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July 22nd, 2011, 08:58 PM
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#1 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,836
| KelTec PMR 30 purchase
Well, I was on duty yesterday and wandered into my local fun shop and out walks a guy with a KelTec PMR 30 .22WMR pistol in the factory box. I walked up to the counter and asked the proprieter if they had any more and he said.............just one. Crap!
Well I got a code call so had to take off in a hurry but I wandered back a few hours later and there under the glass was his second PMR. Sigh, I guess it was just meant to be. Yes, it left the shop with me.
I put five rounds through it just for function and it was flawless. I did just happen to have a couple hundred rounds of the ammo that KelTec recommends so that worked out.
I'll post some pics whenever I get a chance to take some. Until then: http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/pistols/pmr-30/
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July 22nd, 2011, 09:08 PM
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#2 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,418
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Range report when available. It sounds like a nice match for my wife who frowns on any recoil beyond 38 wadcutter target loads
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July 22nd, 2011, 09:17 PM
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#3 | | Senior Chief
U. S. Navy, Ret
Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Coast
Posts: 252
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I'd like to have one myself. Thirty rounds of .22 WMR in such a small package makes for a very formidable carry piece.
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July 23rd, 2011, 02:42 PM
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#4 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,836
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Originally Posted by Bamban  Range report when available. It sounds like a nice match for my wife who frowns on any recoil beyond 38 wadcutter target loads | Yeah, virtually zero recoil, but it's like the SOCOM vs a 22" M14 as far as bark goes. Lotsa muzzle flash!
Check this out:
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September 1st, 2011, 12:46 AM
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#5 | | Grunt
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 116
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I've been pretty much "on the fence" regarding this gun but oh, man...I think that video did the trick. Still, I'll have to see some more feedback concerning reliability before I get one.
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September 1st, 2011, 04:13 AM
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#6 | | Platoon Sergeant
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 367
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I like the .22 magnum cartridge and would have considered getting one of these but can't due to stupid Hi-cap restriction.
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September 1st, 2011, 01:27 PM
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#7 | | Rifleman
Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 72
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The muzzle flash reminds me of Robocop's gun. If this thing fired bursts and had a compensator it would be awesome. I have been on the fence about one of these too. It would be a good companion to the Marlin rifle I have in .22WMR.
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September 1st, 2011, 05:21 PM
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#8 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,836
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I had the grand daughter out shooting a few days ago, .22's. She gave my S&W AR 15-22 a real workout. I put about 150 rounds of Bitterroot Valley Ammo's 40 grain HP's through the PMR30. It functioned flawlessly. Accuracy at 35 yards was very good. I think that I've found my ammo match!
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September 1st, 2011, 06:54 PM
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#9 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SW Washington State
Posts: 428
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Those look real slick. I'd love to shoot one some time.
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September 5th, 2011, 04:59 PM
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#10 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,836
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Originally Posted by captain_bob_badfish Those look real slick. I'd love to shoot one some time. | If you're ever up near liberal land drop me a PM. I work a rotating shift and work 3 weekends out of five but also have week days off sometimes.
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September 6th, 2011, 01:58 AM
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#11 | | Snappin In
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent, Wa
Posts: 28
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Ouch, that would hurt, 31 times! Probably not so good for home defense at night, seeing how you would probably be blind after the 1st or 2nd round
Last edited by Lewisusa1; September 6th, 2011 at 01:59 AM.
Reason: additional thought
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September 6th, 2011, 09:44 AM
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#12 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Florida
Posts: 1,121
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I love the thought of 30 rounds of 22 magnum in one single mag....you could literally be loaded to the bone with only a few mags. How is the weight loaded/unloaded?
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September 6th, 2011, 11:31 AM
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#13 | | Grunt
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 116
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I got a chance to take a bfrief (VERY brief) look at one this weekend. Weight? What weight? The thing is as light as the proverbial feather. In person, it doesn't appear nearly as "toy-like" as a lot of the pics floating around the net make it look. The grip is surprisingly thin, seeing as how it holds a 30-rd magazine inside it; I'd probably have to put a Hogue "Handall" on it if I ever get one. Unfortunately, it already belonged to someone else.
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September 10th, 2011, 07:17 PM
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#14 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,836
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Yeah, it is VERY light weight loaded or unloaded. I had one of my retired buds out to the range with me a few days ago and he loved it. He put about three mags through it and his comment was the it would shoot forever on one mag.......................... Now he needs one, too ;-)
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