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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Astra Cub 22 Short Msg# 1039194
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Maybe I've become a victim of over-optimistic ads and articles but I thought I had seen smaller 9s out there. That P11 still could qualify as a pocket pistol but maybe not in my jeans. Pleated slacks?
The KelTec P32/P3ATs are also locked breech designs so I'm assuming your concern is the amount of beef necessary to safely hold the pressure of the more powerful 9mmP pistols? Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I like to think my KelTec P32 was the beginning of a move to lighter yet more powerful pocket and hideout guns, even though it's outpaced today by .380s in the same league and even 9mms hardly bigger! Not quite "hardly bigger" in the case of 9mms. I think the 9mms have achieved their minimal size and because they must use a locked breech they will never approach the size of the KelTec P32/P3AT. The perfect comparison is actually those two models vs the KelTec P11, the first and probably still the smallest 9mm all the way around. Granting that the P11 was a double stack, KelTec only made it one because they were forced via engineering necessities to make the P11 wider and thicker in all dimensions than their P32 and likely thought, "what the heck, let's make it a double stack and let it feed from S&W 5900 magazines." Image below from JohnWill - Image Title: Keltec P11 & P32 |
