If you’ve been following this series of Handgun Showdowns you’d be familiar with how we normally compare handguns.įull size handguns most of the time are great for home defense, competitive shooting and hunting (in the case of handguns chambered for 10mm at least).īut since they’re bigger, it’s automatically assumed that an ultra-compact, a sub-compact or even a compact handgun would beat them out when it comes to concealed carry. But let’s look at how each is different from one another so we can decide which is better for your use case scenario. So apart from the two pistols being manufactured by two companies well known for their products’ reliability, they share a few similar things. Both also use a DAO ( double action only) trigger mechanism. It’s sure to open a big ol’ can of worms regardless, so just as a quick disclaimer especially to fanboys from either camp who might be reading this article - take from this what you will, but please don’t take things too seriously.īoth the SIG P320 and the Glock 21 are robustly made, reliable, have good fit and finish and use polymer frames. 45 acp and the Glock 21 Gen4, two pistols by two very different gun manufacturing companies that share the same solid reputation: their production firearms are as reliable as it gets.ĭisclaimer: Just as a bit of a background, I’m a 1911 and revolver guy and I don’t claim to be expert on either platform - but it also makes me neutral, which means this article will be as objective as it gets. While I did look at other pistols not manufactured by Glock - namely the two Cobra models ( the FS 380 and the CA 380) and the two SIG Sauer models ( the SIG P226 and the SIG P229) I compared in Rounds 5 and 6 of this series of our Handgun Showdowns respectively, I never compared two pistols from different manufacturers in this series. Over the past several months I have been comparing different types of handguns - mostly two different model Glock pistols at a time - to try and give our readers a different perspective, maybe help them decide which one to purchase if they’re new to the world of firearms. Sometimes it’s just better to keep mum about certain touchy topics concerning politics, religion and sex, among others.īut here at Gun News Daily, we pride ourselves in tackling touchy gun-related issues the average Joe wouldn’t even dare try. We’ve all done it at least once in our lives and we never liked the outcome. Nothing’s worse than having to open a can of worms.