Where do those little Kel-Tecs lie in the great scheme of things?

[FMJ]

Mechanically, I meant...

[mephisto]

I believe the diamondback gun is from a past engineer form Kel -Tec.

[xsquidgator]

I believe the diamondback gun is from a past engineer form Kel -Tec.

Could be, I only remember what my friend (Glock fanatic) said about the inside.

These little guns do have a place though, both as backup guns and as something to carry when it'd be very difficult to carry a "real" gun.  Loaded with 6+1 of 380, these little things are light enough that even elastic-waisted jogging shorts could hold the weight of the pistol, if you had a means of concealing the gun or attaching a concealment holster to the shorts.  I wouldn't use that little pocket-knife style slide clip in the Kel Tec to clip it to my waist (I'd be concerned about an uncovered/unholstered trigger), but there are people who do that.

[GaBoy45]

I friend at church bought a diamondback. He said that it was designed by the same guy who designed the kel-tec. He said that it was smoother out of the box than either the kel-tec or the lcp. He likes his so much that he replaced his kel-tec with it for pocket carry.

[shootin xd]

P3AT,Maybe I do,Maybe I don't.

[coelacanth]

I haven't seen the Diamondback .380  reviewed here but if anyone is interested I think it was reviewed on Jeff Quinn's Gunblast site a few months ago.

[SK2344]

I do have both the Kel-tec 3AT and the Taurus 738TCP which I like and carry very often. These so called Mouse Guns have come a very long way as proven by many of the top gun manufactures new models. Also the defensive loads have also shown much improvement over the last few years with the .380 caliber. Although my favorite and main carry gun is my Glock 26. I frequently more often than not, carry my Kel-Tec 3AT in a Pocket Holster and feel very confident that I can protect myself in a self defense situation. I believe that the so called Mouse Gun will only grow more and more popular in the future and out sell the larger guns. The Mouse that Roared! ///END///

[Skeptic49]

Kel-tec is based here in FL...they make good little guns for FL concealed carry..imagine that!

I do note a certain lack of Kel-tec long arms, and a dealer told me he had trouble getting .380 Kel-tecs.  He had more LCPs in the case than Kel-tecs and he said the Rugers were still selling well.  Kel-tec recently expanded their factory.  I wonder what they are doing?

Geoff
Who hasn't seen ANY Kel-tec 9x19 guns lately.