Third-Time Lucky: Sig Sauer P238 

Unquestionably, the most popular handgun in the United States today is the Colt Model 1911. Now nudging a century old, the 1911 is made by too many companies to list, in everything from full-size, full-bore, target and custom models down to the most basic carry guns for hard use. The 1911 has been scaled up, scaled down, trimmed, honed, beveled, rechambered and re-upped.

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Combine the popularity of the 1911 with the current interest in concealed carry guns and a booming market for small semiautos of all kinds and the wonder is not that SIG Sauer adapted the design to a subcompact .380, but that someone did not do it earlier.