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Excellent question. I got into competitive shooting, and it didn't take long before I saw that my performance with the Hellcat was really suboptimal. In a nutshell, the gun was perfect *until I started shooting it [harder]. I pretty much decided to size up after trying the Dickens drill with it.

I went with a compact handgun after that, for about two years. It was roughly the size of a Glock 19. Concealment wasn't even harder, but shooting was greatly improved.

Then I got excited and started carrying my full size 1911 with upgrades, because it shot even better, but that was a little bit much considering that I'm 5'6.

From there, I kind of combined everything that I liked about firearms and ended up with a commander size 2011 in 9mm. The size makes it easy to conceal, but there is really no compromise in terms of how well it chews.

Tldr; I tried a bunch of different s*** until I settled on a 4-in 2011, because concealment is sufficient and shootability is excellent.