I wish I could contribute more, but had stuck with the stainless Bodyguard and then the NAA since the '80s, until the little Glocks came out. In the meanwhile, from the 70's to date, a pile of money trying about everything else ever made, from 1920s Sauer ünd Söhn German stuff, Babys, Bauer, Seecamp and clones, on up. Reliable is what counted, and they all went away, sooner or later.

The G43 pretty much a culmination of a search which would fit in a pocket, work every time, and put them all in a handspan at 25yds, and even a decent round. I know that with nothing, if the CNS not tagged, the game is still on, and I wanted accurate enough to do that.