The trigger is, like most striker-fired varieties, somewhat creepy, but is predictable with a clean break, and after a few minutes with it, most users can shoot it extremely well. The P365’s ergonomics are excellent, and the grip seems to fit all shooters well. The P365 wouldn’t have caught on so quickly and sold like proverbial hotcakes if it weren’t eminently shootable. The compact size is remarkable, particularly when you handle the P365 next to the Glock 19, Glock 26, or other “compact” 9mm pistols from the previous generation, but the diminutive size doesn’t tell the whole story. The upshot is that SIG was able to build a striker-fired 9mm CCW pistol with a max width of just 1.06”, an overall length of just 5.8”, a 4.3” height, and an empty weight of a feathery 17.8 ounces-all with a previously unheard-of 10+1 round capacity with a flush-fit magazine, and 12, 15, and even 17-round extended magazines are now available. This allows trigger and frame components that have to navigate around this part of the magazine to be much more compact side-to-side than was previously possible while retaining some of the capacity of the large-frame double-stack pistols. However, in this new style of pistol, the taper begins significantly lower on the magazine and the tapered portion is longer. The “semi-double-stack” or “stack and a half” magazine is what makes this new micro-compact craze possible, and pretty much everyone else now uses one version or another of this new magazine, which is similar to previous “high-capacity” magazines in that there is a staggered, or double-stacked column of cartridges at the bottom portion of the magazine, but this tapers to a single stack at the feed lips. SIG received 2 US patents for its innovative compact magazine design and has filed lawsuits against competitors for patent infringement. American Rifleman reported that the P365 was the best-selling handgun of 2019, and sales don’t seem to have slowed at all since. SIG claims it’s “America’s #1 selling handgun,” and based on the numbers we’ve seen, it’s hard to argue with that. Released in 2018, the P365 is the “OG” of the micro-compact 9mm CCW pistols, the gun that opened Pandora’s box and introduced the micro-nine to the world. Let’s dive in and discuss the pros and cons of some of the major players in this hot new concealed-carry space, and help you decide what might be the best micro-compact pistol for you. The better offerings will have real, usable sights, a shootable trigger, options for thumb safeties, ambidextrous controls if possible, and the facility to mount a micro red dot optic on the slide. Crucially, the width should not be greater than a few thousandths over one inch at its widest point. ![]() Weight should be around 21 ounces or less unloaded, the length should be around 6” or less (for the smallest “core models”), with an overall height of 4.5” or less. The pistol needs to hold at least 10 rounds of 9mm Parabellum ammunition, and more is better. ![]() Generally, to qualify as a “micro-compact” high-capacity 9mm carry pistol, a gun needs to be very small for its capacity. What is the best micro-compact 9mm CCW pistol?įirst, let’s define some common characteristics among this new category of a defensive carry pistol. In this article, we’re going to go over the different makes and models among the new breed of micro-nine pistols, tell you what we like, and what we don’t like, and hopefully help you make the best CCW pistol choice for you in this increasingly crowded market. Sales skyrocketed, and every major pistol manufacturer started scrambling to develop something to compete with SIG’s pocket rocket. It wasn’t until SIG SAUER blew the doors of the CCW market with its groundbreaking and excellent P365 in 2018 that people realized how truly small and shootable a small 9mm pistol could be. While the micro-compact, lightweight polymer-framed 9mm pistol could be said to have its roots in the now-defunct Kel-Tec P-11 (1995) or the Glock 26 (1994), the P-11 suffered from a truly horrible, staple-gun-like DAO trigger and questionable build quality, while the Glock 26 is pretty chunky for a “pocket” gun, since it’s just as thick as a Glock 19 service pistol. 380 pocket pistol craze, the late 2010s saw the birth of an entirely new species of concealed carry pistol: The “micro-compact” high-capacity (for its size) 9mm. ![]() If the late 2000s (or “noughties,” if you’re hip) spawned a.
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