• The Customer is Always Right: Our Top 5 Best-Selling Subcompact Handguns

The Customer is Always Right: Our Top 5 Best-Selling Subcompact Handguns

Choosing an everyday carry weapon can be daunting. With so many options across multiple makes, models and, price level, how do you narrow it down? Instead of just rattling off recommendations, we thought we'd let our customers vote with their hard-earned dollars. After all, the customer is always right in matters of preference. So here are our top 5 selling subcompact handguns in total unit sales over the past year, presented in no particular order.

Glock 43

GLOCK 43

Available calibers: 9mm

Introduced just 4 short years ago, the Glock 43 has already established itself as one of the finest CCW pistols in the world. Customers had been begging Glock for a single-stack 9mm for years, and when Glock finally delivered, the result proved to be well worth the wait. The G43 is among smallest pistols you can actually shoot comfortably. While most carry guns are a chore to practice with, the G43 is easier to control and softer-shooting. Practice makes perfect, and with the G43, practice is practically painless. Andit's a Glock. So you can count on reliability beyond measure.


G43 specs at a glance:

  • Capacity: 6+1
  • Barrel length: 3.39
  • Overall length: 6.26
  • Overall height: 4.25
  • Width: 1.02
  • Weight: 16.23 oz.
  • Safety: Integrated trigger


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Smith & Wesson M&P Shield/Shield 2.0

Smith & Wesson M&P Shield/Shield 2.0

The M2.0 version in .40 S&W

Available calibers: 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP

Its scant 0.95 width makes it among the easiest to conceal. Available with a 7-round magazine for those with smaller hands and an 8-round magazine for those with bigger mitts, it's a versatile little gun that just feels right in your hands. It also features nested recoil springs, which help take the sting out of felt recoil. If you're recoil-averse, this might be the one for you. The Shield provides more options up-front than any other entry on this listwhich is why well over a million have been sold (and that's not including the 2nd-gen M2.0). The M2.0 version features a lighter trigger with a tactile and audible reset, as well as more aggressive texturingbut really, both versions are terrific. Great value, too.


M2.0 9mm specs at a glance:

  • Capacity: 7+1
  • Barrel length: 3.1
  • Overall length: 6.1
  • Overall height: 4.6
  • Width: 0.95
  • Weight: 18.8 oz. (9mm)
  • Safety: Integrated trigger, optional manual thumb


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