The compensated 9mm seems more popular than ever, with Smith & Wesson, Springfield, and SIG offering pistols with compensators on the end of the barrel, mounted integrally in the slide, or as a simple cut out in the barrel. Most of us don’t consider the 9mm to be a hard kicker. Just the same, the addition of a compensator seems to be an important trend. Another movement finding favor is manufacturing a handgun with an aluminum frame as an alternative to the usual polymer-frame 9mm. The additional weight results in less recoil. In either case, the difference in speed shooting is noticeable because recoil is less.
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