Not easily defined but will tell you this between my full sized pistols after I recovered from aortic valve replacement surgery, I shot the SA way better after that hiatus than I did the CZ. Same with the S&W Equalizer over the Ruger American compact so I kept both of those pistols.
I went the Free Hunter Safety online for the HQL requirement but this also requires a day long hands part to Hunter Safety and it took 9 months to get into a class as an alternate and to schlep out to Frederick for it.
Consider a S&W Equalizer liked it much better than the first two carry weapons(Glock 43X and Ruger American Compact) I had and I shot it well out of the box. As to size if you take a look at comparisons on Handgun hero you might be surprised at how little difference there is drastically sub...
So the recent ruling made this thread kind of obsolete but informative none the less. Kudo's out to MSI and others who filed suite will definitely be sending a donation.
This, I have never understood the argument "I don't like" as if your hiring a Saint or if he was running for King of the Prom. Likes don't come into it. It's rather a childish attitude. Your not going to quit you job because you work with someone you don't like unless they are personally...
This is all good advice wish there was a nearby range that offered steel. Would like to work at practical accuracy with faster shots rather than pure target accuracy.
Canik seems to be an up and coming company and people seem only to sing its praises and the S version of the Rival is extremely affordable and comes with all kinds of extras.
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/biden-administration-continues-terrorize-gun-owners
For anyone who has any illusions that obeying the law makes you safe as a gun owner.