My favorite small gun is the Polish Army P-64. I don't currently have one but I'm sure that will change in the near future.
I like to shoot this little monster way more than I probably should. Loaded with 38 Special its snappy, 357 mag just downright hurts
Love that gun. Not sure why I didn’t buy bjenkins. Regerts....
I am still kicking myself for not picking up the 8-shot one ! But alas moving in with the Fiance has been a massive money pit. On the bright side the furniture sure is nice
I started out on my quest for the smallest CC gun, and had many, but gave up the .25 & .32 & .380 calibers.
Had nearly all the variations of small .38 special revolvers (S & W hammer and hammerless, Taurus, Charter Arms) and currently have the Ruger LCRx .38 & previously had the LCR .357 (sweetest trigger).
Back to the semi-autos, I have had a bevy of them, and settled on the Shield 9 after having many of them, but the Sig 365 replaced it and now I have the Ruger EC9 (w/9 rnd mag) for my small semi-auto CC, since I wanted a safety on a gun I CC in a pocket holster.
The Sig 365 was the best shooter if accuracy is your standard.
I've learned that in a CC it absolute accurancy doesn't have to be the ultimate, and as long is it can hit the "circle" from 12' - 20': I'm happy.
Just for fun I had a SW .22 Magnum Airlight revolver that I loved, but couldn't justify it vs. carrying a .38 sp.
Not easy shooting would be a S&W 69 with full power loads !
I think you forgot to answer the question posed by the OP.
Picked up a Remington RM380 last year. The gun has been flawless thru approximately 500 rds and has very soft recoil. It's my go to pocket gun.
Just picked up a CZ Rami, want to shoot it some more before I start to carry it, but so far-so good.