Range Report P3AT: Backstory and photos.

[Cygnus]

Originally Posted by esrice

That's ultimately a question only you can answer, since it's your butt ultimately on the line.

When in doubt, shoot some more.

Well there was nothing that gave me concern in the operation of the gun.
The cases did giv me concern but the bent over lip ones were in the begining. sartwell says his are mishapen and he heard that's normal. maybe it's due to the style of ejector.
I'll run another 50 (30?. don't want to shoot my rare caliber too much!) to see if the curved spring does anything. After that I'll be confident. But I'm going to get another spring or 3 and make sure I have a straight one when it's cleaned and preppered to carry.

[esrice]

Keep in mind that, bent cases or not, your gun put the bullets out of the end and did not stop functioning. That is basically all you need it to do, even if it returned your cases as little tiny spit wads.

Confidence is confidence. If you aren't confident now, shoot it until you are.

[stingypaperwaffles]

I finally shot my new P-3AT the other day, only did 12 rounds (don't have much to spare right now), but it worked flawlessly. And the few pieces of brass that I recovered were bent up also, but I guess that isn't so odd with this gun...

I wasn't real thrilled with the accuracy though. It was getting late in the day, and the sights were hard to see. I have since put a dab of white paint on the front sight, will have to try it again. However, it seems that the front of the barrel is able to move slightly side to side which cannot be good for accuracy.

[50bmgshooter]

Should u carry a P3AT?? I usually carry mine everywhere I go. But its usually my backup. After the first time I shot it I just had to have it as a backup. The belt clip makes all the difference. Just slide it into my jeans pocket and it looks like a knife(except for the faint gun outline, but can't tell its a gun unless you're close and staring at it). But of course its only a pocket pistol and the accuracy is just what you all have been saying...."CLOSE" range!

[Cygnus]

Originally Posted by 50bmgshooter

Should u carry a P3AT??

I meant has it shown it's a good function gun. esrice set me straight. Ran another 30-40 through it at Roush the other day and no issues. I had other people try it as well. So I guess it's good to go.


I'm in Detroit tonite and tomorrow and it's my back-up

Never had a back-up before.

[IndyGunworks]

Originally Posted by 50bmgshooter

Should u carry a P3AT?? I usually carry mine everywhere I go. But its usually my backup. After the first time I shot it I just had to have it as a backup. The belt clip makes all the difference. Just slide it into my jeans pocket and it looks like a knife(except for the faint gun outline, but can't tell its a gun unless you're close and staring at it). But of course its only a pocket pistol and the accuracy is just what you all have been saying...."CLOSE" range!

just out of curiosity, where do you shoot 50 bmg's in greenfield?