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I have never been to keen with micro pistols, full size always have been more to my liking. Even back in the day when I owned a few j frames their big brothers and sisters won out on the carry rotation. When I ride my Harley the thought of a carry weapon a little bit smaller has caught my interest for a while but with carpal tunnel in both my wrists from 24 years on a over the road truck , it has kept me away from the smaller carry pieces.

The other day a friend who is buying a house wanted to sell a few to help with a pad for the down payment. One of the ones was a P 938. My wife had a P238 for a while and I shot it ok but the recoil was a little sharp on my wrists so I never took a chance on the bigger brother. So took a chance I did and just got back from the range all that can be said is this should have happened years ago. I loved it. It was flawless in performance and shot well with all I fed it except the personal defense Hornady rounds. They printed a larger group but still combat accurate. Now I have to buy extra mags and a holster. It has the rubber grips on it so that might taken a little sting out of it. I would post pictures but I can’t seam to get that done on here for some reason, computers not being my thing. Finally a micro has won me over, hoping it’s the last one my bank account doesn’t seam to stretch as far as it used to
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txhighlander wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:20 pm I have never been to keen with micro pistols, full size always have been more to my liking. Even back in the day when I owned a few j frames their big brothers and sisters won out on the carry rotation. When I ride my Harley the thought of a carry weapon a little bit smaller has caught my interest for a while but with carpal tunnel in both my wrists from 24 years on a over the road truck , it has kept me away from the smaller carry pieces.

The other day a friend who is buying a house wanted to sell a few to help with a pad for the down payment. One of the ones was a P 938. My wife had a P238 for a while and I shot it ok but the recoil was a little sharp on my wrists so I never took a chance on the bigger brother. So took a chance I did and just got back from the range all that can be said is this should have happened years ago. I loved it. It was flawless in performance and shot well with all I fed it except the personal defense Hornady rounds. They printed a larger group but still combat accurate. Now I have to buy extra mags and a holster. It has the rubber grips on it so that might taken a little sting out of it. I would post pictures but I can’t seam to get that done on here for some reason, computers not being my thing. Finally a micro has won me over, hoping it’s the last one my bank account doesn’t seam to stretch as far as it used to
I have experienced the same when riding my Harley. I believe in carrying on my body and it was just too much trouble between the wind exposing my weapon and the concerns over it falling out of my holster. I pocket carry and the smaller handguns work best for me in this scenario.

What Harley you have? I ride a 2013 Road King. It is funny, my pickup truck of the same year has half the miles of my Harley. I love riding.
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I carry a J Frame a lot. I do own a Glock 43 and from time to time carry it. My Sig P365 finally showed up yesterday at the dealers which is not local. I put it on order around March I think. It will be at my FFL I hope sometime this week. If it proves to be a reliable pistol (hopefully since I waited so long it has the bugs worked out) I see myself carrying it more than any other. I carry a full size pistol on Sunday’s and Wednesday’s. Now I will sell my S&W M36 no dash to help pay if the CC.
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03Lightningrocks wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:39 pm
txhighlander wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:20 pm I have never been to keen with micro pistols, full size always have been more to my liking. Even back in the day when I owned a few j frames their big brothers and sisters won out on the carry rotation. When I ride my Harley the thought of a carry weapon a little bit smaller has caught my interest for a while but with carpal tunnel in both my wrists from 24 years on a over the road truck , it has kept me away from the smaller carry pieces.

The other day a friend who is buying a house wanted to sell a few to help with a pad for the down payment. One of the ones was a P 938. My wife had a P238 for a while and I shot it ok but the recoil was a little sharp on my wrists so I never took a chance on the bigger brother. So took a chance I did and just got back from the range all that can be said is this should have happened years ago. I loved it. It was flawless in performance and shot well with all I fed it except the personal defense Hornady rounds. They printed a larger group but still combat accurate. Now I have to buy extra mags and a holster. It has the rubber grips on it so that might taken a little sting out of it. I would post pictures but I can’t seam to get that done on here for some reason, computers not being my thing. Finally a micro has won me over, hoping it’s the last one my bank account doesn’t seam to stretch as far as it used to
I have experienced the same when riding my Harley. I believe in carrying on my body and it was just too much trouble between the wind exposing my weapon and the concerns over it falling out of my holster. I pocket carry and the smaller handguns work best for me in this scenario.

