Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
Yeah it's a miniature 1911, ask any gun dealer or owner. It does have a safety on the left side. Just like a 1911, you carry it "cocked and locked", which means round chambered, hammer back, safety engaged. So it has to have a safety. There are other safety features as well, just like on a real 1911. It's the real thing, not a toy, it shoots well and is an ideal pocket gun. A very similar gun is the Colt Mustang, and of course the 1911 style from which the Sig P938 is derived, the P238.
However if you can't find $800 laying around, try the
Glock 27 Gen 4. Sounds like a basic gun is what you want. The Glock 27 is a bit large being chambered at .40 S&W, which is a pretty big handgun bullet. I would also consider revolvers- the .38 S&W, Taurus, CZ, and Ruger revolvers are ideal pocket guns because they are cheap, safe, and effective. Kahrs, Sigs, most Colts, many S&W slide guns are mid-to-high cost guns because they are harder to manufacture. The main advantages of slide guns in general are the higher round count and quicker reload time, but these things may not matter to you.
In other words, is the Sig a mechanical internal clone of the 1911? Does it have the exact same internal parts as a 'real' 1911 but scaled down to fit in the Sig's slimmer frame? If the Sig isn't mechanically identical then it just aesthetically *looks* like a 1911 in smaller form factor. I already question the 'clone'ness of the Sig considering it lacks some obvious external features of a standard 1911 (be it a compact or full size 1911). For example, the Sig p238 lacks the grip safety of any 'real' 1911. All of this is just to question whether any issues that the P238 has could truly be attributed to it being a 1911 clone (referencing the feed/fte issues that compact 1911s have been known for). If it isn't a mechanical clone internally, then it isn't correct to say that the p238 issues are because of it being a 1911 clone. That's all I'm saying.
After writing all of that, I poked around on the web and it seems that the p238 is not an internal clone of the 1911 (as expected), and just has a visual external appearance of one, and functions like any other SA semi-auto (ie. 1911) does.
I'm not unfamiliar with firearms, own a few and been shooting for a little while now. My considerations for this initial query were to find more options for slim semi-autos that I hadn't yet considered (as this gun will be for my wife). The p238 does sound like a fine firearm, just more than I'll be spending. (Especially after I treat myself to an M1 Garand later this month).
