Compact .40 or .45

[carpsniperg2]

  They must be new I am going to have to check them out. Hope the guys at the gun counter can help me out. When i ask them for the new dx, i keep hearing about

[duckaholic]

glock 23, love mine i carry every day and easy to find holsters for and been around long enough to prove its self many many times. oh and the 23 mags are 13 rds of .40 s&w. here is mine in my black hawk holsters both my iwb and my serpa

[Whitelightning]

glock 23, love mine i carry every day and easy to find holsters for and been around long enough to prove its self many many times. oh and the 23 mags are 13 rds of .40 s&w. here is mine in my black hawk holsters both my iwb and my serpa

I have the Blackhawk Leather Pancake for my XDM 40 I like it quality stuff. . The mags for the XDM 3.8 40 are 16 rds too.

[duckaholic]

ya but the thing with the xd is ya it might have a shorter barrel but that is the easy part to hide, you cant hide a full sized grip very good under a t-shirt like you can a smaller (shorter) one like the glock. it is pointless to me to buy a gun for a ccw if it is damn near a full sized gun, if your are going to buy the xd 3.8 with 16 rd mags you might as well buy an xd with a 4.5" barrel

[scout88]

my older brother has an XD 40 sub compact that he loves and i have a sig 226 in 357 sig that im very happy i spent the money to get. both are great guns but the 226 is big for carry i think. not a fan of glocks really but thats just me...

[thinkingman]

Get a Commander sized 1911 in 45acp.
single stack conceals much better and I shoot 45acp much better.

[carpsniperg2]

ya but the thing with the xd is ya it might have a shorter barrel but that is the easy part to hide, you cant hide a full sized grip very good under a t-shirt like you can a smaller (shorter) one like the glock. it is pointless to me to buy a gun for a ccw if it is damn near a full sized gun, if your are going to buy the xd 3.8 with 16 rd mags you might as well buy an xd with a 4.5" barrel

I carry a full size xdm just about every day. Its not to hard to hide, the 3.8 might be a little nicer then say a full size. When it comes to sitting in the car. That's the only time i feel mine and its the barrel. So the 3.8 might fix that problem.

[TheSkyBuster]

 I'll cast another vote for the Glock Model 23,  Mine Won't rust and it goes bang everytime I pull the trigger, except for one time I was practicing left handed and it stovepiped     I like the serpa holster also.    But hey while your shopping don't forget to check out the Model 29, It's compact and .40 caliber to, just more power 

[Whitelightning]

ya but the thing with the xd is ya it might have a shorter barrel but that is the easy part to hide, you cant hide a full sized grip very good under a t-shirt like you can a smaller (shorter) one like the glock. it is pointless to me to buy a gun for a ccw if it is damn near a full sized gun, if your are going to buy the xd 3.8 with 16 rd mags you might as well buy an xd with a 4.5" barrel

I dont have an issue with conceal. If you think you might then buy the NEW just put up on Sprinfields site XDM 3.8 40 S&W Compact, 11 rds with the stubby and 19rds with the extension comes with one of each. That cuts about an inch off the hanlde so it would be like the Glock.

[lumpyd]

+1 for GLOCK 23

[JackOfAllTrades]

I've carried a Colt Officer's ACP for years. 20 or so. You don't need high capacity in a personal defense gun.

-Steve

[boots]

I like my XD subcompact .40

[duckaholic]

I've carried a Colt Officer's ACP for years. 20 or so. You don't need high capacity in a personal defense gun.

-Steve

it doesn't mater how many rounds you have as long as you practice like you should if your going to carry, its all about shot placement just like any thing else.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I've carried a Colt Officer's ACP for years. 20 or so. You don't need high capacity in a personal defense gun.

-Steve

it doesn't mater how many rounds you have as long as you practice like you should if your going to carry, its all about shot placement just like any thing else.

That is certainly true. I'd advise anyone to practice to be proficient in a self defense situation. Remember, If we're ever confronted, it'll probably be at close proximity. Don't be caught up in needing a high-cap gun for every day carry. LEO's may or may not be in a close prox situation and may have multiple targets, because... They're usually 'looking' for the fight. Where-as, we should be looking to avoid the fight. (that is not derogitory towards LEO's but they are in that situation more often, looking for the bad guy.) And don't take it that I believe that no one needs to have a hand gun that holds 23rds.  I carry a five shot revolver Quite often though.

-Steve

[kenjo]

Another vote for the Glock 27. I also like the G23 and the G30 (if you prefer 45 ACP). If you are looking to buy a Glock and want to save some money, join the Glock Shooting Sports Foundation (GSSF). You can buy one Glock per year at LEO discount prices with your membership card at a participating Glock dealer.