I will readily admit to being a fan of Glock pistols—I own a number of them, shoot them a lot and love them all—but have to say that I prefer the PPQ M2 to the G19 in several respects. The PPQ M2’s rounded, sculpted and textured grip fit my hand perfectly with the middle-size backstrap installed. The distal joint of my trigger finger fell precisely on the center of the trigger blade, and I preferred the rounded, hand-filling grip to the blocky, flat-sided Glock grip. The PPQ M2 pointed and balanced as well as any pistol I’ve every fired, and the top-heavy feel of most Glocks was completely absent.
And then there’s the trigger. While very Glock-like in appearance, the trigger stroke is best described as being similar to that of a 2-stage rifle trigger. The “first stage” consists of 1/4” of travel at an average pull weight of 3.0 lbs., at which point a very perceptible “hard wall” is encountered. Another 1/16” of rearward travel (the “second stage”), at an average pull weight of 4 lbs. 12 oz., releases the striker. During the “second stage” pull, there is a very slight amount of perceptible movement, but no creep or stacking at all. After the first shot is fired, the PPQ M2’s short-reset mechanism resets the trigger after only 1/10” of forward travel. Sweet.
