I have 3 current catalog model guns. 2 are striker fired Sig P320 & Walther PPQ and the 3rd is a Beretta PX4 type C hammer fired. The 2 striker fired are 9mm the PX4 is a 40s&w.
Only the Beretta needs trigger work out of the box. The PX4 like many CZ has stock a heavy trigger pull and long pull and long reset. The striker guns are just about perfect as they come from the factory.
This isn't saying that all striker guns don't need work. Most Glock owners I know have changed trigger parts and had tuning, same for some other brands like M&P and FN.
But now with the HK VP9, Sig P320 and Walther PPQ, all selling between $500-600
same as Glock, you can forget the $100-300 trigger jobs, they are a thing of the past. A 5 lb. on my Sig on every shot, 4 lb. on the Walther on every shot, a short couple of tens of and inch takeup and on the PPQ reset is 0.1 inch.
These guns have the same tough tennifer finish as glock that won't wear out easily and won't rust for a long time.
Sig even threw in Night Sights.
So now determining how much a gun costs should include if it has night sights, a trigger that needs or doesn't need a trigger job and if you will have your finish need to be redone or not.
One more gun should be added to the list of these great new striker fired guns with great out of the box triggers is the HK VP9. Of which I have read its trigger is somewhere between a PPQ and a P320 in feel, which means no trigger job needed.
I wish my Beretta came that way, its going to take some work to make it a fast shooter. But that Beretta rotary barrel makes it one of the best shooting 40's out there.
