As someone who loves Glocks, especially double stack Glocks, and has carried a G19 a lot… the G19 is honestly no longer relevant as a carry gun for regular people compared to thinner options with equivalent capacity.
A G19 is still a great gun if you are willing to carry it and can conceal it, and it’s great for a gun you can both compete with and carry, but it just doesn’t carry as well in nice clothes or tee shirts as smaller options. Smaller Guns like the 365XL have finally caught up to the G19 (or very close) in terms of capacity, reliability, durability, and support.
You either have to be a big guy, live in a cold climate, or be really dedicated to carrying the larger gun for a G19 to actually make sense from a concealment to capability perspective.
For me, if I can *actually* conceal a G19 while chasing kids and doing things and walking in the wind (IE flannel season), then it’s just as easy to carry a 34. If I want to actually conceal in a tee shirt, I need to go to smaller gun and even better, Engima deep carry with the grip at the belt line.
I’ve been carrying G19 and larger guns in tee shirts for years, but it takes constant attention to the drape of my shirt etc which is in hindsight probably an obvious tell, and impossible with kids haha
For someone with an easier time concealing, it might make more sense. It’s definitely not the obvious “best compromise” available that it was for decades.
Since I can’t make peace with a no safety 365XL and thumb safeties don’t work for me at all, I’m most carrying a 43X with an SCD. A 365 is better on paper, but it’s a compromise. Without a reliable 15 round mag, the G42 almost makes more sense than the 43X. If I could find an SCD for my 42, it might replace the 43X.
A 43X frame like 1/4” shorter in the grip with a 42 slide and high capacity mag would be a superb carry gun to me.