I like my S&W 9MM. It is small enough to carry all the time. I do have a Tec 9 I bought new years ago. Only shot 20 rounds through it. Use the old 22 rifle I got when I was a kid to shoot the turtles, and one time a 42" copper head, in our pond. Sometimes I kill stray and wild dogs, and hunt cyotees, with it too. We have houses to close to use anthing bigger, unless we go to the farm.