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CZ_ · September 1, 2001, 12:20 AM

My Sigs and Ruger P97 have been 100 percent reliable so far, as have my Glocks. So far, my CZ's have been reliable as well, but since they have under 500 rounds in them I will wait until they reach the 1,000 round mark before calling them "utterly reliable". Anywho, my point is that with MODERN HIGH QUALITY semi-autos' reliability is extremely high. In fact, I've had more reliability issues with my S&W revolver than with all my semi-autos combined! For whatever reason, my S&W 686 revolver occasionally gets "stuck" when firing DA--the cylinder stops turning. I'd hate this to happen in a firefight, so I have basically retired the revolver for just target work. My other revolver (Ruger) has been perfectly reliable so far, so the main point to my post is that there is NO 100 percent reliable handgun. Any kind of handgun can have troubles.

September 1, 2001, 12:20 AM	#24
CZ_ Senior Member Join Date: July 16, 2001 Location: PRK Posts: 909	Reliability My Sigs and Ruger P97 have been 100 percent reliable so far, as have my Glocks. So far, my CZ's have been reliable as well, but since they have under 500 rounds in them I will wait until they reach the 1,000 round mark before calling them "utterly reliable". Anywho, my point is that with MODERN HIGH QUALITY semi-autos' reliability is extremely high. In fact, I've had more reliability issues with my S&W revolver than with all my semi-autos combined! For whatever reason, my S&W 686 revolver occasionally gets "stuck" when firing DA--the cylinder stops turning. I'd hate this to happen in a firefight, so I have basically retired the revolver for just target work. My other revolver (Ruger) has been perfectly reliable so far, so the main point to my post is that there is NO 100 percent reliable handgun. Any kind of handgun can have troubles.