I’d get another in a heartbeat (If only for sentimental sake) if I thought I’d enjoy shooting it, even alittle.

I cant speak for Erik’s Sig, but I know he can run me into the ground at the range, so it may not be the “Best gun” but, it seems like the “Best gun for him”.

As far as Glocks go (Hold the Fan-Boy comments), ANY pistol that can run 6000+ rounds with only one failure, earns my favor.

At least we can all agree that Beretta sucks, right?

The very first semi-auto I ever fired was a Ruger P89 (Piets Ruger P89 in fact) and I found the pistol to have its own charm (although not really in asthetics). It is this pistol (and my brother of course) that got me into recreational shooting. The Ruger 10-22 is another personal fave, and may be the very next firearm I acquire.

I don’t see myself condemning someone for their choice in firearms. Ultimately it’s your gun to use/carry/shoot and as long as you’re not forcing me to use/carry/shoot the same one without my own opinion factoring in I’m not going to get worked up about it.

Still, I tend to get a bit protective about my Sig when it’s questioned so excuse the edge in my response.

-GRIN-

How about those Norincos?

Hardly a scientific test dunking 6 pistols in the mud and seeing what happens next. I’ll accept your story for what it is, as I have less than no interest in dunking my Sig in the mud. I’ll concede that if I’m accident prone, muddy and cleaning my semi-automatic that a Ruger appears to be the best choice based on this test. As I’m not particularly accident prone, muddy nor presently cleaning any firearms I’ll keep my Sig for just a little while longer.

Look, I’m no firearms elitist (I own a Norinco for petes sake). I like my firearms because of their function AND form, the name is tertiary (except for the Longbranch, that one was a name brand acquisition) and “how well it works” always ranks higher than “how is it spelt” in my books.

But if all you got is “my muddy gun shoots better than yours” then I think we’re not going to get anywhere with this conversation.

Once upon a time in Michigan, a group of semis took a trip: a Glock, a Beretta, a Smith-Wesson, a Colt 1911, a Sig, a HK and a Ruger P89 went to the local outdoor range. Each was busy bragging about their own abilities, and overall making fun of the Ruger. “How’s that ‘Good-n-Plenty’ gun, kid?” & “Bet that Ruger toy quits after the first magazine.” were heard over and over.

Once at the range, each went thru and passed the yearly requal: a 50 rd. course of fire.
Each and all, including the Ruger; functioned perfectly. But the teasing continued. Finally, the Ruger challenged the others to a dire test.

The test: field strip each weapon into its primary components. Then liberally bath each part in a REAL mud puddle which was nearby. Reassemble each weapon, with no more than a shake to clear debris. Finally, attempt to complete the 50 rd. course of fire again, or untiil the weapon jammed. The Colt 1911 was excused because it had been “Granddad’s Gun from WW2″.

Each agreed, and the guns were given their bath in the filthy puddle.
Would you like to know the results?

Smith & Wesson: jammed repeatedly in the 1st magazine.
Beretta: was in the last magazine (30+ rds) when it failed to return to battery.
Glock: 2nd magazine failed to feed.
Sig & the HK: quit after about 25 rds each. Both failed to chamber.
and the Ruger P89: 200 rounds later, I ran out of ammo.
no stovepipes, no jams, just perfect, flawless functioning.