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Further, I own a Remington R51 from the second time Remington issued them after they apparently thought they got the bugs worked out of them. It is a small 9mm with a rather unique action that is pleasant to shoot. The gun does have a backstrap that must be squeezed in order to fire it and is quite compact with nice swooping lines. It is a bit of a pain in the posterior to field strip and get completely clean and reassembled. I do wonder about the fact that the receiver is alloy and the way the steel action components interface with it regarding long term high round count durability. So far however it has been a nice handgun for the 100 or so rounds I have through it. This gun is not available in CA.I own a LC380ca that's not bad and I bought the conversion kit to make it a LC9.
I haven't shot the LCP. From what I've heard it is quite a bit smaller than the LC380 and about as small as a .380 ought to get.
The LC380 is not bad. The silly posterior Kalifornia DoJ handgun roster means we get the ca version instead of the one with the better trigger. (Kamala Harris and Arnold's faults IMO.)
The LC9 is usable and not bad but it IS so thin that IMO it is at the limit of what's comfortable with the 9mm.
The Smith & Wesson Shield is slightly bigger than the LC9 but a whole lot more comfortable to shoot, particularly beyond a single mag.
The Sig P238 is excellent but it will cost you a pretty penny. I'd still like to get my hands on a Colt .380 Government but the P238 will do.
I own a couple 100 year old .32 Autos. A Colt 1903 and a Savage 1907 and IMO neither one of them is particularly something I want to rely on over any of the guns listed above in .380 and I'd surely rather have either the Springfield EMP or the Kimber CDP Ultra both of which I own. Something very comforting in sending two to six times the amount of lead toward the bad guy from a reliable controllable launcher.
During my recent trip to GA I held what I think was a Springfield 911 in 9mm. The gun I held was quite chunky and felt as if the frame was steel although Springfield only lists a aluminum alloy anodized frame option on their website for this gun and list the weight at 15 ounces unloaded. I would have sworn the gun I held weighed quite a bit more than a pound. The grip was also quite short and the gun felt awkward.
Both my Springfield EMPs and my Kimber CDP Ultras are alloy frame guns. They feel solid but are quite a bit lighter than a steel framed equivalent. I was at first somewhat hesitant to go with an alloy frame in a 1911 style gun as I have always had steel framed 1911s and I've heard some complain about the increased felt recoil in the alloy framed versions but I was able to try a used Kimber CDP Ultra at a local gunshop that was being sold by one of the clerks. I really liked the way it felt and shot. When I asked him why he was selling he said he had two and had decided he only needed one. As the price was only $100 off new and a new gun came with a warranty which that one did not I elected to pay the extra and get one new. I have no complaints about it. The second one I picked up on sale several hundred less than I'd normally be able to get it and was unable to turn it down.
When I decided to get the Sig P238 I also got that gun in the alloy frame as it was also on sale at the time. I have considered getting the steel frame one but in truth have not felt the need since the alloy one is quite comfortable to shoot and the lighter weight is more in line with CCW. (CCW of course not being something that is available to those of us living in most of CA. The LA county sheriff would rather advocate for and hire sheriff officers who have been convicted of domestic violence and stalking and involve himself in illegal alien and minority advocate politics than trust the citizens with their constitutional rights.)