I’m 5’10” and (relatively) thin build. An LCP is just enough smaller that it’s another level of concealment on my build. I can’t get away with pocket carry of a 42. It’s most def legally concealed, and good enough for running errands, but too intuitively “off” to work in a daily environment with close co-workers—or anywhere beyond casual exposure to asleep at the switch public citizens. So there’s that.
As to shootability, with the caveat that OMMV, I find the 42 can most def be held to a higher performance standard than the little LCP, and it’s waaaaay more fun to shoot.
If I was possessed of FU money, I’d own a nice A-frame cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere, and I’d roll out of bed each morning with a G42 and a bucket of .380 ball to shoot tennis balls, orange reactive targets, and dirt clods all over the back yard—until my wife threatened me with divorce.
I’d pay someone else to shoot my LCP for me.
(Just kidding on the LCP… sort of)