M&P gets the “sure thing” vote.
I’m the king of inexpensive firearms, and have had excellent luck with my SCCY CPX-2. Well over 2,500 problem-free rounds, easy to carry all day. But you won’t find a lot of love for them in this forum.
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Hey Craig, I’ve looked into RIA myself. I saw this video saying that RIAs have a firing block safety mechanism missing. What are your thoughts?
(Starts at 7:00)
@Scoutbob Absolutely a true statement but I would also tell you that knowing the history of Rock Island that in 1940 ish when Colt sent 1911 (semi-auto) and 1917 (revolver) machining tools to the Philippines that there was no such thing as a “Series 80” Colt. You see RIA and Armscorp were both built on the bones of the WWII tooling that was sent to the Philippines to support the war effort prior to the Japanese invasion.
The reality is the “Series 80” was developed by Colt in an answer to the development of the Glock line of handguns that came out with a “Firing Pin Block” in the trigger. It got huge reviews primarily since Glock had NO other safety. Somebody at Colt figured out that “We can do this” and long about 1980 the Series 70 and Series 80 Colt pistols were born. For 60 years and 4 major wars plus a few insurrections there was no such thing.
Having been in the 1911 platform building “hobby” back in the day I heard and read all kinds of things about how the Sieries 80 screwed up the trigger pull, was dangerous Blah, Blah, Blah. I bought my 1911 Series 80, Colt Officers Model BNITB in 1988 on the day I turned 21. 30 days later I took a hacksaw to it, but that is a different topic. Being possessed of an inquiring mind and way too much time on my hands I decided to look into this “Firing Pin Block” thing. Primarily I bought into the tripe that the Series 80 extra 2 levers and spring / plunger would screw up my trigger job. I weighed it, measured it, polished it, fiddled with it, honed the pins and the holes, polished the mating surfaces. In the end I spent 3 months +/- fiddling with it to get the EXACT same trigger pull that I put into the gun originally. So it still sits in my primary EDC today. I have replaced EVERY part in that pistol EXCEPT the Slide, Frame, Barrel and Barrel Bushing and ALL the Series 80 Parts. It sits somewhere north of 200,000 to 400,000 rounds fired with the maximum time of 50,000+ rnds between cleaning. I cleaned it because I was faster than the gun was.
To John Browning’s original design, I even tested a Series 70 (OK it was a 1943 issue Colt 1911A1) without a firing pin spring and I chambered rounds and slide released rounds and never got that thing to go off w/o pulling the trigger. Is it possible, Yes. Have I EVER seen it, NO.
IMHO it is a non issue.
Now if you start running Tungsten Firing Pins with light springs all bets are off. Mass, Velocity, Inertia and thin primer cups are the stacking variables. But then again that is why we chamber a round in a safe direction.
Cheers,
Craig6
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@Craig6 
I was waiting for your response with few things in my mind, I wanted to mention here…
You covered EVERYTHING in 100 % 
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@Jerzees I have my opinions, as most all of us do, but I try to be objective with facts and if I can salt it with some history so much the better. As I proved today I get stuff wrong on occasion, but I’m willing to admit it.
Cheers,
Craig6
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I found a Walther PPS M2 and a CCP for $400 or so. Got a S&W Shield MP 2.0 Ez 9mm for $400
I did not like the 43 or 43 x by Glock but someone said try the 48?
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I liked the security 9 a lot, However i simply could not make it fit my hand. One does give up some durability due to the light weight construction, but that makes it carry very nice and few ever shoot a gun enough to worry about that. I’d say go with a brand that has a reputation for reliability, and one that fits your hand, it’s hard to express how valuable it is when the gun you choose naturally aligns it self in your palm and points where you intended it too. Especially under stress. Fit to my hand would only be trumped If reliability were that much in question, and, make sure you know what ammo it will shoot well, and forgive me, but reliably.
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Forgive me, no insult to your knowledge ( in case i did ) intended, still learning about the people here, love to know what you end up with.
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Good one.
I have the Performance Center, easy to conceal, accurate, reliable and low recoil.
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So I was about to get a new handgun and my shop called me. Tauras got back to us after 5 months and said the reason the pin was walking out is the frame was bent… So they are shipping me a new G2c well see how that goes. Sucks cause i like the gun but dont have 500 rounds laying around to make sure this one is reliable arggg…
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I’ve heard mixed about the G2C, but the G3 seems universally liked by guntubers. Maybe trade-in when you get it back?
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The problem is now finding one lol…
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true! 
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