Pocket Nines

[Sheepdog]

Say no to SOLO. Not bashing Kimbers but my friend has one that is on it's third and final trip to the factory. It will be sold upon return. Colt Defender works pretty good. I'll use it until the 938's come out.

[fireduc]

bought a Sig P290 a couple months ago. I have about 300 rounds with complete reliability. My last trip to the range I put 50 rounds of mixed target and +P HP's through non-stop (2-second per shot rule at the range).

Surprising how easy this little pistol shoots! +P is a bit vigorous, but much easier than I thought they might be. There is almost no bite in the web and minimal torquing with +P. The trigger is long and smooth, and breaks cleanly (Don't worry if it seems stiff in the store--lots of dry-firing and a good cleaning and it smooths right out). After the 50-round session I went right into my DW-CCO .45 and my Caspian with no discomfort at all.

Also, the P290 is incredibly accurate! Standing at 15-yards I was able to keep everything in a palm-sized group (and I aint that good-a-shot).

For carry I use a simple Uncle Mikes sleeve IWB-appendix. Comfortable and drops right out of sight. The setup also drops into my coat pocket with ease.

For me the extra weight over the Kahr and Ruger is a non-issue. The Sig is built to shoot.

[Dave Bob]

Keltec PF9 its reliable, fairly accurate ( I can shoot a 2" or so group at 15 yrds ) and price wise its a winner. Here in Louisiana its easy to stick it in a pocket holster in my shorts when its 105 and 80% humidity. Even if I carry my CBOB the Keltec is on me somewhere.

Dave

[MajO]

I do have a bid pending on a heckler&koch gmbh hk p7 9mm. I don't think that my Beretta 92FS would fit in my pocket.

[DirtyPipes]

Fireduc ... good to hear on that P290. I almost bought one but some research came up with light primer strikes and returns to Sig on several occasions, so I bought the P238 instead.

I haven't shot it yet, but already love it !

A P938 could be on the horizon if my wife doesn't beat me first

[MajO]

On a fairly big list of guns that I want to have is the Kahr K9, from Cylinder & Slide. Kahr's reputation might be up and down, but C & S's seems to be consistently high. I have spoken with Bill Laughridge, and found him to be very courteous and helpful.

http://www.cylinder-slide.com/index....ow&ref=Kahr047

This was a fun topic. cowboy

[onegun]

Having owned or shot almost all of them I carry this as a pocket piece.

The best of the bunch mentioned, from my experience, is the Kahr PM9 (forget the P380.) Reliability has been my problem with the "pocket" nines. I jumped on the Beretta Nano (barely pocketable) and after 1,000 rounds and trips to the factory it still was unreliable. Anything larger than a true "pocket" nine requiring belt carry can easily be trumped by any number of larger and more reliable firearms. YMMV.

[DirtyPipes]

For summer carry, penetrating light clothing, I can deal with the .380 cartridge. Any other time of the year is big bore time of the year !

And yes this has been an interesting topic. I like to hear opinions and experiences from other people ...