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Question on the Kel-Tec .380

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#1 ·
A guy I know has a .380. It is silver with a blue plastic fram, a real small and thin gun very, very compact.

Anyway, he was going on a spill of how hard they were to get ahold of and that the .32 was the only one you would be able to pick up. Is there any truth to it? He also fed me some stuff saying the highway patrol in NC was going to be picking these up for backup pistols.
 
#28 ·
What frequently happens, particularly with a tiny pistol, is that some inexperienced guy buys one, tries to shoot it, limp-wrists it into malfunction, can't hit anything with it (because mini-pistols are hard to shoot well), and finally sells it off as a malfunctioning, inaccurate, piece of...
But, of course, the real problem is the guy's lack of experience and poor technique.

That's where all of the cheap, used P3ATs (and other mini-pistols) are coming from.
The tip-off is the dirt and lack of maintenance.

They're actually pretty easy to shoot effectively, if you have previous experience with pistols in general, and if you apply a strong grip and really good trigger technique.
My wife, Jean, who stands under five feet high and weighs 100 pounds fully dressed and soaking wet, really likes her P3AT. She has no trouble shooting it well.
But I taught her very good pistol technique, using a full-size 1911, first.
You are 100% correct. I don't ask more from my little P3AT than it can give me. I would only be using it from 7 or so yards and closer, so that is why I shoot and practice from that distance. Firm hold, aim over the top of the slide, put em' in there. Works for me.
 
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