To me a carry gun has to be 110% reliable, if its not them I will never carry it, the 290 I had was not, even after coming back from Sig, that's not to say the next may run perfect, but once you have issues with a certain gun, you tend to shy away, I have certainly not shot them all but I can tell you the little weenie 9mms, sting like hell when fired, some worse than others, like I tell everybody, go to a range with a well stocked group of rentals, and start shooting, just remember, shoot it till it hurts, being what it is the small lite weight 9s generaly don't do well with accurate follow up shots, cause if its being used for a CC gun you and it need to be as good as possible, and take extra care checking out the pistols with a super narrow grip, shield, Kahr, bersa 9cc, nice guns, but the narrow grip makes a little tough to get good groups because of the recoil