Polymer vs Metal

[JFriar96]

What’s your preference? Why?

 

[Scott58]

It really depends. I'm pretty much a 1911 guy, but I gotta say my Ruger SR22 is one of my favorites. Cheap to shoot, accurate, almost no recoil. Just a great fun gun. Having said that though, when its for serious business I'm taking a 1911 over my CZ or Glock. Probably just more used to it.

 

[WebSnyper]

What’s your preference? Why?

What's yours and why?

 

[JFriar96]

What's yours and why?

I prefer heavy metal CZs. They carry well once used to the weight. Help hold the muzzle flip down and less recoil felt.

 

[Fallschirmjaeger]

For me, it’s not so much the material, it’s whatever the platform is. For example, I LOVE the 1911 platform as a general rule and shoot them quite well. But the gun I shoot the absolute best out of everything I own is a polymer frame HK USP45 Tactical. I don’t really care about the composition of the handgun so much as I care about how well it performs. YMMV

 

[MindfulMan]

Metal for the WIN ! (it's all about balance)

 

[92FSTech]

For a working gun, I don't care. I'm more concerned about the action and reliability than what the frame is made out of. I'd rather not have a steel frame on a carry gun as that's a lot of unnecessary weight, but alloy or polymer are fine.

For a "fun" gun that I am just going to enjoy taking to the range and tinkering with, I do prefer metal frames. There's something about fine tolerances and machining that warms the heart in a way that stamped sheet metal and plastic just can't do.

 

[BigMoose]

What’s your preference? Why?

I have seen what old plastic does on cars.. no way I want THAT on my guns.

 

[Jont22]

I like the solid feel metal frames, but prefer the lighter weight for carry.

 

[BigMoose]

 

[Gabriel]

I like the barrel to be metal.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I have seen what old plastic does on cars.. no way I want THAT on my guns.

Lulz. Are we pretending that double charges, etc. are because of "old plastic" or that metal guns survive it?

Woopsie.

Anyway, I own and use both with no strong preference.

 

[skretsinger]

I prefer metal, it's just a preference and I know the poly and black guns are all the thing, but I just like the older classics.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Most of the time I have a Sig P365xl on my hip but lately I have been carrying a CZ Rami. It is a chunky monkey but carries quite nicely with an IWB holster.

 

[JFriar96]

I have seen what old plastic does on cars.. no way I want THAT on my guns.

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I feel this! Another reason why I love my heavy metal ones. Crazy to think this happens more often than people reallize, and rarely is it user error.

 

[ECS686]

Something about a blued steel with wood grips I love.

That said while you can cherry pick a pic of a KB Glock or whatever (some humans would break an anvil with a sponge if you left them alone for 5 minutes) polymer is a great gun for any serious carry and duty use the durability, lightweight and dependability is hard to beat.

 

[92FSTech]

Found this pic online. Dude blew up a Super Blackhawk. That takes some effort! It doesn't matter how strong you build a gun, or what you make it out of, somebody out there will inevitably do something dumb enough to dynamically disassemble it.

 

[BigMoose]

Found this pic online. Dude blew up a Super Blackhawk. That takes some effort! It doesn't matter how strong you build a gun, or what you make it out of, somebody out there will inevitably do something dumb enough to dynamically disassemble it.

Revolvers are their own ball of wax, got one with indexing screwed up.. BAD

 

[BigMoose]

Here is the rub. Go look at an 80s or 90s chevy. Or more in particular, attempt to disassemble the plastic parts (like the dash, etc) on that car.. yeah. Your not dissembling any of that stuff. Plastic that used to be supple, will just SNAP... if you attempt to take anything in a car that old apart that is plastic, it will come out in snapped shards. (Any car Mechanic will know that I am talking about)

What happens to these wonder polymer pistols after decades?
Old plastic gets BRITTLE..

Also the cold.. COLD PLASTIC GETS BRITTLE. look what happened to Mahome's wonder helmet in the freeze bowl..

 

[VERT]

No strong preference on my part. I also don’t favor hammer vs striker or 9mm vs .45 auto.