DA/SA locked breech hammer fired .380?

[Hasaf]

Other than the odd takedown procedure, what is so bad about the PK380? Mine was cheap at $300, is accurate, has easy to see sights. is reliable, easy to load, softer shooting than most other .380s, has OK ergos, and the trigger is good enough for good shots. It isn't a HK, but it isn't supposed to be. I don't see big faults.

I have one and I don't think there is anything wrong with it. It just turned out that I prefer my Glock 42. As you note, the PK380 has a lot of good, clearly it does, after all, S&W has brought out a new pistol that is quite similar.

In the PK380's favor. It does reliably shoot about 50fps faster than the glock and about 80-100 fps faster than the Kimber micro 380. Of course all of these pistols employ some form of locking breech, the PK380 just has a slightly longer barrel.

 

[Kaybee]

What my wife and I didn't like about it most was the safety, it if felt very strange that on a modern gun it was merely a hammer block. Also, I've never seen a gun with a frame mounted safety like that that didn't serve as a decocker, that was very disappointing. I felt that they shouldn't cost cut features that make a sa/da desirable in the first place. Carrying with the hammer down was a desirable feature for us so no decocker was a no good. To each their own though. If you are happy with yours don't let me rain on your parade.

Other than the odd takedown procedure, what is so bad about the PK380? Mine was cheap at $300, is accurate, has easy to see sights. is reliable, easy to load, softer shooting than most other .380s, has OK ergos, and the trigger is good enough for good shots. It isn't a HK, but it isn't supposed to be. I don't see big faults.