What is the most reliable semi auto? - Page 2

SIGSHR · October 30, 2011, 01:05 PM

My Colt Mark IV locked up completely on me a few years despite rather modest use. Pretty much disassembled it to the bare frame, cleaned accumulated residue out of the trigger channel, reassembled and VOILA! Hasn't missed a beat since. Maintenance-even an occasion shot of spray cleaner-must NOT be neglected.

Stealth01 · October 30, 2011, 02:45 PM

Take your pick... Wilson Combats in 45 and 9...

**Shane Tuttle** · October 30, 2011, 03:05 PM

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Thank you all for the responses and I know this topic has been beat to death but I still appreciate the feedback!

Then why did you start another thread to add fuel to the fire?

P97 · October 30, 2011, 03:09 PM

There can't be any most reliable, if you get more than one thats 100% reliable. I have a Ruger P90DC that is 100% reliable. Thats is as good as it gets.

RT · October 30, 2011, 03:11 PM

Glock or Hk

Coltman 77 · October 30, 2011, 03:50 PM

HK handguns are the most reliable in my experience, along with Beretta 92FS's and Glocks.

PT-92 · October 30, 2011, 05:39 PM

I gotta say both my 1911 and 92 run flawlessly in any condition. Debatably (maybe not

), you can't find a better more reliable platform in either caliber.

-Cheers

Walklightly · October 31, 2011, 11:25 AM

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Limp wristing counts! And so does a dirty gun.

Must be a 21 yo.

4thHorseman · October 31, 2011, 02:15 PM

The only semi auto I never had a problem with was a Wilson. I even tried limp wristing it to see what would happen. It runs like a sewing machine.

My Sigs, H&K, Berretta and other 1911 all jammed one time or another

chadio · October 31, 2011, 02:21 PM

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...Actual limp wristing can happen with any of them,...

Any of them? Sorry, not buying that statement. Going to need proof.

DBLAction454 · October 31, 2011, 02:31 PM

you cannot say that limpwristing and dirt isnt a factor... throw enough crud into any tool with moving parts and its going to fail...

that being said

I own a Glock 19 and an HK USP .45.... The glock has 1 FTE with an inexperienced shooter who was limpwristing from my point of view... It has never jammed on me...

The USP .45 however... Flawless...

HK

qwerty53 · October 31, 2011, 05:37 PM

hk mark 23

AK103K · October 31, 2011, 07:23 PM

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Any of them? Sorry, not buying that statement. Going to need proof.

Ive had people who were shooting my High Powers and 1911's, have the issue. Usually kids, or people unfamiliar with shooting or the guns themselves. My kids both had the issue with their HP's on the first couple of rounds, but then again, they were around 6 or 7. In all cases I can remember, once they were shown what was wrong, it went away pretty much immediately.

If you dont hold the gun properly, and even worse, tend to draw it back as it goes off, you can have troubles with all of them.

kinoons · October 31, 2011, 09:22 PM

Well if you maintain it and shoot with good form a hk p7m8 will hum right along, even with no extractor it will function as advertised.

Jim243 · October 31, 2011, 09:39 PM

Just purchased one that they did a 30,000 round torcher test on and then went and got it certified by NATO for purchase. It carries the Nato number right on the slide. It should work!!

Jim

blincoln · October 31, 2011, 10:13 PM

Only one mention of the 92FS... That suprises me... It's where id put my money...

Actually I did

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October 30, 2011, 02:45 PM	#27
Stealth01 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 240	Take your pick... Wilson Combats in 45 and 9... __________________ Ken

October 30, 2011, 03:09 PM	#29
P97 Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Location: Panama, Ok. Posts: 660	There can't be any most reliable, if you get more than one thats 100% reliable. I have a Ruger P90DC that is 100% reliable. Thats is as good as it gets. __________________ Visit: Early Risers Coffee Shop Happy and Safe Shooting !!!

October 30, 2011, 03:50 PM	#31
Coltman 77 Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2009 Location: NC Posts: 1,244	HK handguns are the most reliable in my experience, along with Beretta 92FS's and Glocks. __________________ "A man can be destroyed but not defeated". Ernest Hemingway Protect our 2nd Amendment Rights -- Join the NRA

October 30, 2011, 05:39 PM	#32
PT-92 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2007 Location: "Undisclosed Bunker" Posts: 1,464	I gotta say both my 1911 and 92 run flawlessly in any condition. Debatably (maybe not), you can't find a better more reliable platform in either caliber. -Cheers __________________ NRA Life Member “A free people ought...to be armed..." ―George Washington

October 31, 2011, 02:15 PM	#34
4thHorseman Senior Member Join Date: February 26, 2001 Posts: 698	The only semi auto I never had a problem with was a Wilson. I even tried limp wristing it to see what would happen. It runs like a sewing machine. My Sigs, H&K, Berretta and other 1911 all jammed one time or another __________________ The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -- where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once." -- Justice Alex Kozinski, US 9th Circuit Court, 2003

October 30, 2011, 01:05 PM	#26
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	My Colt Mark IV locked up completely on me a few years despite rather modest use. Pretty much disassembled it to the bare frame, cleaned accumulated residue out of the trigger channel, reassembled and VOILA! Hasn't missed a beat since. Maintenance-even an occasion shot of spray cleaner-must NOT be neglected.

October 30, 2011, 03:11 PM	#30
RT Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2000 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2,194	Glock or Hk

October 31, 2011, 02:31 PM	#36
DBLAction454 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 394	you cannot say that limpwristing and dirt isnt a factor... throw enough crud into any tool with moving parts and its going to fail... that being said I own a Glock 19 and an HK USP .45.... The glock has 1 FTE with an inexperienced shooter who was limpwristing from my point of view... It has never jammed on me... The USP .45 however... Flawless... HK __________________ "If you show up to a fair fight, you're not prepared" -Unidentified Marine Sniper Instructor "The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20." - Sam Cohen

October 31, 2011, 05:37 PM	#37
qwerty53 Junior Member Join Date: October 31, 2011 Posts: 3	hk mark 23

October 31, 2011, 09:22 PM	#39
kinoons Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2008 Location: las vegas, NV Posts: 409	Well if you maintain it and shoot with good form a hk p7m8 will hum right along, even with no extractor it will function as advertised.

October 31, 2011, 09:39 PM	#40
Jim243 Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Location: Just off Route 66 Posts: 5,067	Just purchased one that they did a 30,000 round torcher test on and then went and got it certified by NATO for purchase. It carries the Nato number right on the slide. It should work!! Jim __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum

October 31, 2011, 10:13 PM	#41
blincoln Member Join Date: July 22, 2011 Posts: 60	Only one mention of the 92FS... That suprises me... It's where id put my money... Actually I did Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt