JTQ
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I suppose if those small guns were competitive with their full size counterparts, they would be the winners, not just in their own compact pistol class, but overall in defensive pistol competitions.I get that a full sized gun has more capacity, but as far as being a better shooter than say a sub-compact (G26 (@Pat Riot)) Officer, or Shield, at what distances are we talking about? Are you guys going to the range and doing much better with fullsized guns at distances that would be hard to justify a self defense claim, and then coming to the conclusion that you can't shoot a G26, M&P 9c, Shield, etc accurate and fast enough for self defense purposes? Are you all seeing that big of a difference at 7 to 10 yards out?
I think most of the top competitors are even picking a G34 over a G17 or a G17 over a G19. It's not just capacity, but barrel length/sight radius and grip length are generally an advantage to accurate shooting.
For the full size G34 lovers, Gabe White
http://www.gabewhitetraining.com/uspsa-for-appendix-carriers/