Taurus 709 Slim

A personal favorite of mine, and one I carry on a regular basis. I know, gun snobs out there will say it is a Brazilian piece of junk. I know I have put in excess of 800 rounds through mine, not a single failure of any kind regardless of the ammo.

The plastic frame seems to really soak up the recoil, and the blue finished slide shows no signs of corrosion in spite of my "pushing maximum density" and sweating in the Texas summer heat. It sits nicely in my hand, where I can grab it with my middle 2 fingers and control it well. It disappears when in my custom made IWB holster at 3:30, and it is easy to forget I have it on. Slightly larger than some of the Kahrs ro Kel-tecs, but I think very concealable. I like that it si a 9mm, not a 380. Taurus says you can shoot +P loads, but not a regular diet of them. It even carries well in a pocket holster in some of my deeper pocketed pants.

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