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I carry a Bersa BP9CC. I love it.
I went to the indoor range today and rented 3 slim single-stack guns to try.
Ones I'd never fired before (I shot a S&W Shield last year).
I tested a Springfield XDs-9
And a Glock 43.
And a Ruger LC9s.
Sig 239I'm thinking about buying an ultra slim 7 to 9 shot capacity 9 mm as a replacement for a J -frame 38 snubby that only holds five rounds.
I already own two other 9 mm pistols, but they both use a double stack magazine and therefore the frame is over an inch wide; I think one is 1.1 inches and the other is 1.2 or 1.3 inches.
The guns I'm looking at--the Smith $ Wesson M&P Shield, the Walther PPS, the Springfield XDS (9mm), and the Glock 43-- are all slim. About 0.9" wide.
So, I'd like some input from people who have bought such weapons a while ago and had a chance to carry them. What do you think? How much better are they for concealed carry compare to a fatter gun that has basically the same height and the same length but 1/3 of an inch more thickness?
P.S. There wouldn't be any weight savings over my compact staggered-mag 9mm.
But any of these single stack slim 9 mm's would add up to considerably more weight than the 15 ounce alloy frame .38 snubnose that I'm carrying most of the time now.
BOTTOM LINE- I don't want to buy something I "think" I'll carry, but end up not carrying.
PPS is one of the hardest to disassemble.Try out the PPS before you decide unless you're dead set on pocket carry.