Can We Just Celebrate Glock 43x Mag Availability These Days?

I was involved with Glock’s single-stack micro-compact guns (officially called their “Slimline” series) since the day they launched the .380 G42 at SHOT Show 2014. The thing is, all the gun writers there had one thing in common when talking about it: why wasn’t it in 9mm? Glock listened, and just 16 months later, debuted the 9mm G43 at the NRA Show in Nashville in April 2015. They couldn’t even wait til the next SHOT Show to fix their mistake! Man, the G43 was something at the time. And still is, compared to, say, a .38 snub nose, in this case, my classic Colt Agent. Lighter, slimmer, and faster to reload. Drink in my Taran Tactical and Vickers-enhanced Glock 43. You see, you had to get the Taran extended base pads to reliably boost capacity beyond its standard six rounds. (All photos: Chris Eger) The original G43’s feeding options: a standard OEM 6-rounder; an OEM 6-rounder with a Taran Tactical (TTI) +1 base plate; an OEM 6-rounder with a +2 Pearce extension; and OEM 6-rounders with…