Hey Folks,
I had to jump in on this one.
Like most everyone else, my first impression of the Kel-Tec's was "what a
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plastic toy" .............. However first impressions can be wrong
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at least IMHO.
I bought the P3AT about 3 mo. ago thinking I would never find an R9 and I wanted to have something I could just drop into a pocket even though I never had much use for the .380 ctg. (.45acp is the only one that really excites me
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). The KT has about 450 rounds through it and only one stovepipe and when I concentrate, I can group about 3" @ 15 yd. I'm definately not trying to be a cheerleader fot KT but I was pleasantly surprised
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, to say the least. It took about three trips to the range to really change my mind completely. I would probably feel differently if it had to go back to the manufacturer
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. The only time it has had any feeding problem was when my shooting buddy tried to put some of his cheapo Russian Silver Bear through it last weekend ............ No Bueno! Of course his first comment was "what a
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" and my reply was "keep that Commie ammo away from it and it's just fine".
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Once when I wasn't looking, he slipped in several mags. of Wolf .45 into my 3" Kimber ...... looked like it had been burning charcoal.
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On March 4th., I was fortunate enough to find my R9s at a local gun show and after a little over 200 rounds, things are starting to come together. The KT isn't even in the same league as the Rohrbaugh, however, at 15 yds. I can consistently get 2.5 to 3 inch groups with the P3AT (have to really concentrate) and only 6 inch groups with the R9s (I'm working on this I know it's me not the R9
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).
The R9s is a fine precision tool but in my experience the P3AT ain't that bad.
Sorry, I idn't realize what a long ramble this was 'til I previewed it.
Good Shooting,
Thunderbolt