Smallest quality 9mm 40 or 45, cont'd
Got locked out in the middle of my post, continuing the thread here:
Smallest 9mm lugers worth looking at:
Rohrbaugh, Kel-Tec P11, Kel-Tec PF9 (single stack version of P11 with improved trigger), Walther PPS in 9mm, and Kahr (I forget the model number).
The Rohrbaugh is the smallest and I believe lightest of these, but its also astronomically expensive (ie over $1000). The PF9 is only a teensy bit bigger and costs 1/3 as much. . .its the poor man's Rohrbaugh!
Glock 26 is reasonably small, but basically being a chopped down service pistol, its far bigger than the rest of them, and not really in the same class. Ditto for the SW99 compact and compact XD-9. If you're OK with a gun that size, you might also look into the Smith 3913, and a few others (eg the CZ-75 RAMI, and Para-Ordinance in 9mm). But ultimately, IMO none of these really qualify as "pocket" pistols.
Smallest .40s: Kel-Tec P40 (if you can find one. . .they're scarce), Kahr, and Walther PPS in .40.
For what its worth, the Kel-Tec P40 has the most unpleasant recoil of any pistol I've ever fired. Full-house .357 magnums from a 2" bbl snubnose are a pleasure to shoot compared to this monster.
I can't comment on the other two, never having shot them in .40, but my general feeling is that .40 is really pushing things in terms of recoil from a gun weighing under 1 lb. Personally, 9mm luger is about the most powerful round I'd go from a pocket auto.
In terms of smallest .45s. . .the absolutely smallest is the Semmerling pistol (sp), but that's not really a semi-automatic, and these are fairly pricey as well. None of the rest of them could really be considered "pocket" pistols. Many manufacturers are offering super-small 1911s, but the Para-Ordinance Warthog is probably one of the better ones out there.
Smallest 9mm lugers worth looking at:
Rohrbaugh, Kel-Tec P11, Kel-Tec PF9 (single stack version of P11 with improved trigger), Walther PPS in 9mm, and Kahr (I forget the model number).
The Rohrbaugh is the smallest and I believe lightest of these, but its also astronomically expensive (ie over $1000). The PF9 is only a teensy bit bigger and costs 1/3 as much. . .its the poor man's Rohrbaugh!
Glock 26 is reasonably small, but basically being a chopped down service pistol, its far bigger than the rest of them, and not really in the same class. Ditto for the SW99 compact and compact XD-9. If you're OK with a gun that size, you might also look into the Smith 3913, and a few others (eg the CZ-75 RAMI, and Para-Ordinance in 9mm). But ultimately, IMO none of these really qualify as "pocket" pistols.
Smallest .40s: Kel-Tec P40 (if you can find one. . .they're scarce), Kahr, and Walther PPS in .40.
For what its worth, the Kel-Tec P40 has the most unpleasant recoil of any pistol I've ever fired. Full-house .357 magnums from a 2" bbl snubnose are a pleasure to shoot compared to this monster.
I can't comment on the other two, never having shot them in .40, but my general feeling is that .40 is really pushing things in terms of recoil from a gun weighing under 1 lb. Personally, 9mm luger is about the most powerful round I'd go from a pocket auto.
In terms of smallest .45s. . .the absolutely smallest is the Semmerling pistol (sp), but that's not really a semi-automatic, and these are fairly pricey as well. None of the rest of them could really be considered "pocket" pistols. Many manufacturers are offering super-small 1911s, but the Para-Ordinance Warthog is probably one of the better ones out there.
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