Since folks are tossing around comparatively heavy aluminum framed pistols around anyway, I'm going to suggest the Taurus 917c.



It's basically a PT92 Compact. It's rather heavy at 33oz unloaded, but it it holds 18 rounds in the magazine, so it's definitely high capacity.

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

For me, the 365XL hands down. And this is from a die-hard Smith j-frame fan. I have two, one fully stock with the hi-vis dots, one with a Holosun red dot. The grip length with the 12 round mags is perfect, but the grip serrations chewed into my hands. I put Hogue grip sleeves on both and now no bite, and barely any increase in girth. They seem to shoot anything I stick in them, steel case included, and never fail to point, shoot, fire, and eject, accurately.

But the soft spot in my heart is my 3913, a little bigger and heavier as it is "metal", but I have to admit one 365XL mag is 1 1/2 3913 mags...

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Heavily armed old man.

Never shot of of those wonder guns, but have anyone really considered that sig considers the 2022 to be a COMPACT size gun? At the gun store i sometimes look at, those are BIGGER then the Taurus 66 revolver.

I'm a big fan of the Hellcat, but I bought a Sig 365 to see what the hype was all about. I equipped them both with flat triggers, SMSc red dots, and AIWB Vedder holsters. Sig accessories are Coyote Tan, and the Hellcats are black so there is no confusion. I like them both. They shoot about the same, which is to say, very well with 124 gr HST's. I think the Sig is a tad bigger. The triggers are a little different, but both are excellent. I'm comfortable with either one.
However, I like the iron sights on the Hellcat a little better. I like the finger indexing pads on both sides of the frame, and I like that the recoil spring rod end is stippled and extends about 1/32" beyond the end of the slide. This allows the slide to cycle in the event of a contact shot.
Anyway, Just my 2 cents worth.

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A Beretta 92 Compact?

They come in two flavors the fairly rare single stack Compact M (left) and the Compact L (right), as well as the current Centurion version.



Size wise they are not all that compact, being larger than the CZ 75D Compact:



Like the full size Beretta 92 pistols the grip is larger and the trigger reach is long on the double stack Compact L. For people with less than large hands, thin or ultra thin grips, and a short reach trigger kit may be necessary to properly control the pistol and shoot it well.

The single stack compact M has significantly smaller grip dimensions and the smaller grip dimension shortens the trigger reach.



Here both are shown with a CZ 75 Compact.




Unless you get a newer G series with the decocking lever that automatically resets, they still have the same Model 92 issue of the pistol potentially getting decocked and left on safe when racking the slide. They can be updated with G series internals, or you can just put a low profile decocking lever on it.

DWX compact, or Shadow 2 compact....

get a CZ compact or PCR and never look back....

What the manufacturer says is often outside the realm of reality. I had a SIG 2022 and it was not even close to a compact pistol in my book. I sold it; not fond of it.

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Come and take it!!

I don't think my carry choices are quite high cap.
My Sig P228 is 12+1 and my single stacked compact 9mm 1911 9+1.
Lots of choices out there!

My only EDC is a Glock 26. My last duty pistol had been a full size Glock .40 S&W cal (forgot the model number). I shot very well with this pistol. I got very used to the feel, and I value the reliability and durability. That experience seamlessly transitioned to the Glock 26.

I got around the little finger below the grip frame issue by putting Pearce extenders on both magazines.

I carry it in two different ways. One method is in a Blade Tech Kydex holster, the model of which is now long out of production. Alternately I carry it in a camera pouch, complete with a Nikon camera strap, so that arouses no suspicion.

CZ's. P-01, Compact, 75 D, P-01 Omega.