Sub $500, 9mm recommendations for 1st pistol?

[sksscrew]

With a hundred round double drum mag... Yum Yum Yum Yum...

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

I was on a budget and didn't wanna buy another one when I have other guns on the list, so I ended up going with an SP-01 Shadow as my first centerfire handgun. Solid chunk of former commie steel, feels good in my hand, popular in action shooting (what I bought it for), extremely happy with my choice. The downer is that mags are anal rape without vaseline price-wise.

 

[saskcop]

I would say look for a pre b cz75. Amazing guns with probably the most historic track record. Had been copied a million times.

 

[sksscrew]

What is a pre b? The model before the CZ 75b?

 

[simpleman]

Hi point Jsp in 9 mm probably around 250-300

 

[Nestor]

What is a pre b? The model before the CZ 75b?

It's the older model for which the magazines are very difficult to find.
You can go as well with CZ85 Combat. Much better pistol than regular 75 and no problem with the magazines.

 

[JR Hartman]

85 Combats are not under $500 unless you get one with lots of rounds thru it and kinda beat up. Definitely a nice gun, but its not a $500 one

 

[sksscrew]

Hi point Jsp in 9 mm probably around 250-300

Isn't High Point pretty poor quality? The price alone tells me something...

 

[Dr.Islay]

Isn't High Point pretty poor quality? The price alone tells me something...

Yeah, pretty much:

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com - hi-point-c9-9mm-pistol/

 

[saskcop]

I use regular cz75 mags in my pre b cz75. Don't know why you said they are difficult to find. I buy them for $35 a piece.

 

[simpleman]

Isn't High Point pretty poor quality? The price alone tells me something...

Functionally it's a tank. It is a blowback action and will eat any round you put in it. It's not the best looking gun and no bottom rail but with some creativity that can change, duracoat works wonders

 

[sksscrew]

I read that review from the previous post and it would seem that the function tests done (at least on that particular firearm) did not come out favourable at all with the High Point. That is despite the claims that they are "a tank". An unreliable tank may as well be a slingshot.

 

[ztunelover]

I read that review from the previous post and it would seem that the function tests done (at least on that particular firearm) did not come out favourable at all with the High Point. That is despite the claims that they are "a tank". An unreliable tank may as well be a slingshot.

It's an ungainly thing to shoot, coupled with the fact that it has a retardedly high bore offset with a pathetic magazine capacity.

 

[Nestor]

I use regular cz75 mags in my pre b cz75. Don't know why you said they are difficult to find. I buy them for $35 a piece.

Magazine well on pre-b models are more narrow. You may open them with the file, but You have to know what You are doing.
Only original, factory made, CZ 10 rounders should work ok, but if You would like to test a pinned CZ magazine You sure will find the difference.
To prove just that, CZ USA website sells "pre-ban only" magazines for the CZ pistols. They are simply different from the current ones.
http://shop.cz-usa.com/P-11114/Cz-75-Preb-Full-Size-16-Round-9mm-Mag.aspx
Most of the aftermarket magazines won't work in pre-b pistol either.
Number of changes made to the original pistols at the "B" model is significant, and parts interchangeability between the two guns is just not possible in many cases.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

Yo dont be cheapin out on yo gat. Foe liek 2 hunnit mo u can get a glock. Real talk

 

[saskcop]

I have four cz mags for my pre b cz75. None are aftermarket mags. They all work flawlessly. They don't always fall free, otherwise are 100%.

 

[sksscrew]

Yo dont be cheapin out on yo gat. Foe liek 2 hunnit mo u can get a glock. Real talk

Um....ok.

 

[ztunelover]

Um....ok.

Man has a point, you can't go wrong with a glock.

 

[sksscrew]

Ohhhh...that's what that says.

 

[KidGlock]

Ill say it too, used glock 17!