What Harley you have? I ride a 2013 Road King. It is funny, my pickup truck of the same year has half the miles of my Harley. I love riding.
Interesting, I have a 2013 street glide and yes I love riding as well.
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A friend of mine has the Kel-tec p-11, I have fired it a couple of times at the range. I was thinking about getting one, its very nice and small and holds 10+1 and for 230 dollars I don't think you can beat it. I know he has fired over 3000 rounds with no issues. Nice gun for shorts.
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txhighlander wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:20 pm The other day a friend who is buying a house wanted to sell a few to help with a pad for the down payment. One of the ones was a P 938.
Nice score. Great gun.
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Scott B. wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:08 pm
txhighlander wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:20 pm The other day a friend who is buying a house wanted to sell a few to help with a pad for the down payment. One of the ones was a P 938.
Nice score. Great gun.
It was priced right that it just couldn’t be ignored. If I had not liked it easy to get my investment back. Not I get to spend more money. :woohoo
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Welcome to the club of tiny nines. Mine is a G43, but have owned/carried a Kahr PM9 before. I prefer the Glock. I like 1911s, although I rarely ever carry mine anymore, but when I do, I carry it cocked and locked. But I would not be personally comfortable with a cocked and locked 938 in my pocket. On a belt holster of some kind, yes. Just not for pocket carry - regardless of what brand of pocket holster used.
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Allons wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:49 pm A friend of mine has the Kel-tec p-11, I have fired it a couple of times at the range. I was thinking about getting one, its very nice and small and holds 10+1 and for 230 dollars I don't think you can beat it. I know he has fired over 3000 rounds with no issues. Nice gun for shorts.
There's a 12 round mag available for the P-11, I have a couple

IMHO p11 and sub2k/sub2000 are the best designs he's made. George Kellgren did better with the P11 (doesn't hurt my thumb knuckle) than the PF9 and P10 that have a sharper corner at the thumb tang that bite my thumb knuckle.

I bought a used Kel-tec p-11 from a detective, almost identical size as my Glock 26s, .. (I carry my Glock 26s daily with Glock 17 and Glock 15 mags with +3 base plates) but as far as price in that size/capacity... P-11 is great, and it's accurate and mine has been reliable and has not rusted (like my old Grendel 11 round .380 he designed did)
In the 1980s I collected "the smallest pistol with the highest capacity in every caliber", but sold that collection.

Anyway:
P11 good
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I inherited my 938 from my wife when she moved to a revolver. It is the only 9mm I own.

Surprisingly it also fits in my smaller 1911 holsters very well. I don’t pocket carry it but carry IWB as I do all of my EDC when on my Harley.
BTW, mine is an 04 Ultra Classic with 152k on it
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RPBrown wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:15 am I inherited my 938 from my wife when she moved to a revolver. It is the only 9mm I own.

Surprisingly it also fits in my smaller 1911 holsters very well. I don’t pocket carry it but carry IWB as I do all of my EDC when on my Harley.
BTW, mine is an 04 Ultra Classic with 152k on it
I don’t think I will carry in the pocket as well. Just order a DeSantis thumb break for it. I am not a IWB fan so it’s thumb break OWB for me.

My first Harley was a 04 Ultra Classic , had some work done on it and it developed electrical problems with what was done. I had it fixed but never really trusted it again. Sold it about 3 months ago and bought the street glide. All the upgrades I have done with the exception of upgrading the speakers were plug and play. I went all led’s except the tri bar and that one will be upgraded when the company gets it done.
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carlson1 wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:01 pm I carry a J Frame a lot. I do own a Glock 43 and from time to time carry it. My Sig P365 finally showed up yesterday at the dealers which is not local. I put it on order around March I think. It will be at my FFL I hope sometime this week. If it proves to be a reliable pistol (hopefully since I waited so long it has the bugs worked out) I see myself carrying it more than any other. I carry a full size pistol on Sunday’s and Wednesday’s. Now I will sell my S&W M36 no dash to help pay if the CC.
Hope it meets your expectations, hate you have to sell the 36 since I am out of money. Keep us informed on how it does.
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My wife appendix carries a Sig P238 Equinox and it's a fun little gun to shoot. My EDC is a Sig P239 in Sig 357 ammo but as I age, it's getting heavier and heavier on my waist :roll: . Been thinking for some time about downsizing to a much smaller gun, and I love Sigs. Hate to give up my Sig 357 caliber though.
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txhighlander wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:24 pm Interesting, I have a 2013 street glide and yes I love riding as well.
Nice ride!! :patriot:
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