Ranger wrote:You still haven't answered the question, logically, why is the SP-01 your first choice. Is it purely because it's related to the Shadow? What makes the Shadow (a sports pistol) your first choice as a SD pistol then? Be honest, does it just look cool to you? And no I never said you need to buy the G19, in an earlier post I recommended Glock, CZ and Beretta. I believe you're making this a complicated decision and it shouldn't be. Buy your SD pistol with your head and anything after that with your heart.
Well I thought I did in the whole of the post. I prefer a metal gun, I prefer a hammer fired gun. I will try and get into a routine to carry frequently, will struggle in the moerwarm summer months though.
The Shadow made sense to me as it is a great shooter, less recoil, fantastic trigger, great sights. So I can shoot faster and more accurate with it if my life depends on it. Yes I know I can train with anything to be effective with it. And yes I know it's heavy as hell. Closest to it is a P-01
Let's take the P-01 vs the P07 and G19. (P07 being glocks biggest competitor) They are all very close to each other in size, with the P-01 being slightly heavier. I have never read a bad review about them and I've never heard a guy at a gunshop speak one bad word about a P-01. Even though they are pretty scarce. But I hoped someone on here had/has one to give some personal feedback as well.
I am making this complicated, I know. I should just buy a Cz-P07 for under R8k brand new out of the box. What can top that?
The beretta px4 storm felt very nice in hand, and I would love to test one. I did not see the compact though. My friend with a Shadow tried one and he claims he shot a px4 storm even better than his own Shadow.
I'm not totally naive and I'll try to test some more guns. I totally agree with sticking to brands with support in SA. But glock is definitely not the only brand supported here, contrary to popular belief. There are quite a few other striker fired pistols that improved on everything the Glock has. But most of them doesn't have that much support in SA.