Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Your vote for the BEST wondernine?

I've owned, shot, and carried both.

I found the DAO, snub-nosed revolver concept to be worthwhile.

I did not find the cuckoo-clock on the strong side of my belt concept worthwhile.

They are cool and are a good investment. That's where their worth ends for me.



Travis

I've owned, shot, and carried both.

I found the DAO, snub-nosed revolver concept to be worthwhile.

I did not find the cuckoo-clock on the strong side of my belt concept worthwhile.

They are cool and are a good investment. That's where their worth ends for me.



Travis

I am familiar with both style mag releases.

I have some nice leather for a P7 if you are interested.



Travis

If no issues pop up, then I'm in. I generally don't buy a gun until it's been out on the market for at least 5 years.

It's 60 years old and R&D is the name of the game with H&K P-7



Travis

"Popular" isn't the same thing as "best". If the Glocks hadn't been cheap, the cops would never have looked at them. Glock sold them under cost to get their feet in the door. They are a good gun, surely, but "best" is very subjective, at the least.


My vote goes to the hoary old Browning Hi-Power, or one of the CZ-75 variants. I just like them better (see, subjective opinion!).

Sig P226 Navy.

I've been told by retired military guys that used them, that the Sig is the AK47 of 9mm handguns.

Tough and very dependable.

Virgil B.

It's 60 years old and R&D is the name of the game with H&K.



Travis

vbshootinrange,

The P226 missed becoming the M9 on the basis of cost per unit. Because the M9 Beretta is so physically large the SIG P228 M11 is substituted where a smaller pistol is needed.

If the military dumps the M9 Beretta the M11 SIG is the logical replacement. Unless a whole new competition is initiated

The VP9 is like 2 years old, and while R&D may be the name of the game with H&K, ready for prime time certainly isn't. Look at the G36 rifle that's been in service for 20 years that they're having all sorts of problems with. Look at the delays with the USP that wasn't ready for prime time. The first iteration of MP-5's just plain didn't work. The HK-21 which had nothing but heat related issues.

What H&K knows how to do is marketing. As for making world class firearms...well sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. But they're no where near as good as their marketing would have you believe (but then again, who is?).

Most don't know, but the M11 had just as many problems as the M9. But it didn't get the press because it wasn't the main service pistol. Both the Beretta M9 and Sig M11's and 226's are straight up damn reliable pistols these days.