I'm having a hard time deciding what to get.

 

I like the following:

96A1

4006TSW

FNX-40

 

The Smith is the least expensive and the FN and Beretta are about the same price. They all feel great to me. This will be a HD gun with a flashlight on it.

 

Not a fan of striker fired guns (Glocks and XD's look cool though). What else should I consider in the sub 600$ price range?

 

BTW, I love CZ's but I'd like to get something different, otherwise my choice would be the P-07

Px4 .40 (Fullsize or compact)

EAA Witness .40

H&K P30 (or P30L) or H&K USP .40

Hk usp 40 although they us a proprietary rail or the Sig 226, 229 platform.

H&K P30 (or P30L) or H&K USP .40

 

He said Sub $600 lol, not $1k+

Oh missed the sub 600 part...

I've shot the witness before great gun, I don't mind a right hand gun but I am a lefty...

another vote for the Witness .40... you can even get one with a 22lr conversion with your budget.

is there an alloy version of the witness with a rail? The polymer model looks fugly

there's an all steel one... like this: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=333207794

there's an all steel one... like this: http://www.gunbroker...?Item=333207794

yeah it's nice but this stainless/alloy is also nice

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=332707520

I am like you. I love guns with hammers. In fact, all but my most recent purchase has a hammer. I like to know where the hammer is and put my thumb on it when I holster my gun. One thing I learned from combat is that you cannot rely on your brain to do things right in the heat of battle. Anyway, I have the FNX-9 and love it. It is my home defense, competition and range gun. Great trigger and you can keep it in single action with a manual safety cocked and locked, in DA/SA mode without a safety or in DA/SA mode without a safety. I like all those choices. The best part for me is that with the safety on you can work the slide and cock the hammer so I keep it in DA/SA mode with safety on in my night table. If I hear something I can just thumb back the generous hammer knowing that the manual safety is on as well as the drop safety. So I can easily go from DA to SA with the manual safety on.

 

The gun shoots very accurately and soft. Easy to disassemble and comes with different gripstraps to suit your hands. You can have an aggressive backstrap or a milder one in two sizes. I also own an HK and am a fan of HK guns. The FNX is very HK like in operation but has ergonomic grips. I have tried 5 different brands of JHP and FMJ ammo through it without a hiccup. It shoots anything I put into it even the cheap stuff I am getting now.

 

If you like the HK reliability and variety of modes but want a less expensive version with better ergonomics than the USP line, the FNH guns are the ticket. I call them the poor man's HK's. However the newer HKs are very ergonomic and one of my carry guns in the HK P2000SK. When I wanted a full sized gun I did not like the HK prices and the FNX had all the HK features I liked in a modern design.

He said Sub $600 lol, not $1k+

 

Whoops!

+1 on FNX40, Old Dog summed it up well. It's fully ambidextrous so that helps with being lefty.

I think the best thing for me to do is go to the heritage guild and shoot the FNX and 96A1 and maybe the Glock 23. I know the Glock is not hammer fired, but if I get this LE job, I'm only allowed a DAO off duty and Glock's are pretty light weight.

If you get the job then u already have an off duty....win win

If you're going with striker fired, go with the M&P 40

There's absolutely NOTHING I like about the M&P. Doesn't feel right, looks awful, and I can't hit a barn with it. I've used a Glock 19 and 17 before and loved them though there's significant room for improvement in my accuracy, I'm just hesitant about the striker fire system and polymer frames in general. I'll get over it in time I'm sure.

Just get a used Sig P229 or P226 .40 then in alloy or stainless.

you can probably get a new one for around $800.

once you hold one, there's no going back.

 

SRT is nice.

decocker is nice.

g10 grips are nice.

Check out the Sig sp2022

You're in the right price range for a lightly used USP40. Don't let the proprietary rail scare ya off.

You can get an adapter for it.

 

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Insight makes a nice utl light that will mount on it.