Brownstone322
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Anecdote followed by a question. Please bear with me.
Yesterday I was out for a five-mile walk, and when I got back to my car (parked in a public place), there was a guy parked directly next to me. Turns out he was a German-car enthusiast and was investigating my 29-year-old BMW E30. Fair enough. But when he stepped out of his car, I noticed that he was carrying openly, so I had to ask what he was carrying. Walther PPS M2.
So the conversation rotated from cars to handguns, and he removed the firearm from his holster and removed the mag, then set it down on the hood of his car and said I was free to handle it. So I safety-checked it and proceeded to dry-fire it (with his permission).
This was my initial perspective:
• I don't own any single-stack subcompacts and haven't shot them much.
• My striker-fired guns are Glocks, but I'm openminded on the matter.
• I don't know much about Walther other than the legendary PP, PPK and PPK/S, which have essentially nothing to with modern polymer-frame, striker-fired handguns.
Then this: In my estimation, the trigger was phenomenal for a striker-fired pistol! If a trigger break were a sound, this thing breaks with a definitive "THUMP" — solid yet soft and absolutely unambiguous. I cannot relate how impressed I was.
Meanwhile, I am very familiar with Glock triggers, and I can live with them, especially Gen 5 triggers. This guy said he had also considered an S&W M&P Shield, and he thought the M&P's trigger break "felt like a twig snapping." (I liked that metaphor, 'cause I think it captures the feel of Glock triggers as well.)
So a question: Do all striker-fired Walthers have triggers this good?
Yesterday I was out for a five-mile walk, and when I got back to my car (parked in a public place), there was a guy parked directly next to me. Turns out he was a German-car enthusiast and was investigating my 29-year-old BMW E30. Fair enough. But when he stepped out of his car, I noticed that he was carrying openly, so I had to ask what he was carrying. Walther PPS M2.
So the conversation rotated from cars to handguns, and he removed the firearm from his holster and removed the mag, then set it down on the hood of his car and said I was free to handle it. So I safety-checked it and proceeded to dry-fire it (with his permission).
This was my initial perspective:
• I don't own any single-stack subcompacts and haven't shot them much.
• My striker-fired guns are Glocks, but I'm openminded on the matter.
• I don't know much about Walther other than the legendary PP, PPK and PPK/S, which have essentially nothing to with modern polymer-frame, striker-fired handguns.
Then this: In my estimation, the trigger was phenomenal for a striker-fired pistol! If a trigger break were a sound, this thing breaks with a definitive "THUMP" — solid yet soft and absolutely unambiguous. I cannot relate how impressed I was.
Meanwhile, I am very familiar with Glock triggers, and I can live with them, especially Gen 5 triggers. This guy said he had also considered an S&W M&P Shield, and he thought the M&P's trigger break "felt like a twig snapping." (I liked that metaphor, 'cause I think it captures the feel of Glock triggers as well.)
So a question: Do all striker-fired Walthers have triggers this good?