Just got my carry license last week (Woo-hoo! Ready for a lifetime of carrying ), and I'm really looking forward to this weekend's Indy 1500 gun show. I'm hoping to find something compact and very concealable, but not one of the pocket guns that are so popular right now.
I'm thinking .40, .357 or at the very least, 9mm. I'd be fine with a .45, but the gun needs to be small enough to carry and conceal well, and as I understand it, small .45's are often not much fun to shoot due to heavy recoil.
I really like the profile of the Walther PPS. Has anyone fired the .40 version?
I'm not necessarily anti-Glock, but they all just seem a bit blockier and less concealable than some others. Still, I'm open to the possibility if I came across a Glock that felt right. Any suggestions there?
Honestly, what I'd really like to find is a compact or subcompact 1911 (think Kimber Ultra Carry II), but affordable (think...well...not Kimber). I like the 1911 design and the single-stack magazine to keep the overall width down. There are a lot of nice pistols on the market, but many of the double-stack guns are just too thick for my needs. Anyone have any experience with the Springfield XD subcompact?
Any other suggestions?
I'm thinking .40, .357 or at the very least, 9mm. I'd be fine with a .45, but the gun needs to be small enough to carry and conceal well, and as I understand it, small .45's are often not much fun to shoot due to heavy recoil.
I really like the profile of the Walther PPS. Has anyone fired the .40 version?
I'm not necessarily anti-Glock, but they all just seem a bit blockier and less concealable than some others. Still, I'm open to the possibility if I came across a Glock that felt right. Any suggestions there?
Honestly, what I'd really like to find is a compact or subcompact 1911 (think Kimber Ultra Carry II), but affordable (think...well...not Kimber). I like the 1911 design and the single-stack magazine to keep the overall width down. There are a lot of nice pistols on the market, but many of the double-stack guns are just too thick for my needs. Anyone have any experience with the Springfield XD subcompact?
Any other suggestions?