[firestar]

I like 9mms the best and I also seem to like single stack over double stack pistols for carry. What are all the common and availiable single stack 9mms on the market? I mean the ones that might serve as a decent CCW not just a collectible gun.

I'll start the list with guns I can list off the top of my head:

1. Kahr K and P series pistol.
2. Sig 239
3. Star Firestar M43
4. Star BM
5. Star Ultrastar
6. Star model B
7. Star BS
8. Star Super B
9. Colt 1911
10. S&W 39
11. Astra A75
12. Rap 401
13. Polish Radom
14. Colt Pocket 9
15. AMT Backup
16. Walther P-1
17. Walther P-5
18. H&K P-7
19. Sig 225
20. Sig 210
21. Sig 220 (in 9mm)
22. Luger
23. Walther P-38
24. Springfield Armory 9mm 1911
25. S&W 952
26. S&W 439
27. S&W 539
28. S&W 639
29. S&W 3904, 3906, 3913, 3914, 3953, 3954, CS9,
30. Beretta M
31. Walther P-4
32. Astra 600
33. H&K P9S
34. Detonics Pocket 9

Any others?

[Devonai]

Sig 225 is a popular one.

BTW, the Kel-Tec P11 is a double-stack.

[Croyance]

The S&W 39 series.
Sig 210
Luger
Mauser Broomhandle.
Walther P-38

[NJ3]

STI LS9
STI BLS9

Other STI models also.

[10-Ring]

Springfield makes a loaded 1911 in 9mm that's a single stack.

[Rich357]

S&W Performance Center 952 (952-1).

Rich

[B Coyote]

Springfield Armory Ultra Compact 9mm. :cool:

bc:)

[Mastrogiacomo]

I own TWO Beretta compacts type M. They're single stack, eight rounds, slender -- they'd fit the bill....:D I plan to buy more -- doesn't that just say all?:p

[firestar]

Mastrogiacomo,
I have never seen a singel stack Beretta 9mm. Can you post a pic or a link?

I will edit the above to add the pistols you guys have told me about and take off the Kel-Tec.:o

[jmbrowning]

From the Beretta USA website (near the bottom) (http://products.berettausa.com/frame_tabellaprodotti_2002.asp?sgmt=22&Model=92&descr=1):

The Type M, variant of 92 Compact L, carries a single stack 8-round magazine, which creates a slimmer profile that’s ideal for individuals with smaller hands.

IIRC, there was a non-trivial Federal acquisition of these for the US Postal Service Inspectors. They are rather highly sought after. A local store sold out its entire shipment in a few days of arrival.

Warning: Viewing pictures of highly desireable tricked-out carry pistol may result in dangerously low cash conditions

http://www.beretta92.org/albums/type-m/aab.sized.jpg

The 92M is a slender little thing unlike her fat cousin, the 92FS.

http://www.beretta92.org/albums/type-m/aag.sized.jpg

This is the only Beretta 92 I can get my mitts comfortably around for a stable shooting grip and it hides real easily IWB with a light cover.

[firestar]

From one Beretta fan to another, that is one sweet pistol! I didn't even know that it existed. Why are there not more of them? I would buy one in a heartbeat!

[jmbrowning]

Here's a nice pic of a Nazi Model B with the Waffenamts on the tang.

http://southernohiogun.com/images/SHG-STARB.jpg

It's lineage from the Browning design is fairly obvious.

[firestar]

I just did a search on gunbroker and found a guy selling the blued version. I want to check it out in person first but I think this is a contender for my next purchase.

[Ala Dan]

the original Smith & Wesson 39-2

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[Hand_Rifle_Guy]

Astra 400/600.
CZ-52.
Tokarev TT-30/33/Norinco 213.
Steyr Hahn 1912 if you find one with a Nazi conversion barrel

The Astra 600's the only one on this list that's 9mm Para. from the factory, but all are viable.

[sm]

9X23 single stack 1911 style , Caspian, Commander size.

This just may be the perfect carry gun. I have been shooting one. If I win the lottery, guess what I'm having built? drool, pant, bad case of wants... ;)

[themic]

jmbrowning that was so damned evil of you.

where do i get one?

i didn't recall seeing this on beretta's website, but there it is, hidden at the bottom...

[RON in PA]

SIG 239
Radom
Beretta 1951(Helwan clones)

[hksw]

The Bersa Thunder 9 is a double stack 9 mm.

[Mikel]

I have the same preference for single stack 9mm's. As a function of being ~5'6", it's hard to get a good grip on something with a fat doubl stack magazine, like a glock. So far I have a Kahr PM9 and a Sig 239. I tried a springfield XD the other day, and though it's double stack IIRC, it seemed to fit my hands WAY better than a glock.

[C. H. Luke]

STI Trojan ..........

[Mike Irwin]

These are all older, and not in production, but you'll still see them...

Polish Radom

Finnish & Swedish Lahti

Astra 400

Astra made another one in 9mm, but I'll be darned if I can remember what it is...

I'm also fairly sure that Randall made a bunch of 1911-style guns in 9mm, but you don't see Randalls too often anymore.

[Jeff OTMG]

H&K P9S
H&K P9S Target
H&K P9S Competition
Detonics Pocket 9 (not a good choice for carry)
ROHRBAUGH

[firestar]

ROHRBAUGH?

How you gonna buy or carry a gun that doesn't exist?:neener:

[Jeff OTMG]

Ahhhh, but they do exist, though granted not very many of them. I have seen them, I have handled them, soon I will shoot them, soon I will buy one. How soon is up to Karl. I am guessing by the end of summer, maybe sooner ;)

[Jeff OTMG]

You didn't add:
STI LS-9 (I have one)
STI BLS-9
STI Trojan

[DonGlock26]

I have a P225 made in West Germany in 1982. I plan on replacing some springs,adding N.S.,and maybe having the slide nickle plated. It is a great compact 9mm pistol and it fits my small hand very well.