The grip is grooved on both sides and has a bit more texture molded in to the front- and backstraps as well as small thumb rests on both sides. The frame houses four small steel slide-rail inserts and a reversible, low-profile magazine release. The Slim's polymer frame has an oversize trigger guard, yet the design is sleek and snag-free. You may never need this potentially life-saving feature, but it's nice to know it's there if you do. Should a stubborn primer need a second strike, pulling the trigger again should send the round on its way. It is a striker-fired design with a single-action trigger and repeat-strike capability. The PT 709 is an ultra-compact, polymer-framed beauty designed for deep concealment. It's a pretty smooth pull, although the long trigger reach made pulling it a bit of a chore for me. The double-action pull breaks at 13 pounds, two ounces, while the single-action trigger breaks at six pounds, four ounces. The Cougar has a traditional DA/SA trigger. The reversible magazine catch is located in the usual location just aft of the trigger guard. The slide release has a slightly oversized shelf to make it easier to activate for shooters with small hands. The takedown lever is just above and ahead of the trigger guard. The rear of the Cougar's slide has an ambidextrous safety that also serves as a decocking lever. Excellent sights with white, three-dot inserts are dovetailed into the slide top. The barrel is housed in a robust slide that also boasts a beefy external extractor. The short-recoil, locked-breech design features a unique rotating barrel.
It is the largest pistol in the test, but its 3.6-inch barrel earned the pistol its compact rating. The Stoeger version is an alloy-framed, steel-slide, double-action design.
The Turkish-built Cougar was designed to give value-conscious shooters an affordable, near-carbon-copy of the fine Beretta Cougar. 5 Stars, Superior 4 Stars, Above Average 3 Stars, Average 2 Stars, Below Average. Based on my positive experiences with Kel-Tec's P3AT, I had high hopes for this one going into the testing.
The PF-9 is the smallest, lightest pistol in the test. The polymer rear sight has two white dots, while the front has a single white dot. Compact sights are fitted to the top of the slide. It has six grasping grooves aft and a robust extractor recessed into the right side. The front of the frame has an integral Picatinny accessory rail. The grip houses a seven-round, single-stack magazine. The front- and backstraps sport molded-in striations for better traction. The grip frame has molded-in, hand grenade-style panels that help keep wet hands from slipping. It has a polymer frame with a minimum number of controls: magazine release, takedown button and slide release. My test gun's double-action-only trigger breaks at six pounds, two ounces. Kel-Tec's new PF-9 is an ultra-slim, compact carry gun. With a little digging, you should be able to get all the guns tested here for a street price of $300 to $429. Because it allowed me to include some of the more popular budget-priced offerings, I set the price ceiling at $499. To help those readers and to satisfy my own curiosity, I recently assembled some inexpensive, compact 9mms for an extensive comparison test. If the letters we've received from readers asking for an objective comparison test of affordable carry guns are any indication, Handguns readers have not escaped these trying times. More options are usually a good thing, but it's not easy to sort the wheat from the chaff in the pistol market.Ī high or low price is not always a good indicator of a given pistol's quality, but it is one of the biggest factors influencing many shooters' handgun selection process in these tough economic times. More states with "shall-issue" carry laws and a tremendous number of freshly minted concealed-carry permits have sparked a huge increase in the number of pistols aimed at the concealed-carry market.
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