Lightest 9mm handguns, by measurement condition

There is no single lightest-9mm ranking this directory can honestly publish, so there are three. Manufacturers weigh their pistols under different conditions and say so in different amounts of detail: some publish a figure without a magazine, some with an empty magazine fitted, and some publish one number without stating whether a magazine is included. Sorting all of them into one column would rank a bare pistol against one with a magazine in it and present the difference as weight.

Weighed without a magazine13

#	Record	Figure
1	Glock G43	460 g / 16.23 oz
2	Glock G43X	465 g / 16.4 oz
3	Glock G48	524 g / 18.48 oz
4	Glock G26 Gen 5	559 g / 19.72 oz
5	Glock G19 Gen 6	570 g / 20.11 oz
6	Glock G45 Gen 6	575 g / 20.28 oz
7	Glock G17 Gen 6	600 g / 21.16 oz
8	Glock G19X	625 g / 22.05 oz
9	Glock G17L Gen 5 MOS	640 g / 22.58 oz
10	Glock G47	658 g / 23.21 oz
11	Glock G34 Gen 5 MOS	665 g / 23.46 oz
12	Heckler & Koch USP9 (V1)	770 g / 27.2 ozHK's own column heading
13	Staccato XC	≈1065 g / 37.56 ozStaccato's own wording: without optic and no magazine

Weighed with an empty magazine fitted20

#	Record	Figure
1	Glock G43	510 g / 17.99 oz
2	Springfield Armory Hellcat 3" Micro-Compact	≈519 g / 18.3 ozwith flush magazine, which Springfield does not state is empty; 18.6 oz with the extended magazine
3	Heckler & Koch CC9	522 g / 18.4 ozHK's own row heading
4	Glock G43X	530 g / 18.7 oz
5	Glock G48	588 g / 20.74 oz
6	Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro OSP	≈595 g / 21 ozwith flush magazine, which Springfield does not state is empty; 21.4 oz with the extended magazine
7	Glock G26 Gen 5	615 g / 21.69 oz
8	Glock G19 Gen 6	640 g / 22.58 oz
9	Glock G45 Gen 6	655 g / 23.1 oz
10	Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F 9mm	≈678 g / 23.9 ozwith flush magazine, which Springfield does not state is empty; 24.3 oz with the extended magazine
11	Glock G17 Gen 6	680 g / 23.99 oz
12	Glock G19X	704 g / 24.83 oz
13	Glock G17L Gen 5 MOS	720 g / 25.4 oz
14	Glock G47	735 g / 25.93 oz
15	CZ P-10 C	740 g / 26.1 oz
16	Glock G34 Gen 5 MOS	743 g / 26.21 oz
17	Heckler & Koch VP9	753 g / 25.56 ozHK's own row heading; note its two published figures disagree by about an ounce — 753 g is 26.56 oz — and neither was converted by this directory
18	Heckler & Koch VP9-B	753 g / 25.56 ozHK's own row heading; note its two published figures disagree by about an ounce — 753 g is 26.56 oz — and neither was converted by this directory
19	SIG SAUER P320 Full-Size	802.3 g / 28.3 ozSIG states "w/ Magazine" and does not say the magazine is empty
20	CZ Shadow 2	1330 g / 46.5 oz

Weighed unloaded, magazine state not stated14

Read this group on its own terms: These makers publish a single weight without saying whether a magazine is included. The ranking within this group is like for like in kind — every figure here carries the same silence — but the absolute condition is unknown, so these figures should not be read against the two groups above.

#	Record	Figure
1	SIG SAUER P365 Nitron Micro-Compact	504.6 g / 17.8 ozmagazine state not stated by SIG SAUER
2	Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Shield Plus	507.5 g / 17.9 ozSmith & Wesson states no magazine basis; it publishes magazine weights separately, as 2.6 oz for the 13-round and 2.2 oz for the 10-round
3	Taurus GX4	≈530 g / 18.7 ozpublished as "(Unloaded)"; magazine state not stated by Taurus
4	Shadow Systems MR920	≈610 g / 21.5 ozmagazine state not stated by the source
5	Taurus G3c	≈624 g / 22 ozpublished as "(Unloaded)"; magazine state not stated by Taurus
6	Palmetto State Armory Dagger Compact	≈635 g / 22.4 ozunloaded; magazine state not stated
7	Ruger RXM	≈658 g / 23.2 ozmagazine state not stated by Ruger
8	Walther PDP Standard Full Size 4.5"	≈680 g / 24 ozmagazine state not stated by Walther
9	FN America 509	≈763 g / 26.9 ozmagazine state not stated by FN
10	Springfield Armory 1911 DS Prodigy AOS 5"	≈936 g / 33 ozmagazine state not stated by Springfield
11	Staccato P	≈936 g / 33 ozpublished as "For Steel", distinguishing the 4140 steel frame from Staccato's aluminium-framed models; magazine state not stated
12	SIG SAUER P226 Nitron Full-Size	964 g / 34 ozmagazine state not stated by SIG SAUER
13	Beretta 92FS	975 g / 34.4 ozunloaded and approximate, per Beretta's "(approx.)" qualifier; magazine state not stated
14	Springfield Armory Kuna 9mm Pistol	≈2098 g / 74 ozSpringfield publishes this as "4 lbs 10 oz"; magazine state not stated

How this ranking is built: Each ranking below covers only records published under one condition, so the comparison within a group is like for like. A record appears in more than one ranking where its manufacturer publishes more than one figure — Glock states both a without-magazine and a with-empty-magazine weight for most of its pistols, so those records are ranked in both groups, each time under the figure belonging to that group. Figures are never converted between conditions: the difference a magazine makes is not a constant, and inventing one would be exactly the kind of derived value this directory does not publish. Only source-verified records appear, every figure is the manufacturer's published one shown in both unit systems, and values marked ≈ were converted by this directory from the system the source published.

Compare any two: G43 vs G43X · G43 vs P365 Nitron Micro-Compact · G43 vs Hellcat 3" Micro-Compact · G43 vs GX4

Other lists: Smallest 9mm handguns, by published overall length · Highest-capacity 9mm handguns, by standard magazine · Micro-compact 9mm handguns in the directory. By manufacturer: Glock · Palmetto State Armory · Ruger · Shadow Systems · SIG SAUER · Walther.

Reference information only. Not legal, purchasing, training, carry, storage, or assembly advice. A ranking on one published field is not a judgement about fit, suitability, or quality. Manufacturer technical data are rounded and may change without notice.