A Question for "Team 3rd Gen"...

[Arik]

Arik....Good luck with that W. German 220....mine about 87/88 will shoot cloverleafs at 50ft.

Thanks! Mine out shoots my Springfield TRP with just about any ammo. Granted it's not by much but still a noticeable difference. Which is saying something for a DA gun

 

[TTSH]

The End!

Well, time to close out this thread. Thanks to all who participated... even those members who ignored the rules. It was a good discussion, or at least it was for me anyway. Now I know what the "team" sees as good alternatives with the clear winner being small-frame snubby up to mid-frame revolvers! Metal rules!!!

I must admit that I didn't expect that just because I figured that all the members of "Team 3rd Gen" already had plenty of revolvers! And I was betting "pre-IL" too. Clearly, I was wrong.

I expected plenty of love for Sigs. and it did come, but it tended to come late in the thread all at once? I wonder why so late?

Definitely some mixed feelings on 1911 variants, pro and con. I thought for sure 1911's would be the big winner here. Shows how wrong I was again.

The most remarkable thing was the lack of love for modern plastic wonder guns with very few notable exceptions. And yet most of my handful of available choices for October's new handgun "incentivized" buy are... (you guessed it)... modern plastic wonder guns.

So what to do??? Punt maybe?

While there are several revolver possibilities, they are all "IL" and that turns me off faster than a speech by Dear Leader. Even then, I asked about a new Model 617... but it is not available. Besides, I've got more than enough revolvers... even single-actions.

The only new Sigs available to me in my poor man's price range are P250's or the little P238's... neither of which do much for me. I could do a brand new P226, but there would be no real incentive to do that. I'd be much better off waiting and doing used. The P220 and the SP2022 are not available.

I could do a new Ruger SR1911 I suppose. That's probably my best choice in an all metal pistol among the very limited selection available. It doesn't thrill me, but it was once on my Want List before I learned of certain alleged corrosion problems.

Then come the S&W M&P's. I'd have my choice of a full-size M&P45 or a full-size M&P9 range kit. Both would likely require an Apex kit to fix the awful MA-compliant trigger.

There are a handful of other options but nothing that I'm really lusting for or don't already have.

So, in conclusion, it might be best just to punt and "keep on keeping on" with my beloved 3rd Gens... albeit at a more expensive and somewhat reduced pace. A little disappointing, but true.

 

[Ozark Marine]

Enjoyed this thread. Thanks TTSH.

 

[85V65Sabre]

So, in conclusion, it might be best just to punt and "keep on keeping on" with my beloved 3rd Gens.:

 

[BAM-BAM]

Well, time to close out this thread.






There are a handful of other options but nothing that I'm really lusting for ......

Still a few good years..........so


When the moment's right.........

go with the little blue pill!!!

 

[TTSH]

Still a few good years..........so

When the moment's right.........

go with the little blue pill!!!

Whatever you say Bam. Just don't get me banned! I've apparently already been a bad boy today.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Whatever you say Bam. Just don't get me banned! I've apparently already been a bad boy today.

Good for you...........................you old devil you!!!!

 

[nocents]

Just don't get me banned! I've apparently already been a bad boy today.

....this?

.....that turns me off faster than a speech by Dear Leader.

....................tisk,tisk, tisk...

 

[TTSH]

....this?
....................tisk,tisk, tisk...

I was referring to my former evil, dishonest, child bossman!!! Totally non-political / non-religious!

Please!!! Don't get me in even more trouble!!!

 

[SonnyJames]

I guess if I had to choose something not in 3rd Gen S&W, I would buy yet another 2nd Gen 645. I have serious issues......

 

[TTSH]

I guess if I had to choose something not in 3rd Gen S&W, I would buy yet another 2nd Gen 645. I have serious issues......

You didn't read the rules. But it doesn't matter anymore. This game is over.

I should let everyone know now of my decision: I went with the M&P45 FS with the hideously awful MA-compliant trigger. Yes, more soulless, Godforsaken S&W plastic.

It came down to a tough "use it or lose it" decision. I went with the best available choice from a seriously limited group, many of which I either already own or just plain didn't want or need. At least the M&P45 FS is something I have shot and will enjoy shooting.

The Ruger SR1911 5" finished in second place. The M&P9 range kit finished in third place. After that came the Sig 250's, the S&W "IL" revolvers and everything else. Most of the "also rans", which included some nice guns, were just way too expensive to make sense buying them brand new, even with the incentive.

So now, for better or worse, you know the rest of the story.

 

[85V65Sabre]

I should let everyone know now of my decision: I went with the M&P45 FS with the hideously awful MA-compliant trigger. Yes, more soulless, Godforsaken S&W plastic..

Im sorry to hear that you went with Tupperware, at least it's a S&W.
I hope it gives you many years of service and enjoyment.

 

[TTSH]

Im sorry to hear that you went with Tupperware, at least it's a S&W.
I hope it gives you many years of service and enjoyment.

Thank you. Except for the revolvers, both double action and single action, my choices in this unusual exercise were mostly all modern plastic wonders. The very limited "all-metal" pistol options consisted of the following:

1) Sig P226 in 9mm or .40 (very nice but incredibly expensive)
2) Beretta 92FS in blue or SS (I have a blue one already)
3) Various Sig 1911's (megabucks!)
4) Various S&W 1911's (megabucks!)
5) Ruger SR1911's (somewhat cheaper)
6) Sig P238's (affordable but not my cup of tea)
7) Walther PPK/S in stainless (I have a blue one already)

In the revolver category, there were no J, K or L-frame "non-IL" S&W revolvers and I am not an *IL* kind of guy. To be honest, I'm not even a .357 Magnum kind of guy anymore due to my left ear hearing loss & tinnitus problems.

I probably would have held my nose really hard and gone for a Model 617 in 4" even with the ugly IL, but they didn't have one in stock. I'm not even sure if our smallish, disappointing MA "Cabela's-lite" store even plans to carry them.

Some friends have been asking why I didn't go for the Beretta 92FS in stainless (despite me already owning a blue one). I'll admit that it's a pretty good question for which I don't have a really good answer. If an opportunity like this ever comes up again, I'll have to give that possibility a lot more thought.

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

Man, I'm late to the party!

Well, I'll play anyway. Bwwwahahahaha.

For my next non 3rd gen it would probably be a blued Ruger NM Vaquero Birdshead in .45 ACP. Why? Because I love SA revolvers and snubbies, so it's the best of both for me and the fact it's in .45 ACP doesn't hurt.

The list is a bit longer but I want bore you with all that.

 

[TTSH]

Man, I'm late to the party!

Well, I'll play anyway. Bwwwahahahaha.

For my next non 3rd gen it would probably be a blued Ruger NM Vaquero Birdshead in .45 ACP. Why? Because I love SA revolvers and snubbies, so it's the best of both for me and the fact it's in .45 ACP doesn't hurt.

The list is a bit longer but I want bore you with all that.

Can't! The "rulz" say you can only submit one "very next (non-3rd Gen) acquisition"!

But that was a good one you submitted. I approve!