Bored with current 9mm auto help pick a replacement

[clang444]

Some good recommendations here.

Whatever you choose, keep the VP9. Boring is a good thing when it comes to guns, especially if that means boringly reliable.

 

[sheepdawg]

T Series...might as well go for broke.

And broke you will be after finding a decent T series. Man HP prices are insane. Might try to find a Tisas HP clone, not an FN but the reviews are great, perhaps better than any other HP clone.

 

[dockmurgw]

And broke you will be after finding a decent T series. Man HP prices are insane. Might try to find a Tisas HP clone, not an FN but the reviews are great, perhaps better than any other HP clone.

You got that right. I picked this one up last year for $900, it was like winning the lottery. With today's prices I dont expect to be adding to my collection any time soon. They are a joy to shoot though.

 

[Bill Bates]

And one more vote for a Hi-Power.

If you're looking for that solid feel of finely fitted steel and wood the Hi-Power has it in spades.

 

[ejr10mm]

Im down to just one 9mm that has any character. My little Glocks don't count. Its a Colt 1911 model O1991. Picked it up a few years ago before my buddies gunshop closed. It was hanging on their wall for months and I knew it was meant to be. I think its a parts bin gun that Colt is famous for as it has a blued slide and a stainless steel frame. Two tones are ok with me though. Its fun to shoot and there is barely any felt recoil as the weight soaks it right up. I'm toying with the idea of sending it off to night hawk to get some work done to it. It doesn't really need any as it runs great, I just like to tinker with things. So my vote is 1911 9mm.

 

[OLDSTER]

You got that right. I picked this one up last year for $900, it was like winning the lottery. With today's prices I dont expect to be adding to my collection any time soon. They are a joy to shoot though.

See post #29. I'm fortunate to have held onto my 1967 "T" series for 35 years.

 

[gregintenn]

They made the best 9mm first. Go get yourself a Luger!

 

[BB57]

They made the best 9mm first. Go get yourself a Luger!

Well....I like the P.08 Luger because they run smoothly like a well oiled sewing machine, and they point very well for most people.

But with 8 rounds in a single stack magazine and the incredibly small rear sight notch (even smaller than the notch on an original 1911 from the same era) it's not a very practical defensive handgun by modern standards. It's also not very CCW friendly.

 

[oysterer]

Sig p210 new model, that is the top choice of your list, target model w standard grips is what I have and love.

1911 in 9mm: There is a magic in these, no muzzle flip and the slow cycle of the slide is something to experience, Dan Wesson pointman 9 if you can get one. Pure style.

I recently shot lots of Sig red dots and that is good for aging eyes and far out targets. Both my 226RX and 320RX are loads of fun. The 320 was my first Tupperware but I got to grow to love it, long slide and a great shooter. I added the heavy tungsten grip with weight in backstrap and that works.

 

[BAM-BAM]

A friend of mine has one and he absolutely loves it. I handled it and the craftsmanship is second to none, the trigger is just beautiful. I might need to get one for myself.

Three good custom Beretta sources ...... Wilson Combat, LTT and Allegheny Arms in the Burgh.

I tend to favor;
Allegheny Arms for custom work/build... good folks.....local to me. Thou, I got my Beretta Elite IIs on E Langdon's recommendation..... and

Wilson Combat for "factory custom" as they have to old style decocker vs the "Kit", and old style (S) round trigger guard.

If you can find them Farrar made a Mag collar that turns a Compact into a Centurion..... there are also X-grip mag adaptors.

Another great one if you can find one is the Factory "Elite II" designed by Ernest Langdon when he worked for Beretta . Used they were going for over $1000 but with the new Wilson and LTT guns the prices have come down.


For "cocked and locked" you can't go wrong with a Browning HP... I like the newer MkIII for their safety and sights.

 

[TTSH]

... and I got an HK VP9 with their magazine promo a few years back. I got 4 free magazines for a total of 6. I live in Western NY (8 years to go before I retire and get out of here) so stuck with 10 round magazines.

I’m getting back to my old roots of target shooting at 50 yards. I’m guilty of being one of those guys you see at the range shooting their 9mm at 7 yards. I can keep them all in the black but big deal. Unlike the blue 19-5 I have or the Nickel 15-4 the HK has no personality. It’s a tool.

Since now is the time to sell I’m thinking of offloading the VP9 and getting something else. Something that gives me the same feeling when I pick up those nice steel and wood revolvers.

I don't have any suggestions that haven't already been named. I'm a BHP fan myself... even though I don't own one. I do hope to own one someday if the stars ever align properly. For now, I get by with my Tisas Regent BR9 clone.

But that's not why I'm posting. What I want to know is why so many shooters consider the HK VP9 so boring? This is a common theme I've run into and I don't see why the VP9 is any more boring than any other generic 9mm plastic striker-fired wonder gun?

I mean, aren't 9mm plastic striker-fired pistols supposed to be boring? And if so, what makes the VP9 so much more boring than most?

 

[Kurusu]

Try to get a Sig P210. The old model.

 

[Rolling]

CZ....nuff said.

 

[SuperMan]

Another vote for the new model SIG P-210... Held one in a gun shop last Christmas and found a great deal on a unfired "used" one for $899.00 a few months later... It has the standard stights and grips vs. the target stocks and adjustable sights but since it is spot on that is fine with me...

There are not too many triggers that can beat the one SIG puts on these...

Bob

 

[Riverboys]

Lots of good pistols discussed here. As a CZ 75 PCR owner, I would recommend as the price point of stock CZ's is very good. Many come in 10 round versions.

 

[AlHillahoif3]

I have seen many good suggestions, a few highly dubious ones (someone suggested the Glock 17)

However I didn't see the one.

I would suggest to you, the Sig 2022. Its affordable, its dependable, and its fun. It isn't tiring, its quite accurate, but its one of those rare polymer hammer guns., and the biggest problem with it is solved by living in a ban state, I find the full 15 round mag to be a thumb ripper to load.

 

[pistolpete10]

Something 1911 or maybe a 210. Now days the only handguns that interest me are S&W revolvers or 1911s but I shot a friends 210 and it might be interesting.