DustyGmt
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You're reply is interesting, I'm getting the strong impression that you think it's "the narcissist" in me that is trying to dictate to you and others what they carry, if thats the case there are errors in your assessment, if not then my apologies but it was a question not a mandate, perhaps it didn't land.Yes, because one prints, is uncomfortable for me to carry AIWB, but the other does not and can be carried more conveniently.
It's the same manual of arms, there's nothing to it really.
Not sure what you're getting at, because that's a training issue and not a platform issue. My Shield punches above it's weight in the accuracy department but needs less trigger. My G17 is also lights out but needs more trigger finger. So it's a muscle memory issue more than anything else, making it again a training problem and not a platform problem.
You're overthinking it. You shoot and carry what carries well and shoots the best in your hands, not what you think is right or "should" be done (it shouldn't and is bad advise if it doesn't shoot well or is carried the best in their hands).
My EDC is a G43X. Not too big to carry appendix, doesn't print, shoots well, carries well, and is carried all day without any discomfort. A G17 or even a G19/G45/G48 cannot, at least in appendix for me at least. And I carry for me, and not what someone else wishes because they'd be wrong in their assessment of things. They can think that they are right and I am wrong but that's the narcissist talking using fallacies for their false argument.
My winter carry is a G17, OWB and not appendix but easier than appendix in the winter due to the amount of layers being worn. Outside of winter, back to appendix which is the majority of the year for me and a tactical advantage. I'd rather have that than a full or a compact at the strong side concealed and slower to draw that's also hard to draw with sitting down, YMMV.
Good topic but still an overthought topic. I'd be more concerned with people not training as they would fight than the sizes being carried or not carried.
Like I said, maybe I wasn't clear enough and didn't know how to articulate the question well enough, but basically how much of any benefit is there to staying with one manufacturer duty/compact/sub-compact from a training and shooting standpoint and as always, it's a gun forum and participation is optional, people ask questions and those who think it's not a worthwhile topic, well......
And we are agreed that training and shooting fundamentals is paramount over whatever gun type you choose.