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Spammy_H · February 23, 2010, 11:57 AM

Bought this little gun and finally got to take it out to the range. Insofar as the mouse guns go, this one feels pretty good in my hands. It's a tad bigger than the Kel-Tec P3-AT, but it does have a slide stop lever, and the specs say that the magazine release is reversible, but I haven't tried to flip it around yet.

All in all I put about 65 rounds through it. 60 rounds were Winchester White Box, and the last 5-6 were Federal Hydra-Shok. No misfeeds, failures to extract, misfires, etc.

The trigger pull was pretty smooth, although obviously long, but not overly heavy. My experiences with similarly sized / designed weapons are with the Kel-Tec P32, Bersa 380, Kel-Tec P11, and AMT Backup. I honestly feel this was the best trigger of the bunch.

The WWB was very pleasant to shoot - recoil was manageable, and did not hurt my hand in the least. The one magazine of Hydra-Shoks was a lot snapper, and my hand stung a little afterwards - not something you'd want to shoot everyday, but you should definitely shoot enough of your SD ammo to make sure it feeds/fires/extracts reliably.

Here are the negatives from the test:

*I shot about 3"-4" low of the bullseye at 5 yards. This may be because my EDC is a Springfield XD, which is sighted in for a 6 O'Clock hold. However, I was consciously attempting to cover the target with the sights, rather than place the target on top of the sights.

*The slide catch would keep the slide back when engaged by the magazine follower, but would not effectively hold the slide when manually engaged.

*On 3 occasions, forcefully inserting the magazine would cause the slide to come forward. I'm not 100% sure, but it seemed to happen every other time, which would make me tend to think it was related to one magazine over the other. I need to mark my magazines and retest to make sure.

Overall, I was very pleased with the gun. Knowing that this was a brand new design, and purchasing it in the first year of its production, I was ready for problems, but encountered no major malfunctions.

I'm going to continue to keep this one in the rotation at the range and will report on its progress.

February 23, 2010, 11:57 AM	#1
Spammy_H Senior Member Join Date: September 17, 2009 Posts: 220	Range Report - Taurus TCP / 738 Bought this little gun and finally got to take it out to the range. Insofar as the mouse guns go, this one feels pretty good in my hands. It's a tad bigger than the Kel-Tec P3-AT, but it does have a slide stop lever, and the specs say that the magazine release is reversible, but I haven't tried to flip it around yet. All in all I put about 65 rounds through it. 60 rounds were Winchester White Box, and the last 5-6 were Federal Hydra-Shok. No misfeeds, failures to extract, misfires, etc. The trigger pull was pretty smooth, although obviously long, but not overly heavy. My experiences with similarly sized / designed weapons are with the Kel-Tec P32, Bersa 380, Kel-Tec P11, and AMT Backup. I honestly feel this was the best trigger of the bunch. The WWB was very pleasant to shoot - recoil was manageable, and did not hurt my hand in the least. The one magazine of Hydra-Shoks was a lot snapper, and my hand stung a little afterwards - not something you'd want to shoot everyday, but you should definitely shoot enough of your SD ammo to make sure it feeds/fires/extracts reliably. Here are the negatives from the test: I shot about 3"-4" low of the bullseye at 5 yards. This may be because my EDC is a Springfield XD, which is sighted in for a 6 O'Clock hold. However, I was consciously attempting to cover the target with the sights, rather than place the target on top of the sights. The slide catch would keep the slide back when engaged by the magazine follower, but would not effectively hold the slide when manually engaged. *On 3 occasions, forcefully inserting the magazine would cause the slide to come forward. I'm not 100% sure, but it seemed to happen every other time, which would make me tend to think it was related to one magazine over the other. I need to mark my magazines and retest to make sure. Overall, I was very pleased with the gun. Knowing that this was a brand new design, and purchasing it in the first year of its production, I was ready for problems, but encountered no major malfunctions. I'm going to continue to keep this one in the rotation at the range and will report on its progress.