You guys remember when VP9s were all the rage? It was only about a year ago or so! I have not shot mine in a month of Sundays! I might take it out tomorrow!

I remember when there was a shortage of 10round magazines. It was insane.

I carry mine everyday...and the price was 499 with 4 extra magazines... for a total of 7 magazines.. Le version. Almost forgot the free benchmade knife included..

Damn if you haven't got me thinking about pulling mine out of the safe.

I really like mine, like it more every time I shoot it.

Wish they would make a .45 version, and looking forward to the long slide version

It had a small window when it was the "It" gun. Then newer, more interesting guns came out from other makers.

My wife got one and could not be happier. I offered to let her shoot my P229 Legion and she said she was all set. I actually liked it too so I picked up a P30sk for carry.

Had a VP9 ...... never gel’d with it. Bought a P30....LOVE IT.

No idea why.

I have a friend that I'm taking shooting tomorrow, there was a home invasion across the street from her last week. I've been trying to get her to train for a couple of years. I have been talking to her to go beyond her .380. She want to go tomorrow, I'm bringing my VP9, sigpro, P938, GP100 and 629 (8 3/8th" barrel) to see where we go!

I am thinking about getting one. Can’t decide between that the 19x abs the gen 5 17

i shoot mine every chance i get. it is my nightstand gun and i couldn't be happier with it. patiently waiting for an optics cut model to show up here in the US.

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A P30 or P30sk is still my EDC, however I recently traded into a VP9 out of a P320 that I never could get used to. Have since shot it in several local USPSA matches and couldn’t be happier. About the only striker fired gun I’ve ever gotten in to.

It was about a year ago when I went to my LGS/range to shoot a P320. Thought sure I’d get one, just wanted some rounds through it to confirm.

No P320 available so the RO recommended the VP-9. So glad he did because I was very accurate with the first 30 rounds, and more to follow. I was sold! Fit my hand like a glove!

200+ rounds later it is my favorite bedside and range gun. It’s too big for me as a CCW, but, if it was all I had available for CCW, I’d make it work.

I have a grey frame one on lay-a-way I hope to get out by my birthday. Shot a friend's VP-9 after a USPSA Match and did better shooting it at speed than any Glock I have ever tried. Just felt more solid and almost as easy to shoot as my 1911s'. Already have some additional magazines on order at Midway and looking for a holster now.

When I carry 9mm, it’s my VP9.
I still shoot it monthly and qualify with it.

The VP9 made the same mistake everyone else made in making a striker fired gun. It was bigger than the Glock 19.

What it had going for it was amazing ergonomics. I switched to the VP9 and VP9 sk and was extremely happy. They were a little bigger than I wanted them to be for their capacity, but the ergos made it worth it.

Then M&P 2.0 came out. The ergos are actually better than the 1.0 AND they made a G19 size gun with 15+1.

That killed the VP9 experience for me. I’m all 2.0 now. I never even considered the CZ P10 either. I love CZ’s and have several 75/so-01’s, but not enough to carry a 15+1 larger than my 2.0 Compact.

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
The VP9 made the same mistake everyone else made in making a striker fired gun. It was bigger than the Glock 19.

Winner winner chicken dinner.

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Originally posted by jac1304:
I carry mine everyday...and the price was 499 with 4 extra magazines... for a total of 7 magazines.. Le version. Almost forgot the free benchmade knife included..

Yeah. $499 w/6 mags made it “all the rage” but that doesn’t mean it sucks now that it’s gone back to MSRP. Still love mine. It’s a very high quality striker that sits by my bedside.

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
That killed the VP9 experience for me. I’m all 2.0 now. I never even considered the CZ P10 either. I love CZ’s and have several 75/so-01’s, but not enough to carry a 15+1 larger than my 2.0 Compact.

You made the right choice skipping the P-10C. I bought one and decided it was a slightly less ergonomic version of my VP9 - it doesn’t do anything better than the HK for me, so ultimately I got rid of it.

Now I am experiencing great cognitive dissonance thanks to the M&P 2.0 compact. I want to say my beloved VP9 and FNS-9 are better. But the 2.0 nails the size/capacity in a way the VP9 doesn’t, and the included 17rd mag adapters make it almost identical to the FNS-9 in size/capacity with the added benefit of being able to shrink down to a G19 equivalent by using the standard mag. Throw in the Apex trigger and I have no reason to choose anything else.

I am very fortunate in that I can afford to keep them all. To the OP, that’s what happened to my VP9 enthusiasm...it’s awesome, but the Apex M&P 2.0 compact has taken over as my current “all the rage” striker.

I really like the VP9 but as it's already been said, it was a dumb mistake to make it any bigger than the G19. Then on top of that we have HKs refusal to fill up they're magazines, so you have a G17 size pistol with G19 capacity. That's just stupid.