I need a new handgun...lets talk guns today. :D

Bersa makes a single stack poly frame pistol in 9mm, .40 and .380.

 

Hyatt guns in Charlotte nc is taking pre orders on the new glock 43. They have a picture of it on their web site. I would guess they are asking full msrp.


http://www.hyattgunstore.com/glock-..._-_Glock_43&campaigner=1&utm_medium=HTMLEmail

 

Knowing Hyatts, MSRP is probably 499.

 

Yup, it was announced and is official. Finally a single-stack 9mm from Glock.

Probably too little, too late at least for me. I already bought a Shield 9mm years ago. If the Glock was available circa 2010, I'd have one. But since then, there has been a huge increase in small 9mms. But they'll sell the shit out of it.

 

Did you see the MSRP on the Glock? Like $560ish, so a $500 single stack 9mm, no way Jose. Can get a Shield AND a Bodyguard for close to that and have even more firepower for the same price. Or almost 2 Shields. :down:

 

I want I want I want: http://www.majorpandemic.com/2015/03/Glock-G43-9mm-Single-Stack-Pistol-Its-here.html


I bet there will be a lot of .380's getting traded in soon. I wonder if they'll eventually do a .40?

 

I like. Especially with the ext base plate. And it's rated for +P. :up:

 

so, excuse my ignorance here...

comparing the single stack semi-auto 9mm (6 shots) to a small frame .357 with 3 inch barrel (5 shots). which would you choose?

i know, the Glock is probably way cheaper. also, one more shot. but, the 9mm round doesn't have nearly the energy of a .357 Mag. about the same carry weight. revolver may conceal better?

maybe i'm just old school, but i'm more interested in revolvers.

 

Revolvers are dead reliable, but hard to reload under stress. They may also be harder to shoot hot loads because there isn't a spring to absorb any of the recoil.

The nice thing about the older style baby glocks was always that they could accept the same mags as the full size guns, so cops carrying a G22 could have a backup G27 in their boot that used duty mags. Not so with these single stacks. That's really the only negative I see about this new 9mm. I don't have anything in 9mm but I'll probably pick one of these up for carry anyway.

 

I have a 2" 38 revolver and a 9mm Shield... I pick the Shield every day. More accurate, easier to shoot, faster/more accurate followup shots and significantly faster reloads if needed. I'm absolutely not concerned with any perceived difference in "energy" between 9mm and 357 (or any other handgun caliber) since it's mostly a non-issue.

 

I have more Glocks than anything else, but if this new one is priced $100 or more over the Shield, I'm probably going with a Shield.

 

Can someone explain to me why simple small-frame revolvers are so damn expensive?

I would absolutely carry one if I could find one for the price of an LCP...

 

retail on small frame .38sp is in the same neighborhood as LCP or Shield, but as soon as you bump up to a .357 in the small frame the price nearly doubles.

yes. that annoys me, as well.

 

Just got news that my PPQ is in! Was saving for Glock 19 for almost a year, shot the PPQ a few weeks ago and fell in love. Not sure why but I seemed to shoot the PPQ much better even though I'v been renting and shooting 19's for months now. M&P 15 next!

 

Grand daughter came home with this today...time to go bang some steel.
Ruger 22/45 Lite

 

Kid's got good form!

 

Any thoughts about the Sig P290RS? Single stack, reasonably small and...Sig...

 

I'm talking CHEAP. I'm looking at a Phoenix Arms HP22A. I would pay more for a small frame revolver with interchangeable cylinders for 22lr and 22mag, but not $250 more like ruger and Taurus want. It's a simple design. Make it cheap! And for fuck's sake, give me 9 or 10 rounds in the cylinder when it's such small caliber ammo!

/rant

 

The G43 is looking nice. iraqveteran8888 has a lengthy range test with it on youtube.

 

Lower market volume and more manual labor involved in making revolvers is my guess. Love my little SP101 hammerless.