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Let’s take just a cursory look at available choices today. In each weapon type, various sizes and calibers are available. This allows armed citizen and cop alike to have a deep concealment gun, a larger handgun that’s concealable under heavier clothing, and perhaps a still larger one for home defense or target practice, all with the same fire controls and general “feel” for commonality of training and habituation, so that skills developed with the one will transfer to the other. With some (but not all) combinations, one can also use the larger gun’s speedloaders or higher capacity magazines for efficient spare ammo recharging with the smaller gun.

Many prefer a mix of modern and traditional. These are modern polymer-frame autos with hammer-fired mechanisms. From top: 9mm SIG P250 DAO, 45 ACP Heckler & Koch USP45, and 45 ACP Ruger P345.

Secrets of experience: moderately long-barrel guns with short grips deliver great shooting performance, and may be easier to carry at the waist than “snubbies.” From top: Kahr Covert P40 in 40 S&W; S&W Model 64 38 Special with 4-inch barrel and Craig Spegel Boot Grips; and Colt CCO with 4 1/4-inch barrel of Commander mounted on short Officers frame, in 45 ACP, wearing Barnhart Burner stocks.