Please help me choose my first 9mm CCW.

I live in SE Florida and have carried a Kahr P9 for 8 years in a Crossbreed super tuck. I just moved up to a CZP07 and I'm waiting on the same holster to arrive. For a slim single stack with a full lenghth grip you can't beat a Kahr P9.
 
I'm in Fl. too and I carry my Glock19 in the waist holster no problem and no
sweat. I'm used to carrying this weight in carrying my Ruger 357's. All I can say is,"To Each His Own". The double stack gives me 15 as opposed to 5 or 6 with a bunch of speed loaders and that's why I went to the Glock. Smaller than a full size and it's easy to conceal. Just got my Fl. permit to 2 nights ago to go with my Tn. permit and the instructor never knew that I was carrying the 19. That's good enough for me.

Good luck.
 
I carry a Glock 43 and its a solid gun like most glocks are. Its thin and light and doesnt shoot like a small handgun. Its smooth. Get one you like and give her hell. The right choice for me was the glock.
 
"I tried a bunch of them and prefer the Ruger LC9s pro."


Ironically, I wrote that before I'd tried the Glock 43. I liked the Glock so much that I bought one. It's now my preferred "pocket nine". :)
 
Ironically, I wrote that before I'd tried the Glock 43. I liked the Glock so much that I bought one. It's now my preferred "pocket nine".
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Can you really fit it well in a pocket? I mean, like, normal pants (jeans, dress pants, khakis) as opposed to large-pocket cargo pants. It's considerably larger than something like the LCP.

I also shot the Glock 43 (also 42) alongside some other "pocket guns" as well as single-stack 9's. I thought it shot better than the Shield and LC9s, despite being smaller. I thought both shot better than any of the really small 380s.

I was truly impressed by the 43. Until then I'd never thought much about Glocks...I mean I'd shot them, like the 17 and 19 and thought "Yeah, nice gun" but I they didn't seem to stand apart from others to me. But at the really compact size I thought the 43 and 42 were almost in their own class. I was impressed!
 
I've had, and carried:

*S&W Shield (.40)
*Walther PPS M1 (9MM)
*Glock 43 (9MM)
*Kahr CW 9 (9MM)
*Kahr CW 45 (.45, yep)

and a lot of larger guns. Out of the box:
*Shield is dead nuts reliable, needed an APEX kit to have a tolerable trigger; carries very well
*Glock 43 is dead nuts reliable, needed a trigger upgrade to have a tolerable trigger and upgraded sights (I got Dawsons); carries very well
*Walther PPS was dead nuts reliable, shot like a larger gun and carried very well. Usable sights out of the box, but trigger was fairly awful
*Kahr CW 9 was dead nuts reliable, had a great (but long, DA) trigger out of the box and usable sights. Carried very well
*Kahr CW45 is VERY susceptible to 'limp-wristing' (to the extent that shooting it one-handed makes it genuinely unreliable, regardless of grip), has a great trigger and usable sights, but just slightly too large to carry conveniently

For whatever that's worth-

Larry
 
Well, back to the original post: I think we've all decided on your behalf that you should own a Glock 43. You can think of us every time you take it to the range :D

Happy New Year!
 
If you don't like a long trigger pull, don't get the CM9. I sold mine to get a Ruger LC9s (with safety). The trigger is great on this gun and it is compact enough to hide very well with a good OWB holster let alone a IWB.
 
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