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I have had and regularly carried a P3AT for about a year. I finally decided to replace it, for the following reasons:
- Uncomfortable finger/trigger positioning: the placement of my finger on the trigger never feels quite "natural"
- Painful firing: after firing, my trigger finger hurts.
- Mushy trigger action: the trigger pull is long and imprecise
- Jams/reliability: I typically have some sort of jam at least once per every 20 rounds or so
The net result is a gun I don't enjoy taking to the range for practice, which isn't all that accurate even at fairly close range, and which does not inspire me with confidence with its reliability.
I got a Magnum Micro Desert Eagle to replace it. It's considerably heavier, which helps a lot with recoil and handling in general. I find I am much more accurate with it. Any micro .380 is going to transfer a lot of energy to the hand upon firing, so there's still a bit of discomfort with the Eagle but it's in the web of my hand and not in my trigger finger, and in any case is less than I had with the P3AT.
It's also even smaller than the P3AT and disappears that much better into a pocket.
The P3AT is great for what it is, and it's certainly possible that some of the issues I experienced with it were due to my own issues (improper handling etc) but I finally decided that it's not suited
for me as my primary deep CC piece.