5string_dean
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Finally got around to purchasing a KelTec P3AT at my local Cabella's yesterday. I don't usually refer to guns as "babies," but this is just so small the term fits. It seems the hard chrome models are hard to come by, so I grabbed this one right away.
Put about 90 rounds through it today & was very impressed... 4 different brands of .380 ammo (2 FMJ & 2 JHP) & only one failure---a classic stovepipe FTE, probably caused by my wife limpwristing it a bit.
There's not a lot of gun to hang onto, but it was surprisingly accurate. I had two standard IDPA silhouette's, one at about 10yds and one at 15yds., and had some pretty nice groups on both.
As you can see from the comparison photo, I also have a KelTec P11 (9mm) and a Ruger P95 (also 9mm). My wife loves to shoot the Ruger and can't stand the P11 (it DOES kick like a mule). I was afraid she'd dislike the P3AT as well, yet she took one shot and declared "Oh, this isn't too bad" and by the time she finished the magazine declared that she'd "like to carry one of these." So now I guess I need to find another....
the Ruger P95 & the P3AT
the whole clan...
Put about 90 rounds through it today & was very impressed... 4 different brands of .380 ammo (2 FMJ & 2 JHP) & only one failure---a classic stovepipe FTE, probably caused by my wife limpwristing it a bit.
There's not a lot of gun to hang onto, but it was surprisingly accurate. I had two standard IDPA silhouette's, one at about 10yds and one at 15yds., and had some pretty nice groups on both.
As you can see from the comparison photo, I also have a KelTec P11 (9mm) and a Ruger P95 (also 9mm). My wife loves to shoot the Ruger and can't stand the P11 (it DOES kick like a mule). I was afraid she'd dislike the P3AT as well, yet she took one shot and declared "Oh, this isn't too bad" and by the time she finished the magazine declared that she'd "like to carry one of these." So now I guess I need to find another....
the Ruger P95 & the P3AT
the whole clan...