Best full size polymer striker-fire for HD

There really is no answer to this question. There are probably a dozen high quality firearms that are nearly identical in form and function, will last forever and are priced about the same. They all blow holes in things. Under the stress of something like a home invasion you probably won't be noticing the subtle differences between a Walther or a Ruger trigger. Whatever fits your hand and "feels right" is the right answer. That's the one you'll most enjoy and will practice with most. A Beretta doesn't stop a burglar any better or worse than a Glock or CZ.

Do you already have a home security system? Another bit of advice I was given was to install small cameras around the hme that can be monitored from your bedroom (or anywhere from a smartphone or tablet). Then the "bump in the night" can be investigated without having to go downstairs with a gun.

Not changing the topic, but I've seen many discussions of "which gun" happen when larger questions about home security hadn't been asked yet. Not saying that YOU or anyone else here hasn't answered them, I'm just bringing it up.

Incidentally I was just at the range this week asking a similar question and trying five different striker guns. The Walther PPQ fit my hand best. I shot the best groups with the M&P 2.0. I didn't do badly with any of them. I did better beyond 40' with all of them than I did with the subcompact I already have. I didn't do as well with any as I can do with my Walther Q5 (including the normal PPQ...was it the extra 1" sight radius? The better sights? Or coincidence that particular day?) In the end I shot them all well enough (at a range, without stress, in bright lighting) to stop a burglar.

On the recommendation of the guy at the rental desk I tried the CZ P09. Man that's a HUGE gun. I hardly ever shoot DA guns. But I ran that one better than any striker and I think I heard angels sing. Im now looking into the P07 for a more compact option...

Anyways, any gun will do the job. Whatever "feels right" to you is the right answer.

PS. I am becoming more persuaded that a heavy first trigger pull is in fact a good thing in a HD gun. It's a far more likely scenario for moving towards potential danger with gun already drawn, and plenty of research indicates that even highly trained people get their fingers on the trigger under the stresses of these situations. A DA trigger gives tactile feedback if you begin to touch it. A PPQ trigger gives audible feedback! :D
 
I agree with OhioGuy in that there are LOTS of good full-sized striker-fired guns that would fill the bill. With that said, if I were in the market for one, I'd be looking long and hard at the M&P 2.0 in .45 ..... and the G21 .... and something from CZ .... and the Ruger American . . . sooooo many choices.
 
I'll say the Glock 21 and Glock 17. Never had any malfunctions with either one and have put many thousands of rounds through each of them.
 
Like Spatts said, so many choices it comes down to fit and feel for me. While I can pick up most any of them and shoot them well enough, for me the M&P line has been my polymer gun for quite some time.
That said, my HD gun is a Sig p226 with SigLite sights in .40.
 
Skadoosh said:
Forget polymer striker pistols. Get a P226. When the cops show up, they will at least know right off the bat that you're not some schmoe that doesnt know what he's doin'.
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dpadams6 said:
Yep. Never saw a criminal with a sig in his hand. Very rare.
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Skadoosh said:
dpadams gets it.
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Pffft!

Years ago I bought a 226, a G19, a G17, and a full size M&P, along with a few other handguns all on the same day. This was my first time to own any of these guns.

I really thought I would like the 226 the most, but it didn't end up that way as much as I wanted it to.

My son in law talked me out of the M&P so I didn't even get a chance to try it out at the time.

I ended up liking the Glocks much better for carry than the 226.

Later on I purchased a M&P Compact for myself and that started my decline of fondness for the Glocks.

I have found that the M&P line, from the full size down to the sub compact Shield, suit me well.
 
O4L said:
Pffft!

Years ago I bought a 226, a G19, a G17, and a full size M&P, along with a few other handguns all on the same day. This was my first time to own any of these guns.

I really thought I would like the 226 the most, but it didn't end up that way as much as I wanted it to.

My son in law talked me out of the M&P so I didn't even get a chance to try it out at the time.

I ended up liking the Glocks much better for carry than the 226.

Later on I purchased a M&P Compact for myself and that started my decline of fondness for the Glocks.

I have found that the M&P line, from the full size down to the sub compact Shield, suit me well.
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Even though i don't think Glock is anywhere near sig, as far as quality of parts, it's tough to beat a Glock for all around carry gun.
 
I own three brands of polymer-framed semiautomatics, Glock, Walther, & HK (my HK’s are hammer fired). I tend to stick with what I know, and with the exception of my Walther PPS-M2, which I got soon after it first came out, I tend to not run right out & buy the latest & greatest pistol to hit the LGS shelves. I think the Walther PPQ-M2 would be my choice over a Glock 17 today, but that wasn’t an option in 2009 when I got my Gen3 17. My Gen3 19 is a keeper regardless of whether or when a Walther PPQ Compact comes out, although I think that would be good to see. For HD purposes, I see no reason not to consider the full-sized striker-fired variants from any of these three brands.
 
I've already answered that question for myself. ;)

I keep a Glock 21 loaded with 230gr JHP in the drawer of my night stand, along with a spare mag, flashlight, eye and ear protection. My usual carry gun is G36 so I have manual-of-arms commonality between carry and home. Plus, I just shoot the G21 really well for some reason. Better than my G17.

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If I was confined to a polymer striker fired, I don't really know. Maybe an M&P. I'd much rather go with a CZ P09 or P07, or an FNX 45.
 
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