Tinker Pearce
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I put this together last year after testing my current guns. The criteria was the ability to put accurate shots on target as rapidly as possible. The frame is Systema Colt, slide and barrel are RIA 9mm. It uses an EGW flat-coil recoil system with a one-piece guide-rod. Novak rear sight and custom front sight. Flat mainspring housing blended to the frame then checkered 20 LPI. The front of the grip-frame and under the trigger-guard were also cut with 20 LPI checkering. I undercut the base of the trigger guard as well, and made hand-checkered grips for the gun. Magazines are Mec Gar 9rd. magazines.
The short slide isn't for concealability; it has a very fast lock-time and comes back on target super-quick. The full-length grip works for me for concealment as I am a rather large person. Yes, it's low capacity compared to more modern options. It's fairly heavy compared to them too, but this helps to mitigate recoil. Low capacity is a problem that is offset to some degree by how well I can shoot the gun.
So having built the perfect-for-me carry gun a friend offered me her tricked-out CZ P-01 Omega and now I carry that most of the time instead. Go figure.