I finally decided on a full sized auto in 9mm for my concealed carry. From the get-go I wanted to carry one of these and after a couple of months of thinking I decided that as many people as there are out there hiding full sized autos surely I could as well, even with my wimpy frame.

Anyway, I read a lot of reviews on this gun and had almost ruled it out because I found a lot of people saying they had several different problems with it (particularly the stiff trigger, which I actually don't mind so much) but I did a little more research and found that these problems were pretty much wiped out with a small redesign of sorts. I went to several different shops today, looked at and held all the others I was thinking of buying, then made my final decision.

I was also proud of my decision on where to purchase it. I went to what's called the "Army-Navy Store" in the town where my college is and those guys are always super helpful so I decided that I'd consider them for my next firearms purchase and I'm glad I did. It wasn't the cheapest place to purchase this gun but I didn't like the vibe inside the place where it was the cheapest. Also, it may not seem like much but the owner looked me in the eye and shook my hand after I paid him and told me to be sure and let him know how it performs for me. Something about that seemed extremely respectable. (I supposed it bears mentioning that what got me interested in this pistol in the first place was one of the younger guys at the shop carries it for his CCW and he had some good things to say about it.)

Now to start a holster search...