I fired my new Kel-Tec PF-9 today. I bought it last week from Gary's Guns & Transfers and then today I took it out to Dominion Shooting Range to put a few dozen rounds through it. I fired nine magazines; I had one failure to fire but no feed problems. I attribute the failure to fire to a bad cartridge, because after I waited 30 seconds and ejected the round, the next one fired without a hitch.

Though it proved reliable, the PF-9 is not a smooth gun. My marksmanship with it is significantly inferior to my performance with my steel-frame .45 ACP and with a Glock 9mm I've fired. At seven yards I only hit center mass on the target about 2/3 of the time. But I'm OK with that. With practice I'll surely get better, and the PF-9 cannot be beat in terms of ease of carry and power.

The advantage of the PF-9 is that it's very light and reputedly the most slender-framed 9mm handgun ever made. It's small enough to serve as a "pocket gun" but still formidable enough to be a primary self-defense weapon.

I'm happy with the purchase and I'm confident that with marksmanship practice I will make my PF-9 a truly effective self-defense carry gun.