What I Carry and Why: Dan Zimmerman’s GLOCK 43

By Dan Zimmerman

[ED: In response to reader requests, this is part of a series of posts by TTAG writers revealing their choice of carry guns.]

Hi, my name is Dan and I’m a lazy concealed carrier. I pack every damned day, but don’t subscribe to the carry-the-biggest-gun-you-possibly-can school of thought (though I know I probably should). I make the comfort vs. caliber and capacity calculation each morning and usually shade toward the former, especially now that I’m operating in the balmy to blazing clime that is Austin and vicinity. So when it comes to heaters, the heat is a big factor in what I carry . . .

I was as disappointed as the rest of the gun world seemed to be a couple of years back when GLOCK did a head fake right before the SHOT Show and the new pistol everyone expected to be the long-anticipated single stack nine turned out the be the much less anticipated G42, a .380. But then I shot the littlest GLOCK at Media Day and – whaddayaknow? – it had much to recommend it. The 42 fit my homonculoid tiny hand, was accurate, soft-shooting and more pleasant to carry than a wallet stuffed with …Read the Rest

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