Best Wonder Nine and Why?

[crusader377]

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)? The choices are the following:

1) Beretta 92
2) Browning Hi Power, I know the Browning pre-dates the rest of these pistols but the hi power especially in its mark 3 version was still a very viable pistol during the 1980s
3) CZ-75
4) HK P7M13
5) Sig P226
6) Smith & Wesson third generation autos (5904, 5906, etc..)
7) Other

[anatolian B]

Hi-Power
Reason: Ergo

[Icedaddy56]

Glock 17. Capacity,durability and price point

[crusader377]

My vote was the Beretta 92.

Best combination of the following: sales success, upgradability, consistent manufacture quality, service longevity, and upgraded versions such as M9A3 and 92G-SD are ahead of peers in overall performance.

Very Close 2nd, 3rd, and 4th: Browning, SIG, and CZ in no particular order.

[26 Inf]

For most of the 80's you couldn't have pried the Smith out of my hand. In my perspective today I'd rank it second to last (I added Ruger as 'other') although way ahead of the HKP7M13.

CZ75, Sig 226, Beretta 92, Browning, Smith 59, Ruger P85/P89, HKP7

Like Crusader, numbers two through four were hard for me to order.

[arbninftry]

G17 then the 19 in the 1990s.
Concealable, shootable.
They have taken some hits lately but the Glocks in 9mm are still better than the others. Lots of parts out there too. Shoot it from the box or mod it, dealers choice. Tactical Tupperware and people in the 80s really believed you could walk through a metal detector with one.

[crusader377]

I'm not telling other members they can't vote for a Glock in the other section but my intent was to really look at the best metal framed, high capacity pistols pre-Glock.

[Doc Safari]

I'm not telling other members they can't vote for a Glock in the other section but my intent was to really look at the best metal framed, high capacity pistols pre-Glock.

Unfortunately we live in a Glock-dominated world. To ignore it is like saying, "Which animal at the zoo is the largest--and don't say elephant."

Glock is the elephant in the room.

[arbninftry]

Unfortunately we live in a Glock-dominated world. To ignore it is like saying, "Which animal at the zoo is the largest--and don't say elephant."

Glock is the elephant in the room.

It was also an 80s era wonder nine.

[AppalachianThunder]

I voted CZ75. I like the grip, and the trigger on my sample of one is pretty darn good. I also think it's a good looking pistol, and having the slide ride inside the frame is unique(I think).