Thanks for all the replies. I will review online tonight and maybe make a trip to a gun shop or show this weekend...
Tommy, you may remember that Browning model 1971 .380 pistol I had. Nice little gun, but it was stolen about five years ago. Never shot it much, but it was accurate and nifty as heck.
I gave away four boxes of .380 JHP ammo to a guy at work a couple months ago, did not realize it was so ridiculously hard to find until after the burst of generosity wore off.
I have about 30 boxes of 9x19 ammo and five Glock magazines. I was thinking that the 9mm would become my "standard". Agree that a nice revolver in .38 would be good, too. Our BIL had a decent short barrel .357 S&W revolver, he wanted me to buy, but I thought it was too bulky, inaccurate, and expensive, although it's a beautifully crafted gun. He's a lot more profit motivated than you. ;-)
So, I am thinking $300 or so (if I went much higher, I'd likely get another Glock) and a simple, reliable 9 mm pistol. I'd like to get SS on Ni plate, it may be outside in the car all the time.
I have seen that Ruger LCP (very neat), some say that its popularity is a major reason .380 ammo is so hard to find.
I know you don't care much for the Glocks, but I bought my G19 about two years ago from a friend who sold it to me for what it cost him way back when ($250 IIRC) , he had moved up to a .40 because of "stopping power".
I have been impressed with it from a pure funcionality view, and it is a small, light package for 15 rounds of decent power.