What are the best hammer-fired conceal carry handguns?

liv4spd · March 22, 2024, 02:26 PM

CZ P-01 and P07 are the clear winners here, but what else?

armoredman · March 22, 2024, 02:36 PM

Same company, but the single best hammer fired metal frame CCW pistol I ever found is the CZ PCR. The lack of the rail on the dust cover and the low mount Novak style rear sight helps with reholstering/carrying concealed, plus the LCI is both usable and unobtrusive. Don't get me wrong, I carried a P-01 for YEARS as a CCW pistol, but for me the PCR was the bees knees.

Now wait for the 1911 crowd.

Cyanide971 · March 22, 2024, 03:24 PM

Didn’t care for the P-01 I had, but the P-07 and even more so the Beretta PX4 Compact “G” are my top two.

105kw · March 22, 2024, 04:24 PM

I like the CZ PCR, but carried a Sig 229 SAS model in 9mm more.

IDbound · March 22, 2024, 05:12 PM

If you can get use to the trigger, the S&W CSX is an option.

Red Devil · March 22, 2024, 05:21 PM

Hands down - Sig P938 9mm.

Red

Super Sneaky Steve · March 22, 2024, 05:56 PM

S&W CSX if far more easy to carry than any CZ, but if you don't mind the bulk CZ's are hard to beat.

PSP · March 22, 2024, 07:22 PM

I'm partial to the HK P2000sk. Shoots like a full sized duty pistol. This one always puts a smile on my face.

74A95 · March 22, 2024, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liv4spd

CZ P-01 and P07 are the clear winners here, but what else?

Funny.

**Aguila Blanca** · March 22, 2024, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liv4spd

CZ P-01 and P07 are the clear winners here, but what else?

I can appreciate the CZs, but I certainly don't agree that they are in any way "clear winners" over any Colt or other decent Commander or Officers ACP sized 1911.

rc · March 23, 2024, 06:40 AM

CZ p01 is awesome but the Trigger may be uncomfortable for some but can be changed.

jar · March 23, 2024, 09:09 AM

There is no "BEST™".

liv4spd · March 23, 2024, 10:14 AM

Unfortunately, the P938 only has a magazine capacity of 7? Even the Springfield 1911 Ronin EMP has better capacity.

RickB · March 23, 2024, 10:16 AM

I've carried a "compact" 1911, and now, a SIG P938.
In the past, I didn't trust 9mm JHPs, so preferred "pre-expanded" bullets of larger caliber, but now, I prefer the much smaller and lighter load of the 9, and ammo has come a long way.

44caliberkid · March 23, 2024, 10:25 AM

Taurus TH9 compact

DT Guy · March 23, 2024, 03:21 PM

Springfield 4" Contour Carry EMP.

1911 sized to 9MM, fantastic trigger, light and great sights. Gotta' be happy with 10+1, but I am.

Larry

ballardw · March 23, 2024, 03:50 PM

Exposed or hidden hammer?

WheelGunMan · March 23, 2024, 10:45 PM

HK P30

https://images.app.goo.gl/hQ5332udoDS5wjaR6

BillM · March 23, 2024, 11:20 PM

I pocket carry a LCP, wife IWB carries a S&W EZ. Both are hammer fired.

bjw741 · March 24, 2024, 08:05 AM

My favorite is Springfield Armory XDe 3.3 9mm.

BarryLee · March 25, 2024, 05:37 AM

Well, obviously the 1911.

jar · March 25, 2024, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liv4spd

Unfortunately, the P938 only has a magazine capacity of 7? Even the Springfield 1911 Ronin EMP has better capacity.

For many of use, caliber and capacity is way way way down the list of required features; so far down as to be nearly insignificant. While I own, enjoy and shoot quite a few pistols with greater capacity and own, enjoy and shoot handguns that are chambered for .357 and 45acp and 45 Colt and 44 Magnum they simply don't get as much WalkAbout time as my less than ten round single stack pistols or five or six round 22lr, 32S&W (s&l) and 38S&W or 38S&W Special revolvers.

SqueezeCocker · March 25, 2024, 03:19 PM

Any HK hammer fired compact model.

44caliberkid · March 25, 2024, 06:02 PM

I’m really thrilled with my RIA 1911 Compact.

