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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Kimber Solo Carry
Tiny 9mm aims for the concealed-carry market:
Kimber Solo Carry STS
$747.00
Specs:
- Caliber: 9mm +P Rated
- Capacity: 6+1, Optional 8 rd Magazine
- Action: Consistent, Single Action, Striker-Fired Design
- Length: 5.4"
- Height: 3.9"
- Barrel Length: 2.7"
- Sight Radius: 4.4"
- Front Strap Height: 1.5" (Trigger Guard to Butt)
- Back Strap Height: 2.4" (Trigger Guard to Butt)
- Weight Unloaded: 17.3 oz.
- Weight Loaded (7 rds of 147 gr): 20.8 oz.
- Max. Width: 1.15"
- Grip Thickness: .96"
- Grip Circumference: 4.1"
- Frame: Silver Aluminum
- Barrel and Slide: Stanless Steel
- Grip: Black Plastic
- Trigger Pull: 7.5 lbs
- Trigger Span: 2.7"
- Warranty: 1 Year
- 1911 Style Ambidextrous Thumb Safety, Slide Release, and Mag. Release
- Dovetail Mounted White Dot Sights
- Metal Sights
- Easy Takedown Procedure
- Slide Locks Open After Last Round
- "Front edge of the magazine tended to cut into the finger after firing a number of rounds."
- "Excellent Finish"
- "Excellent Trigger Pull"
- "Adequate Accuracy"
- "A lot of force required to cycle the slide to load the first round", meaning this gun may not be the best choice for those who lack upper body strength.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
PF-9 vs. LC9 Pocket Pistols
Pocket 9mm Comparison:
Kel-Tec PF-9
Ruger LC9
Specs:
PF-9 LC9
Slim and easily concealable. Available in blued, parkerizing or hard chrome. +P rated. 1 magazine and 2 floor plates, one flat and one with a finger ledge. Fixed sights with an excellent sight picture; rear sight adjustable for windage. Checkerboard grips provide excellent traction. Magazine release not easily accidentally hit. No data on whether this is a drop-free magazine. Gun fires without magazine in place. Snag-free out of the pocket. No mechanical safety; internal hammer-block. Good serrations in rear of slide. Light rail groove that did easily snag on clothing. Simple takedown procedure. Reassembly slightly more difficult. Long trigger reset required. Easily rapid-fired. Tendency toward trigger-pinch noted. Heavy recoil with most defense loads.
Summary: Ruger LC9 $443.00
2.5 oz. heavier than the Kel-Tec (17% heavier), steel sights and trigger-plastic on the Kel-Tec, thicker and longer slide, right-handed thumb safety, loaded chamber indicator, includes 1 magazine and 2 floor plates, includes polymer carry-box and pouch, nice matte-blued finish, slide and barrel-alloy steel, polymer frame, Italian-made magazine-like the Kel-Tec, swelled grip, frame cutout tended to cause thumb interference with trigger operation, identical trigger pull length (double action only), more room in the trigger guard, stiffer trigger pull (4 lbs+), "way worse trigger than the Kel-Tec with noticeable stacking at the end", highly visible white-dot steel sights-drift adjustable, front sight tended to snag on clothing, trigger return-reset shorter by 1/8", magazine disconnect means gun is useless without the magazine. Easy takedown and reassembly, beveled magazine opening for easier insertion, slower in rapid-fire, less felt recoil than the Kel-Tec.
Synopsis:
The Ruger is "Heavier, thicker and harder to shoot well"
"An imitation Kel-Tec by Ruger doesn't quite measure up to the original."
Kel-Tec PF-9
Specs:
PF-9 LC9
- Length: 5.8" 6.0"
- Height: 4.4" 4.5"
- Barrel: 3.1" 3.1"
- Sight Radius: 4.7" 4.6"
- Front Strap Height: 1.7" 2.3"
- Back Strap Height: 2.6" 2.7"
- Weight Empty: 14.6 oz. 17.1 oz.
- Weight Loaded (147 gr): 18.5 oz. 21 oz.
- Capacity: 7+1 7+1
- Max. Width: 0.98" 1.05"
- Max. Grip Thickness: 0.89" .97"
- Frame: Matte Black Polymer Matte Black Polymer
- Barrel and Slide: Alloy Steel Alloy Steel
- Trigger Pull: 5 lbs 7.4 lbs
- Trigger Travel: 3.3" 3.3"
- Warranty: Lifetime None Written
Slim and easily concealable. Available in blued, parkerizing or hard chrome. +P rated. 1 magazine and 2 floor plates, one flat and one with a finger ledge. Fixed sights with an excellent sight picture; rear sight adjustable for windage. Checkerboard grips provide excellent traction. Magazine release not easily accidentally hit. No data on whether this is a drop-free magazine. Gun fires without magazine in place. Snag-free out of the pocket. No mechanical safety; internal hammer-block. Good serrations in rear of slide. Light rail groove that did easily snag on clothing. Simple takedown procedure. Reassembly slightly more difficult. Long trigger reset required. Easily rapid-fired. Tendency toward trigger-pinch noted. Heavy recoil with most defense loads.
Summary: Ruger LC9 $443.00
2.5 oz. heavier than the Kel-Tec (17% heavier), steel sights and trigger-plastic on the Kel-Tec, thicker and longer slide, right-handed thumb safety, loaded chamber indicator, includes 1 magazine and 2 floor plates, includes polymer carry-box and pouch, nice matte-blued finish, slide and barrel-alloy steel, polymer frame, Italian-made magazine-like the Kel-Tec, swelled grip, frame cutout tended to cause thumb interference with trigger operation, identical trigger pull length (double action only), more room in the trigger guard, stiffer trigger pull (4 lbs+), "way worse trigger than the Kel-Tec with noticeable stacking at the end", highly visible white-dot steel sights-drift adjustable, front sight tended to snag on clothing, trigger return-reset shorter by 1/8", magazine disconnect means gun is useless without the magazine. Easy takedown and reassembly, beveled magazine opening for easier insertion, slower in rapid-fire, less felt recoil than the Kel-Tec.
Synopsis:
The Ruger is "Heavier, thicker and harder to shoot well"
"An imitation Kel-Tec by Ruger doesn't quite measure up to the original."
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