CoalCrackerAl
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I had a keltech pf9. The slide bite was horrible. I sold it.
Please note: I am deliberately NOT mentioning a brand name here, because that will immediately sidetrack all discussion into arguments about that and other brand names. This is about personal tastes and aesthetics, which are not unique matters to any particular make, market niche, or model.
So, I fired my small 9mm handgun at the range the other day for the first time in a long time, and ... lets just say I'm not sure why I'm keeping this thing around. It IS very small, (though not the smallest) and it HAS been 100% reliable, with several hundred rounds since I bought it without a single failure of any kind.
But ...
The short barrel on this thing means it's loud. I mean, LOUD. But even worse, I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it, and I'm starting to think it's not just me. From about 10 yards I fired 8 shots at a 4-inch circle, and not only didn't hit the circle, but only two shots even hit the 2' x 2' paper the circle was on. (!) This gun has never been a tack driver, but with the muzzle blast and inaccuracy, I'm struggling with why I should keep it. One does that saw "never sell a gun" meant to be ignored?
Background: I now live in a state where I would have to get a license just to buy another handgun at all, but bought this gun before I moved here. I do not currently carry, nor do I really plan to do so, but I think a basic 9mm should be part of everyone's personal battery.
I bet the GP recoil was a handful .Plenty of reasons out there.
For one, this is a bit of a 'Golden Age' in that a person can find a "just right" pistol (or pistols) to meet their singular specific needs.
I won a GP-100 in .308--this was a perfectly serviceable pistol. If a bit of a handful. It did not fit my needs, so it got used in a trade. No knock on its accuracy, utility, or function, it was just not my "thing."
I've had a couple of the S&W 4500 pistols. Fine firearms, but I just could not hit with them at all. They moved on.
A bit like a long-barreled .44mag. The bolt really set back behind your thumb as you grasped it. So the bore axis offset was not horrible. Not pleasant, either.I bet the GP recoil was a handful