Nathan · March 25, 2024, 10:41 PM

1911…..mic drop

March 22, 2024, 02:26 PM	#1
liv4spd Member Join Date: January 28, 2024 Posts: 93	What are the best hammer-fired conceal carry handguns? CZ P-01 and P07 are the clear winners here, but what else?

March 23, 2024, 09:09 AM	#12
jar Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2001 Location: Deep South Texas Posts: 1,670	There is no "BEST™". __________________ To be vintage it's gotta be older than me!

March 23, 2024, 10:16 AM	#14
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	I've carried a "compact" 1911, and now, a SIG P938. In the past, I didn't trust 9mm JHPs, so preferred "pre-expanded" bullets of larger caliber, but now, I prefer the much smaller and lighter load of the 9, and ammo has come a long way. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

March 23, 2024, 03:21 PM	#16
DT Guy Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2001 Posts: 959	Springfield 4" Contour Carry EMP. 1911 sized to 9MM, fantastic trigger, light and great sights. Gotta' be happy with 10+1, but I am. Larry __________________ He who fights and runs away had better run pretty damn fast. Government, Anarchy and Chaos

March 23, 2024, 03:50 PM	#17
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,413	Exposed or hidden hammer? __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.

March 22, 2024, 02:36 PM	#2
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,299	Same company, but the single best hammer fired metal frame CCW pistol I ever found is the CZ PCR. The lack of the rail on the dust cover and the low mount Novak style rear sight helps with reholstering/carrying concealed, plus the LCI is both usable and unobtrusive. Don't get me wrong, I carried a P-01 for YEARS as a CCW pistol, but for me the PCR was the bees knees. Now wait for the 1911 crowd.

March 22, 2024, 03:24 PM	#3
Cyanide971 Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2014 Posts: 726	Didn’t care for the P-01 I had, but the P-07 and even more so the Beretta PX4 Compact “G” are my top two.

March 22, 2024, 04:24 PM	#4
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 415	I like the CZ PCR, but carried a Sig 229 SAS model in 9mm more.

March 22, 2024, 05:12 PM	#5
IDbound Member Join Date: February 28, 2010 Posts: 52	If you can get use to the trigger, the S&W CSX is an option.

March 22, 2024, 05:21 PM	#6
Red Devil Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2010 Posts: 274	Hands down - Sig P938 9mm. Red

March 22, 2024, 05:56 PM	#7
Super Sneaky Steve Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2011 Posts: 1,250	S&W CSX if far more easy to carry than any CZ, but if you don't mind the bulk CZ's are hard to beat.

March 22, 2024, 07:22 PM	#8
PSP Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2006 Location: Bowling Green Virginia Posts: 4,487	I'm partial to the HK P2000sk. Shoots like a full sized duty pistol. This one always puts a smile on my face.

March 23, 2024, 06:40 AM	#11
rc Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,769	CZ p01 is awesome but the Trigger may be uncomfortable for some but can be changed.

March 23, 2024, 10:14 AM	#13
liv4spd Member Join Date: January 28, 2024 Posts: 93	Unfortunately, the P938 only has a magazine capacity of 7? Even the Springfield 1911 Ronin EMP has better capacity.

March 23, 2024, 10:25 AM	#15
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,104	Taurus TH9 compact

March 23, 2024, 10:45 PM	#18
WheelGunMan Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2017 Posts: 112	HK P30 https://images.app.goo.gl/hQ5332udoDS5wjaR6

March 23, 2024, 11:20 PM	#19
BillM Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2009 Location: Amity Oregon Posts: 791	I pocket carry a LCP, wife IWB carries a S&W EZ. Both are hammer fired.

March 24, 2024, 08:05 AM	#20
bjw741 Member Join Date: March 24, 2011 Location: Bella Vista, AR Posts: 73	My favorite is Springfield Armory XDe 3.3 9mm.

March 25, 2024, 05:37 AM	#21
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Well, obviously the 1911. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

March 25, 2024, 03:19 PM	#23
SqueezeCocker Member Join Date: March 24, 2024 Posts: 29	Any HK hammer fired compact model.

March 25, 2024, 06:02 PM	#24
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,104	I’m really thrilled with my RIA 1911 Compact.

March 25, 2024, 10:41 PM	#25
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,334	1911…..mic drop