I put some research into higher dollar purchases and typically look to pick the brain of experts when I can.
Although I am a creature of habit, so when I make a purchase I tend to stick with what is comfortable and what I know. As an example, although a shit gun by standards of most, the gun at my bedside is the Berretta 9mm. Why? Because it is one of the weapons I used for years in the Marines. I know it as well as my own cock and can shoot it with fair accuracy with no regular practice just like it too.😀
Asking people who know can be a good way to do it. I do the same mostly, then evaluate for myself and determine what I want. I'm always careful to make my decision based on me an my purpose of use.
Once a Marine, always a Marine bro...and there's nothing wrong with a Beretta...The M9 is the one you mean right? If you shoot it well, know it like the back of your hand, then that's the way to go. I'd go for reliability and familiarity over whiz-bang features any day.
Yep, M9. Honestly, I have never had challenges with any I had ever been used int he service or the one I have now.
I used a Beretta 92F a lot and liked it. These days I lean in other directions but I made the 92F work well and I'd not have wanted to stand down range in front of me shooting it. Lol.