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I absolutely love my Sig Sauer SP2022. It’s (for me) my best shooting pistol in terms of handling and accuracy.

It just fits my hand perfectly and points naturally. I shoot it extremely well.

My second favorite carry/compact size is a CZ P-07

You don’t know what you’re missing. It’s the “sleeper Sig”. And half or less the price of a 226 or 229. I’ve been a CZ fan for a while and like my P-07, but the 2022 blows it away.

The 2022 Should be considered a compact as it is a 4” 15-round 9.

It’s almost identical to another “compact” in that same size 15-round 9mm category; the CZ P-07.

Both the 07 and the 2022 would fall into the overall Glock 19-size compact size slot.

“Full size” CZ75B shown for comparison.

Unfortunately, the SP2022 with the magazine is as tall as a G17. Definitely not a compact. And it's also thicker.

Absolutely true.  There is NOTHING compact about the SP2022

I might be a month late to this discussion but I'm going to reply anyway. It's easy to tell whether a pistol was designed with .40 in mind or not: just compare its mag capacity in the two calibers. Pistols designed around 9mm will have magwells that are too narrow for .40 which leads to a large difference in capacity. Examples include the Beretta 92/96 (5 round difference), the Sig 226 (5 round difference), and the CZ-75 (6 round difference). Pistols designed with .40 in mind from the start will use a wider magazine leading to a smaller difference in capacity. The Beretta 8000 and PX-4, the Sig Pro, the Sig P250/P320, and the CZ P-07 all lose only 3 rounds in .40. The Hk P30 loses only 2 rounds in .40 because it uses the magwell dimensions of the USP compact which was designed for .40.

There's one notable exception to this: Glock was designed before .40 was a thing but the capacity of their .40s are quite close to their 9s. That's because Glock's polymer over steel 9mm mags are so thick that they could make an optimal. 40 mag in the same space by using a thinner polymer shell.

You just need the right belt and holster.

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I have the belt covered.  I run an Ares Gear Aegis.

I like my SIG P239. I prefer my S&W 908. Slender, light but not too small. Been out of production for a while but parts are still available.

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The third gen single stack Smith's are hard to beat. My 3913 ls is just about perfect, thin and light but not to light and not to small.