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November 2007

9mm Self-Defense Autoloaders: CZ’s Rami 2075 P Is a Bargain

We also think H&K’s squeeze-cocked P7 PSP is worth the money, if you don’t mind the weight of a steel-framed gun, but we’d pass on the light Kel-Tec PF-9, despite its low price tag.

Shooters like 9mm pistols for many reasons, chief among them being their reputation for manageable recoil with at least minimum acceptable stopping power for a self-defense cartridge. Also, 9mm guns can be made small and flat, which makes them suitable for comfortable concealed carry.

We recently bought a trio of such guns at Fountain Firearms in Houston (www.fountainfirearms.com, 281-561-8447). They were of relatively similar size, but different in almost every other way—and

The Heckler & Koch P7 PSP, $795, used a squeeze-cocking design to make the ﬁrst shot fast and on target. We liked the small-frame H&K 9mm better than similarly sized guns from Kel-Tec and CZ, though the Czech Republic product scored pretty high in our tests as well.

these differences made an impression on our testers that affected how we graded the pistols. The Heckler & Koch P7 PSP, $795, used a squeeze-cocking design in its fine single action design. The P7 PSP is a single-stack design with…

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