Most trouble free pistol available ??

Which Pistol manufacturer has given you the least amout of problems ??

  • Beretta

    Votes: 14 7.9%

  • Glock

    Votes: 54 30.3%

  • HK

    Votes: 27 15.2%

  • Ruger

    Votes: 19 10.7%

  • Sig

    Votes: 38 21.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 26 14.6%
  • Total voters
    178
  • Poll closed .
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Alright guys..My next poll is going to include about 72 different options..There's gonna be so many choices that it will blow your mind...It will take about 35 minutes to read & complete the poll...Oh...and there will be a test at the end...Should I include Hi-Point pistols ?? :)
 
The only brand of pistol I've never had any problems with are SIG Sauers. I've had a Beretta fail on me *once*, and that was self-induced (slowed the rearward motion of the slide with my thumb.) Had my Glock 32 fail on me on three different rounds out of the same magazine (ammo-related FTF.) Never seen any of my SIGs fail. Most of my wheels are also trouble-free, except for the occasional ammo-related oddity, like sticky CCI Blazer aluminum cases in my 686.

There are four different brands of handgun I'll take out of the box and start carrying without reservations....Glock, SIG Sauer, Beretta, and pre-agreement *&* wheelguns.
 
Whoops, voted Ruger before I noticed I was in the semi auto forum. I had Redhawk and SBH in my mind though.

Colt 1911 has been the most trouble free of my semi's...
 
Most trouble free

My Beretta 92 FS inox! WHY because after 7000 rounds it still has not had one Iota of a problem. OK I guess it could clean and load itself better :)


Tony
 
vyper005, just curious, you've posted several of these "survey" type questions here, I think on the SIG forum, and at Shooters.com. Are you in the market for a gun, or???
 
VVG,
I like to post surveys to get other peoples opinions on different type guns...It also aids others when purchasing a gun...
 
Makarov, Beretta, Glock, in that order.


The glock had a few FTFs when brand new, but they haven'y happened since.

Beretta and Mak have been reliable from the start.


There IS a reason why Colt isn't in the choices, and that is that the reliable Colt is the exception rather than the rule, from my personal experiences.
 
my P7M13 has always done a very good job.

within six years there was only one malfunction,
but unfortunately it was on me ...
(I throw the clips in the sand without cleaning them before using again... )
 
The only gun I have problems with is my Glock G21. My 1911's have been worked and I only use Wilson or McCormick mags, they're great. My Ruger and S&W revolvers just keep on revolving. But the Glock has this problem with certain 10 round mags and every so often will lock back with a round still available -- go figure, never with hi-caps, just the 10's. So I write "BAD" on the mag and limit it to my range bag. I've got three bad mags so far.
 
My Glock 21 did that a few times on me, locke back in the middle of a mag. I reasoned that my thumb was riding up in recoil and accidently pushing the slide lock up. I made an effort to lock my themb down with my support hand thumb and the problem disappeared...

Dont see how a mag could cause this to happen, as the follower is down in the mag still and isnt high enough to engage the slide lock.
 
That could be. But it always happens (when it hapens) on the last round -- and only with certain magazines, but not consistently. I'll keep that in mind though. If it is me, I have no troublesome pistols.
 
Sig 226 or 2340

The most trouble free guns I own are my Sig P226 and my Sig Pro 2340. I have at least 2500 to 3000 rounds through the 2340, have used it in the rain and never had it jam or malfunction in any way. Then there is my trusty P226 in 9mm. I have more rounds through that gun than I can count and I have never had a problem of any kind eith it.
 
No problems with reliability from my Glock-17 in 10 years. It goes bang every time I pull the trigger & feeds any ammo. My only complaint is the grip is too wide. I had a S&W M586 magnum revolver. The ejector rod would come loose & the cylinder couldn't be opened with out using a screw driver. I had a S&W M19 magnum revolver that had the forcing cone crack shooting magnum loads.
 
In relationship to the thousands of rounds put thru them to date, Glock 17, Kahr Lady K-9 and Russian Makarov.

Altho I've read of others going considerably further, somewhere around 33,000 rounds, the trigger on my Glock 17 went "mushy" and gun would not fire. My normal field takedown and cleaning (commonly done every 200 to 1200 rounds) did not fix.

Probably at least 1/3 of the rounds thru that Glock (used for training purposes) had been CCI Blasers, which the guy who took it all the way apart and cleaned for me, refuses to shoot in any of his (4) Glocks. After he removed about 5 years of "crud" from the gun being "rode hard and put up wet", it has again functioned flawlessly for the last 4,000+ rounds.

No problems whatsover to date with the Kahr or Mak, but in all fairness in comparing these "trainng guns", they have not seen near as much "trigger time" as the Glock 17.
 
Every single Glock I have ever owned (4 9mm's, 1 .357, and 1 .45) has had some sort of malfunction in the first 200 rounds, and some well beyond that number.

My 2001 FNMI Hi-Power SA has been flawless under all circumstances. I cannot believe how confidence inspiring this pistol is. I'm going to buy many more, after I sell the last of my Glocks.:D
 
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MY most trouble free pistols are:

These two handguns have not given me ANY failures of ANY kind and are the most used and undercleaned of all my handguns.

1) Sig P228 tied with Sig P226 (9mm)

This has given me a total of FOUR jams, all due to the same lot of ammo and upon further inspection the cases were so far bulged that I didn't even bother trying to chamber and shoot. So, in all fairness, this is a close runner up to the SIgs.

2) HK USP40F

This has given me a total of EIGHT jams, all due to the same lot of ammo and upon further inspection the cases were so far bulged that I didn't even bother trying to chamber and shoot. Same case as the USP40F, with the same exact lot of fodder. So, in all fairness, this is a close runner up to the SIgs.

3) Glock 22

Yes, it's sad. I only own four handguns at the moment.

Jim
 
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