As I mentioned before we were at the gun show about 2 months ago stimulating the economy with our tax return. I was looking to get a pistol or a 9mm carbine (larger than a pistol but smaller than a rifle) and ended up getting both. Worked out a pretty god deal buying all 3 at once (the JenCannon too). I was debating between the Glock 9mm (17 or 19) and the Springfield-Armory XD9. I really like the features of the XD9 over the Glock, but the Glock won out because of magazine compatibility with the carbine I ended up getting. I've always like the polymer Glock designs so I was still more than happy to go with the Glock 9m 19 I ended up getting. It comes with two 15 round magazines and I picked up two 17 round ones at the show. I also picked up 3 Glock official 33 round magazines mainly for the carbine but they of course work in the Glock as well as you can see from the 2nd picture below.