As promised here comes the range report of the PT609: first I field stripped the weapon, cleaned and lubed it. The disassembly wasn't as easy as my FN P9 because of the lack of a desassemble lever. I carefully inspected all surfaces and reassembled it. I took 200 rounds of Sellier Bellot 115 gr fmj range ammo with me.
PT609 positives:
- Very comfortable shooter, I had thought a very light handgun had to jump a lot, not the PT609!
- Very good accuracy at 10 yards.
- Fast follow up shots, fast and precise double taps.
- The trigger is long but smooth, around 6-7 pounds pull.
- The size is perfect for deep concealment.
- Very (I mean it) light! Perfect for long ccw.
- The finnish is asthetically pleasing.
- Big and nice sights
- 13 rounds capacity magazine!
Negatives:
- 4 failures to fire due to magazine drop while shooting. Careful inspection of the gun denotes a weak magazine release spring or a too big magazine release (for so a small gun), I had that failure too with a PT111 so I don't know yet if it is the gun or my hands (my hands are big!). I'll check that later and let you know.
- It came with one magazine only.
- Difficult to disassemble and assemble. Well, nowadays mostly all guns come with takedown levers so it makes no sense Taurus had to save money on that.
Bottom line : I'll stick with my FN P9 for ccw until I debug this gun.
Next weekend comes second range report...