[Thane_Banquo]

Stoeger Cougar 9mm. Originally a Beretta design. Beretta transferred all the production machinery to their Stoeger subsidiary to make under the Stoeger name.

Cheap good first gun. Very reliable. Rotating bolt mechanism makes it a soft shooter. Grip is very comfortable.

Whatever you do, stay away from the newest generation of Glocks. They have reliability issues.

[Stentor]

Stoeger Cougar 9mm

Second that. Never a blip.

[Nervous Tick]

>> stay away from the newest generation of Glocks. They have reliability issues.

Gen 4?

What kind of reliability issues? Misfeed? Misfire? Break? What?

[thackney]

Whatever you do, stay away from the newest generation of Glocks. They have reliability issues.

The original recoil springs in the first Gen 4 Glocks had problems. The springs are redesigned a while ago and the problems do not exist anymore. If you buy one of the first ones, Glock will provide replacement springs.

http://us.glock.com/customer-service/recoil-spring-exchange

The sub-compact G26 (9mm) & G27 (.40) did not have this problem.

[smokingfrog]

Mounting a tactical light to the accessory rail can cause some reliability issues, but that is the only one I am aware of.