The Kel-Tec Range

[oldgranpa]

After doing some minor work on the feed ramp to round the ears a little and doing a mirror polish on it and also the ramp inside the slide, we went to the farm to complete our analysis.
Two more magazine were purchased, making three in the test for smileys. A brief report and picture is posted in cigarman's thread for a 10round mag.
A wetpack test to compare the P3AT with other handguns was also done. Only a few types of ammo were included as shown in the photo. This test was not to compare ammo but to compare the P3AT with other pistols in the same category. We threw in the 38special to see how much better it would be.
Amazing how well the P3AT stood up against the others!!
Conclusions:
The 2dGen P3AT is a good pistol and excellent for CCW use for us civilians. LEO's will probably disagree and want something bigger.
By allowing the trigger to reset forward after each shot, there will be no misfires. We had no malfunctions during this test with 4 magazine loads fired. The assembly pin did not work out (great!!). And no worry about rimlock either!
There still is a concern with the magazine provided. You may get a good one with your P3AT and not have Smileys. With ValuPac ammo (the Win 100rd box) even a light smiley hit will cause setback and unknown pressure increase.
I'll do more wetpack tests later, but the Remington GoldenSaber 102gr JHP ammo seems like an excellent choice for CCW carry in this pistol.
Cheers,
og

[Kitsap Charly]

Thanks for doing such a careful analysis of these fine little guns. I well understand that a 45 is the real deal for serious social use but for civilians the need to really keep it concealed is overriding. If it wasn't for the remarkable Kel-Tec I'd probably be toting a 22 or 25 out of necessity.

[Bob O.]

oldgrandpa,

Great info!
Thanks for all your time and effort!