#2019 best compact 9mm full size#
#2019 best compact 9mm plus#

The single action Sig Sauer P938 with a flat-profile trigger now comes in a bewildering range of materials and finishes. Some people just want the best concealed carry guns with a thumb safety and hammer, as well as high quality and tacical magazine release. The single action Sig P938 is surrounded on all sides by massively competent polymer framed striker fired pistol options, and yet the hammre fired Sig P938 refuses to fade away. This classic micro compact 9mm pistol from Sig walks the line between a functional firearm and jewelry, but it does fill a niche even here. You can also go for Performance Center models with fiber optic front sight, slide porting and other features in the parts & accessories. It does feel slightly dated because it is a refresh of the old single stack 9mm, but it is still amazing. There are plenty of solid reasons to call the S&W M&P the best gun here. We can also point to the stylish scallops cut into the optics ready stainless steel slide on the S&W M&P to help with racking the slide and the slim profile and cleverly thought out pistol grip that turns this into a dream to conceal. One brand seems to get you, while another makes you look like a clown. Truthfully the palm swell of the Smith and Wesson M&P9 Shield subcompact 9mm concealed carry gun simply fits some people better. A lot of people swear the S&W M&P is the best sub compact 9mm pistol and a step up from a Glock in more or less every department that matters.

#2019 best compact 9mm full size#

Law enforcement officers love the full size duty pistols and as a small carry handgun.

#2019 best compact 9mm plus#

The S&W M&P Shield Plus is something of a legend in full size and compact forms. Spend a little more money, though, and the Taurus GX4 is arguably the best subcompact 9mm pistol in this price range and comes with a better trigger pull, fiber optic Tritium night sights, ambidextrous controls and more.Īlthough really because the barrel is an inch shorter, the Taurus GX4 is in to the micro compact pistols class and is better than the Taurus G2S 9mm and G2C. It just packs more bullets than the single stack magazine fed Taurus G2S 9mm handguns, and that matters. The single stack 9mm Taurus G2S 9mm is even slimmer and very easy to conceal, which is a big plus, but we prefer the G2C. The trigger pull and reset is pretty quirky if we’re honest. The simple grip zone isn’t quite as good looking. The black and white polymer contrasting finish isn’t quite as slick. The stock black finish on the Taurus subcompact 9mm concealed carry gun isn’t as pretty as the German competition, but of course it isn’t. It is one of the best semi automatic pistols here. Saving money on your EDC carry pistol really isn’t smart, but the Taurus isn’t just cheap.

This was meant to be the year of the P365 Nitron and the Taurus G2C turned up and did exactly the same job for much less money. Taurus threw a real spanner in the works for the Sig Sauer P365. But the Glock 43x Gen 5 is near perfect engineering and arguably the best 9mm handgun in 2023 for your gun safes. You can of course get the optics ready Glock G43x MOS and add a micro red dot sight and a choice of extended magazines to make the best sub compact 9mm pistol on the market. The trigger pull is much better in the Gen 5 the Glock Marksman Barrel is an nDLC coated barrel, the stippling is solid without getting in the way of concealment and the whole design is snag free. Gone are the days when buying a Glock was the start of a DIY Glock build project. That’s the best gun, almost by definition. Now it still lacks character, but the Glock G43x is accurate, crazy reliable, recoil is contained and these double stack pistols conceal like a dream. In terms of keeping you alive in an emergency, it’s good. In terms of personality, soul and pleasure, that’s bad. Glocks outsell everything because they’re reliable, accurate, simple and basically the white goods of the firearms world. But while all Glocks before did nothing really wrong, this striker-fired pistol does every little thing absolutely right. With Gen 5, that has changed. The Glock G43x is pretty much the perfect carry pistol. Glock was slowly turning into Apple, relying on the name and marketing, rather than true innovation, to keep pushing its products on the American public.