The first handgun I owned was a 1993 production West German P220. I was no Miculeck, but I got pretty good with it. Owned it for years. It was the house gun, then the carry gun and house gun, and then I bought P229's and then... the Glock thread got me.

First I had decided I hated them, then I shot some at a range and shot them better than I could shoot my Sigs. I bought a Gen 2 19 because I convinced myself something about finger grooves. Then, pretty quickly, I had no Sigs and a handful of Glocks. Stiker fired is king, and hammer fired guns are obsolete, right? I've owned about a dozen of them now, and even bought two last year.

Then last fall, I decided I needed a Beretta 92. Just because, and iconic and all that, right? Bought one and quickly decided I was wrong about hammer guns after putting some Langdon parts in it. It's now my favorite. So of course, I bought an Inox, and made it easier by trading a G48 towards it. Then somewhere in there, I got to thinking, "I've never owned a P226." So now, on Friday, I'll be meeting a guy in Olympia to trade a G45 for a West German P226. I'm ok with the trade because they're still making G45's and I can replace it, but they haven't made folded slide Sigs in a minute.

Do you go back and forth? Do you own and shoot both? Did you get rid of all one to go to another and then go back completely? I don't see myself getting rid of all my Glocks - they're great guns. But I'm much more open-minded now, and looking forward to having some classic 9mm pistols to take to the range.

First sig was a P250, hammer fired, like previous revolvers, still like revolvers. Like you, plenty of Glockage in the safe, mostly carry the LCP Max.

Still like the hammer fired, wish they continued the p250 and improved it over time and we had both striker and hammer fired sig plastic's as options.

Yes, me too, went from Sigs P220,225 to plastic striker fired p365’s (actually two of them) missed the hammer fired so got rid of the plastic guns and now back with a p229 Legion and a Dan Wesson Valor and thinking about getting a HK p2000…. I was brought up with hammer fired, I didn’t know I missed them and their operation until I went with striker..now I’m back with hammer fired metal pistols..it was an expensive lesson.

I started with striker fired in the academy. So I'll always have Glocks. However I love revolvers, 1911's, and now my Beretta's.

I plan to send my stock 92FS to Wilson Combat for a trigger job, barrel cut/crown, and sights...

I even have a P229 in .40, but I'm selling that for a Glock...then again...

I always liked ye olde crunchentickers and had an antipathy to striker-fired pistols' triggers that I figured was just due to a lack of exposure to them. Maybe I'll eventually find out that I just like the triggers on hammer-fired pistols better.

I think both designs are fine, and both work.

I don't go back and forth, and have had guns with both hammers and strikers ever since I've had guns.

I will not only switch back and forth between DA/SA and striker, I will actually carry a... revolver! A single action revolver, too.
I would only admit that to you guys, though.
Shhhh...

I've had and have both. I do not care for striker-fired actions. I never have.

I've got a few of both.

First handgun was a S&W 36. Weighed as much as a boat anchor & had a DA trigger pull to match. Was my grandmother's & won't ever get sold.
First handgun I bought was a KetTec P11, was on a budget & it was a couple hundred cheaper than a P250. It was my EDC for a few years.
Bought a P320C & it displaced the KT for EDC when I didn't have to dress in slacks for work. The 320 was the IWB option & the KT was the pocket carry solution.

Qualified for my CHL with my dad's DA/SA .40 P239, as I shot it better than the KT & that was before I'd bought the 320 (and before the 320 was even available).

Since we've dropped to a casual dress in the office, and it's jean daily, the 320 is the daily & haven't had the KT out of the safe in quite a while.

Wife's is a LC9 & my other handgun is a Taurus tip-bbl 22lr that I picked up for next to nothing, so 2 more DAO hammer guns there.

I have a variety of hammer & striker fired handguns. I prefer shooting hammer, but I've come to accept that the likelihood of me using a hammer fired gun in a SD situation outside of the house is exceedingly low. Striker guns are easier to make smaller, lighter, and generally are better value - all things I want for EDC.

