Best Wonder Nine and Why?

[crusader377]

Was the Glock 19 intentionally left off this list? If so....why?

It is the glaring hole in the list if you ask me. For its size, weight, shape, cost and performance it is damned hard to beat as a "wonder-nine."

Because the Glock is more of a gun of the 1990s to present. Although, true the Glock was introduced in the mid 1980s it took a few years to catch on and wasn't in widespread military or law enforcement use until the 1990s.

[26 Inf]

Was the Glock 19 intentionally left off this list? If so....why?

It is the glaring hole in the list if you ask me. For its size, weight, shape, cost and performance it is damned hard to beat as a "wonder-nine."

As stated in the first post:

This thread and poll is pretty self-explanatory. What is the best wonder nine (metal framed, double stack, semi-auto, available in the 1980s) and why (No Glocks Please)?

Apparently he didn't want to include any polymer-framed weapons.

[ICEMAN550]

sig p226

[arbninftry]

As stated in the first post:

This thread and poll is pretty self-explanatory. What is the best wonder nine (metal framed, double stack, semi-auto, available in the 1980s) and why (No Glocks Please)?

Apparently he didn't want to include any polymer-framed weapons.

No Glocks was added after a couple of us had mentioned Glocks. It changed about 40 minutes after it was introduced and some had already selected.

[daniel87]

My answer is the one YOU shoot naturally best.

Thread solved.

Right now its the sig 227. Sig 226 frame and a sig 220 upper and a glock 26. Since those are no go i would vote sig 226.

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[sevenhelmet]

I voted for the Sig, it's my favorite in the list. They're all great options though.

Sig P226 gets my vote, back when there were still making the good one. Great ergos, super reliable & accurate, aluminum frame lightens the load, respectable capacity, no manual safety or any stupid unneeded safeties like mag disconnect or grip safety. But today Glock 19.

OK, I'll bite. What's different about the P226 today?

[crusader377]

No Glocks was added after a couple of us had mentioned Glocks. It changed about 40 minutes after it was introduced and some had already selected.

I added No Glocks because people weren't reading my original posting which clearly specified metal framed handguns.

[Arik]

I voted for the Sig, it's my favorite in the list. They're all great options though.



OK, I'll bite. What's different about the P226 today?

There was a decade when quality went kaput

When I think wonder 9s I think what was popular and common in the 80s. Typically steel and hammer fired.

I think the 5906 was the workhorse. They were to semi auto police guns what the S&W model 10 was to revolvers. Heavy and typically reliable. Still used in police departments today

HiPower was the original....and a classic.

Sig and Berretta had a large following

CZ. Not sure how readily available they were.



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[The Dumb Gun Collector]

The most wondrous was the P7M13. At the time the best was probably the Sig 226. The Glock was still a bit of a mess at the time, pre-slam fire recall, etc.

[Meta-Prometheus]

SIG P226 without a doubt. Of that list of pistols, the P226 I think is by far the best overall set of compromises. Unfortunately you can't have everything you want in a pistol. Something is always being given up. Unless of course somebody has synthesized unobtainium in the form of a pistol that I'm not privy to yet!?