Wow! My favorite "niche"! I absolutely love the 3913, 6906 variants of the S&W's...and carried and depended on them for MANY years! NEVER an issue! Having said that...the other that I would jump to is the Sig P225, or P6 if you can find one. Stupid accurate, great trigger (in this category) and a lot of 9mm for the money. Can't go wrong either way. I would also suggest the Kahr T9 (if you can find on at a reasonable price, but they are typically a a fair amount more than the smiths or Sigs...but that depends on a lot. But for me...I would look into those 3rd gen smiths or the Sigs. Good luck!