What's the best "out of the box" semi-automatic pistol you've owned?
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Longhorn1986
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My old (3rd Generation) Smith & Wesson Model 457. From the day I bought it back in 1997, I have only had one malfunction, a stovepipe about 10 years back. It isn't fancy, but it just works.
ZEBRARANGER
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Walther P99 AS.
I haven’t bought a lot of guns NIB, so, my out-of-the-box experience is limited.
Best new OOB:
Tristar-imported Canik C100 9mm Compact (CZ clone). I bought one used and liked it well enough to buy one NIB at a great price (The out-of-the-box one was just as good as the used one). Very accurate for me, 100% reliable and just a bit too large for easy CCW.
Best overall, however, has to go to my 1948-manufactured Sistema Colt. Many thousands of rounds through it by me over the years with remarkable accuracy and without a failure (attributable to the pistol, anyway: I once had two stovepipes in one magazine-load in a bad Wilson mag which I got rid of and haven’t had a problem since). Sadly, however, no box
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Best new OOB:
Tristar-imported Canik C100 9mm Compact (CZ clone). I bought one used and liked it well enough to buy one NIB at a great price (The out-of-the-box one was just as good as the used one). Very accurate for me, 100% reliable and just a bit too large for easy CCW.
Best overall, however, has to go to my 1948-manufactured Sistema Colt. Many thousands of rounds through it by me over the years with remarkable accuracy and without a failure (attributable to the pistol, anyway: I once had two stovepipes in one magazine-load in a bad Wilson mag which I got rid of and haven’t had a problem since). Sadly, however, no box
.Cyanide971
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What's the best "out of the box" semi-automatic pistol you've owned?
For brand-new out-of-the-box, to me it's a draw between the CZ P-07 and the Beretta/Stoeger Cougar. Only thing either one of them needed changing is the addition of night sights.
For brand-new out-of-the-box, to me it's a draw between the CZ P-07 and the Beretta/Stoeger Cougar. Only thing either one of them needed changing is the addition of night sights.
armoredman
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The one that was absolutely perfect for me out of the box? CZ SP01 Phantom.
jolly roger
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Probably for sheer accuracy my Sig 220 ST all stainless. Heavy though, but good golly that thing will shoot...
Orphanedcowboy
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Shield 40
Easily my Ruger Standard, although I did wear it out once with a steady diet of Stingers, Mini-Mags, all the hot ones. Sent it to Ruger and they made it new again, many years ago. I went to standard velocity .22lr and never another problem other than wear and tear on the finish. Best single gun I have ever owned.
