Decisions...Decisions

I've never had any personal complaints with different sized/shaped handguns, and that's because in the service one shoots what one is given and does the best one can.

Basically, I never learned the fine art of whining. I of course have preferences, and were it merely for "feel", I'd carry and use the Glock 21 over the Glock 23 any day of the week.

But reality rearing it's ugly head has led me to believe that the ballistics obtainable from the 23 slightly surpasses the 21, so for CCW* I look to the 23 or 27, particularly during the hot Florida summers where smaller means better.

The Glock 21 rewards me with a tactile sensation that simply says, "hold me, shoot me." As if my hand were used as the template. Add that to the fact, not opinion, mind you, but fact, that aside from a specialized 1911, the G-21 is the world's best service/defense pistol in 45 caliber. There's a reason IPSC shooters favor 1911's and Glocks above all others, and Sevigny and Latham duels are legendary. Sevigny and his Glock's edge out Latham and his 1911's, but that is most probably due to the fact that Sevigny is slightly, ever so slightly, the better shooter.

Stock from the box PLUS a barrel and trigger upgrade means you've just bought a gun that for $750-$800 will kick as much competitive ass as your skill allows. But, will an $800 Glock beat a $3000 1911? No. Close, but no cigar. The add-ons for Glock just haven't arrived, but for 99.99% of the shooting public it is a meaningless comparison. You'd have to Ransom both guns to see the difference.

Ammunition improvements aside, I repeat the assertion that the G-23 is the best combat handgun for the money.

Fancy ass 1911's are what you show your friends. Dead-on reliable Glocks are what you show your enemies.

*In Florida, concealed means "carrying on or about a person in such a manner as to conceal the firearm from the ordinary sight of another person." Leave it to lawyers to insist that a word can define itself. What is has come to mean though, is fairly simple. If someone else cannot determine you are carrying a gun, the gun is concealed. Not so in pansy ass states such as Texas, where a bulge can send you to jail.