Several years ago nobody wanted or cared for one ....fast forward to 2016 the single stack craze started.....Walther,Glock,Smith.....all best sellers are single stacks according to a friend who sells guns at Academy. MP shield, g42,43, The newest Walther reduced recoil. Im glad to see it back....I never liked the huge double stacks anyway.
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Single Stack 9mm
- Thread starter gmh1013
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Yeah, OK. I'm all for folks having choices. I don't think double-stack 9s are universally "huge" though. I have one that conceals well for me and I appreciate the extra capacity. But that is my choice, and I am glad that there are more and more choices available for folks who have different needs and opinions than mine.
SauerGrapes
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I bought my first single stack 9 in 2008. That has been my goto carry gun for years now.
That doesn't mean I won't strap on a double stack gun if I feel the need.
That doesn't mean I won't strap on a double stack gun if I feel the need.
Thread got me to thinking...and realizing that I only have single stacks.
Started with a Ruger P95....sold to fund a SR9c....sold to fund a S&W 908s...picked up a cosmetically challenged S&W 909....sold 908s to fund Ruger SR 1911 LW Commander in 9mm. Add a couple of 22s and a pristine yet shot a lot S&W Model 10-5 and that rounds out my modest group. Seems I've have become a serial accumulator rather than a collector.
I've kept the ones that have felt the best in my hand and the ones I'm most accurate with. Turns out, those are the single stacks.
I do have large hands, but not massive. The pistols I do have feel well balanced to me and not overly heavy. None are concealed carry but I regularly keep the 909 as my truck gun.
Lately I've been considering a Bersa Thunder, either in 22 or .380. I've read many good things about them and have fondled several. Very comfortable in my hand.
And, oddly, another single stack.
Started with a Ruger P95....sold to fund a SR9c....sold to fund a S&W 908s...picked up a cosmetically challenged S&W 909....sold 908s to fund Ruger SR 1911 LW Commander in 9mm. Add a couple of 22s and a pristine yet shot a lot S&W Model 10-5 and that rounds out my modest group. Seems I've have become a serial accumulator rather than a collector.
I've kept the ones that have felt the best in my hand and the ones I'm most accurate with. Turns out, those are the single stacks.
I do have large hands, but not massive. The pistols I do have feel well balanced to me and not overly heavy. None are concealed carry but I regularly keep the 909 as my truck gun.
Lately I've been considering a Bersa Thunder, either in 22 or .380. I've read many good things about them and have fondled several. Very comfortable in my hand.
And, oddly, another single stack.
Single stack nines are a great option for those who chose to carry an auto-loader. Small light weight and all in all easy to conceal.
For those of you who chose to carry large capacity nines, that is fine. Do though ask yourself, how often did you need more than 6-9 rounds, and do to the size did you ever leave your gun at home or in the car?
For those of you who chose to carry large capacity nines, that is fine. Do though ask yourself, how often did you need more than 6-9 rounds, and do to the size did you ever leave your gun at home or in the car?
Do though ask yourself, how often did you need more than 6-9 rounds,
Haven't needed any yet, for which I am thankful. Do you think anyone has ever said, after defending themselves from a life-threatening situation, "Gee, I wish I hadn't carried more rounds than I shot?"
and do to the size did you ever leave your gun at home or in the car?
Nope. I have a pocket .380 that I use on certain occasions when IWB is impractical, but on those occasions an IWB single stack would not work better than an IWB double stack.
FWIW, the double stack EDC I am referring to is a Glock 26. It carries pretty easily, really.
Like I said, though, everyone's needs are different, so having different sizes and features available to meet different people's needs is a very good thing.
Cheapshooter
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Thinking about it, my single stack 9's outnumber my double stacks by 5/3.
Remington R51, Kahr CM9, Hi-Point C9, Star B, Walther P1/
FEG P9RK, Beretta 92fs, Glock 17
Remington R51, Kahr CM9, Hi-Point C9, Star B, Walther P1/
FEG P9RK, Beretta 92fs, Glock 17
1911_Hardball
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I have been carrying a G43 for several months now BUT, though it is lighter, it's no more concealable than my Para Warthog.
Cheapshooter
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It's a great shooter. Accuracy is what you would expect from a 1911 copy military pistol. I haven't had any mechanical malfunctions, however you need to keep an eye on the trigger pivot roll pin because on some guns they have a tendency to work themselves out. Mine hasn't, but my Son's has.Cheap...hows that Star B, work for you. I've never owned one but found them mildly interesting ever since Charles Askins remarked on how well built they were back in the 70's. Thanks in advance, Rod
I really don't shoot it a lot anymore, but I think it is a good gun, and well worth having.
when S&W decided to no longer service their 39XX series guns I sold mine off and went with a company that still stands behind their guns.
Hi Point handguns have lifetime warranties. So does Taurus.
I'd rather have an old 3913.
My favorite single-stack will always be a Smith & Wesson 39-2. I know Smith & Wesson doesn't support them anymore, but I don't worry about it. If it breaks, I'll get someone else to fix it, or I'll get something else. Heck, I've got something else already.
But my EDC is a Ruger LC9s. I'm an old revolver guy, but I never cared for the small frame "snubbies." The LC9s fills that niche.
But my EDC is a Ruger LC9s. I'm an old revolver guy, but I never cared for the small frame "snubbies." The LC9s fills that niche.
While working for a police dept i was responsible for purchase and transition from S& W revolvers to Smith semi autos and the updating of the weapons from Model 59 through 4006. In response to the poster who got rid of his Smiths "and went with a company that stands behind their guns" In all the years we had Smith's i rarely encounntered failures and none of the catastrophic event.
The product was built well and parts failure was almost non existant, recoil, main and FP springs were not changed because there was no percieved need for it.
In an anology Ford Motor Co stopped making parts for a given vehicle when it was discontinued are they a " company that stands behind their product (guns)"?
The poster is a bit naive to think that progress to a new (and better?) firearm also means warehousing parts and service for the older product for an eternity, it just does not happen.
The product was built well and parts failure was almost non existant, recoil, main and FP springs were not changed because there was no percieved need for it.
In an anology Ford Motor Co stopped making parts for a given vehicle when it was discontinued are they a " company that stands behind their product (guns)"?
The poster is a bit naive to think that progress to a new (and better?) firearm also means warehousing parts and service for the older product for an eternity, it just does not happen.