What is your favorite single stack 9mm?

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I've owned several (Sig P220,P225,P6, S&W 908 and others I can't remember.... :) )over the years and currently have a 39-2,Walther P1,and my favorite ....the HK P7.

I bought it when the German Police surplus guns were fairly plentiful about 10 years ago. It is laser beam accurate and feeds anything. Home defense is its' primary job. But, it gets some carry time also.

Here it is in an alligator hide holster made by Little Bear Holsters in Jacksonville Florida several years ago:



What is yours???
 
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Two weeks ago I would have said a tie between my 39-2 and Sig P6. Then I bought a new Colt Government Competition in 9mm. I've only put one box of ammo through it so far....but it could be the winner. I mean it's a 1911, has a great trigger and looks wonderful (it replaced a Star Super B).

I'll be using it a bunch more in the coming weeks and although it's "competing" against some other great guns, it could be my new favorite single stack..and may even give my Browing HP and Sig 226 a run for their money.
 
I don't own one (yet!), but I really like the Sig P239. I've yet to shoot one, but the one I handled felt like it was made for my hand. It had the DAK trigger and I thought it was one of the best, if not the best, DA pulls I've ever felt on a semi-auto. The P239 is at the top of my list of semi-autos I want to get.
 
Used to be a Walther P-38, then Walther P5 Compact, then a S&W 39.

Looks like the SIG/Sauer P225 I picked up last weekend is probably going to move them all down one notch.
 
H&K P7M8. Very size efficient, guns that shoot small cartridges should be sized to them.

Second place would be my S&W Chiefs Special 9mm. I might like it more if it had grips other than those huge, rubbery Hogues. I should have bought some Big Dogs when he was making them.
 
Walther P1/P38, and the Luger. I just like them and shoot them very well. A P1 goes for along for SD quite often.

I've always liked the S&W39 and have owned several over the years. Just never could shoot them well, not a comfortable handgun for me. Kept getting rid of them (some very nice examples too),,then going out and buying another because I was still was drawn to them. But the same results over and over.
 
My loyalties lie thoroughly in a tie.......... S&W M 3913/14 family and a Colt Series 70 Combat Commander in 9 mm. I bought it to convert to 38 Super which I did and really like, but kept going back to the 9 mm for practice. With the advent of modern day 9 mm ammo, I find fewer and fewer reasons to go with the 38 Super setup. Yet, I still carry my M 3914 with night sights more than any other handgun..........
 
For double stack, I like CZ's, but my favorite single stack is the model 39. I recently had my 39-2 coated by Birdsong.

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I haven't had a single-stack nine that I didn't like, although it's not a huge list. A Star BM, Walther P38 (P1), a Llama 1911, and my favorite, which I still have and carry, which is this Model 39. I'd really prefer to carry a 39-2, and if I ever see one at a decent price, I'll probably get it. Until then, this is still my "goin' to the city" gun. I normally EDC a Colt DS, but prefer to have that little extra when going to Portland or Seattle.

My favorite 9mm is the BHP. The 39 is #2. Yes, ahead of the Luger!
 

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Thanks. I don't normally like to refinish an original, but this was one of those AIM imports that was in rough shape and so gummed up it would not fire. I cleaned it, shot it, and liked it so much that I thought it might be nice to give it a makeover since I plan on keeping it. I agree with you that a polished blue finish is more preferable, but Birdsong is a local company and the guys there are so nice to deal with. It came out great considering what it was before.

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I really prefer a polished blue, but man, that coating, along with those stocks, that is a good lookin' gun!
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Tough choice between the Sig P210 and S&W 952. I find accuracy about the same. I'll give the Sig the edge based on sheer build quality alone. It has very few equals in that regard. As great as the 952 is, its not one of them.

After those two, the HK P7M8 gets an honorable mention. I always loved the design, accuracy, and quality.


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I only have one 9mm, a Ruger LC9S Pro. So, it's obviously my favorite. Pluses are it's accurate, VERY light and compact, and has the smoothest trigger I've ever felt on a striker fired pistol. Slight negative is the recoil is harsh enough to make 45 ACP from a 1911 feel almost like a 22 rimfire.
 
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