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I am waiting on my pal and rpal... I am considering doing the 3 gun shooting on the fun days of my local club.....

when we were doing the handling of 9mm and and 1911 semi auto's, I didn't realize how heavy they are... So my question is:

Is there a light weight 9mm semi auto out there? If so, I would imagine brand new would be quite expensive... so I would have to purchase used...

I also don't need it to be loaded with bells and whistles as I don't actually plan to enter competitions, just to have some fun at the range.

Any tips greatly appriciated

pls note, I did try to search the forums, but came up empty handed
 
destructo_d said:
I am waiting on my pal and rpal... I am considering doing the 3 gun shooting on the fun days of my local club.....

when we were doing the handling of 9mm and and 1911 semi auto's, I didn't realize how heavy they are... So my question is:

Is there a light weight 9mm semi auto out there? If so, I would imagine brand new would be quite expensive... so I would have to purchase used...

I also don't need it to be loaded with bells and whistles as I don't actually plan to enter competitions, just to have some fun at the range.

Any tips greatly appriciated

pls note, I did try to search the forums, but came up empty handed
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Any polymer framed pistol is lightweight. Glock, S & W, Ruger, CZ, Bul, Tanfoglio, Beretta. The cheapest will be Hi-point. It doesn't look good but it works.
 
OP, that weight is also why 1911's are great to shoot a lot. 9mm recoil is a pussycat in a steel framed 1911, but much snappier in a polymer framed pistol. The lighter weight of the polymer framed guns makes them very nice carry pistols, but works against them at the range.


Mark
 
What mmattockx said. A light pistol is great if you have to carry it for days on end and shoot it very little, if at all. A heavy pistol is prefer'd if you're going to carry it to the range in a case and then shoot it nonstop for several hours. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A heavy pistol absorbs more of that reaction so your bones, muscles, and ligaments don't have to. All of my high round count rifles and pistols (target) are as heavy as I can get away with. When I worked in the bush (in bear country) I'd carry the lightest thing I could get away with (12g shotgun). You know, I never did use it; and that's fine by me.
 
easyrider604 said:
What is your definition of "light"? I am surprised you did not fondle any of the ubiquitous polymer 9mms at your club. Or did you and still found them "heavy"?
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Where I was handling the guns was in my RPAL course... so there were I think there was 2 - .45acp, 1 - 9mm, 1 - .22 and a couple of revolvers.
 
Thank you everyone... I will look into all of the info you guys have provided... I am still a little ways off as waiting for my pal and rpal to come in the mail...

That being said, I would like to be prepared when the time comes to make a purchase.
 
Just bought a SR9 at 26oz...The feeling in the hand is that you have no weight in the hand and all the weight over it. With the magazine loaded, it is more balance.
If you have big hands, you will find it very thin in your hands, even with that backstrap in place. But it is a nice pistol....just don't forget to dry fire with the mag in place....
 
While the Ruger SR9 feels great in the hand, the Glock is the original polymer pistol. It's design and manufacture is tried and true.

Held properly the way a pistol should be held, it grips just fine and seems to be a natural pointer for me. At first, I felt like many who said that the grips feel like a 2x4, but I realized I was holding it wrong.

It seems that in every other brand of polymer frame gun, the grip "feels" better, so YMMV.
 
First off, light is not good in a handgun, unless you have to carry it for 12+ hours a day. The lighter the pistol, the more you have to deal with recoil.

(IMHO, this is why the 1911 boat anchor continues to have such a following, so many years after it became obsolete... YMMV).

That said, if lighter is what you really want, the two top contenders will be the Glock, and the S&W M&P. Both are excellent firearms, but they do "feel" very different - After 20+ years of shooting pistols, the only centerfire I own is an M&P, but the Glock is very popoular with many.

Try before you buy, would be my advice - They can both be had new for about $700, I believe.
 
jack_GN said:
Just bought a SR9 at 26oz...The feeling in the hand is that you have no weight in the hand and all the weight over it. With the magazine loaded, it is more balance.
If you have big hands, you will find it very thin in your hands, even with that backstrap in place. But it is a nice pistol....just don't forget to dry fire with the mag in place....
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I was out shooting my SR9 and Browning Hi-Power on Friday; went through 140 rounds (124 gr.) between them. Strangely, although the recoil felt different on each, I can't say the Ruger seemed to recoil any harder. Two very different pistols, of course. I think the Ruger sits lower in the hand. I'd say I have medium-sized hands. I've not shot an M&P, but a friend has one (in .45 ACP) and it feels quite good in the hand, whereas my Springfield Armory double-stack .45 feels like a 2x4. (It will appear on the EE at some point because of this.)

If you can get an opportunity to shoot a few pistols at the local range it would be easier to decide.

:) Stuart
 
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