Need some advice on which 9mm to buy

If you aren't sold on any particular brand yet, why not look at a BHP? Been around forever, good aftermarket options if you are a tinkerer. You can buy brand new for around 900, good used ones are often in the 5-600 range.
 
fisheagle said:
I'm looking to purchase a 9mm pistol for target shooting and personal protection.
Looking at S&W M&P 9mm, Glock.

Which one would you recommend ? if you know of another manufacture please let me know.

Thank you
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They are both very, very good guns, and both reaosnably priced. I personally prefer the M&P, as the Glock grip angle is just.... different from every other handgun I have ever operated. If that is not an issue for you, see which one is on a better deal right now!

Shoot both to try them, and make sure you understand their features clearly before you make a purchase, but you can't go wrong with either one.
 
if you hold a m&p and a glock, you will know.
glock=block ....in your hand
the browning hi pwr is an awsome gun too, in fact i want one lol! its steel so it wont "jump" as much as the poly ones, feels awsome in your hand and it was designed by god himself!
on my list....sorry kids santa only brought something for daddy this year.....
 
jlau said:
I hope you aren't talking about the Anti-Stress model. Weirdest trigger ever. I loved the look and feel of the gun until I shot it.

Back on topic:

If you can, find a place with rentals. I tried out a long list of 9mm's before I bought mine, they all have their merits. I bought a Glock 17 Gen 4; though I like the M&P9 as well. The Glock just came up at the right price first.

Here is what I find between the two you mentioned (if it helps)

Glock 17:
cheap and available parts, no magazine safety, good texture to grip (Gen 4 or RTF2), you can feel a distinct trigger reset.

M&P9:
Grip has more contour and backstraps change depth and width, nice cocking serrations, modern accessory rail, trigger is nice on the tip of your finger.

Both shoot just fine and I would have been happy with either.

The Sig 226 and CZ's feel good too, I just preferred the action of the striker fired glock/m&p/xd style trigger. Same pull from first to last shot, also why not save a few bucks. I was prepared to spend a lot more than the Glock cost but didn't need to. Also it depends on your usage, I think for IPSC the Glock, M&P or CZ Shadow (more expensive) would be sensible. It's what most people in the sport say.

YMMV
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Obviously I'm talking about the Quick Action trigger. Check yourself.
 
Well, I'm not sure what your point is here in regards to safety, but if Glocks were so dangerous, we'd sure have a lot of cops shooting themselves in the leg or something. As far as I know, police chamber a round when they begin their shift.

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CeeZer said:
Hmmm, no...

Glocks have NO safety at all, if the gun is hot and one pulls trigger - BOOM...

One can manually de-#### external hammer on a DA/SA gun like CZ with hot chamber and still pull trigger in DA to shoot. How do you de-#### a Glock?
Or apply (what) safety when it's got loaded chamber?

One can apply manual safety on a DA/SA gun (with manual safety like CZ) that is cocked, and then no matter how hard you pull its trigger in stress situation - it won't shoot. And if the gun has FPB (like some CZs) - be it manual safety or decocker - gun can be cocked, no safety, dropped onto hammer so even if hammer in turn drops onto firing pin - no fire, as long as one doesn't pull trigger at the same time. FPB will prevent firing pin moving forward.

For a SD gun, I'd say - decocker. This could be one very good reason SIGs are very popular with LE. I shot SIGs - they shoot very well, but the gun is unnatural to me, personally. Grip mostly... and high bore axes.

For me personally - it'd be CZ P-01, P-06, PCR or SP-01 Tact, depending on application.

For competitive 'production' shooting - CZ Shadow.

And I'm somewhat biased too :)
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All the guns mentioned are all good guns.. you have to do your best try most or all of these and see which one feels best in your hands...
 
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