I was looking at this Millenium PT111 G2 only half-seriously, as an alternative to a G26 or M&P9C. I didn't like the G26 in the hand, M&P felt OK so I was thinking that direction, dubiously curious about the G2 but hadn't held one. Read a lot of really good reviews, and very few complaints. Enter $239 clearance sale at PSA and I couldn't resist trying one out. I had very low expectations, and they were exceeded dramatically.
Comes with cardboard box only, 2 mags, soft drawstring bag for firearm, soft bags for spare mag and keys. The thing looks very nice to my eye, and feels great in my hand. Just big enough for my long but relatively skinny hands to get a good 3-finger grip. The very aggressive stippling on the grip seems to be in exactly the right places where grip is needed but not anywhere that is uncomfortable like some stippled guns I have held, I also really like the concave spot for an indexed finger. It actually seemed to fit my High Noon Slide-guard OWB better than the Baby Eagle it was ordered for.
(sorry for poorly rotate or upside down pics, new phone and photobucket won't seem to rotate/flip)
I am not a frequent Glock shooter but the trigger felt very glock-like to my finger used to DA/SA hammer-fired pistols, very light take up, slight stack, clean break, short positive reset. I am no better than average shooter, but after some warm up I was able to consistenly place rounds inside a medium shoot n see sticker at 30 feet. It ate 100 rnds WWB, 100 rnds Federal, and 250 rnds of Herters as well as the last 20rnds I had of my usual PDX carry ammo, all flawlessly. Need to pick up and run a few more boxes of PDX through it just to be sure it will feed those 100% but so far very reassuring.
There are a couple things I do not like. One of the places they saved some money manufacturing was the tiny frame rails. Doesn't feel loose, but also not rock solid tight like my CZ clones either. Also, the front sight looks like it was made in a low-end Chinese factory, marginally molded plastic and white dot sloppily painted. I ordered some Williams firesights for just under $50 which I would have probably put on whatever I purchased. Per youtube, should also be able to fit Glock front sights that have a few thousands filed off them and their mounting screw.
So, my final calculation is that for about the price of the M&P9C (or G26) I got the PT 111 G2 and saved enough to pay for aftermarket sights, IWB and OWB holsters from Aliengear, and the ammo to run through it for break-in and reliability test for carry. I'm a happy man.
Size comparison with its little brother TCP.
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