

Glock fans who want the smallest possible Glock are in luck. 380 and you’re already a Glock fan, or you just appreciate their unshakeable reliability, this is a great pick. While the G42 met some initial resistance, it quickly won over a large portion of the concealed carry community thanks to its excellent design and classic Glock features. Related Article: 5 Best Night Sights for Glock Owners 380 ACP version, was released to little fanfare and a rather chilly reception because all of the industry insiders and Glock fans had predicted that the G42 was going to be Glock’s long-awaited single-stack 9mm sub-compact. No list of the best subcompacts would be complete without the obligatory Glock 42 listing (and the Glock 43 listing below). You get all the classic 1911 features and controls but in a smaller, soft-shooting platform. 22LR version, which is great, but you can also step things up to the Legion version, which includes a factory-polished trigger, extended mag well, some very sharp-looking G10 grips, and X-RAY3 night sights.ġ911 fans who want something they can (safely) slip into a pocket holster, look no further. Even under rapid fire, everyone I’ve spoken with has found it very easy to control, and I personally shoot it as well as I shoot any other 9mm in this size range. This is also easily one of the softest shooting guns on this list. Related Article: 11 Best 9mm Carbines (Pistol Caliber) 2022 Despite the smaller amount of real-estate, SIG have nailed the control surface and kept them easy to manipulate, especially the mag release and slide stop lever. If you are familiar with a 1911, you’ll find all the controls in the exact same place, just…slightly closer together than you’re used to. It truly is just a 1911, but in a micro-compact format, which is perfect if this is your style of gun.

It has all the classic stylings of a 1911, including an ambi thumb safety, single-action trigger, a similar barrel bushing, and removable grip panels. The P938 is, simply, a mini 1911 chambered in 9mm. If the SIG P365 is the cutting edge of carry guns, then the SIG P938 is a tribute to what came before. Next up, we have another SIG, but this one has basically nothing in common with the last one other than the logo on the box it comes in. The subcompact P365 standard version is a phenomenal choice for anyone willing to spend the money on it, and the XL and SAS versions offer more options as well. These guns have successfully reset the standard for what a concealed carry firearm can and should be. The SIG P365 and its variants have quickly taken the CCW community by storm. All in all, this is the best overall carry gun on the market right now, and it’s sure to serve you well. Whichever version you go with, you get that awesome magazine geometry, a truly excellent trigger, and some sights that you can actually use beyond contact distances. The P365, for my money, has the other two sliiiightly beat, but that’s mostly down to preference.Īnd if you want a little something extra, you have two other variants of the P365 as well, the XL variant (guess what that one is) and the SAS version which is not related to British Special Forces, but is actually the SIG Anti-Snag version that has had all the edges smoothed out for pocket carry. It’s also spawned a lot of competition in the gun industry, with the Springfield Hellcat and Ruger MAX-9 (both discussed below) being released as very similar competitors. That’s insane to me, and to thousands of other gun owners as well because this thing has sold like hotcakes since its release. This is a gun not much larger than the Glock 43 down below in any dimension, but it holds 40% more ammo. SIG has done some sort of engineering witchcraft in the magazine department here and managed to fit 10 rounds in a space that, in most other 9mms of this size, would hold maybe 7 rounds. This small little gun has caused quite a stir in the concealed carry community because of its very large capacity for its size. First up, we have our #1 overall choice for a subcompact, the SIG P365.
