Cylinder and Slide and you can shoot them to boot!
You wouldn’t shoot a Belgium browning?
Not a New In Box (or Case) one as I would expect their value to increase more if unfired. A used one, yes. Custom one, definitely. If I was going to carry one and shoot the heck out of it - SA-35.
CZ 85 for me. A HiPower would be nice, but i can't see it would be an improvement except for the cool factor.
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I’ve got a Colt Wiley Clapp model in 9 mm . Also a Sig 229. Both a real nice and fun to shoot. Then I bought a Wilson and to say there is no comparison is an understatement.
They are a little pricey. But buy once cry once. Hasbeen
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I''m a Colt guy, their little 9mm Defender has been an excellent semi for me. My only other 9mm is my byf 1941 Luger which is still fully functional and fun to shoot.
You would probably like the Beretta 92. You mention the Glock is bulky in your hands so the 92 might feel the same but it has a very decent SA trigger, soft recoil and is uber reliable. It's not competition grade accurate but it's still pretty good right out of the box. Plus with your $1500 budget that would leave room to buy a box or two of ammo...
A friend of mine who is not really a gun guy wanted something to shoot at the range so I recommended the Beretta 92FS and he loves it for all of those reasons.
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I own a Sig 228 and don’t care for it that much, mostly because of the way it feels in my hands. A little bulky for my hands but better than a double stack Glock. Have shot a couple Hi Powers and like them a lot. Also shot a friends H&K P7 and liked it and shot it well. Never shot a 1911 in 9mm, but like em in a 45acp and always thought in a low recoiling 9mm would be nice in a 1911.
I was shopping with same or similar parameters in mind and ended up with a CZ 75 SP01. I don’t have a ton of experience with ownership of similar 9’s like the Beretta 92 or Sig 226 etc etc, though I have shot a few of them that friends own. I will say I have been extremely pleased with the CZ, and consider that particular box ‘checked’ for life. Though I am now considering buying a more compact model as well, for CC. And I will stay with CZ for that, based on my pleasure with the SP01.