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First, if ankle carry is important, having carried a PPKS (380) on my ankle for 7 years, I'd be looking at light and small, such as a P938. To my thinking, and ankle holster is for back up only as it's about as bad as it gets for quick access.
Since I'm not sure of all your requirements, a couple of thoughts . . . The P224 is not a current model, so used selection my be sub-optimal. I thought about a P239, but for me it's not enough smaller than a P229 to justify the lower capacity.
I'm with you on the external hammer DA/SA. A DAK gives that SA trigger quality away for a lower profile hammer (and every trigger pull just as miserable - or at least long - as the last one, oops, I mean just as good as the last :c( I do like my DA/SA!
In the end it's what you like that counts. I would have traded that heavy PPKS, on my ankle, for a P938 in half a heartbeat, an anchor if you have to run. The department did not approve of back ups, so that location was the only option to back up a 6 round revolver and drop pouches for extra ammo - it was a while back.
Since I'm not sure of all your requirements, a couple of thoughts . . . The P224 is not a current model, so used selection my be sub-optimal. I thought about a P239, but for me it's not enough smaller than a P229 to justify the lower capacity.
I'm with you on the external hammer DA/SA. A DAK gives that SA trigger quality away for a lower profile hammer (and every trigger pull just as miserable - or at least long - as the last one, oops, I mean just as good as the last :c( I do like my DA/SA!
In the end it's what you like that counts. I would have traded that heavy PPKS, on my ankle, for a P938 in half a heartbeat, an anchor if you have to run. The department did not approve of back ups, so that location was the only option to back up a 6 round revolver and drop pouches for extra ammo - it was a while back.