Aint that the truth!You want the railed and milled version of the X9.
You can shoot my standard version at the reunion and see the light.
Yea it leaves a mark for sure.I cannot afford this reunion.
Polymer is the future of everything.
Look around and you will see it.
PMAG ain't carrying the load of that slide slamming back and forth.Sucks to be a Pmag....
But to be accurate (more important than being fair), those steel rails are molded in place in the polymer. They provide the sliding surface, but the polymer still absorbs the full load of the slide slamming back and forth.Well to be fair, most polymer pistols have steel inserts in the frame where the slide rides. Although the Ruger P95s didn't even have that.
The biggest enemy to polymer frames is probably Fido getting a hold of it.
If I have to use it in defense, I want the best pistol I have - to heck with the cost.The one thing I do like about the Tupperware pistols though, is they're typically (not always) considerably cheaper. If I had to use it in defense, I'd rather lose a cheaper pistol than the more expensive, but in justified cases, you get it back anyway.
I wouldn't carry it if I couldn't shoot it well, so best is subjective.If I have to use it in defense, I want the best pistol I have - to heck with the cost.
High impact is actually where polymers are more resilient than metal.I just don't trust polymer in high stress, high impact applications. YMMV.