Been looking for a new concealed-carry pistol - been carrying mostly a 5" 1911, but sometimes switch it out with a Bersa Firestorm .380 - and actually I've come to really like the .380 cartridge. However, with the way things are getting to be in the world, I'm just not sure that 8 in the gun and 7 more in a spare magazine is going to be enough. Originally I was looking hard at a CZ75B (my son has one so I have been able to try one out) but I decided it might be a little heavy, and in the end I decided on a hi-cap .380. With good ammo, such as Hornady Critical Defense, I'm confident that a .380 will get the job done!
I looked at three pistols in the end - a Bersa Thunder Plus, a Beretta 84, and the CZ83.
I would likely have been content with the Bersa (the single-stack .380 I have is well made, accurate, and reliable) but for some reason Bersa just doesn't support the Plus like they should. They're very hard to find but much in demand, and as soon as they hit the on line retailers they're sold out, and they only come with one magazine, and extra mags are almost impossible to find.
A new Beretta is very expensive, so I would have been forced into a used one such as the Israeli police surplus ones that Coles Distributing has. (Had I not found the CZ83 I would probably have gone that route, though.)
I finally found that both Grab-A-Gun and Bud's had brand-new CZ83s in stock, and since my end of the year profit-sharing bonus was paid today I decided to get one on order before they were all gone. I went to Grab-A-Gun and put one on order this afternoon, as well as one spare magazine (In my opinion 3 mags are the minimum you should have for a carry pistol.), for just a little over $500 including shipping to my FFL.
Now just have to wait for it to come in!
