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It is the rare, and wise individual that can have contentment in this covetous,  over-marketed and uber-competitive World.

  Completely agreed. And there can be those hopefully very rare moments when you have less than a second to defend yourself and getting the firearm pointed in the right direction and 1 0r 2 rounds sent is critical to survival. Not every situation allows for sight alignment or even pushing gun out into "proper" stance. I suggest to anyone that wants to be really effective with a defense weapon to practice numerous positions. And practice with one favorite is recommend over numerous.

  I don't doubt that I've been doing it wrong for many years. Yet when my eyesight was good I hit a lot of targets. Chalk it dumb luck I guess. But I still maintain there are guns with which I'm going to have way better accuracy because of their natural point FOR ME. And no, the Nano is NOT one of 'em.   Frankly, when it comes to handgun combat stance, NONE of the gun is in my sight pattern. I sometimes practice a two-hand stance from the hip. As taught to me by a not so famous Chief of Police.

  OK. I'll assume that advice helped you. I'm having a little bit of a hard time understanding the instruction. I had next to  zero instruction on proper handgun shooting. I am basically an instinctive shooter going back to early days of wingshooting. I have both eyes open and focused on the target. When I bring a weapon up under that line of sight, to my mind the the sights should naturally line up. Works both for shotguns and pistols, at least in my case. If a weapon doesn't line up with proper grip, then I'm not likely to be able to shoot that weapon  proficiently.

I don't either. Either it is or it isn't reliable. I'm just not going to carry it regardless.

And here's the REASON I've never had a Glock; natural point! Put a 17 in my hands when they first came out. Grip angle had me pointed in the trees. Tried a 19 when it came out. Same result. Tried the 21(?). Better but not a natural point in my hands. I can't think of any other handgun that is as "off" in my hand as the Glock. The early Rugers(P85/89) felt pathetic but at least the sights came close to lining up. Steyr GB and CZ-99 were big ass grips but at least the sites lined up. Hi-Powers were the absolute winner when it came to natural pointability. IMI Baby Eagle and 1911s (with the right grip) are keepers for me.  P229 is nice. P220 requires Hogue grips. I have zero negatives to say about Glock fit/finish, function or reliability. There's a reason Law Enforcement uses 'em. But that doesn't mean I have to. But I can say some of the more recent models have felt better. In fact after shooting a 36 I was slightly tempted to buy. I was impressed with the control for a sub-compact spitting out 220 grains.   EDIT: I will add this about my Nano. I put one of those Pachmayr Rubber Bands on the grip. Helped in my case.

  Did a little reading on the 938. Could be perfect for many. I'm a current multi-Sig owner and devotee. But in my senior years I'm not trusting myself with the cocked-and-locked SA set-up as a carry piece. Great for home defense. I still have an EMP of that persuasion.  I really like this DAO with no safety for carry purposes. Less thinking I suppose. This Nano is the first I've had of that type(I think). Been soooo many over 40+ years.  But no Glocks. No offense Glock fans.

Question; could a Sig P290 be considered in this comparison?

  What he said!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I'm not very original.

  +1  Very interesting. Especially the "Ammo readily available" part. 

Thanks for the responses. I wouldn't consider this as a carry weapon, but would like to confident enough in home defense situation that it would function. Yes I have several other options(at home), but sometimes the last gun I was plinking with gets left out and might be the closest firearm at hand in a surprise situation.  I knew not to leave that AMT out because it would fail to cycle that first round if clip left in overnight. Take it and load in the field and it was really pretty dependable. Very strange quirk.

30+1 rounds! I'm intrigued. Anybody have first-hand experience with this weapon?

Has anyone manufactured a functional 22 Magnum Auto-loader in the last 20 years?  The key word is FUNCTIONAL.  I had an AMT 6 & 1/2" stainless some 30 years ago. NOT reliable for defense.

With decent scope, what kinda groups is that gun/cartridge capable at 100 yards?

Well I won't be buyin' no dang Remington! NOT because they chose Ala. over Tenn. They just happen to make no models I'd be interested in at this point. Sounds like they are going to employ more people than Beretta.  Good for Ala. I guess.

I'm sure the Nano fails the stringent requirements of the true connoisseurs of combat weaponry. But it works for my minimal needs. I ran a whole 5 clips of various reloads thru it and realized before I bought it, it ain't no target pistol. No FTF and trigger let-off predictable. Don't need safety for DAO, IMHO.  It's the first, and likely only Beretta I've ever owned.  A couple of Taurus' PT92 and 99 are the closest on that, and didn't like the feel or design of those.  Never owned a S&W auto either, although I'm SURE they've improved since the model 39/59 days. Just as soon as this Nano falls apart in my hand , I'll feel confident in replacing it with a Shield.

My first thought was; how's the horse going to react to a .38, or larger cartridge set-off near his ear? While your on his back! That's probably the ONLY advantage to 22 rimfire.

Wow!  Good info. Anybody need a good/not-so-good "slightly used" Nano?  :stunned:

  I would if for no other reason than the bottle-neck case. I can't think of one advantage to that cartridge from a reloading, efficiency or cost perspective.

  Interesting statement.   Can you eloborate/explain?  Who IS Terry Harris?

  Would not this add expense to their ammo budget? I wonder who makes these kind of decisions?

  Same here!  Mine's been reliable. And gets carried in the Summer.

  Never a truer statement. My 44 would definitely add effort and sweat on the uphills.

 Always had a craving for their O/Us.  Certainly more incentive .......................once they get a plant up and running! But I won't start counting their production numbers until they're actually producing something.  Tennesseans have been suckered before on these announcements.   When I saw this on the evening news I wondered if gun sales in the state of Tenn. had any influence on their decision?

 Well crap!  I gotta couple of Sigs to trade for .........................................a Taurus wheel-gun?  :squint: Guess I can just store the Autos until more normal temps return. My sidearm is carried outside several layers of insulation with only one layer covering weapon. It comes back in the house pretty darn chilly. I will shoot up the ammo  in the Spring just in case some condensation  effects the powder.  After several tests with primers I have little doubt they'll perform. There for a minute I thought this was gonna turn into an "Oil Thread"!