[Ricklin]

I too enjoy the 9 X 18. A little more snort than .380 (debatable) and now easy to find, and reasonably priced.......that has not always been the case! I'll put the trigger of the CZ82 up against any military handgun, and many commercial offerings. It's quite good. Hi Cap, fairly compact, and stone ax simple.
I've owned the venerable PA63 for a long time. I got an early one back when the shotgun news ad said they were surplus STASI pistols. Whatever, after about fifteen years I replaced the recoil spring. I think I paid 79 bucks for it. No complaints, I'd carry it in a pinch, comfortably.

I like our OP's quest, as one could get "detailed" or keep it pretty broad. So get a little obscure with the 9 X 18.