Have had the opportunity over the past several months to carry (off-duty) my new PD380. After carrying this firearm and getting acquainted with it, I find it has its great pros and unfortunately cons. Let me start with the pros: 1) The hand grip on the PD 380 is extremely comfortable and pronounced. I have a large palm so comfort and adaptability while shooting has NEVER been an issue! Excellent design for this size of firearm. 2) The slide rail is extremely easy to manipulate. Women and/or individuals that do not customarily possess upper hand or grip strength will find the PD 380 amazing. 3) The single stack magazines are extremely easy to load and feed onto the magazine ramp without receiving the occasional thumb/finger striations that a strong spring and/or double stack magazines can often provide. Now for the cons: The PD380 does NOT have a slide stop on the frame. It will only go to slide lock back once you've fired your last shot and/or the magazine is in battery. Secondly, the PD380 does NOT have the usual magazine ejection button, but uses an ambidextrous "paddle release" affixed to the trigger guard. As a 30+ year firearms instructor for law enforcement, these two features are not well received. IF the PD 380 had the traditional slide stop release feature and the traditional ambidextrous magazine release button, it would be the most ideal perfect firearm in the .380 line. I have moved to the new Beretta Cheetah 80X .380. Granted, the Beretta Cheetah 80X has its faults as well, but not where re-training of using a paddle to release a magazine and no slide stop that could be released with one quick thumb motion/action. In all fairness to Walther, I will seriously take a second look at the CCP M2 .380 with manual safety.
fab807
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With two lefties and two righties in the house, that paddle release is an attribute for us. One of my Marine boys is a leftie, and while he shot Expert with military rifle and pistol, every time I would watch him with a conventional setup, it just looks so awkward. Yes, on his HellCat we did reverse the mag release button, but the thing about the paddles is that no matter who in the house picks up that Walther in the dark, everything is gonna work for that PK380 (which my leftie wife CCWs)
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