Since Mrs. L appropriated my XDS for her use I’ve been carrying my CZ-82.
Best,
L
Back in 1988, milady kittin grumbled mightily about the USAF Beretta M9 with which she'd eventually managed to qualify, but had a dickens of a time with its DA trigger. Did I have any good ideas about possible alternatives, maybe a little easier to carry and conceal? We tried around a dozen.
And then one day she discovered my former Stasi East German PM Makarov, beautifully blued and built the year I got out of high school. She immediately fell in love with it, and sweetly informed me that we couldys I, jus probably work out some kind of deal. *Okay* says I, *Just fix me pancakes for breakfast from now on, every day of my life...* She not only took it as a proposal, she took the PM as an engagement present.
I also got a Vz82 as its replacement, more or less, too. At least it'll use some of my 6K rounds of 9x18 Makarov ammo I had picked up for my her Makarov. I'm more likely to carry it in the GI upside-down triangular holster that looks like a binocular carrier. Which, worn as a front-of-chest rig when on an ATV, looks like a pair of binocs.
The pancakes are great! Worth it...? Yep!