Wanting to get a g30

The G30SF is my favorite Glock. It's a very accurate and soft shooting .45. For carry, you can use flush fitting 9-round mags or the standard 10-round mags. Then, for home defense, put a 13-round mag in it with an A&G magazine spacer. Sure, you can get a smaller Glock .45 in the 36 or 39, but they are not as versatile as the G30. I highly recommend the G30SF and hope you will be as happy with yours as I am with mine. :supergrin: Oh, my G30SF is not picky about ammo and has reliable fired everything that I've put through her...Speer Gold Dots, Speer Lawman, American Eagle, WWB, and Federal. Here's a pic of mine and the different magazines:

Although somewhat chunky the G30 with the right holster is very easy to conceal. Like all Glocks it is tough as nails (actually probably tougher with the Tennifer finish). Goes Bang everytime. Is very, very accurate. In fact in some friendly shoot offs mine has put some much more expensive guns to shame. The Polygon rifiling really does keep the velocity up.
We chrono'ed some Winchester Ranger 230gr. +P out of a 5" 1911. It averaged 980 f.p.s.! Smoking for a bullet that big. In my G30 it was still moving at an average velocity of 940 f.p.s.. So you are not lossing much velocity at all in the shorter barrrel. Another 3.8 inch .45 we shot with regular rifiling was a bit below 900 f.p.s.. Add to that 10+1 rounds on board a nice compact gun and with a back up G21 mag with 13 rounds that's alot of firepower.
The only real negative is that the gun is big in the hand. If it's too big in your and try the SF. Even though it feels chunky in my hand I have no problems shooting it well. Except for the grip size I see no negatives. I've had several Glocks come and go over the years. My G30 is going nowhere. That's the highest praise I can give it.