I really like Berettas. They are heavy but that makes them very easy to shoot. Pretty much bullet proof. How about an M-9
in .40?
I used to have a Beretta .380, looked like a scaled down version of an M-9. Maybe a “Cougar”. Can’t remember exactly. Lost that one in the “divorce of ‘87”. Heavy as a lot of full sized 9mm but it was a shooter.
That .380 would have been the Model 84! Good gun!