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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinjmpr View Post
    When I look at my gun safe, I see a lot of redundancy. I definitely want to keep a 9mm just because ammo is (reasonably) easy to find for it. But I have both the Glock 17 and the S&W Shield 9 . The Glock easy to shoot but it's huge and difficult to conceal. The S&W is concealable but not as much fun to shoot. So I'm wondering if there's a kind of "happy medium" that falls between those two extremes, one gun that can replace both the Glock and the S&W. IOW, something big enough in my hand to be comfortable and accurate to shoot, but also small enough to be concealable (which I why I was thinking of a single-stack magazine.)

    As far as the metal frame goes, I'm just thinking I'd like something more "traditional" than a polymer-frame gun. I'm not dead-set on a metal (steel or aluminum) frame but it is my preference at this point.
    I was jumping in to toss a vote for the Sig 226/228 based off of your original post.

    Based off of the post I quoted above, it isn?t sexy and doesn?t meet the criteria of your original post but a Glock 19 is hard to beat for practically and definitely slots somewhere between your 17 and the shield.

    If you insist on a metal frame CZ might have some options for you as well. I like my Sigs but they are chunky pigs and I don?t really like to carry them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
    I like my Sigs but they are chunky pigs and I don?t really like to carry them.
    Yeah, after I posted this I forgot that I have an Air Soft P226 that I bought in Korea in 2000. It's the exact size of a real 226 and when I handled it I thought "this IS a fat gun."

    I've never been a 1911 fanboi (nothing against them but I think there are better designs out there) but they are nice and slim.

    Doesn't Dan Wesson make some nice 1911 style guns? Definitely sticking with 9mm though.
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