Nemesis Lead

I had an XD-45 once and I really liked it. My only real criticism was that the slide was a huge and heavy chunk of reciprocating mass. It was otherwise a great gun. I am not sure if the move to XDMs solved that issue.

Thank you. Actually, defensive use but with a large handgun, e.g., home defense.

Hi All, I live in Kalifornia where we have a "safe handgun roster" that basically means that you cannot buy any "new" handguns. For example, Californians can only buy Gen 3 Glocks. As a result of these laws, I have not paid any attention to all of the new offerings from CZ, Canik, Walther, Glock, S&W, etc. over the last 15 years. Since I literally cannot even handle, buy or shoot these guns, I know almost nothing about them. But I may be leaving CA in the near future. My question is......what are the best polymer framed 9mm handguns on the market for defensive use right now? Best in terms of reliability, shootability, ergonomics, ease of maintenance, etc.. I understand that this is totally subjective and that one man's trash is another man's treasure. I also get that some guns work well with certain hands and shooting styles and not with others. I just want to gather opinions to help create a short list of guns to start the research process. Many thanks in advance.

Well, I am M Class in both PCC and Production. While there are certainly better shooters than me, most people are not. But I will continue to shoot PCC. Thank you so much for your input. You do your journey, I will do mine.

For me, this was me bump firing the gun. My trigger was too light and I was not getting my finger off the trigger. I put a heavier trigger in and slapped the trigger a bit more.

I am the OP for this years old thread, lol. I came in here and was stunned to see that it is still active and near the top of the forum list after all of these years! I have since moved to CO and PCC and just shoot dots. Shooting dots with both eyes open is easy since you are target focused. My own theory is that I am close to "equally eye dominant." If I made a minor change in my head position, I would find my left eye "taking over" and I would be looking at the left side of the slide of my gun. Squinting and/or putting a little tape over my left eye was a big help, but I just could not shoot matches like this. I still do wish that I was able to learn both eyes open with iron sights. I loved shooting Production (with one eye open). It just was not in the cards for me.

Thank you, but I am now a little confused. 12 o'clock has the compensator ports straight up. 1:30 is 45 degrees. 3 o'clock is 90 degrees. Are you maybe at 1 o'clock (slightly less than 45 degrees)?

Thank you! Looking forward to trying this out!

Sorry to respond to a 5 month old thread. I just bought one of these Armanov Equalizer compensators. When you say that you put it on at a 45 degree angle......is that tilted 45 degrees toward your strong hand side when shooting the PCC?

Define a lot? I mean, I don't track the data as it happens. What I do do is this. When I see someone's PCC crap out, I will ask them who the manufacturer is and make a mental note of it. Is this a scientific observation? Of course not. It could be poor maintenance, poor ammo, user induced malfunctions, users adding incorrect parts to their rifles, etc.. Is it is scientific sample? Of course not. I live in a wealthy area of the country and see about as many JPs as I see Lead Stars. But I have always been really surprised by the number of problems high dollar JPs have and how few problems the Lead Stars have. Just one man's observation.

Odd how people spot different trends. I have seen A LOT of malfunctions on JPs in 9mm and 223. I see far fewer on 9mm Lead Stars which are a fraction of the cost of a JP. I own JPs and am moving to Lead Stars. Seriously. But YMMV. The MPX is a softer shooter, hands down but is harder to maintain as others have mentioned. It is all about what YOU value in a gun.

Good thought, Tony.

I run a Trigger Tech. I started with the competition trigger but I would occasionally bump fire it. Now I run the TT Combat Trigger and I love it.

I have run a compensator on my PCCs for years. I was considering removing compensators from my PCCs. Why? I wonder if there is even enough gas at the muzzle to drive the compensator. If this is the case (note that I am not sure and looking for comment), then what does the compensator do for you? Collecting carbon degrading accuracy? Making my rifle a little longer and adding weight to the muzzle? I was thinking of moving to a 16.1 inch barrel with just a thread protector on the muzzle. Am I incorrect in my thinking? Is there any evidence that a 9mm generates enough gas at the muzzle to drive a comp?

Careful. YMMV. I had a hip replacement and did all the PT. I was walking in a week. But it took me 9 months to get back to being able to run. The problem was not the hip joint. It was all of the muscles that got stretched out during surgery. The muscles simply would not respond to my brain's command to "run." Something happened in surgery. My doctor told me 3 months to running. After I told him that I was not running, he said "sometimes these things take up to a year."