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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Springfield Armory XDs are among the best options available for concealed carry and personal defense when you need a reliable, durable, and accurate pistol. Springfield combines excellent ergonomics, enhanced safety features, and utterly reliable functionality. It features a single-stacked magazine capacity and a slim, unobtrusive profile for easy concealment and comfort. Sporting the ergonomic feel that has made the entire Springfield XD line famous, it points …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Micro 9 Rose Gold is a striking personal defense handgun that combines vibrant style with a host of performance-enhancing features. This firearm combines durability and style with its aluminum frame finished in matte black, paired with a steel slide featuring an elegant Rose Gold PVD coating. The 3.15-inch stainless steel barrel is ramped for enhanced feeding reliability and precision. Equipped with tritium 3-dot night sights, it ensures excellent visibility in low-l …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Star Ultra Star is a compact, reliable semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9mm, designed with both durability and ease of use in mind. Featuring a polymer frame reinforced with internal strengthening ribs, the Ultra Star offers a lightweight yet sturdy build that weighs approximately 1.5 lbs when empty and 1.9 lbs with a full 9-round single-stack magazine. Its compact size, combined with a 3.57-inch barrel, makes it an excellent choice for concealed carry, where both …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis:The SCCY CPX-2 is a subcompact semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9x19mm, designed for concealed carrying and general self-defense. Although it may not be as well-known as other compact pistols in the same category, it offers numerous advantageous features that make it stand out from the competition, all for a very affordable price. The CPX-2 is SCCY Industries' second model, introduced in 2011. It belongs to the same product family as the earlier CPX-1, which has been av …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis:The Smith & Wesson 459 is the second generation of the Smith & Wesson 59. The latter is a double-stacked magazine version of the Smith & Wesson 39. The main external difference between the 459 and the 59 is that the former has adjustable rear sights, while the latter doesn't. However, fixed sights could be ordered for the 459 as well. Another external difference is that the slide stop pivot pin appears behind the frame bulge on the 459 and ahead of it on the 5 …