I've got a Sub2k in 9mm (w/ the Smith & Wesson style mags), bought from another THR member, and it is excellent fun. No deep justification for it, but a few quick plugs:
- It folds. It fits in a briefcase, and in a nice (though not super protective) case from Kel-Tec. It folds. It is gun-paranoid horror fantasy manifest. It folds. And frankly, I think gun-paranoid fantasies need to be mocked as the fever-dream idiocy they are. I *could* choose to mentally cue "sunglassed and grim-jawed sniper grimly snaps together his grim-looking rifle before assassination scene in a thriller" music, but frankly, it's hard to remember to be that grim. Early Elvis works just as well.
- Shooting 9mm is cheaper than shooting *most* other calibers, most of the time. .22, sure, but ... well, is the Kel-Tec in .22 of similar style out yet?
I would like one of those, surely. The details make all the difference, but for the few .45 cartridges I've made by reloading (sadly, still only a handful, but should be more soon), 9mm at sale prices is I think just about the same cost.
- Recoil is slight. Not *nothing,* but it's nonetheless merely something to sneeze at -- just a tiny nudge. I'd have no hesitation about (with safety instruction of course!) letting teenage cousins, say, shoot it on that front -- whereas a 12ga or similar might make new shooters gunshy forever if they flinch on the first shot or two.
Upshot: I'm very happy w/ my Sub2K, hope to get a chance to shoot it again soon, and have so far experience no great cognitive dissonance wrt the purchase
It is *not* the most accurate gun I own, in my hands, but since I'm only plinking, that's part of the challenge.
timothy
