My daughter and I went to the range on Saturday.
She took her new P22 and I took my new PM9.
Both guns had been field stripped, cleaned and lubed.
All shooting was done at 10 yards.
The P22 is, well, a P22 -- a piece of plastic that throws .22 down-range.
It's lightweight, comfortable to hold, and it's hard to be confident that it'll hold together.
However, it did.
We shot CCI sub-sonic, Federal blue box bulk, CCI Mini-Mag, and Remington Viper.
Everything shot well except the Viper, which stove-piped about once per magazine.
We didn't even try the Velocitor.
The P22 takedown was OK, but was a real pain to reassemble.
The recoil spring was particularly difficult to manage.
I think I'll have to read the manual next time.
The PM9 is a small precision machine. The fit and finish are very good.
The MA version is only offered in 2-tone, with a LCI and external safety, both of which were easily ignored.
There is no magazine disconnect.
I would guess that the trigger pull was about 7 pounds and was fairly long, but broke cleanly and had very little over-travel.
With the 6 round magazine, my pinky ended up underneath, but it felt OK.
The 7 round magazine, with a pinky rest, was actually less comfortable.
I shot WWB 115gr FMJ and WWB 147gr HP.
Both cycled without a problem. There were no feed issues as has been experienced by others with with this gun.
However, the recoil was something else.
At less than a pound empty, there is just not much mass for that equal and opposite reaction.
After 4 or 5 6-round magazines, my hand needed a rest.
The very short sight radius will also take some getting used-to.
I had to fire some rounds from the Ruger just to prove to myself that I could still hit the black.
The PM9 was hard both to disassemble and to reassemble.
In both cases a mark on the slide has to be aligned with a mark on the frame before the slide stop can be removed or replaced.
This is a three hand task: one to hold the frame, one to hold the slide, and one to hold the slide stop.
I used the chopstick-in-the-teeth method to wedge the action open with the marks aligned.
This required several tries before the positioning was correct.
A large part of the problem is that the recoil spring is very strong. It has to be in order to control that lightweight slide.
I plan to clean and lube it frequently during break-in, so I should soon be better at take-down.
Bottom line:
I expected reliability issues with the P22, but once we stopped using the hot ammo, everything (~100 rounds) cycled correctly.
My daughter enjoyed it.
The PM9 didn't have a single failure (~60 rounds)
The recoil was an unpleasant surprise. Since the gun was chosen for its size, it shouldn't have been.
Maybe I'll get some gloves with padded palms.
Or maybe I'll just get a P22 to practice with.
She took her new P22 and I took my new PM9.
Both guns had been field stripped, cleaned and lubed.
All shooting was done at 10 yards.
The P22 is, well, a P22 -- a piece of plastic that throws .22 down-range.
It's lightweight, comfortable to hold, and it's hard to be confident that it'll hold together.
However, it did.
We shot CCI sub-sonic, Federal blue box bulk, CCI Mini-Mag, and Remington Viper.
Everything shot well except the Viper, which stove-piped about once per magazine.
We didn't even try the Velocitor.
The P22 takedown was OK, but was a real pain to reassemble.
The recoil spring was particularly difficult to manage.
I think I'll have to read the manual next time.
The PM9 is a small precision machine. The fit and finish are very good.
The MA version is only offered in 2-tone, with a LCI and external safety, both of which were easily ignored.
There is no magazine disconnect.
I would guess that the trigger pull was about 7 pounds and was fairly long, but broke cleanly and had very little over-travel.
With the 6 round magazine, my pinky ended up underneath, but it felt OK.
The 7 round magazine, with a pinky rest, was actually less comfortable.
I shot WWB 115gr FMJ and WWB 147gr HP.
Both cycled without a problem. There were no feed issues as has been experienced by others with with this gun.
However, the recoil was something else.
At less than a pound empty, there is just not much mass for that equal and opposite reaction.
After 4 or 5 6-round magazines, my hand needed a rest.
The very short sight radius will also take some getting used-to.
I had to fire some rounds from the Ruger just to prove to myself that I could still hit the black.
The PM9 was hard both to disassemble and to reassemble.
In both cases a mark on the slide has to be aligned with a mark on the frame before the slide stop can be removed or replaced.
This is a three hand task: one to hold the frame, one to hold the slide, and one to hold the slide stop.
I used the chopstick-in-the-teeth method to wedge the action open with the marks aligned.
This required several tries before the positioning was correct.
A large part of the problem is that the recoil spring is very strong. It has to be in order to control that lightweight slide.
I plan to clean and lube it frequently during break-in, so I should soon be better at take-down.
Bottom line:
I expected reliability issues with the P22, but once we stopped using the hot ammo, everything (~100 rounds) cycled correctly.
My daughter enjoyed it.
The PM9 didn't have a single failure (~60 rounds)
The recoil was an unpleasant surprise. Since the gun was chosen for its size, it shouldn't have been.
Maybe I'll get some gloves with padded palms.
Or maybe I'll just get a P22 to practice with.
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