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Here's the deal,
I want a "backpack gun." I may use it for CCW, but I'm currently good in that department.
Basically my wife, our 3 year old son, and I go day hiking a lot in the summer, and I carry a backpack with supplies (food, water, first aid stuff, compass, map, etc). I want a smaller pistol to put in an accessable pocket of the backpack to use for possible encounters on the trail/in the woods (ie. critters, bad guys, etc.). I am getting ready to buy a new backpack, so I have 'some' leaway as to pocket sizes for the pistol. Still though I'm looking for something capable of carrying the most rounds without sacrificing size to much.
I own a number of pistols, the smallest in physical size would be my Glock 23, or XD9 service, everything else is fullsize. I'm pretty much set on 9mm. The weapons I am considering are the subcompact XD9, the G26, and the Kahr PM9. I have never actually even held an XD9 subcompact, but have had plenty of experience with a G26, Kahr PM9 and P9. I liked them, but I wasn't necessarily 'sold' on any of them.
Oh yeah, I know I could probably fit the G23 or XD9 4" in a backpack, but this is a good excuse to get a new pistol!
Suggestions? I'm open to other options too, it doesn't have to be an XD.
I want a "backpack gun." I may use it for CCW, but I'm currently good in that department.
Basically my wife, our 3 year old son, and I go day hiking a lot in the summer, and I carry a backpack with supplies (food, water, first aid stuff, compass, map, etc). I want a smaller pistol to put in an accessable pocket of the backpack to use for possible encounters on the trail/in the woods (ie. critters, bad guys, etc.). I am getting ready to buy a new backpack, so I have 'some' leaway as to pocket sizes for the pistol. Still though I'm looking for something capable of carrying the most rounds without sacrificing size to much.
I own a number of pistols, the smallest in physical size would be my Glock 23, or XD9 service, everything else is fullsize. I'm pretty much set on 9mm. The weapons I am considering are the subcompact XD9, the G26, and the Kahr PM9. I have never actually even held an XD9 subcompact, but have had plenty of experience with a G26, Kahr PM9 and P9. I liked them, but I wasn't necessarily 'sold' on any of them.
Oh yeah, I know I could probably fit the G23 or XD9 4" in a backpack, but this is a good excuse to get a new pistol!
Suggestions? I'm open to other options too, it doesn't have to be an XD.