Single stack 9mm long barrel recommendations

[Jimi Jah]

Love my Browning BDM. It's fits the criteria.

[I Swan]

Recommendation, get a double-stack, they feed more reliably and hold more rounds.

A Sig p239 is the same width as a Glock 17, 19, or 26. Sig P6 is the same.
The P220 mentioned is a unicorn and much larger than a Glock 19 in every dimension.
The Kahrs are a little thinner but taller than a Glock 19, much taller than a 26, though a little shorter slides.
Those S&W's are out of production, definitely heavier than a G19 and most likely larger dimensions.

I can go on but basically you're looking for inferior items, get a practical and reliable gun like a Glock 19/26, Glock 42/43, or S&W Shield.

Can you elaborate on a double stack feeding more reliably than a single stack? I have never heard that claim. Also you all keep on mentioning a lot of off roster guns the OP would have to put a lot of time and trouble in to finding.

[I Swan]

Love my Browning BDM. It's fits the criteria.

A BDM is a full sized service pistol and I doubt he will easily find one I may have seen like 1 last year in hundreds of gun shop and gun show visits.

[Colt]

I agree re 1911.

Full size, if you want. Or Colt Commander (which is lightweight) or Combat Commander (which is all steel model). Commanders and Combat Commanders in 9mm are a joy to shoot, and the Commander was originally designed as a 9mm platform.

For a 1911 I would, however advise against going any shorter than the original Commander/Combat Commander barrel length, which is 4.25 inches (some manufacturers are/were making their versions of Commander pistols at 4.0 inches, which lends itself to potential reliability issues).


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[I Swan]

How does .25 of an inch cause reliability problems? I do agree 3.5in and below 1911 patterns can be finicky and I tend to avoid them.

[Colt]

I am told that going shorter becomes more problematic. I also notice that some well known manufacturers who used to make 4.0 inch "Commander" type pistols seem to now be making 4.25 inch pistols.

[I Swan]

Due to the cone barrel type lockup system? I tend to prefer a standard style guide rod setup.

[Colt]

I think it has to do with the physics, but I am only repeating what I have read - but I have done a lot of reading.

forum.m1911.org

has boatloads of info