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Hi, you might remember a thread of mine from months back asking what the largest pistol was that other smaller framed people could conceal. I guess it was too long ago to find the thread and reread it.

Anyways, I had purchased a Glock 19 with the intent to use it as both a range and carry pistol. It's too big for me to carry, as far as I can tell. If I'm honest, I could likely just wear larger clothing, but realistically, I would be more likely to just go back to wearing what I usually do instead. What I'd like is a pistol smaller than mine with the same manual of arms. That leaves me with a couple different options, mostly the compact double stacks like the 26 and 9c, or single stacks like the PF9, Shield, PPS, Kahr, etc. As much as I'd like to get a Glock 26, I'm not in the position to keep buying pistols in the hopes it would work. The width of the G19 seems just as much of an issue as the grip length. That leaves me with a single stack, which seems like a good option because I'm covered with winter weather carry (outside of my work uniform,) as well as a summer carry (which my uniform is more along the lines of) option with the Shield/Kahr.

My question, is which route would you take? Get the 26 and make it work, or hope it does? Or just go straight for one of the larger "pocket" 9s and cover the most bases?