What other single-stack 9mm?

[jaysouth]

Combat Diver

Not to hijack the thread, but is you Sig 220 the European model with the mag release on the heel or the Export model with the mag release on the frame where we expect to find one?

I had one of the 220s made for a Canadian contract but that wound up in the US. It had the 'new world' style mag release. It was too big a gun for my tastes. I later traded it even for a 239 and a 225. I still have the 225.

Mags are getting pricy for either one.

My daily carry is a 3913 on the bod and a 908 in the vehicle console.

If I were stout enough to carry a 639 or 3906, I would pack a steel frame 1911.

 

[beemerphile]

Don't forget the H&K P7 which I consider to be one of the all time great single stack 9s.

Absolutely this!

 

[maggie]

Plus one, beemerphille, is Bill's in D'ville still open ?

 

[joseph whitney]

My choice in single stack has to be 39-2 or 3913. The Beretta mentioned is also a good carry gun.

 

[squidsix]

P-7M8
But of all of them listed, and I have shot very nearly all of them, the 39 is the best bang for the buck in single stacks.
Other than that, the 39XX.

 

[BADSBSNF811]

Walther P-5

 

[Combat_Diver]

Combat Diver

Not to hijack the thread, but is you Sig 220 the European model with the mag release on the heel or the Export model with the mag release on the frame where we expect to find one?

I had one of the 220s made for a Canadian contract but that wound up in the US. It had the 'new world' style mag release. It was too big a gun for my tastes. I later traded it even for a 239 and a 225. I still have the 225.

Mags are getting pricy for either one.

My daily carry is a 3913 on the bod and a 908 in the vehicle console.

If I were stout enough to carry a 639 or 3906, I would pack a steel frame 1911.

The 220 had the heel mag release. I used it as a spare backup pistol that year to my M9 and M1911A1. Never too many guns or ammo in a combat zone. I would go on convoys as the Convoy Commander wearing my M9 in leg holster, 1911 in shoulder holster, M4A1 Carbine, M79 40m GL, MP5K 9mm SMG, (.30 cal long gun either a select fire 7.62mm FAL or M700 in .300 Win Mag) and a M26 Taser. Those were just my personal guns that I carried plus 5 blocks of M112 C-4.

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[JoeS]

How about just getting a 1911 in 9mm? I have one (Springfield) extremely pleasant to shoot.

 

[Chief Joseph]

Love PM Kahrs..

Yes, I do too, have the PM9 and a CW9. While they are polymer, very nice little guns. The PM9 fits right in my pocket daily. My Sigma 9 I just couldn't find a way to conceal on my protruding midsection.

 

[Jim PHL]

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!

 

[Guevera]

I have a couple of 908 S&W pistols, which I like a lot, but I am waiting on a 1911 CCO model with an alloy frame in 9mm from Fusion Firearms. That's a Commander slide on an Officer's Model frame - should be an interesting experiment in a small single-stack 9.