I replaced my P938 when the P365 came out. IMHO, the P365 outperforms the P938 in every way. I recently got a Ruger LCP Max. Technically, it's an internal hammer fired gun, but it functions & feels just like a striker gun.

All at once, no back and forth.

I have and have had both hammer- and striker-fired guns. I care more about the trigger system more than the firing system. Hammers and strikers can be made with any kind of trigger system.

I went from striker to hammer back to striker.
All Sigs too and I had almost every flavor. 229,226,250,220,245 and more. All older P series that were either German frame or full triple digit.
Not sure why I sold off the Sigs but I did.

I started with 1911 SA autos, then went to DA/SA autos, then to striker fired pistols.

I like all of the above, more so the specific pistols tied into them.

But I have grown to like the striker fired (eg Ruger LC9s) because nothing is needed to put them on safe after firing except releasing the trigger.

Smudge, good thread.

Yes, I've gone back/forth, up and down. Today I was wiping down my revolvers and became even more conflicted. Striker, hammer, 1911, 2011 its just so confuuuussing....

I find the best way to deal with it is to have some of each...

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Originally posted by 2PAK:
I find the best way to deal with it is to have some of each...

Well, I’ve finally figured out that simple truth.

Both. A P226 was and is my primary and a P365 is my secondary and off-duty gun. Then I started teaching at an Academy that mandates a GLOCK, but primarily serves an agency that mandates a SA/DA autoloader, so I wind up switching between a P226 and a GLOCK 19 dependent on what the majority of the class is carrying.

I shoot both types of pistol equally poorly.

I own and shoot both. I generally prefer hammer-fired, but I think that's mainly because that was what I "grew up with". My first semi-autos were all 1911s, before I ever even heard the name Glock. My nightstand gun (well, other than the 870) is a Polymer-80 G17 clone with a TLR-1 on it. I added a threaded barrel to it and I've got a can in the works, and I've been running enough 147gr HST through it to be satisfied that it will work. For a couple years I carried a S&W Shield 9mm (striker-fired gun) and had no problems with it. But the gun I carry now is a DW Guardian, a bob-tailed alloy-framed Commander length 1911 in .45ACP.

I've been a bit of a yo-yo where hammer fired and striker fired guns are concerned. Learning about firearms has been a lifelong interest. For most of my life, I never had the extra money to follow every new handgun interest. Bills for family needs came first. If I wanted to try a new firearm, it meant trading or selling an existing one. Even now, with more funds available, I tend to follow that model so I don't accumulate too many toys. I will say the exposure to many different firearms has been a great hands on education.

From about 1970 to 1985 I had only Ruger and Smith & Wesson revolvers and I've kept revolvers in my collection to this day, though I rarely carry one. Then I added a 1911 which I liked very much. By 1990 I'd advanced to DA/SA pistols by Ruger and Beretta. In the early 2000's I got a few XD striker fired pistols. I liked them until I had a striker freeze up because I didn't know better than to lube the striker channel. Silly me. By 2008 I moved on to Sig Sauer P220's full size and compact. Stayed with them until around 2014 and then started buying Glocks. (Thanks to the "You will buy a Glock" thread) Bought 5 Glocks and by 2018 I'd sold 2 of them, both in 45ACP. Since then I've gotten 3 new 1911's. The Glocks mostly sit in the safe but I do occassionally choose to carry them. The 1911's see most of my range and carry time. It could be that I'm done with the pistol merry-go-round. I like my current mix of pistol options. Striker fired or hammer fired makes little difference to me anymore. They each have their virtues and rawbacks.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I think both designs are fine, and both work.

I don't go back and forth, and have had guns with both hammers and strikers ever since I've had guns.

I feel the same, but the few striker guns I have are range/safe queens,
well one (glock 30) sits in the office upstairs)

grew up on hammer guns (1911) and then a SIG 220/P6 so feel more comfortable with those style as a carry

main carry now is a Seecamp or J frame