Originally Posted by
psalms144.1
You're in the wrong place if you want to hear a chorus of anything but "get a Glock."
Having said that, I'm down to PRECISELY one Glock in my stable, and it's a commemorative. For carry, the P365XL has taken the place of the G19, topped with an EPS Carry direct mounted to the slide. Not the pistol I'd want to shoot a match with, or take to a 3K round weekend course, but for CONCEALED carry, it's VERY hard to beat.
The upside to the P365 is you can "up" or "down" size it pretty easily. I have a pair of FCUs, an original 365 (compact) slide, two XL slides, and grip modules from standard (smallest) to XL, to Macro. I can "lego" those into a bunch of different combinations - smallest for pocket carry in shorts, Macro for most of the range time.
The Glock is a great platform, if you mesh with its grip angle and learn how to work the trigger without disturbing the sights, which, IMHO, is harder to do with the Glock than almost any competing platform. Its also a plus if you've got pretty good grip strength in your support hand - Glock's dislike being held loosely. BUT, if you can get past those hurdles, there's nothing else on the market with equivalent size efficiency, simplicity, and reliability.