The New Wave of Double Stack Micro Compacts

[.455_Hunter]

To each his own, not a bad option, I just feel there are better options in 2021...

Think wheel guns went out of vogue a while ago for defensive shooting choices. But they have their place.

Based on my own experiences during 30 years of defensive carry and personal risk assessments, I have two primary concerns with the latest carry guns:

- I refuse to be armed with a weapon that doesn't have either a full-stroke, full-weight DA trigger, or a positive manual safety (stiff with strong detents). Carrying a gun with a "great trigger" that has an enhanced potential for AD/ND is a NO-GO, regardless of training or other equipment crutches. The higher capacity guns combined with the P290RS, Rohrbaugh or 3914DAO action would be interesting, but unavailable due to striker fetishism.

- I also like the positive nature of a recessed heel magazine release or a paddle system. The chance of inadvertently activating a standard or extended mag side release far excced needing a John Wick fantasy-grade reload.

A high-capacity, sub-compact combo of the above doesn't seem to currently exist.

I am an equal opportunity defensive when it comes to firearms (revolver and semi), but the J-frame (or similar) still has a lot going for it with regards to safety, ease of use, reliability and effectiveness for real world daily concealment. Are there scenarios where a citizen might be outgunned? Yes, but their are also scenarios where the lastest high capacity striker special shits the bed, in more ways than one.