Santa stopped by the Smith & Wesson factory on the way to my house:
Alas, I am probably going to stop carrying my SIG .45 in favor of this, due to its much smaller size, which you can easily see here:
10 rds of .40 S&W is still a pretty powerful package. It is actually 2 rounds more than the 8 rd magazine of my SIG 220, which is a .45
Quite a deal on the gun too, because of a current S&W sales promotion.
budsgunshop.com is selling them curently for only $439 including shipping to your local transfer FFL. And any guns bought through Dec 31st qualify for a $50 rebate from Smith & Wesson, bringing the final cost down to only $389. Plus, they ship you 2 more magazines, for a total of 4.
I think that this is going to be my new buddy, together with my Taser. They should make for quite a combo to deal with just about any kind of threat of violence.
SIG 220