I found places this past week I could rent and shoot a Glock 43, Spfld XDS, Kkahr and Shield so I was able to try all four. I chose and purchased the Glock 43 last night. I don't think I could have gone wrong with any of these, but the Glock just seemed to fit me better, plus I carry a Glock 27 now.
Thanks to all who gave advice and expressed their opinions which allowed me to narrow my search. Now it is off to the the range today to see how it performs!
good luck, I have a G43, then I bought a shield because it offered one more round and I just wanted to try it as well. The G43 has a softer recoil impulse, the shield is just a tiny bit more accurate in my hands but may be the square sights on it. I will just keep both, I may replace the shield sights with the big orange trijicon when I can, that sight makes silhouette hits a lot easier for me anyway. I opted for no safety on the shield, I try and keep all my CCW pistols about the same in behavior. I carry the G43 more than the shield.
