Moderately High End High Capacity 9mm

[Jonnyt16]

I just shot a friend's SIG 226 SAO Legion and holy cow that thing shoots like an absolute dream. The trigger is phenomenal, recoil felt like a .380 instead of 9mm, and I was making accurate hits with SPEED right out the gate. I would consider looking at one of those as well.

[Quinn]

Wilson Combat EDC x9 looks nice

[NWcityguy2]

A CZ Shadow 2 will be all the gun that an iron sighted STI will be for much less, with much cheaper magazines, if you can easily manipulate the CZ safety or want a DA/SA gun. That's a big "if" though and there is a reason the more expensive 2011s dominate shooting sports where SAO is allowed. But price wise they are a good value compared to a 2011 that costs a thousand more and doesn't come with a metal grip. It will also have a finish that will wear horribly.

The TSO will feel much bigger in the hand and represents much less of a value, but does come in 40.

[vaglocker]

Langdon LTT Elite with associated trigger job

[Furbyballer]

STI Staccato P Duo

[RWH24]

Hi Power

https://cylinder-slide.com/Category/CompleteTisas

https://cylinder-slide.com/Category/CP108

[BigDog]

Wilson Combat EDC x9 looks nice

Yes, this. Excellent quality and pedigree.

[KTR03]

I went down this road recently. Modified Glocks, Wilson combat Beretta 92s, SAO Beretta 92s, Cajun gun works cz omegas... I have a STI Stacatto P duo, the Stacatto XC, and am waiting for a C2. They are amazing guns. I am about 10k in between optics and mags. No regrets.

[KTR03]

I went down this road recently. Modified Glocks, Wilson combat Beretta 92s, SAO Beretta 92s, Cajun gun works cz omegas... I have a STI Stacatto P duo, the Stacatto XC, and am waiting for a C2. They are amazing guns. I am about 10k in between optics and mags. No regrets.

Back on a keyboard. There are some really cool 9mm pistols out there. My old school all time favorites are the Swiss made Sig 210 and the HK P7m8. They are both awesome but I wanted a more modern high capacity 9mm. I then chased the Beretta Wison Combat gun with action and trigger job. What a great gun. Accurate and soft shooting. Suppresses well. But... no ability to mount MRDS systems. Went to custom Beretta's with SAO triggers. Also great. My centurion SAO is just a great iron sighted gun. Again no MRDS, and no accessory rails...

That led me to the STI 2011 Stacatto P (2019). I always had thought of them but was turned off my the cost and the finickyness of the magazines. BUt with the gen 2 mags you get a 50 dollar mag (which is alot but doable) that is reliable and widely available. The gun is accurate, reliable, and currently sports a holoson 508T. I then got the Stacatto XC which is a a full size ported gun. It is really a ridiculous pistol. Recoiless, reliable and accurate. I am waiting for the C2 (which is the G19 sized aluminum frame gun). That will be the daily carry gun. So for a "moderately" high end 9mm, you can get a Stacatto P for 2K and Stacatto P Duos for 2.5K. I'd say this, I have about 10 Glocks in 9mm and 3 subguns that take glock mags. To get me to move to a 50 dollar magazine, 2.5k gun, it had to be very clearly superior. And these are.

[BG94591]

Little more than your price range, but the nicest 9mm I’ve shot was the Wilson Combat EDC X9L. Damn fine gun.