My first duty gun upon becoming a fed was a P228 with night sights. Since I'm "digitally disadvantaged," my field office armorer installed a short trigger....I miss the gun. The P229 9mm's I fired at FLETC (P229's in 9mm were the FLETC training gun at the time I went to my basic training course) recoiled slightly less due to the heavier slide, but I preferred the balance of the P228.
That said, while I carried the P228 professionally, I acquired personally a Beretta 92F Compact which was a direct competitor to the P228 (both 13-round mag + one capacity 9mm's). Given a choice, I'd have carried my Beretta; I shot it better and faster, it fit my hand better and I liked the fact it had a manual safety.
That said, the P228 is a great gun and..........I miss my old P228.
rstickle said:
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Unless my memory is worst than I think, the 228 is what the military calls the M11.
Nope, your memory is spot on.....when I was active in my old ANG unit's pistol team, an Army (CID or Intel....I think) troop showed up with an M11 and was almost disqualified (DQ)....the Army rangemasters weren't aware that the M11's were issued to troops in the field so they thought he had a personal gun on the line which was grounds for a DQ! He got to shoot 'cause the rangemasters came to realize the errors of their ways.