Glock 43 - single stack 9

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southjk

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They've finally announced it. A Glock single stack 9. I don't own any Glocks but I will definitely have to try it out. It looks pretty close in size to my Shield but just a hair larger. Will you be getting one?

edit: I meant to put in the semi-auto forum. Mods please move.
 
No problem with Glock, I have a G20, and G17. Will probably add a few more to the safe. But most likely not this one, or a G42. For the same reasons. G42 needlessly bigger than my LCP for a pocket 380. G43 bigger, and heavier than my Kahr CM9, almost as big as a Ruger LC9s Pro which holds one additional round.
I'm sure it will be a big success, especially with hard core Glock fans, but I see better options.
 
I carry a Glock 26 daily. Excellent winter gun. Easy to sit down in chairs or drive cars and very fast from the leather. Accurate to!

BUT, in the hot Texas sun, where shorts and T-shirts are a must, that single stack 43 does sound appealing. Better than my J frame .38.

I'll be watching it closely for when I can handle one.

I just hope it takes the NY-1/3.5 lb connector setup like my other Glocks.

Deaf
 
I carry my 26 right front pocket with a pocket holster.......loose-fitting Cabela's Hiker pants.

Summer just means loose-fitting Cabela's Hiker shorts.

No problem. I have a good inside waistband holster and have never used it.

I can go to a Smith Model 36 Chief with pocket holster if I have to wear some tighter pants, but I haven't used that hardly at all.

I like the idea of ten or eleven rounds on tap.

;)
 
It is something that many people have been anxiously awaiting and I suspect it will be nice for IWB carry. However, I've got other things on my wish list, so I’ll make do with the G26 for now.
 
I will glady buy anyone's Glock 42 off of them if they want to replace it with the new 43 for a decent price.;)
 
BUT, in the hot Texas sun, where shorts and T-shirts are a must, that single stack 43 does sound appealing. Better than my J frame .38.
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But as pointed out there are already smaller, lighter, easier to conceal options available. So are your only firearm choices S&W and Glock?:D
 
It sounds like there might be better choices from a pure weights-and-measures point of view; personally I bought the Shield for my wife and it is a great little gun.

But for those of us who have a significant investment in Glocks (like yours truly), the ability to adopt this familiar platform for this significant niche in one's defensive battery is welcome news.
 
Before we bury the G43, let's recall how many people were burying the G42... until they shot it, and realized how much easier it was on your hands than the micro-.380s.

I'm personally skeptical - I think the fact that the G42 is locked breech set it apart from its competitors and made the additional size justifiable. Based purely on the specs, G42 really doesn't look any better than the comparably-sized Shield, XDS, or CW9.

I'm sure it'll be a fine gun and will sell by the bushel, but I was never the target demographic. For that size, I prefer the XDS ergonomics, and for concealment, there are smaller guns with the same capacity available. But to each his own, and I will never complain about there being too many choices in the market.

Now if only somebody made a DA/SA in that class...
 
Independent George said:
I think the fact that the G42 is locked breech set it apart from its competitors
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The vast majority of the G42's competition (polymer framed pocket 380s) is also locked breech.
 
My prediction, & I'm prepared to eat these words if I'm wrong, is as follows:
1) The G43 sell like hotcakes;
2) It will have some initial "growing pains," perhaps the infamous BTF Syndrome;
3) The True Diehard Fanboys of Glock will blame #2 on ammo or Shooter Error;
4) Glock will figure out the problem and fix it; and
5) G43s will continue to sell like hotcakes.

As for me, I neither need nor want one, but if an opportunity to shoot one presents itself, I won't pass it up. Maybe somewhere down the road, I'll change my mind and decide I need a single-stack 9.

What I'd really like to see, but haven't found yet, is a picture of a G43, side by side with a G19, from the rear. I want to say that I've read that it's 1.02" wide, and Glock's website says the G19 is 1.18," but I want to see the difference.
 
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