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Well, picked up my new SG P3-AT on Friday.
Park on Black frame, for $260 new.
2 competitors were $290 in stock and $265 not in stock but would order.
Did a very minor F&B on her,
Polished the feed ramp and the chamber,
and smoothed the underside of the slide
that contacts the hammer face, lightly touched up the slide rails and gave it a good lubing.
By the time I got that done it was getting dark so I only had a chance to run 3 mags
through her out back. 2 mags were Rem green box FMJ, 3rd was Fiocchi JHP.
Had 1 FTF on the 3rd round(*see below re:grip) 2nd mag but the rest was fine. I realize that 200 rnds is the goal for break in but that was all the time that I had tonight.
I was pleased that the gun ran with only 1 MF and especially that it worked with the mag of JHP.
I did notice that the Rem ammo was considerably hotter and had exponentially greater muzzle flash than the Fiocchi.
I will try to get a Chrono on them in the near future, to see just how much difference in velocity.
Bought a Nemesis holster for it and have been carrying it around all day,
back pocket cargo pants and barely know its there.
I quit carrying my G30 and went down to a 26 trying to lighten my load.
I recently moved up to an office environment where even an unsightly bulge would draw unwanted attention so I more or less quit carrying but more and more this has become less and less of an option.
Giving up the .45 for a 9mm was not a big deal.
The latest generation of 9mm ammo particularly Golden Saber, Gold Dots and the Hydra Shocks can and will equal, to outperform .45 hardball.
Going from 9mm down to .380 is a much larger step down for me.
But,
The only other option is to go unarmed.
So I downsized again and will sort through the different ammo's to try to get the best performance while trying to retain manageability.
I did get a Hogue Jr. just need to put it on.
One thing that I did notice about shooting the P 3 is, with the looonnggg trigger pull is that my finger bottoms out against my thumb before the break.
I will have to work on getting a comfortable grip as my "Glock Grip" (thumbs interlocked and down) won't work.
* I even tried a thumbs forward 1911 grip and found it difficult to hang on to the gun this way and this (MAY) have contributed to the MF.
Only more firing will say for sure.
BTW, Great forum y'all have here!
I have been lurking and reading the posts for a while.
I really like seeing folks act like adults on the board.
Del
Park on Black frame, for $260 new.
2 competitors were $290 in stock and $265 not in stock but would order.
Did a very minor F&B on her,
Polished the feed ramp and the chamber,
and smoothed the underside of the slide
that contacts the hammer face, lightly touched up the slide rails and gave it a good lubing.
By the time I got that done it was getting dark so I only had a chance to run 3 mags
through her out back. 2 mags were Rem green box FMJ, 3rd was Fiocchi JHP.
Had 1 FTF on the 3rd round(*see below re:grip) 2nd mag but the rest was fine. I realize that 200 rnds is the goal for break in but that was all the time that I had tonight.
I was pleased that the gun ran with only 1 MF and especially that it worked with the mag of JHP.
I did notice that the Rem ammo was considerably hotter and had exponentially greater muzzle flash than the Fiocchi.
I will try to get a Chrono on them in the near future, to see just how much difference in velocity.
Bought a Nemesis holster for it and have been carrying it around all day,
back pocket cargo pants and barely know its there.
I quit carrying my G30 and went down to a 26 trying to lighten my load.
I recently moved up to an office environment where even an unsightly bulge would draw unwanted attention so I more or less quit carrying but more and more this has become less and less of an option.
Giving up the .45 for a 9mm was not a big deal.
The latest generation of 9mm ammo particularly Golden Saber, Gold Dots and the Hydra Shocks can and will equal, to outperform .45 hardball.
Going from 9mm down to .380 is a much larger step down for me.
But,
The only other option is to go unarmed.
So I downsized again and will sort through the different ammo's to try to get the best performance while trying to retain manageability.
I did get a Hogue Jr. just need to put it on.
One thing that I did notice about shooting the P 3 is, with the looonnggg trigger pull is that my finger bottoms out against my thumb before the break.
I will have to work on getting a comfortable grip as my "Glock Grip" (thumbs interlocked and down) won't work.
* I even tried a thumbs forward 1911 grip and found it difficult to hang on to the gun this way and this (MAY) have contributed to the MF.
Only more firing will say for sure.
BTW, Great forum y'all have here!
I have been lurking and reading the posts for a while.
I really like seeing folks act like adults on the board.
Del
