Interesting point about the Beretta "Type M". When I first learned of them many years ago I was on the hunt for one. I recall even back then that I might get a deal on one because everyone was so pre-occupied with double-stack/hi-capacity. I had gotten rid of my Taurus PT99 ("Brazilian Beretta") pretty much only due to its size, since it was plenty reliable and accurate. I looked around but never found one and moved on through my "progression of preferences". (Nice term, huh? Most of us here could probably take up a good bit of band width explaining our "progression of preferences"!)

Anyway, for now, I'll stick with the S+W's. I'm really enjoying the 3913 and 3953's! I'll always keep my eye out for other deals on S+W single stacks but for now will have fun with the ones I have. I'm really liking the DAO's for carry. A little bigger and heavier than my SA "Micro-compact" .45 but I'm shooting and enjoying them more than the little 1911, so that's what I'm carrying.

Happy New Year Everybody!