Gonna be 60 in a few weeks, still trying to figure out how THAT happened!
Cue the Grandpa Simpson voice....
Back in the day, like 25yrs ago, I was shopping for a 9mm. It was down to the Glock 17 and the Baretta 92. I went with the Baretta 92 for a few reasons, but a **BIGGIE was the difference in the trigger pull. I'm prob not using the right terminology, but the Baretta had that classic trigger pull that my finger seemed to be looking for; I could feel it right up tight against the spring and know *precisely when it was going to break, which led to greater accuracy. In contrast, the Glock seemed to have so much 'creep,' that when the damn thing fired, it was like SURPRISE!!! I'm sure had I gone with the Glock, with time/practice, all would've been well....but I went with the Baretta.
Few years later hard times hit and I had to let some things go. :-(
Now, in my 'senior years' I'm thinking of buying a 9mm again. Only thing is, there's about 50million new options/variants. WOW. I don't even know where to start.
Which is the point of this rambling post.
Before I even walk into my local retailer and get the opinion of one person behind the counter, I wanted to post here.
In thinking about a 9mm *now (vs 25yrs ago), some of the requirements are the same. I would like mag capacity at over 10. I would like **stellar track record for reliability; I would like total easy-peasy field stripping; I would like it NOT to co$t a fortune. $800 for a gun is beyond my reach. Last....we come back to that trigger pull issue. I have a feeling it could still be a concern. Maybe that argues against Glock still. But I don't know enough about the Sigs, Walthers, S&Ws etc. out there [the 50 million] to know which ones are "Glock-esque" vs which ones aren't.
Ok, so much for the ramble. I'll shut up now and listen.
Thanks!
Tim