If your looking for a great gun to carry all the time, the 342 is hard to beat. Its about as light as you'll find that will still handle +p loads. BUT...you will pay for the light weight. I took mine to the range yesterday and shot one box of round nose ammo, and one box of +p hydra shocks. By the end of the shooting session, I had a nice bloody spot on the knuckle of my right thumb where the gun tends to "bite" me. Dont get me wrong, its a great gun and Im VERY happy to have it as a carry weapon. And it is very accurate with +p hydra shocks. Just not the gun you will run 250 rounds through at one time. That being said, I would still highly recommend this gun as a ccw piece.