Best Full size 9mm Handguns

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 3/8/2019 | C Cocoles

[w1n1]

There are so many good 9mm handguns available to shooters these days and the choices are just humongous.
Going with a full size 9mm handgun for home defense is hard to beat. Combine this with quality loads will give you knock down power and able to rapidly fire accurately is a huge plus. This may be one of the reasons why the FBI have gone back to the 9mm as the primary service pistol for their agents.
Almost hands down 9mm handgun is now one of the most popular self-defense calibers for concealed and open carry. In this segment of full service pistols we’ll look at some 9mm caliber handguns. What makes it a full size is the barrel length. Anywhere near the length of 5 inches we're stating it as a full size.

Here's a quick list not the complete list of some of the best full size 9mm handguns:
Smith&Wesson M&P9 2.0
There have been some changes made to Smith&Wessons M&P pistol. The changes are stronger frame strength, with extra stippling around the grip with a heavy texture, beaver tail has been removed, small front serrations have been added for ease of handling and the top of the slide slimmed down a bit.

Springfield Armory 9mm XD(M)
This handgun is your more bang for the buck. It is packed with features and shoots flawlessly. Pretty fun to shoot with.

Glock 19
Think you all know the G19 reputation for its reliability is off the charts and is by far the most popular handgun in the United States. It is a striker fired polymer frame pistol that other handguns in the same class are compared to and sets the standard for this class of handgun.

Sig Sauer P320
The Sig Sauer P320 (the chosen one) has been chosen by the army as it’s new serive sidearm. It has a lot of variants so finding something that fits your requirements is simple. The trigger breaks around 6.5 pounds allowing for precise and quick follow up shots.

FN FNS-9L Long Slide
With its low price the FN509 is making its mark and it’s giving Glock a run for their money. The stainless steel slide is serrated in all the right places and it comes with night sights. The grip is just like holding a 1911, especially with the pronounced beavertail that lets you get high up on the gun and close to the bore axis. Read the rest of the best full size 9mm handguns.

[Bobalu]

I have three Makarov 9mm handguns.

I think I paid 75.00 for each and they came with clips, a little holster and a cleaning rod thingie.

I don't think they were ever used as they look brand new.

They use a funny 9mm called Mac9mm.

[DCBryan1]

I prefer my 9mm out of a longer barrel, say a carbine or a SMG (my S&W M76 is my fav). MUCH HIGHER velocity you'll never see in a handgun. .40 cal S&W for me or .45 ACP, thanks.

People ask me "Why do you carry a handgun?" in which I reply, "So I can fight my way to the shotgun!".

[MachIV]

Don’t tey use a 9×19 necked down cartridge? Perhaps a bit more power than 9mm as most of us know it.

[Yo-Yo]

Another Am Shooting Journal fail.

The Glock 19 is not a full sized 9mm. It is a compact 9mm. The Glock 17 is the full size 9mm.

[yarddog]

Wow, there really are a large number of 9MMs with large capacity mags around today.

I can remember when the only high capacity 9’s were the Browning Hi-Power and a French made one which was rare. Eventually S&W brought out the model 59.

It has been around 25 years since I could buy about any one I wanted.

I do see some pretty good looking ones made in Turkey at good prices. Anyone tried them out?

[Afterguard]

Actually the Makarov is 9X18. It can shoot .380s too, which is kinda cool.

[yarddog]

I had one of those Makarov’s made in Russia in 9mm Mak.

It was a truly excellent gun. Unusually accurate and reliable too.

[ThunderSleeps]

Agreed, I’ve got a G19 and it is considered compact while the G17 is the full sized 9mm. There’s also a G26 subcompact. Since these are all “in family” as 9x19 Luger, double-stack polymer framed, striker fired pistols... There are really only two distinguishing characteristics: barrel length and magazine capacity.

[Travis McGee]

I’m mainly an Xd9 guy, but there is a big reason to go Glock: their mags are nearly universal, and entire other gun systems have been built around them, including the outstanding PSA AR-9 “pistol” which has the ergonomics of an AR, but in a 9mm blowback design. And it uses all Glock 9mm mags.

[Bobalu]

So I could buy some of the .380 bullets and just load them and use them?

[ManHunter]

Sigs all the way! I’ve got a fair number of them, but I’m partial to the P938, P226 and P229. Carried a 226 on active duty, so Sig and I are good friends.

My all-time favorites, however, are the P220 Compact SAS and the 1911 RCS - both .45s.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

SMH.

• #3 Philips bit
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• T10 Torx bit
• T15 Torx bit

Education is a wonderful thing folks. Too bad today's schools are not the place to get it.

[SJSAMPLE]

9x19 isn’t necked down, but the Tokarev 7.62 x 25mm round is. It’s considered a pretty decent round for body armor penetration.

[TheGunny]

I love my XD-9!

[Afterguard]

I wouldn’t without a gunsmith’s exam and okay. Some Makarov’s imported in the ‘90s were chambered in .380. I honestly don’t know if the 9x18 Mak’s can shoot both. I know I wouldn’t.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

I am a 1911 guy.

I have a Beretta 92, very accurate, easy to shoot. DA/SA trigger and sights keep it in the safe.

I recently shot a P320/M17. Sig got it right. Intuitive, great trigger for a striker. Was able to clean Biacnchi plate rack at 25 yards the first time I handled it. Buying the X-Five variant later this year.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Whatever. I’ll keep my 92FS, thanks. 12 years and never a fail to feed, stovepipe, or fail to eject. Shoots straighter than I can. (It’s not my EDC, though.)

Exactly the same with me. Have had mine 10 years and the same service record as yours after about 2000 rounds through it. I did fit mine with a Tick and a laser/LED strobe combo. That helps the accuracy.

[lgjhn23]

For me, it’s a CZ-75BD for a full-sized 9mm.
I also like the M&P 9mm and the Glock 17.

[Travis McGee]

I have 2 Xd9s, ten mags, and 2K of 9mm ammo.
You might say I’m a fan.

[NFHale]

As 9mm’s go, I love my G19. It’s an older model, but always works fine. Been carrying it for years. Never failed me.