I'm actually lusting after a Kimber Micro 9 right now. I know it's not a Glock but I'm reading some pretty glowing reviews on it right now.
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I'm actually lusting after a Kimber Micro 9 right now. I know it's not a Glock but I'm reading some pretty glowing reviews on it right now.
Ha. Great post!
The G26/19 combo checks every box for me as well. Still have a 43 for the reasons you mentioned and because I can wear it iwb in my hospital scrubs or belly band if I have to (I work in an inner city hospital in a shitty neighborhood and have to park several blocks away and walk in.)
You're right my trendy Shield in the 8+1 flavor won't get the job done, so I'm heading back to my 5+0 642. Or maybe my silly kids toy 6+1 LCP...
I carry my Shield or LCP for comfort, anything bigger is a range toy or HD.
In my world, small compact and subcompact pistols in 9mm are the leading EDC by regular folks and off-work carry by armed professionals. Of those, the G43 is the runaway favorite, followed Walthers, SW Shield, Springfield XDs, and all others thereafter. Of all others, there are quite a few LCRs and J-frames. There are only 3-5 of the 365s. The G43s and revolvers can be counted on to be 100% reliable through a range evolution regardless of ammo used. The Walthers and XDs do very well. Everything else benefits from a watchful eye. The single action variants are not recommended. Calibers other than 9mm (or 38) are not recommended.
To borrow from Tom Givens, regardless of make/model these are all "1-2 bad guy guns" by capacity. However, they're all more than adequate for the bell curve of events. Read up on the work of Tactical Professor Claude Werner to learn what is actually used, by whom, and in what circumstances. Example today: https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress....8/#more-156521
These small guns are no fad, they are the future of armed citizenry. In a perfect world, everyone would run around with full size or compact service-quality fighting pistols with reloads and other EDC gear. In reality, these are all most will ever consider.
There are tips and tricks to using them effectively. You can teach and shoot them like service pistols, but instruction in small-gun specific techniques is useful. Most folks simply try to wedge full size methods onto smaller receivers.
I have a Walther pps m1 and like it. Yet over time of using it for concealed carry, the pps dimensions height and length is about the same as my Glock 26. The pps is thinner than the g26. Yet the g26 is not so thick it cannot be used in similar carry method as the pps.
So as I have night sites on the Glock 26 and the double stack mag are 10 for the 26 and 15 for the g19.
I am back to the Glock double stack.
I still like the Walther pps and do not think the single stack is a fad.
In a perfect world I’d be cruising around the mall with my BCM with the NX8 and the lightweight 1911 carried concealed would be the backup.