Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round 9mm 3.06in Black — Superb Carry Pistol

Description

The Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round is the smallest pistol Taurus makes in 9mm: a 3.06-inch satin black DLC barrel, a black nitride slide, a black polymer frame with interchangeable backstraps, and ten rounds in a flush-fitting magazine.

This is the original GX4 rather than the stretched Carry model, and the difference matters. The Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round is barely over four inches tall with the flush magazine in place, which is small enough for a pocket holster or an ankle rig — sizes at which most double-stack 9mm pistols stop being an option at all.

How it is built

• A 3.06-inch barrel in satin black DLC — a diamond-like carbon coating that is hard, slick and highly corrosion resistant.
• A black nitride slide, serrated front and rear, with the hardening in the steel rather than on top of it.
• A black polymer frame with interchangeable backstraps, so the reach to the trigger fits the hand.
• Ten rounds plus one, flush-fit. The Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round takes extended magazines as well if you want more.
• A trigger-blade safety and a striker block, with no manual thumb safety to find under pressure.

What you gain and what you give up

• Size is the whole argument for the Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round. At this height the pistol disappears under a t-shirt, and it will ride in places a compact simply will not.
• There is no accessory rail on the micro frame. A light means a laser grip or a trigger-guard unit, not a rail mount.
• A 3.06-inch barrel gives up some velocity to a longer gun. Choose a defensive load designed to expand at short-barrel speeds.
• Recoil is sharper than a full-size 9mm and always will be — light guns move. Practice is the answer, and the Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round is cheap enough to shoot regularly.
• If a full three-finger grip matters more to you than the last half-inch of concealment, the GX4 Carry is the same family with a longer frame.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 1-GX4M931-10
• UPC: 725327935827
• Calibre: 9mm Luger
• Capacity: 10+1
• Barrel: 3.06 in, satin black DLC stainless steel
• Slide: black nitride alloy steel, serrated front and rear
• Frame: black polymer, micro-compact
• Grip: interchangeable backstraps
• Action: striker-fired
• Safety: trigger blade and striker block
• Sights: fixed

9mm Luger is standardised by SAAMI, so this pistol will run on anything from the cheapest brass-cased range ammunition to premium defensive loads. Barrel length still decides performance, though: from three inches, a load engineered for short barrels will expand properly where one built around a five-inch service pistol may not.

The rest of the GX4 family is in stock: the micro in OD Green, the tungsten micro, the longer GX4 Carry and its optic-cut TORO version. For a larger, cheaper pistol, look at the GX2 Compact.

Why the Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round earns its place

• The Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round is genuinely small — small enough for pocket and ankle carry, which almost no double-stack 9mm manages.
• DLC on the barrel and nitride on the slide, at a price where painted parts are normal.
• Interchangeable backstraps, so it fits rather than nearly fits.
• Flush-fitting magazines, so nothing prints under a shirt.
• Cheap enough that the practice budget survives buying it.

This is a deep-concealment and backup pistol, and a sensible choice for anyone in a ten-round jurisdiction who wants the smallest serious 9mm available. It suits summer carry, a pocket in a jacket, and anyone who has found that a compact ends up left at home. The Taurus GX4 Micro 10 Round is not a range gun and not a first pistol for someone who has not learned to shoot on something larger — small guns are harder to shoot well, and this one is no exception.

In stock now at MAG5 Firearms in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Handgun sales ship to a licensed dealer in your state, where you will complete a Form 4473 and the background check before taking delivery.