This is not a best-of list and it is not ranked. It is the four handguns that come up most at our counter, the ones people ask for by name, handle, and come back for.
The default, and it earns it. Mid-size, so it conceals without being a pocket gun and still shoots like a full-size. If you have no idea where to start, start here. Half the people who buy something else bought this one first.
The one people pick after they have handled a Glock and wanted a different grip angle. It ships with swappable backstraps, so the fit is adjustable in a way most of these are not. That matters more than spec sheets make it sound.
Modular, and genuinely so. The serialized part is the fire control unit, not the frame, so one pistol can be a compact now and a full-size later by changing the grip module. Worth a look if you do not yet know what size you actually want.
The budget answer that is not a compromise. It is what we point at when someone wants a reliable 9mm and does not want to spend Glock money on their first one.
Four names and four reasons, and none of it substitutes for holding one. Grip angle and trigger feel are what actually decide this, and they are the two things a spec sheet cannot tell you. Ask at the counter and we will put all four on it.
Worth knowing before you drive in: about half of what is in our cases is used or consigned, and that half changes every week. If none of these four fit your hand, the used case is usually where the answer is.