I have bought many pistols. Trying to find perfection, has been difficult.
I started with a Glock 38, which at the time somehow made sense to me.
From there I transitioned to the Glock 17, but it was too big for daily carry. I purchased this gun during the scare of 2008, and I really had wanted a Glock 19.
I abandoned Glocks because I felt the trigger was hindering me and I bought the second worst pistol I have owned the Bul M5.... malfunction city.
From their I went to the Springfield Loaded.... it sucked and had issues that made it spend more time at Springfield than in my holster. I could never trust it.
I bought a high end 1911, a Les Baer TRS. Great Pistol but even it malfunctioned when pushed hard at all day competitions and classes. The trigger and the accuracy though were amazing. I did win some single stack divisions and felt relatively confident with it, but at 3 pounds for 8+1 rounds of .45 it was cumbersome.
So I tried the Hi Power. The trigger was better than a Glock but it was still heavy and while more reliable than my les Baer it never reached reliability of my first two pistols.
I gave up and just switched to a PF-9 for pocket carry. I did this for a year. I hated that pistol so much that even though it easily slipped into a pocket I felt I was better defended with running away or getting hands on than using quite possibly the worst trigger on the planet.
Yesterday I finally got the Glock 19...... it took me spending 4500$ to get here. And yes it will need some trigger work ~150 to bring it to a level I am happy with, and about 120-150 on sights, and maybe a match grade barrel, but then I am done. All my G17 stuff (although the pistol is gone) will work for it as will most of the holsters for my G38 (and that pistol is long gone as well).
The G19 is the most expensive pistol I have come to, because I stubbornly tried to find better instead of just accepting it for what it is. A boringly reliable, pistol that just needs a little help to make it ergonomic.
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