Micro 9mms

[Alan]

Are the latest micro-9 pistol releases a sign that the design has reached its limit, or do you think there’s still room for companies to come up with truly original concepts?

 

[Willo]

Tiny 9mm guns might improve if they find a better way to handle recoil, like changing how the weight is spread out in the slide, instead of just shrinking the frame. There's only so much you can do with physics. So, maybe how comfortable it is to shoot it will become the main thing.

 

[capturedd]

I think they’re about as big as they can get but there’s still some room to improve recoil control and reliability. The major changes have already happened, so now it’s mostly about fine-tuning.

 

[JJNap]

Obviously, they can start comping them or porting the barrel, but when there's only so much barrel there to begin with...???

 

[BrianC3]

Hand size versus the gun and the sight radius is a limiting factor. Small guns are just herder to shoot.