However, to my mind, a “sub-compact” pistol should easily fit inside a standard pocket. Heck, I do this for a living, and I won’t venture to give any exacting specs as to what I think should qualify a pistol for one of the above labels. Magnum Research could call the Desert Eagle a “sub-compact” pistol and they would not be in violation of any US laws or UN treaties. There is no universal firearms standard or definition for “sub-compact” or “compact”. SCCY calls the DVG-1 a sub-compact-and now it’s time for a brief aside. One of the other writers had never heard of SCCY (pronounced ‘sky’) pistols, and McGregor perfectly explained them like this: “They’re concealed carry pistols. There I ran into Scott McGregor, who, until recently, had been VP of Sales at SCCY. The first striker-fired pistol from SCCY, the DVG-1 is available with iron sights or a factory mounted Riton red dot, as seen here.īy one of those strange coincidences of life, the week before I got in the SCCY DVG-1 pistol for review I was across the country at Gunsite for a media event.

The SCCY DVG-1 checks all those boxes … at a price lower than the competition. Polymer-framed striker-fired 9mm pistols are all the rage, and these days if your pistol isn’t optics ready (at a minimum) and doesn’t offer double-digit capacity it just won’t get any attention. The new DVG-1 at first glance resembles SCCY’s previous offerings, but unlike those pistols, which were all DAO hammer-fired guns, the DVG-1 is a departure for SCCY-it is a striker-fired pistol.

9 millimeter star pistol