I went with the "C" Compact.
I spent like an hour on the phone yesterday with a different shop then I ordered from, and he could have sold me a whole slew of other more expensive options, but just couldn't say enough good things about the Caracal. He was pretty convincing and apparently shot competitively and still recommended this over one of his sponsors. Fit and finish is supposed to be outstanding. Apparently they are moving manufacturing to Germany and importing here through the same group that imports Steyrs and something else. He felt that if Glock and Caracal came out on the same day years ago we wouldn't even know who Glock was today. The Austrian or German designer of this (Caracal) was basically given free reign to build his ultimate striker fired. Grip angle, ease of use, easy of maintenance, etc. He also use to work for Glock and later Steyr, but the story was he didn't have full control of what he wanted no matter what the manufacturing cost, until the UAE hired him for this project. Only takes 2 pins to remove all the innards on the frame and 3 pins to disassemble the slide. 5 pins for a complete detail strip and there are only 28 parts. Components were built into the design. You can remove the whole trigger assembly easily and clean it all. I am hoping it is kinda an AR of the striker fired pistol world in terms of easy maintenance.
http://en.wikipedia..../Wilhelm_Bubits
Here is a video from 2006 with a bit from Wilhelm Bubits, so this gun has been in the works for a while now:
Both are 9mm, but here are the specs:
C - Slide - 6.58" F - Slide - 7"
Barrel - 3.66" Barrel - 4"
Height - 4.8" Height - 5.32"
Width - 1.1" Width - 1.1"
Weight - 24.69 Weight - 26.46 oz
Rounds - 15+1 Rounds Cap - 18+1
Side by side pic I found comparing the C on the left and F on the right.
