Range Rulesīefore venturing forth to run the mandatory off-hand drills with this quintet of demure 9mms, my wife, Becky, and I checked each pistol’s zero by firing five groups from an MTM K-Zone rest at a moderate 10 yards. Finally, the magazine capacities vary from six to 10 rounds. The KelTec has plain white-dot sights the Kimber, SCCY and Walther have tritium night sights and the Sig’s XRAY3 front sight has a tritium insert surrounded by a highly visible green right that makes it equally visible in low- and bright-light conditions, and the rear sight has two tritium inserts. The KelTec, SCCY and SIG all depend their triggers as safety devices.Īll five feature three-dot sighting arrangements. Along with having a striker status indicator that protrudes from the rear of the slide, the Walther also has a safety paddle built into the face of its trigger. While all five subcompact 9mm pistols include various internal safety devices, the Kimber has a frame-mounted thumb safety, as befits a mini 1911. And, once again, the Kimber follows the beat of a different drummer with a traditional single-action (SA) trigger. The KelTec and SCCY use internal hammers and double-action-only (DOA) triggers, while the SIG and Walther are both striker-fired. The Kimber is the odd man out in having a 1911-style aluminum alloy frame with integral rails, and the frontstrap is checkered - a very nice touch. These metal rails secure internal parts like the sear, trigger and hammer housings, add strength and provide the interface for the steel slide to reciprocate on. When it comes to construction, the KelTec, SCCY, SIG and Walther all use aluminum or steel rails encased in polymer frames. Which brings us to this issue’s “Battle Royale,” where we’ll look at five of the newest subcompact 9mm pistols: the Kimber Micro 9 TLE, the KelTec PF-9, the SCCY CPX-2, the SIG Sauer P365 and the Walther PPS M2. Finally, the 9mm’s smaller size makes it a practical choice for full-power compact and subcompact pistols. 45 ACP cartridges, which allows for easier training and faster, more accurate shooting. And even with +P and +P+ loads, the 9mm generates less recoil than. Thanks to improvements in propellants and high-tech expanding projectiles, the performance of the 9mm now equals that of larger-caliber cartridges. Pocket Battle: Scores & Rankings of 5 Popular.
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