Unlike the two German pistols in this test, the P320 is a completely modular system. Introduced in 2014, it has caught on rapidly, and now holds a permanent place on most gun store shelves. The P320 is a striker fired reboot of SIG’s P250 modular handgun. While the P99 used a DA/SA system with a decocker, the PPQ skips all that mess for a simple GLOCK style system. The main difference between them is the trigger. Depending on your perspective, you could say that Walther had the next generation pistol on the market two generations ago. Introduced in 2011, the PPQ is less of a new gun and more of an updated, re-imagined P99. Here is a quick primer on the three guns included in this test. All of these guns tested are chambered in 9mm, but there are other caliber options should you want something more exotic. It just so happens that I own all three of these guns, and so I have decided to pit them in a three way winner-take-all battle to help determine which one is top dog. When discussing this new breed of gun, three specific models are frequently touted as the best in show: The Walther PPQ, the HK VP9, and the SIG P320. While I am sure fanboys are already angrily typing comments below this post in response to this statement, what is not arguable is that this newest generation of pistols outperforms the Austrian wunderpistole in both form and function. The king is dead, long live the king! In the realm of the modern striker fired pistol, it can be argued that the GLOCK, the pioneer of the genre, is no longer the head of the class.
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