Fixxah
NES Member
The pistol looked decent with only a few cosmetic scratches and although the price was more than I had planned on paying but figured a new one would be much harder to acquire and Colt hadn't released them to dealers from what I had heard.
My first trip to the range was a major disappointment, if it even cycled with any ammo it would drop the magazine and jam. No matter how I tried my grip the results were the same. So after thinking I had a $600 novelty piece, off it went to Dave Santurri for a checkup. After explaining the issues, he spent 3 minutes changing the mag release spring. It cost me a whopping $5. Thanks Dave.
Yesterday, richc was generous enough to have me over to the Westwood Gun Club to try out the pistol once again and even brought some of his JHP reloads for me to try. All told, I put about 150 rounds through it and it ate every type and brand of ammo available for the .380ACP. To say I am delighted is an understatement.
The gun came with three mags, two are stainless and one is blued. they are all factory mags as far as I can tell according to the Colt website although I will be buying the 7 round mags in the future. The blued mag wont lock the slide back when empty but the others do. I am headed to the dungeon to clean the gun and have a better look at the offending magazine to see if there's an obvious difference compared to the powder coated mags.
Having shot KilgoreTrout's Kel-Tec at the pumpkin shoot a couple of years ago at Shirley, I was expecting a very snappy recoil but this gun is so far from uncomfortable to grip and fire that many people will be trying it out in the future. I didn't look for the distance marker but I believe it was 10yds.
The single action trigger is not as heavy as I had expected and will scale it in a while and it is a relatively short pull and reset. With practice, this is a pretty accurate gun for it's size. Follow up shots are quick as the sights are easy to pick up although after they get dirty it's a different story. This gun is well balanced and a pleasure to shoot. Magazine changes are going to take a little bit of getting used to but all-in-all this gets a 7 out of 10 from me.
Shot placement is key with this round as well as type of ammo. I tried four different JHP and WW happy pack and found that Montana Gold JHP required an extra pull of the slide to go into battery but all fired without hiccups. The Hornady CD seemed to have the least recoil which surprised me. WW had the same results as the others as far as "accuracy" is concerned but was 4" right and 1" low. This is most likely my lack of experience with this gun.
If you're in need of a nice shooting pocket gun, try one out before you buy something else. It will be hard not to judge others by this one. It's a keeper.
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