The Ruger LCR is a compact .38 Special caliber revolver built by Ruger ... The LCR operates in double action only (DAO) as the hammer is concealed within the frame handle's fire control housing ...

It’s worth noting here, too, that Kimber offers Carbon Compact models with or without a threaded muzzle, and the barrel on the threaded-for-suppression guns extends past the front of the slide ...

This slightly upsized version of the original Canik Mete MC9 micro-compact offers a bit more in capacity and sight radius ...

Gun-design innovations come in waves, and the micro-compact handgun surge of the 2010s wasn’t tidal, but it was pretty close. It changed the way people thought about concealed-carry handguns.