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joe817 wrote:I'm with you RexB. I was getting ready to get excited over the new Smith. It's hammer fired, but DAO., which is disappointing.

I found a better photo of the new S&W...

I had some screw off time today and i went down to our local indoor range who is also a gun shop.They had a Ruger LCP for a range rental and i looked at it.
Man that thing is small.I like it even more now.I guess i should of shot it but did not have that much time.maybe next week.He said thay have sold some and they go for about $349.

texjames wrote:They had a Ruger LCP for a range rental and i looked at it.
Man that thing is small.I like it even more now.I guess i should of shot it but did not have that much time.maybe next week.He said thay have sold some and they go for about $349.

texjames, I'd shop around for a better price on the LCP. I just saw one today for $299.
BTW, the LCP is a great gun if your wanting something reliable and super easy to conceal.

texjames wrote: I like the Kahr P380, the Ruger LCP and Walther PK380.The Sig P238 ain't bad.Any other pistols that size i might also look at?

I've spent a lot of time/rounds with the Kahr P380, P3AT, and most recently the Sig P238, moving down from a Kahr PM9 and PM45.

Up until recently, the Kahr sight picture and accuracy was the thing that sold me. However, I have to tell you that I am most recently impressed by the Sig P238's accuracy and night sights - I am a not the best marksman in the world, but the Sig is spot on and dead easy to do it with, and the build quality seems very high to me. If you can get past the SA, it is very slick little package that is easy to shoot. Kahr P380 is #2 for me, but not being SA it might be easier to deal with in the long run.

The Kahrs all have hump in the trigger guard always takes the skin off my trigger finger knuckle after a hundred rounds or so, but for me they have been very well made, reliable pistols, tho some may dissagree about the last part. I give the hump a pass because 100+ rounds is not the normal mission for a pocket pistol.

While I still like the P3AT for what it is, its build quality is a couple of levels down and the sight picture is... non-existent. Not particularly comfortable to shoot either.

I looked at a Taurus PT738 in a store and it seemed middling in quality (although some of the bigger ones were nice imo), but very pocketable, but not much in the way of sights either.

Just my opinion.