JMOfartO:
There are very few REAL "new" designs on the market.. Perhaps the "RHINO"? But as for Ruger copying Keltec (which they did), or NAA copying Seecamp, (which they did), or a bazillion manufactures copying Colts 1911, or any of the other gun makers doing the same thing I simply don't care...
Not sure I like that guy in the cave in Turkey handmaking his copy of the original wonderful Browning HP, but hey, everyone's gotta make a buck, right?
Vote with your money, and if it offends you that manufacturer "A" copied a product of manufacturer "B" , then just don't buy anything from manufacturer "A"..
Simple as that.
I bought the LCP over the P3AT because I like Rugers.. I've owned a Ruger product of some description for over 4 decades... Never had a bad one. (KOW)..
I've owned two KelTecs. A P11, and a P32. Both were very, very good. But KelTec does not, in my opinion, finish off their guns as well as Ruger does their COPIES of those guns.
KelTec offers a lifetime warranty with no questions asked (a customer service I would suggest is 2nd only to,of all manufacturers, HiPoint)...
KelTec does have a great Customer Service reputation...
That's great, but I've never NEEDED customer support for any of my Rugers, I don't expect to now, and if I do I honestly believe RUGER CS will take care of my problem.
I bought the LC9 because EVERYONE I know who has them (8-10 people) have NEVER had a problem with any of them. Between my wife and myself we have three now. Never a burp from any of them..
I bought the LC9 for the same reason. Everyone I knew who owned one, and the vast majority of owners who post comments on the online gun forums who owned one loved 'em.. Reliability was a given.
For me RELIABILITY IS JOB 1... Period.
I'm not "anti-KelTec".. I just prefer the Ruger copies, thank you very much.
Heck there are still folks out there who hate S&W because the PREVIOUS owners caved to Clinton way back when.. I have 6 3rd Gen Smiths that are all excellent, and again RELIABILITY is a given with all of them.
So, I don't take offense if a person prefers a gun choice different from that I might make.. I'm glad we have choices, and I'd rather be discussing personal likes and dislikes in gun manufacturers with another 2nd Amendment lover here than some liberal who wants eliminate ALL of our choices in firearms.
Just conversin', not confrontin', and no offense to nobody nohow and no I would not recognize a double (or triple) negative if you hit me on the head with one..
Best Wishes,
Jesse