Top 6 Most Practical Pistols for Concealed Carry (9mm Double Stack)

The 40 might suck, but the 9nwas great, wish I still had it. Watch this guy reload a mag in this video before u decide to take his advice on forearms. He looks like a democrat 😂

Too bad those shield arms mags have now proven to be crap

3mins so far..and Nothing

Have you done a Shield Plus review??

We need an update with the shield plus added and with magguts inserts.

I have the SIG P365XL and it is the best concealable pistol I have ever owned.

how well would a glock 26 with an extended magazine score?

The security 9 is smaller than the 19 in every dimension with the same capacity and less weight. Am I missing something?

The caliper isn't even on. How can you use the full capability of the tool? Do you only put ten rounds in a fifteen round mag too?

Best for what? The gun is a tool for the job. So what’s the job?

I'll take the Hellcat with 11 rounds and 22.6 oz. 11 is enough for any needs I may run into and having any extra weight makes it harder to carry daily. 2.1 ozs every day adds up. Plus, Shield S15 Magazines have had some spotty reliability issues. Can you truly trust their magazines with your life? I'd prefer to stick to OEM.

Wow thank you for compiling this information

It's funny how differently people can vary in how they value attributes of their weapons.

I, personally speaking, think the heavier the better. All pistols are going to be light enough to handle with ease, but heavier pistols handle recoil better. And I value the ease of handling more than I do cutting a couple ounces off.

I also greatly value barrel length and I'd rather have a slightly more bulky pistol if I receive a longer barrel.

I would almost read this chart backwards, wanting the least rounds/oz but keeping with atleasy 15 rounds.

I carry my G 26 sometimes with a G17 mag in it or at least as my backup mag. I once had to do some business in a bad part of town so I put a 33 round mag in my pocket .

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Interesting!

Thanks guys

So gen 3 G19 better than gen 5?

Great job, it took a great deal of work and it is appreciated. Thank you. I liked your review on the Bul armory sas 2 UL. Unfortunately I have not been able to get one. I’ll keep trying. Thanks.

Just bought the Bul SAS 2 UL. Will use as my every day concealed carry, here in Israel.

Find your videos entertaining and very informative.

Thanks!

BR

sure you’re going to give good grades to Springfield because they always have a commercial or two of them on every review that you do 😂😂

Staccato C2
Caliber:

9mm

Barrel:

3.9 Inch Bull Barrel

Sights:

Fiber Optic Front, Dawson Precision® Charger Rear

Optic-Ready:

Fiber Optic Front, Tactical or Carry Dawson Precision® Optic System “Pat. Pend.” Rear

Trigger:

4 – 4.5lbs With Ambi Safety Levers

Dimensions:

Length: 7.4 Grip Width: 1.3
Height: 5.6 Width At Safeties: 1.5 Weight:
25oz Empty – No Mag

Magazines:

3x 16-Round

Look people . I don't give the thought of how somebody could give the win to Glock . Please hear me out . Glock was a cutting edge company in the 80's. No doubt about it . Are the reliable? Yes . Are they cutting edge ? No . They are a company that is riding on their 80's credentials. Glock knows what the general public wants in a handgun . What do we get ? We have to depend on aftermarket support to get something as good as what we cab get from other manufacturers. If I was to but a Flock a run SHIELD mags in it and had a problem , what would people say ? Blah,blah, blah , you should have ran aftermarket mags on it . Corporate cop out! Build your shit to current standard !

I wonder how the Beretta PX4 Storm Sub Compact would measure up with a full size mag and the adapter piece they make for putting on the mag so it gives you a full grip on the gun. 18 total rounds. Probably bigger and heavier though. Although you are still using OEM mags and not third party. I have both a Glock 43x and 48 and have had significant failures with certain types of ammo with the Shield Arms mags. Also it is very difficult to remove the OEM Glock mags with the Shield Arms mag release. My Beretta however so far has not had a single failure.

What new score would you give the 48mos with the shield mags?

P365X ????

I know this video is based on your opinion and I don't disagree with your rankings. I own, or have owned, most of these guns at one point and the guns I chose for my carry rotation are the Springfield Hellcat RDP, Sig P365 SAS, Glock 43x, Glock 19 and a Ruger LCP (gen 1). Most of the time, my go to is the RDP, but situation, weather and clothing are the biggest factors for deciding what I'm carrying. I've pretty much moved my Glocks out of the carry rotation because of the grip angle. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but the VA botched a wrist and elbow surgery and now getting a decent sight picture with the Glocks is super uncomfortable. Most of the time I'm just running to the gas station, so my LCP gets carried a lot, even though I hate my LCP. The only reason I don't get rid of it is that it's not worth any significant amount of money and it's a comfortable gun to throw in my pocket. Plus, it makes a good gun you're not going to care about getting back until your trial is over if you ever have to use it. With that being said, the fucker that makes me shoot them with the LCP is also getting beaten with it for making me blow up a fire cracker in my hand. Good video though and I like the data presented.

BORINGGGGG

G43X sucks mah balls.

You forgot or skipped the original grandfather of all double stack, Browning HP ?
Height is 4.8" / 12.2 cm
Width 1.26" / 3.2 cm
Weight 31.5 oz / 893 gram
Length 7.8" / 19.8 cm

James, with no doubt, the weight needs to include weight of ammo. No one carries without ammo. Whether or not you include a round in the chamber, it's proper to carry with one in the chamber...

I would like to see a modernized video of this featuring the the hellcat pro and the p365 macro and see what shakes out between the 48 and 43x with the shield mags and the pro and macro. And maybe James do a video review all 3 side by side considering the three guns are really changing the compact market in big big ways.

Yet again, a Glock fanboy’s only way to get the block to compete… change a major component/modify, and compare to other stock pistols. That’s like saying the Honda Civic V tech is the fastest car on the road… Once you spend all the money to mod it then yea..kinda… for a min. But none of the other cars on the list were modified for the comparison.

I wonder how the SIG P365X with MAGGUTS +2 would compete? That brings capacity up to 14 rounds and at an ounce lighter and considerably smaller than Glock 43x, it might beat it out.

How about the Hellcat Pro? I guess this video predates that but based on their numbers it looks better than the 43x in terms of rounds/sq in. Great video, thank you

Need to shoot them, see which ones are the most accurate and add that to the scoring

I’d better see a CZ 75 compact on here James……

For those of you who SAY they don’t care about weight… Rosie O’Donnell…

A more logical way to measure the weight of your guns would be with a LOADED magazine, unless you carry your concealed handgun void of ammunition to save weight. Of course that would not allow you to cook the numbers, fanboy.

Love the akuma, bison street fighter 2 reference lol

My EDC will continue to be the tried and true Browning Hi-Power. My 2nd is the Sig P250. Love the videos, great job. 🤛🏼

Hmmmm, our definitions of the word "compact" may be different. AND, not a single gun here I would even consider owning.

I love everything about the p365xl and have wanted one for quite awhile. But I went ahead and palmer one at the store and it just felt like the grip was just too small for my hand and I felt lacking without my pinky fully on the grip. Doesn't anyone know a good compact for concealed carry thats close to the p365xl but with a grip that my pinky will fit on?

I have a taurus pt111g2 great gun

Ya but I don't carry mussel down I carry mussel back grip down because I want more grip less barrel if I'm shooting its up close and personal and now or ill use a rifle !

An admirable and useful pursuit !!!! Any up dates since this video?

Good stuff!