I'm a firm believer in the KISS principle, and would like to have weapons that have a similar MOA - preferably across both hands. Specifically in this case, I'm thinking about left-hand IWB carry for a duty or compact sized pistol, and pocket carry for a single-stack sub-compact in the right hip pocket.
What I want are a pair of options with:
*Same caliber
*Same trigger style (willing to substitute LDA for SFA)
*Same style controls: roughly same location, same options, same ambidexterity, same safety (or lack of safety). For example, the XDm and XDs both have right-hand-only slide stop, so they are similar.
*Duty or Compact size needs to be double-stack.
These options do not necessarily need to be the same brand, as long as they have similar features above.
I am aware that various incarnations of the 1911 would fit this bill, as well as (mentioned earlier) XDm and XDs.
M&P does not (Shield lacks certain ambi features), PPQ/PPS does not (same reason), although any of those has the potential to be half of the set if they match something else.
If any part of my question isn't clear, please ask for clarification and I'll try to reword it. Basically, I'm looking for a double-stack pistol and a single-stack pistol that - aside from the physical size of the gun and the capacity - are essentially the same, and that if I am trained on one, it will be very easy to transition to the other.
ETA: I guess the Glock series would work as well, the G21/30/36 specifically.
What I want are a pair of options with:
*Same caliber
*Same trigger style (willing to substitute LDA for SFA)
*Same style controls: roughly same location, same options, same ambidexterity, same safety (or lack of safety). For example, the XDm and XDs both have right-hand-only slide stop, so they are similar.
*Duty or Compact size needs to be double-stack.
These options do not necessarily need to be the same brand, as long as they have similar features above.
I am aware that various incarnations of the 1911 would fit this bill, as well as (mentioned earlier) XDm and XDs.
M&P does not (Shield lacks certain ambi features), PPQ/PPS does not (same reason), although any of those has the potential to be half of the set if they match something else.
If any part of my question isn't clear, please ask for clarification and I'll try to reword it. Basically, I'm looking for a double-stack pistol and a single-stack pistol that - aside from the physical size of the gun and the capacity - are essentially the same, and that if I am trained on one, it will be very easy to transition to the other.
ETA: I guess the Glock series would work as well, the G21/30/36 specifically.
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