My wife's first pistol was a Glock 17 and she loved it full size and all. On a whim she desided she wanted something smaller for purse carry and bought a Kahr CW9 that she had never fired. She figured smaller, narrower lighter should be better for her. And I figured "boy I've got myself a G17
"
The first day at the range results were not good. She hates the shorter grip length, it was to light doesn't really feel like what I'm used to, she gripped it high and the slide cut her hand in the web between her thumb and first finger and the final straw was it's a PIA to break down to clean.
"boy I've got myself a Kahr CW9 now
" She went back to her G17 and has never looked back.
I the shoot the Kahr several times a month and it's a great little gun but not for everybody.