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Originally Posted by uncleted327
I will add my two cents, having owned all three of your considerations. I carried a Glock 29 Gen 3 for about a year, ended up getting rid of it for a Glock 32. The 29 was a brick, didn't offer any advantages over the 32, so I made the change. A gen 4 29 might be better, but it wasn't out at the time. Last year I bought the 627PC, great gun , a bit top heavy with the included grips but certainly no harder to carry or conceal than the 29 was. I ended up trading the 627 for a 586 L-comp. While the weight was almost identical, about 36.6 vs 36.7 ounces, the L frame felt much better in the hand and carries much better IWB, for me, and I'm a big guy with big hands. I'm not too concerned with the loss of a round, if I was worried about capacity I probably wouldn't be carrying a revolver anyway. As far as ammo, defense ammo is about the same price regardless of caliber, but range ammo in 38/357 is much more abundant and cheaper everywhere I've ever shopped. Hope this helps to some degree.
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Thanks! It sure does help! I am not a very big guy 5'8" 185-190 pounds, athletic-ish build, working on that. So I expect finding the best way to carry the revolver to be challenging, but do-able. The price of ammo will probably play a factor, because I like to practice whenever I get the chance. I had 2 shields one after another over a 2 month period (long story, posted about it in this forum) and put about 1600 rounds through them in the first 2 months over about 6 range trips if I remember correctly. That seems like a lot to me, but maybe its not. I don't expect to do that with my next gun, and obviously i haven't shot the shield as frequently as i was then (newness wore off), but I would like to be able to practice and have fun without spending an absolute fortune. I have already found though that I blow through ammo much faster with an auto than i do a revolver, which makes sense I guess.