Now the explanation of the title.
I have the jones for a new pistol - presently carry rotation is CW45 when when carried, is smaller then remembered, when not on my hip is H-U-G-E my mind has it the size of a 1970's Buick.
The other carry is S&W J-Frame .38 SP
I'm obsessive compulsive so have created a spread sheet of all the bottom feeder semi-automatic guns I'm interested and other then the CM9 the CW45 I already own is the smallest on the list....
Anyhow back to the general pool question. I have a dearly loved Springfield Armory XDm 9mm but for me too large for daily discrete carry - it has a TRL-2 HL Light/Laser combo and is on a "war belt" for social disorder hanging off the rack the the AR lives on with spare mags and IFAC ready go to... so to speak.
So the new pistol question - Same/Same buy a XDs-9 to keep feel and manual of arms alike - (all new considerations but one will be 9mm to keep ammo differences to a minimum)
or go to something like the CM9 to keep it Kahr - which I very much like the trigger, Glock which appear to have used my personal bio-metrics to make their guns for, there has never been a Glock that has not "just fit right" or "pointed natural" to me, or a Sig P938 which just makes my heart sing when I pick it up fit, finish, how much it feels so un-combat Tupperware like.
Typically I purchase one gun - long gun, shotgun, pistol of some type, about one every three years or so unless totally unhappy - but the stable I have now I am very happy with, I just think a 9mm single stack could round it out nicely. My common sense side says XDs in 9 to keep it all the same.
Nature first question is why S/A XDm and not Glock as your base as you say it is super-natural for you? The XDm is from a lost friend and it has such sentimental value that making it a safe queen is something I could not justify - friends and memory's mean more to me above all else. (plus I shoot it very very well, so I'm quite happy with it)
Somewhere way down the list is new revolver, but honestly I am happy with my J-Frame and Ruger Security Six .357 as my two wheel guns. While I love them, do not feel the need to expand them.
I'm just tossing out words to the forum for "what would you do"
The "list" - First Two are mine 442, and CW45 - all others are on my mental debate list.
442 Kahr CW45 Kahr CM9 Sig P290RS Sig P938 G43 SCCY G26 PPS XDS 9 XDS 45 Ruger LC9s Sig P320 Sub G36 Length 6.31 6.32 5.42 5.5 5.9 6.26 5.7 6.41 6.3 6.3 6.3″ 6 6.7 6.69 Height 4.16 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.25 4.0 4.17 4.4 4.4 4.4″ 4.5 4.7 4.76 Width 1.28 1.01 .9 .9 1.1 1.02 1.0 1.18 1.0 0.9 0.9″ .9 1.3 1.10 Barrel 3.47 3.64 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.39 3.1 3.42 3.2 3.3 3.3″ 3.12 3.6 3.77 Weight 14.25 oz 19.7 oz 14 oz 16.4 oz 16 oz 17.95 oz 15 oz 21.71 oz 21.5 oz 23 oz 21.05 oz 17.2 oz 24.9 oz 27 oz loaded
Thanks for letting me ramble. (As usual)