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Posted: 6/10/2009 5:51:30 PM EDT

I've got a buddy who's going to buy a pistol; he's got a pile of rifles and shotguns, but he's a hunter so he's never owned a handgun. He wants to get a full size 9mm semiauto - I think he's getting a Beretta. Anyway, it got me to thinking: I have so many pistols that I can't imagine paring it down to one. But if I could only have one pistol, it would probably be some kind of hi-cap 9mm. If you were only going to have a single pistol and it was a full size 9mm and you wanted it to be a "classic", which one would you get?

Beretta 92?
Glock 17?
SIG Sauer P226?
CZ75?
Browning Hi-Power?

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:52:18 PM EDT

[#1]

1911

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:52:45 PM EDT

[#2]

Sig 226 for me

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:00 PM EDT

[#3]

Beretta 92. I love that gun.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:01 PM EDT

[#4]

XDm

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:08 PM EDT

[#5]

Glock 19.

Get the 17 if you don't feel the 19 is "big enough." (need to compensate?)

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:11 PM EDT

[#6]

Browning Hi-Power

End of story.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:22 PM EDT

[#7]

Cz 75b

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:46 PM EDT

[#8]

G17 - best combat handgun ever made

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:53:47 PM EDT

[#9]

Glock 19 or XDm

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:54:06 PM EDT

[#10]

92FS.

No question

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:54:11 PM EDT

[#11]

G17/19/26

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:54:21 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Sig 226 for me

This. If only one, this is the one to get.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:54:26 PM EDT

[#13]

Glock 17 FTMFW

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:54:33 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
1911

I 2nd this......

I have a 92FS Vertec....Great gun.

However after shooting 1911's a bunch lately, I dont think I'll ever go to 9mm again...

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:55:09 PM EDT

[#15]

CZ75. Never shot a BHP, though

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:56:09 PM EDT

[#16]

Out of those, Glock 17.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:56:28 PM EDT

[#17]

I've said it many times here before and it's just as true today –– if I could only keep one of my many, MANY handguns, it would be one of my Glock 19s. No question, no hesitation.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:56:46 PM EDT

[#18]

Glock 19

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:56:52 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Glock 19.

Get the 17 if you don't feel the 19 is "big enough." (need to compensate?)

that wasnt on the op's list, but I definitely like the 19 as well - its a bit smaller for ccw - but i shoot the 17 better
either way cant go wrong with Glock

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:56:56 PM EDT

[#20]

If you can't have a 1911 in .45, Hi-Power in 9mm

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:57:12 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
XDm

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:57:34 PM EDT

[#22]

XDm or Sig 226.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:57:41 PM EDT

[#23]

G17 is a great choice, but a "classic" would be the Browning hands down.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:57:43 PM EDT

[#24]

From your list either the G17 or the Hi Power. It depends on your friends taste, what fits etc.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:58:16 PM EDT

[#25]

92FS or any 9mm by H&K.

Posted: 6/10/2009 5:59:21 PM EDT

[#26]

Other - Glock 19

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:00:12 PM EDT

[#27]

2 weeks ago I would have said Hi Power.....Now I'm growing quite fond of my new Sig 226.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:02:05 PM EDT

[#28]

xdm

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:02:37 PM EDT

[#29]

My next 9mm will be a HK p30

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:02:58 PM EDT

[#30]

226 all the way . IMO it's the Rolls Royce of 9mm handguns.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:03:33 PM EDT

[#31]

I had a CZ-75 years ago & always liked it.....

Currently have only .45 ACP pistols now though

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:03:39 PM EDT

[#32]

Out of that list? Definitely the CZ-75.

Of course that's the only one I own on the list, so that might have some bearing on my decision

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:04:06 PM EDT

[#33]

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:04:25 PM EDT

[#34]

The only 9mm I have is the Max 10 upper for my Mac 10 machine gun...

Well, once the Mac clears the ATF and I get it the rest of the way put together.

Shawn

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:04:52 PM EDT

[#35]

voted Glock...but I do have a Sig 226 as well.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:05:54 PM EDT

[#36]

They are all good handguns, but since you said you wanted a "Classic", that would only leave you one choice......the Browning Hi-Power:

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:06:31 PM EDT

[#37]

even though I own an Inglis No1 MK1* Hi Power from 1945,

I'd still go with the Beretta 92FS

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:07:24 PM EDT

[#38]

XDM or a Glock 17 .

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:08:29 PM EDT

[#39]

G19

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:08:48 PM EDT

[#40]

XDM

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:09:07 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
My next 9mm will be a HK p30
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3928/dsc9082copysb8.jpg

I have a P30L. A very fine piece of German engineering if I do say so myself.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:09:33 PM EDT

[#42]

GLOCK is my first choice here.

CZ75 is #2.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:09:50 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
226 all the way . IMO it's the Rolls Royce of 9mm handguns.

As long as you get one of the older models, the 226 is a fine weapon. The newer ones, not so much.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:10:18 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
G17 - best combat handgun ever made

Yep.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:10:51 PM EDT

[#45]

Glock 19.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:11:38 PM EDT

[#46]

G19

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:12:24 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Glock 19.

Get the 17 if you don't feel the 19 is "big enough." (need to compensate?)

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:12:50 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Sig 226 for me

This. If only one, this is the one to get.

this.

it's what i have but a G17 is excellent too

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:13:47 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:
G17 - best combat handgun ever made

Yep.

Which is why its been used in so many major wars....oh wait....that's right, it hasn't. That title belongs to the 1911. Deal with it.

Posted: 6/10/2009 6:13:53 PM EDT

[#50]

Either Taurus 92FS (Better than the Beretta IMO)

or more likely, CZ SP01

I voted CZ 75

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