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cmgee67 wrote:I have a couple guidelines I go by to determine if it's full size or not.

Barrel length
Full grip
Weight
Capacity
These are usually what I look at to determine it

Care to put some numbers to that such as:

barrel...... less than 4" ?
Grip........ less than 4" from top of grip to bottom of mag base plate?
weight ....less than 2lbs empty?
Capacity ..less than 8rds?

OK you could insert different numbers under each category would the weapon need to meet all 4 or just 3 to qualify as less than full size?

This may sound dumb but I am not sure of the precise criteria for determining if a pistol is full size or not. OK I know my 1911 is full size and I know that most 380acps and smaller are not, however there must be a lot of pistols that fall into the grey area in the middle. Are there specific measurements that determine full size or not. I assume that my daily carry, the IWI BDE is full size even though it is smaller than a 1911 or a Browning HiPower and has a barrel length less than 4".