flightsimmer
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Hi Guys and Girls;
I thought I would post a range report on my Kel-Tec PF-9.
The range was 25 ft. indoors.
My first shots were with Blazer Brass 115 gn. FMJ and with a 6 O'clock bullseye hold they shot to the horizontal center of the target but were slightly left of center and I averaged 1-1/2" to 2" groups but the holes almost looked like they were torn somewhat like they may have been starting to tumble but when I pushed the paper back in place they looked normal.
Then I tried some Federal 147 gn. Law Enforcement loads and was amazed at how small the groups were, 3/8 ths" center to center and perfectly round. http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/flightsimmer_2009/Kel-TecPF-9.jpg I could completely cover them with a penny so I know what loads I'm going to be using. And I thought my Ruger LCP was accurate at 5/8 ths."
These groups were also dead on horizontally but were slighly left of center so I made a tiny witness mark with a sharp punch dead center of the top of the slide right in front of the rear sight and then loosened the rear sight screw and moved it to the right slightly and tightened it back down and now it shoots dead center with a bulleye hold.
I had no problems with the ammo but the recoil was very snappy, but I've found that I seldom remember the recoil when my mind is on something else and this is not a plinking type gun.
Follow up shots might be slighly slow compared to a much heavier gun but if I do my part I shouldn't need a follow up shot, besides, were talking mili-seconds here.
I find this PF-9 to be an excellent concealed carry gun for the money, it's small, it's light, and it has great white three dot sights and it's a 9 mm.
I added a Crimson Trace Laser sight (because my eyes are not what they used to be) and an extra magazine and bought a couple of the finger extensions for the magazines, I didn't feel that I needed them but I bought them anyway.
There were a few sharp edges on the plastic frame which I softened with my pocket knife and the trigger was starting to cause a blister on my finger from the hook at the tip of the trigger but I found a fix for it on the Kel-Tec Owners Group forum (KTOG) http://www.ktog.org/index.html and that took care of that.
I'm really pleased that I bought this PF-9 and would recommend it to you also.
I tried a Kahr PM-9 and it was very nice but it cost a lot more and the trigger hurt me more than the PF-9 and there is no fix for it that I'm aware of.
Have a great week everybody, Dan.
I thought I would post a range report on my Kel-Tec PF-9.
The range was 25 ft. indoors.
My first shots were with Blazer Brass 115 gn. FMJ and with a 6 O'clock bullseye hold they shot to the horizontal center of the target but were slightly left of center and I averaged 1-1/2" to 2" groups but the holes almost looked like they were torn somewhat like they may have been starting to tumble but when I pushed the paper back in place they looked normal.
Then I tried some Federal 147 gn. Law Enforcement loads and was amazed at how small the groups were, 3/8 ths" center to center and perfectly round. http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo106/flightsimmer_2009/Kel-TecPF-9.jpg I could completely cover them with a penny so I know what loads I'm going to be using. And I thought my Ruger LCP was accurate at 5/8 ths."
These groups were also dead on horizontally but were slighly left of center so I made a tiny witness mark with a sharp punch dead center of the top of the slide right in front of the rear sight and then loosened the rear sight screw and moved it to the right slightly and tightened it back down and now it shoots dead center with a bulleye hold.
I had no problems with the ammo but the recoil was very snappy, but I've found that I seldom remember the recoil when my mind is on something else and this is not a plinking type gun.
Follow up shots might be slighly slow compared to a much heavier gun but if I do my part I shouldn't need a follow up shot, besides, were talking mili-seconds here.
I find this PF-9 to be an excellent concealed carry gun for the money, it's small, it's light, and it has great white three dot sights and it's a 9 mm.
I added a Crimson Trace Laser sight (because my eyes are not what they used to be) and an extra magazine and bought a couple of the finger extensions for the magazines, I didn't feel that I needed them but I bought them anyway.
There were a few sharp edges on the plastic frame which I softened with my pocket knife and the trigger was starting to cause a blister on my finger from the hook at the tip of the trigger but I found a fix for it on the Kel-Tec Owners Group forum (KTOG) http://www.ktog.org/index.html and that took care of that.
I'm really pleased that I bought this PF-9 and would recommend it to you also.
I tried a Kahr PM-9 and it was very nice but it cost a lot more and the trigger hurt me more than the PF-9 and there is no fix for it that I'm aware of.
Have a great week everybody, Dan.
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