Originally Posted By: zerosoma
Originally Posted By: Slick17601
I agree...steel is real and wood is good. I enjoy Smith & Wesson and Ruger (single action only) revolvers. I just can't warm up to the polymer handguns.
I've never gotten the whole Glock/XD craze. I can agree (bitterly) that they are reliable enough for every day use, but I can't get over the feel and the striker-fire type triggers. Yes, they're consistent...but a DA/SA is so much better to work with IMO. I think it's the fact that a lot of Glock owners are fanboys, and XD owners think their guns are the best on earth because it has a grip safety. I fired my mom's boyfriend's XD and it was okay, the trigger was crisp, but I wouldn't buy one unless I found a stupid ridiculous deal on it. He fired my Beretta 92 and it was too complicated for him - there were too many buttons and stuff. I chuckled a bit and helped him get his first couple shots off. He handed it back to me after missing by a few feet. Some folks just aren't DA/SA. I on the other hand think they're great.
Still not entirely sold on polymer guns, but they're starting to come around. I'd buy a Smith SDVE before I'd buy a Glock, it feels better and even though the trigger is abysmally worse, everything else about it trumps the glock. Other polymer guns I'd buy? PX4 Storm (frame), SP2022 (frame), M&P Shield.
I'm a DA/SA guy all around though. The most important thing is the "take-up" on the trigger and feeling that initial pressure right before you break that trigger. When you can predict that trigger break, shots are more consistent. When you're fighting too long of a trigger pull (like the DA on my 92FS...I'd like to bust its balls) you pull so long you make a sandwich while you're waiting for the break, and then it comes too quickly. Gotta put a D spring in that sucker. Back on topic though, most "good" guns are going to have a decent trigger mechanism with a crisp break. Other "value priced" guns (i.e. the SD "Value Enhanced" 9/40) may not.
I'm also a bit tipsy from some good old lager right now so I'm long winded. Hope you all have a good night.
Dude. You are a major league gun snob. Wow.