Actually I traded in my S&W .38 airweight because I just don't carry it (too hard to conceal) and walked out with a brand new P-3AT and a few boxes of ammo.
Took it right to the range to give it a test run and all-in-all I like it.
I did have one failure to eject and I am getting "smilies". I've also noticed that one edge of the casing tends to be flatened a bit - I'm assuming this is the top edge of the casing and the same thing that is causing the "smiley" is causing the flatening of the edge of the casing as well.
I only put about 50 rounds through it today but I literally couldn't wait to get a feel for it at the range.
The slide is a bit stiff - but nothing terribly difficult. My biggest problem was sweaty hands - but after I dried my hands on my jeans there was no problem at all.
As for the recoil... I really didn't notice too much difference between this gun and other .380's I've fired. Most .380's tend to be snappy and the Kel-Tec was actually tamer than I had been lead to believe.
But I've never really had a problem with limpwristing as my dad was a rather demanding task master when it came to shooting and that was one of the things he had me work on.
Again - Thank you all so much for your opinions and suggestions. I'm really impressed with this little gun and can't wait to take it to the range again!
Carole K.
Tampa, FL
Took it right to the range to give it a test run and all-in-all I like it.
I did have one failure to eject and I am getting "smilies". I've also noticed that one edge of the casing tends to be flatened a bit - I'm assuming this is the top edge of the casing and the same thing that is causing the "smiley" is causing the flatening of the edge of the casing as well.
I only put about 50 rounds through it today but I literally couldn't wait to get a feel for it at the range.
The slide is a bit stiff - but nothing terribly difficult. My biggest problem was sweaty hands - but after I dried my hands on my jeans there was no problem at all.
As for the recoil... I really didn't notice too much difference between this gun and other .380's I've fired. Most .380's tend to be snappy and the Kel-Tec was actually tamer than I had been lead to believe.
But I've never really had a problem with limpwristing as my dad was a rather demanding task master when it came to shooting and that was one of the things he had me work on.
Again - Thank you all so much for your opinions and suggestions. I'm really impressed with this little gun and can't wait to take it to the range again!
Carole K.
Tampa, FL