Well here is the promised range report:
I first disassembled this wondrous little piece, anxious to see just what everyone was talking about, when they went to re-assemble it!......... and it is a difficult process to re-assemble with out special tooling ( which I will be making shortly) .. special pliers with a slot milled into one jaw for the replacement of the Recoil System, .. pin hole locater, etc,etc.
Added a little more " Super-lube" to the barrel where it is belled, and did a re-assembly and headed out back to the range.
Fired 150 rounds with only 1 ftf and I'm so sure that wasn't my fault, as the round may not have been seated properly in the mag! I release the mag a 1/4 of an inch and push it back up into position and the jammed round went into battery and I was good to go,.......... it was the second round in the mag.
From then on it was all flawless shooting, and what a dream it was.
I fired from a measured 21ft, and from 45 feet, did not move back any further than that. My most accurate groups where at the longer distance ... don't know why, I had one group of 6 that was 1-3/4 inches the best of all, as I had settled down and really concentrated by that time. After that the old arthritic hands started to feel the recoil and I was not grouping so good.
The ammo I used was.....
124 gr. FMG American Eagle
147 gr. JHP sub-sonic Federal---called a HI-Power round but definitely not a +P or a +P+
147 gr. JHP HYDRA-SHOK Federal Premium......this is the round that the R9s liked the best.
I got better groups with this round than any of the others, and shot equal amount with all the ammo.
The " Little Pup" is all that I imagined it to be and like I said previously " and than some".
I've been carrying it in a DeSantis front pocket and it is fast and easy to get into play if the need be, and does not print at all.
I have complete confidence in this little " Gem" and could not be happier.
I do have a issue with the way the mags were welded though,...( having been in this line of work for some 50 years or so) the weld ends up near the end of the feed lips and leaves a small crater that could possible develop into a crack over time,.........I dissemble both of mine and it was not visible to the eye if there where any cracks or not! I will do a NDT testing and see if this could be a problem! The weld or fusion should have been done from top to bottom and that way the small crater would not be in a critical area. Actually there should not be a crater there at all, if the welder or weld process paid attention to detail.