The Glock 26 will meet your desire for a smaller handgun. It is very accurate and easy to use. G19 mags work in it, as do G17 mags. I use an A&G grip adapter on mine since it forms a "bobtail" with a G19 mag. I keep all flavors of magazine available: flat based 10 rd, finger rest 10 rd (for faster grip acquisition in the appendix position and better concealment), Glock 12 rd mags (they are functional and look sharp--they make the gun look balanced) and G19 mags with grip adapters. I tend to keep a G19 mag as a spare on the belt and carry a 10 or 12 round mag in the gun.
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Advice for next carry
- Thread starter Doc Holliday 1950
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If you need a thin gun, then the G43 is the way to go. It is superbly accurate due to magic in the barrel. It can be snappy. I swapped the trigger system to a McNally that includes a flat trigger shoe. My trigger finger no longer gets battered. I have the Talo edition and love the red front night sight. I use Taran Tactical bases on all mags. The +1 is mandatory. I carry a mag with TT+3 on my belt. The TT +2 is nearly perfect for shooting. I only use the +1 when I need extra concealment.
This gun has made my EMP obsolete.
This gun has made my EMP obsolete.
PlatinumCore16
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As everyone else has stated, for ease-of-use I think that a smaller Glock would be your best bet. Similarity will make the transition easy.
If you are keen on trying something different, I would suggest the Taurus PT709 slim. It is sub $200 on buds right now. Taurus has a lot of naysayers, but if you research the PT709 doesn't have very many negative reviews and many many positive ones. The only thing I've found is that it doesn't like to shoot Federals, but it cycles everything else I've fed it (commercial FMJ, JHP, handloaded FMJ, cast, and JHP). It is very thin and depending on how big your hands are you can get by stock, or slap on some Pierce grip extensions. They don't add any capacity, but they add just enough for the pinky to sit comfortably with the rest of the fingers while not really adding much length to affect printing.
If you are keen on trying something different, I would suggest the Taurus PT709 slim. It is sub $200 on buds right now. Taurus has a lot of naysayers, but if you research the PT709 doesn't have very many negative reviews and many many positive ones. The only thing I've found is that it doesn't like to shoot Federals, but it cycles everything else I've fed it (commercial FMJ, JHP, handloaded FMJ, cast, and JHP). It is very thin and depending on how big your hands are you can get by stock, or slap on some Pierce grip extensions. They don't add any capacity, but they add just enough for the pinky to sit comfortably with the rest of the fingers while not really adding much length to affect printing.
I look at the many reply's to this post!
Interesting. One thought I have, why do we carry a pistol, concealed (Florida) it has to be concealed.
Answer (Mine anyhow) Just in case we get into a big bad shootout!
Not a pre-thought one, maximum rounds fired? 3! But one, off the charts, they do happen, all 16 rounds in my Glock 19, and a go to G17 mag, for a reload.
This is why I only carry one gun, the Glock 19. Have two set up the same.
One is sitting in my track pants pocket now (My Wife built the pocket up, stronger, and longer) 16 rounds, just in case.
Never been in Gun fight in the USA. But I can imagine straight off the bat, a quick 4 rounds, gone! Why? because that's how things happen.
I still would have 12 rounds of 147g Ranger T left. If the pistol was a (for instance) Glock 43, which I have, or a Glock 42, 380, which I have also.
Both for my Wife, who does not carry? Because we always are together, she says. True.
But if I had the 43, I would have 3 rounds left, not acceptable to me.
Try this, try that? Not me. Same pistol, same place always.
Interesting. One thought I have, why do we carry a pistol, concealed (Florida) it has to be concealed.
Answer (Mine anyhow) Just in case we get into a big bad shootout!
Not a pre-thought one, maximum rounds fired? 3! But one, off the charts, they do happen, all 16 rounds in my Glock 19, and a go to G17 mag, for a reload.
This is why I only carry one gun, the Glock 19. Have two set up the same.
One is sitting in my track pants pocket now (My Wife built the pocket up, stronger, and longer) 16 rounds, just in case.
Never been in Gun fight in the USA. But I can imagine straight off the bat, a quick 4 rounds, gone! Why? because that's how things happen.
I still would have 12 rounds of 147g Ranger T left. If the pistol was a (for instance) Glock 43, which I have, or a Glock 42, 380, which I have also.
Both for my Wife, who does not carry? Because we always are together, she says. True.
But if I had the 43, I would have 3 rounds left, not acceptable to me.
Try this, try that? Not me. Same pistol, same place always.
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