Back in 2015, I was one of those guys who couldn't wait to get my hands on a G43. I got one from the first shipment to my state. Finally, it was the single-stack 9mm Glock should have been making for a decade.
With a techna clip, the thing is superb for IWB concealment. Already thin, but with zero added holster thickness. And fully accurate and reliable.
BUT it came out just before the new wave of small, double-stack pistols. With a stock mag capacity of 6 shots always nagging me in the back of my mind, there was just too much incentive to move on to the G48 w/ a 15-shot Shield Arms magazine (which I did for a while). I nearly traded the 43 away (the sight and spring upgrades I had done just barely prevented me from doing it).
But I'm glad I didn't.
Lately, I find myself carrying the 43 more than anything else. The magguts +2 mag extension has made a huge difference for me.
Mostly a mental difference, probably. But at 8+1 rounds, the 43 becomes equivalent to the classic service 9mm's in firepower. The Luger, the P210, the P6, the P7, the M39, etc. etc. Somehow, I think 8+1 is the threshold at which I stop having any worries about magazine capacity. More is always a nice bonus, but it doesn't address any real need for me.
The Sig P365 still has a firepower edge in a package of the same size (another 2 shots). But there are other trade-offs -- the trigger on my 43 is probably the best of any Glock I have, and I like it better than the "revolver-like" trigger pulls of the competition.
I am really surprised by this. I had thought the G43 was destined to be the gun that sits in the back of my safe for the rest of my life. But I was wrong. With that one little mag upgrade, it's exactly what I need for practical, every-day concealed carry.
With a techna clip, the thing is superb for IWB concealment. Already thin, but with zero added holster thickness. And fully accurate and reliable.
BUT it came out just before the new wave of small, double-stack pistols. With a stock mag capacity of 6 shots always nagging me in the back of my mind, there was just too much incentive to move on to the G48 w/ a 15-shot Shield Arms magazine (which I did for a while). I nearly traded the 43 away (the sight and spring upgrades I had done just barely prevented me from doing it).
But I'm glad I didn't.
Lately, I find myself carrying the 43 more than anything else. The magguts +2 mag extension has made a huge difference for me.
Mostly a mental difference, probably. But at 8+1 rounds, the 43 becomes equivalent to the classic service 9mm's in firepower. The Luger, the P210, the P6, the P7, the M39, etc. etc. Somehow, I think 8+1 is the threshold at which I stop having any worries about magazine capacity. More is always a nice bonus, but it doesn't address any real need for me.
The Sig P365 still has a firepower edge in a package of the same size (another 2 shots). But there are other trade-offs -- the trigger on my 43 is probably the best of any Glock I have, and I like it better than the "revolver-like" trigger pulls of the competition.
I am really surprised by this. I had thought the G43 was destined to be the gun that sits in the back of my safe for the rest of my life. But I was wrong. With that one little mag upgrade, it's exactly what I need for practical, every-day concealed carry.