So, to start with, I'll say I'm a die hard Beretta fan (mostly the 92 series and older) and I have a good sized collection of Beretta pistols, running from an old crotchety 418, an M1934, virtually an entire series of Mod 70s, and of course my 92.
But a weird thing happened to me the other day. I went shooting a Point Blank as part of a work event and we had 4 included rentals with the package. After picking a .22 for the newbie shooters and a Glock 43 for one of the guys who was looking at getting one, we had 2 left. I immediately decided on the Beretta M9A3, since I have been considering picking one up. For the last one, the Instructor (who also was included in the package) suggested we pick up a Sig P320 and in particular, suggested the Sig P320 X5, since that is what he used in competition.
The range session went fine, with the newbies learning to shoot on the .22 and moving on up and with me spending some time with my MP5 and FNX .45 Tactical. But that's when the weird thing happened. I grabbed a turn with the rental Beretta and Sig. I found, much to my horror, that I really didn't didn't like the M9A3. The trigger felt odd and the gun somehow just didn't handle as well as my old police turn in 92FS. On top of that, the trigger pin kept popping out of place. Now I know range guns get used worse than rental cars, but the gun wasn't old enough to have problems like (hell, my 92FS is easily 20 years old and has well over 10,000 rounds through it and it doesn't have any pins popping out anywhere).
Then I tried the Sig. I didn't want to, but I found myself really liking it. It handled really well (and as a "out of the box competition gun" it darn well should). Trigger was great and the gun just pointed naturally.
Did I just become <gasp> a Sig fan?
I guess, though, given the recent revelations about the Sig P320, I should be glad I didn't managed to have it misfire into my foot.
But a weird thing happened to me the other day. I went shooting a Point Blank as part of a work event and we had 4 included rentals with the package. After picking a .22 for the newbie shooters and a Glock 43 for one of the guys who was looking at getting one, we had 2 left. I immediately decided on the Beretta M9A3, since I have been considering picking one up. For the last one, the Instructor (who also was included in the package) suggested we pick up a Sig P320 and in particular, suggested the Sig P320 X5, since that is what he used in competition.
The range session went fine, with the newbies learning to shoot on the .22 and moving on up and with me spending some time with my MP5 and FNX .45 Tactical. But that's when the weird thing happened. I grabbed a turn with the rental Beretta and Sig. I found, much to my horror, that I really didn't didn't like the M9A3. The trigger felt odd and the gun somehow just didn't handle as well as my old police turn in 92FS. On top of that, the trigger pin kept popping out of place. Now I know range guns get used worse than rental cars, but the gun wasn't old enough to have problems like (hell, my 92FS is easily 20 years old and has well over 10,000 rounds through it and it doesn't have any pins popping out anywhere).
Then I tried the Sig. I didn't want to, but I found myself really liking it. It handled really well (and as a "out of the box competition gun" it darn well should). Trigger was great and the gun just pointed naturally.
Did I just become <gasp> a Sig fan?
I guess, though, given the recent revelations about the Sig P320, I should be glad I didn't managed to have it misfire into my foot.