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Now what is wrong with the GLOCK MODEL 29 I ask???
I have one and carry it daily, 10 rounds in the magazine and it still has plenty of get up and go with that 3.8 inch barrel. I handload 155 grain bullets in that sub-compact, carry 180's in the model 20 with 4.6 inch barrel.

Tonk, how do you carry your 29, on my wish list also.

"Now what is wrong with the GLOCK MODEL 29 I ask???"
Not a thing! Just not my idea of a "pocket pistol"
Like an Elsie Pea.

The 29 just calls for Bigger pockets

I'm packin a G 20 and 30 extra rounds in my shoulder rig now!
I'm partial to 180 grainers myself. Good compromise of weight and speed

I handled a Diamondback tonight thought the trigger was awful.

Sights were nice felt nice, but the trigger pull was bad!

My wife has a 380 Kel-Tec would buy another.

You do, I have one and find it superior to an LCP, not that the LCP is an inferior product. Just compare and you'll find out. Be warned some of these guns don't function correctly until you put about 250 rounds through them. Mine jammed a fair bit during the first 50 shots but hasn't jammed since then and I've got about 400 rounds through it. It's a well thought out gun at a decent price. I carry in in a pocket holster (not printable).

You aren't going to get a nice trigger on a gun like this without a safety, shoot one and you'll come to find it's damn accurate.

Apologies for not reading the entire thread, but a couple of candidates:

S&W 642
Kahr MK9 Elite

I see Sig Sauer is making a 380ACP that looks like the
Colt pocket lite.

The best pocket pistol is the one you didn't have to complete paperwork for....

Like the S & W .40 snub reamed out a bit to 10mm

tho there is a very slightly used Elsie Pea in the used case for two fitty.
I dropped it into my polo shirt pocket and it snugged right in there!

I wifey has asked me to rein in gun shopping until after Christmas,
Every time she thinks she has an idea for me, I buy it!

God Love her, she's a keeper

I'd suggest a makarov. I have an east german version and a bulgarian. Both never, ever jam and are surprisingly
accurate with that little 9x18 round. 8+1 helps.

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KK-Alaska there is nothing hard about adjusting the spring on the Diamond back. You simply take off the grips and use a good screwdriver to take off some of the tension the spring is putting on the trigger. Same goes for the Colt Python!!!

I cary my model 29 Glock 10mm, on my right hip (I favor a Don Hume OSP holster) also carry the Glock model 20 in 10mm, under my left arm pit when in a vehicle, covered up with a vest or jacket. I don't carry extra clips, just an extra pistol because it is a hell of a lot faster should that pistol jam or run out of ammo.

Tonk,

Do you think a Glock 29 can be pocket carried? I pocket carry a Kahr MK40. I live in tthe Colorado Rockies and have black bear problems usually in spring and fall. Would be more comfortable with 10mm than 40 against a bear when working in the yard or between house and car. Especially with the Double Tap Wide Nose Hard Cast Beartooth loads.

I haven't seen anyone mention the Lorcin 25 auto ?

Just lol I have one and you should actually just through it at them it would do more damage!!

Re Diamond Back trigger.

Pistol was a new one in a local shop, asked the owner if I could dry fire it he said sure. First time I tried it felt like trigger would never work. To my way of thinking I did not like it. Did a search and found a lot of people that were
not happy with there Diamondbacks.

My Wifes Kel-Tec 380 is reliable accurate and has a much better trigger than the one example of one Diamondback.

There is no doubt in my mind, that something was indeed wrong with that Colt Diamond Back you looked at in the store. I gave my wife my Colt Diamond Back years ago, after adjusting the spring and she could should the lights out. It just was not something she could carry on her in warm weather. We had no CCW permint in Missouri back then either. Now she carries a GLOCK model 27 (.40cal) on her person.

Now for the average women who does not shoot a lot mind you, the Glock model 26 is a better go as a defense weapon and it holds 10 rounds. Cor-Bon ammo and Pow R Ball ammo are very potent in a 9mm Luger caliber, delivers some 483 pounds of kinetic energy. In comparison the .38-spl only has 290 to 325-lbs of energy. The .40cal S&W has 535-lbs of energy, compared to a .380-auto at 190 using Cor-Bon defense ammo, which you can NOT do in a Kel-Tec according to the company.

You're thinking the wrong Diamondback: Diamondback Firearams