FINEST 9mm HANDGUN EVER MADE.....?

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Takeing nothing away from any Ruger 9mm handgun ever made. I own a couple. But, what model and make would you really consider the Best of the Best handgun ever made for the 9mm caliber bullet?

I select the Smith & Wesson model 5906
 

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Depends quite a lot on what definition of "finest" one is using. And in this context, there are several. :?

Overall, though, and all things considered, I've never seen anything I liked any better than the 3rd Generation (some call them 4th Gen) S&Ws. I have a 5906 and wish I had a matching 5904 (alloy frame) to go with it.
 

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The SIG P210-5 is the pick of my 9MM PARABELLUM litter which includes I think at least one version of every popularly known 9MM pistol made since 1908. They ALL pale in comparison to that SIG P210-5 pistol.
This SIG P210-5 just happens to be 7.65/9MM convertible too, the only one I've ever seen.
 

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I think Ruger made the KP89x 9mm/30 luger.....don't know about it being the best but it was a convertible...the only 9mm auto I own is a S&W 669....a compact double stack.....I kinda like it......see ya RR.
 

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Browning Hi Power T Series. From 65-69.

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radicalrod said:
I think Ruger made the KP89x 9mm/30 luger.....don't know about it being the best but it was a convertible...the only 9mm auto I own is a S&W 669....a compact double stack.....I kinda like it......see ya RR.[/quote
FUNNY you should bring this up at this point in time. I had one of those Ruger P89 9MM/30LUGER convertibles on order for a coon's age and never got it. Then SOMEONE you know borrowed all my P89 magazines and sold 'em to someone else. I then dumped the P89 I did have and have never owned SR&INC 9MM pistol since then, nor will I ever...
 

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I'm partial to a couple of Italian beauties: Beretta 92 Compact-L and 92FS Inox. In truth, these are the only 9mm weapons I've owned (exceptions being my old BH Convert and Marlin Camp 9)... 8)
 

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It is supposedly the Sig 210. I have never owned one or shot one for that matter. I do love my stable of Belguim High-Powers, especially my Nickle C-Series. But if I had to pick just one, hands down,GLOCK 19. krw
 

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I'll throw in with the Browning P-35 chorus IF I can have one with a crispy 4-5# trigger, a thumb safety that feels and works like my favorite 1911, good sights, a hammer that doesn't bite me, and that doesn't rattle when I shake it. I'll live, if I HAVE to, with the mag disconnect and the three-hands-and-a-bench-vise detail strip.

Otherwise...out of the box...not so much. :?
 

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Okay, john m. browning developed this at the very end of his illustrious career and considered it his very best, it was the one and only wondernine before that phrase was coined in the 1980's. it has been made nearly unchanged for 80+ years and is still a great gun. I would go with the High Power. being from Ogden Utah the home of John M. I do have a certain bias. single action p.s. if you are in the area make sure you stop by the bronwing firearms museum.
 
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The Hi-Power is actually an improved Browning design. A Belgian engineer, who's name doesn't come to mind, perfected it. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that is the true story. :? Regardless, a heckuva 9mm. :D

Dave
 

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single action said:
Okay, john m. browning developed this at the very end of his illustrious career and considered it his very best,
Saint John didn't live to see the first HP built. He never handled, saw, or shot one.

it was the one and only wondernine before that phrase was coined in the 1980's.
Browning P-35 was never a wondernine. "Wondernine" meant a gun that had BOTH double action AND high mag capacity. The first wondernine was the Smith 59. :wink:
 

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None...it is yet to be made. I'll scandalize all and nominate the G19 until then.
 

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Commercial Lugers, of which there were many variants, some carbine models were engraved and inlaid. Here's 2 links to representative models:

http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/198711000/198711736/pix877585935.jpg

http://www.lugerman.com/images/Projects/P6101038.jpg

In more modern production, the P35 is still a thoroughbred, yet I'd give the SIG P-210 the nod for hand fit and finish.

(that said, a SIG 226 or 228 would be my go-to gun for work purposes)
 
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