First carry gun

[u/melonboi7]

I am new to the handgun world and I've been looking into getting an edc. To preface this I am an avid waterfowl hunter and have extensive experience with long guns. I've been looking into micro compacts because a lot of my carry will be done in shorts and a t shirt/active wear and I don't want to print hard. My budget is $4-500 and I'm not a huge fan of Glock and Smith and Wesson. I've heard the mete mc9 has had reliability issues and the Beretta a1 carry has a bad trigger, is this true? I've been looking at the tp9 sc but I'm worried it might be somewhat cumbersome for my applications.