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Full-sized, Compact and Subcompact: What’s the Difference?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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HayesGreener
SAINT
Size
powerboatr
Hellcat
yup
if you have gorilla fingers, it matters on grip size
thats why like my xds even the compact has the same grip size as service
my hellcat is SMALL but i still like her, gloves help
Jsimon78
Professional
All depends on who makes it and caliber.
Annihilator
Hellion
Boy, I could have had a field day with all these replies…….
Jack K
Operator
I carried full size g22 mostly during my law enforcement, the last few years of my career i graduated to a compact g23, currently carry mostly compact or sub compact, ie. Hellcat, xd 40 sub compact glock 27, glock 42, or the lcp max, it all depends on where I going and how I am dressed on which I carry
Jsimon78
Professional
But you’re in a field. Don’t step in the cow pies.
Annihilator
Hellion
Jsimon78
Professional
I missed each one. It’s like dodging potholes.
ChanceMcCall
Custom
To me it has always been about the ability to conceal the firearm. As I aged, weight became more of a consideration after 10-16 hour days of concealed carry. With the proper effort one can learn to shoot an XDs in .45 ACP but concealing a full size 1911 in jeans and a T Shirt is impossible.
ChanceMcCall
Custom
The problem is hot weather. It is crazy to try to not pass out while wearing a constructed suit or sport coat when outdoors in the sun when it is 85+ degree F.
Some of us refuse to dress like a clown in oversized clothes which eliminates another option. 
My absolute favorite concealed carry is a Glock 30 S but only in the winter. I have a hard enough time with bowling shirts (Nat Nast) and a SA XDs in .45ACP. ChanceMcCall
Custom
Too hot and IDs you as a gun carrier if it isn't raining. Someone from Oregon could wear one every day almost. Someone from Florida, parts of Texas and most of Arizona would look like freaks most of the Summer. That is even true for most of Illinois or Missouri. It was over 90 degrees F with no rain in sight in Central Illinois today.
UC_Guy 1971
Custom
I found a meme with a guy in a speedo "concealed carrying" his Glock, but I thought the mods would delete it. So all I have is this:
So subcompact is a chihuahua, compact is boxer sized and labs are full sized?
So subcompact is a chihuahua, compact is boxer sized and labs are full sized?
Biggfoot44
Professional
Biggfoot44
Professional
The old school attitude was to pick the gun you wanted in your hand in a gunfight , and dress around it . And no , it wasn't as difficult as current trends often make it out to be .
Tomorrow , l'll be carrying G21 in the heat wave , and l'll be no more clown like , or uncomfortable than if l wasn't armed .