With the insane amount of options on the market today in the 9mm sub-compact carry gun category, I'm finding it difficult to decide which one to choose.
At the moment, I've boiled it down to 3 options and am willing to look at others, but would love people opinions on these options for those who own them.
Here's the 3 and my current opinion/thoughts on them...
1. Sig P365/XL (Probably the XL Version). I rented the P365 yesterday to shoot it, I found it ok. Didn't love it, but didn't hate it. Def a shootable gun for it's size. I love how small it is for concealed carry and with the extended lip on the mag, I can get my entire hand on the gun (I have medium sized hands and fairly skinny fingers so no issue with smaller guns). With that said, my natural grip has my thumb riding on the slide release and caused it not to lock back multiple times. I didn't love the trigger, it was very light and the take up was super clean, but the break itself has a lot of creep. A few times I pulled and felt the creep, expecting it to go bang, and it didn't actually break until I had a further pull. I personally think the break on my Glock 19 is much nicer. The take up on the glock trigger is terrible, but once I hit the wall, I have just about 0 creep (Can't feel it at all when shooting) and a very crisp break. With that said, I only fired 100 rounds through it, so with training and more trigger time, I'm sure I could become very proficient with the P365. This is also the most expensive option on the list ($500-$600 depending if I go with the XL or regular).
2. Glock 43x. I have yet to shoot this, but do own a Glock 19 so feel it would be fairly similar. I need to rent one (They didn't have one to rent when I was at the range yesterday) to confirm, but what interests me about this is the 15 round mag capacity, I know the triggers very well, and the blue label pricing is excellent. (Can get this for $350 with blue label program, although maybe not at this moment, but once the buying craze calms down). The big longer grip will def make conceal ability harder, but should make shooting and drawing easier. My biggest hesitation with this... Do I really want another boring ole glock?
3. Taurus G3c. The largest of the 3, but having read a ton of reviews on the G2c, this seems like an excellent firearm for less money than I spend on ammo most months. I like the looks of the G3c, I like that sights are glock compatible, I like that there's options for fixing the trigger break being super far back, and I like how it feels in the hand.
Thoughts?
Am I over-analyzing this?
Any other suggestions for a concealed carry 9mm in the $600 or less category?
Purpose is to be used for concealed carry when I am dressed to do so and training/classes. Otherwise my LCP 2 will be with me in pocket or sneaky pete holster.
At the moment, I've boiled it down to 3 options and am willing to look at others, but would love people opinions on these options for those who own them.
Here's the 3 and my current opinion/thoughts on them...
1. Sig P365/XL (Probably the XL Version). I rented the P365 yesterday to shoot it, I found it ok. Didn't love it, but didn't hate it. Def a shootable gun for it's size. I love how small it is for concealed carry and with the extended lip on the mag, I can get my entire hand on the gun (I have medium sized hands and fairly skinny fingers so no issue with smaller guns). With that said, my natural grip has my thumb riding on the slide release and caused it not to lock back multiple times. I didn't love the trigger, it was very light and the take up was super clean, but the break itself has a lot of creep. A few times I pulled and felt the creep, expecting it to go bang, and it didn't actually break until I had a further pull. I personally think the break on my Glock 19 is much nicer. The take up on the glock trigger is terrible, but once I hit the wall, I have just about 0 creep (Can't feel it at all when shooting) and a very crisp break. With that said, I only fired 100 rounds through it, so with training and more trigger time, I'm sure I could become very proficient with the P365. This is also the most expensive option on the list ($500-$600 depending if I go with the XL or regular).
2. Glock 43x. I have yet to shoot this, but do own a Glock 19 so feel it would be fairly similar. I need to rent one (They didn't have one to rent when I was at the range yesterday) to confirm, but what interests me about this is the 15 round mag capacity, I know the triggers very well, and the blue label pricing is excellent. (Can get this for $350 with blue label program, although maybe not at this moment, but once the buying craze calms down). The big longer grip will def make conceal ability harder, but should make shooting and drawing easier. My biggest hesitation with this... Do I really want another boring ole glock?
3. Taurus G3c. The largest of the 3, but having read a ton of reviews on the G2c, this seems like an excellent firearm for less money than I spend on ammo most months. I like the looks of the G3c, I like that sights are glock compatible, I like that there's options for fixing the trigger break being super far back, and I like how it feels in the hand.
Thoughts?
Am I over-analyzing this?
Any other suggestions for a concealed carry 9mm in the $600 or less category?
Purpose is to be used for concealed carry when I am dressed to do so and training/classes. Otherwise my LCP 2 will be with me in pocket or sneaky pete holster.