BLUF: It's a great gun. I'm buying more. Read on for details.
Greetings All!
Recently went out to Gunsite and took their 250 Pistol course, and then participated in their Gunsite Alumni Shoot. Highly recommend if you get the means and opportunity.
Over the course of the week that I was there, I shot just over 1000 rds through my new P-10F, non OR.
Overall, the gun is great. The fit/feel, finish, and function are all outstanding, but here are my thoughts, from a sophomoric shooter:
- The Fit & Feel: I've shot a wide variety of pistols, from Glocks, to FNs, to Hi Powers and 1911s, to HKs, etc. The feel of the P10 in the hand is great. Although the stippling is pretty aggressive, I definitely prefer it on the aggressive side, and after a few days my soft office white collar hands started to grow accustomed to the feel of the pistol "biting" back into my hand. Almost became comforting after a while... The controls are all logically placed, and fall naturally to where my fingers are to manipulate them.
The one thing I noticed, that's not a detractor, just more something you need to be aware of, is the slide serrations are SHARP. On the second day, learning some new drills, I had an instructor yell at me to run the slide. With an overhand grip, I ran it hard, and the slide collected its toll on my fingers by ripping part of the pad off my left ring finger, and biting my palm with the sites. The P10 is designed to work in all conditions, and it told me my hands were soft 
Honestly, I struggle to come up with any real criticism of the fit/feel, and that will be a theme throughout this review. I like it. It fits well, it points well, and all the controls are placed and sized appropriately (for me).
- The Finish: absolutely no complaints with the finish of the gun. I can't speak to the models made in Kansas City, but this Czech model had no tooling marks present on the interior of the slide, the finish was uniform and proved durable, the serrations are sharp and deep (thus ensuring ease of use), and I found no real flashing present in the FRP frame.
- The Function: On the quantitative side of things, the gun ran flawlessly. There were parts of the course where we purposely induced malfunctions, but otherwise, the only malfunction I experienced was shooting a single shot, with no magazine inserted into the gun. Upon firing, with less upward pressure from below and no bolt hold open from the mag, the ejected round stovepiped by partially falling down into the empty mag well. This is a pretty contrived thing, and I do not consider it to be an intrinsic failure of the gun.
One thing I noticed, but again would not call it a failure, was that after multiple drills of dropping mags down into the sand on the range, the mags and magwell getting dustier and dirtier with each drill, and the gun having a lot of carbon buildup from some dirty training ammo, eventually the mags started to not drop free. None of them ever got stuck to the point where they couldn't be stripped from the pistol, but they would not fall free, and had to be stripped manually. Not a huge deal, and after a thorough detail cleaning after the course, they all drop free again. Personally, I chalk this up to the carbon buildup on the mag release, and the accumulated dust and sand in the magwell and on the mags. I could feel the grit in both the mag release button, and in sliding the mags in and out of the magwell.
There were no light primer strikes, and no FTFs the entire time.
The trigger... Overall, it's good. Leaps and bounds past a stock Glock trigger (in my experience). Having said that, on my particular example, there is a little bit of grit and takeup just after the hard wall, but before the break. I typically do not notice it unless I'm working very slowly on my trigger control practice, but it is there. Going forward, I'll be looking at possibly and aftermarket example to alleviate this, such as the HB Industries or Overwatch Precision triggers.
The sights that came on mine are the bare bones glow-in-the-dark-if-you-charge-them-with-a-flashlight three dots. Nothing really to write home about. I swapped them for the XS DXT2 big dot night sights.
Accuracy... The gun is more accurate than I am. From a sandbag, I had no problem getting ~1" groups at 10 yards with 124gr ball Remington training ammo.
None of the magazines had any issues, but I was definitely glad to have my maglula with me for the week. Getting that sweet, sweet 19th round into the mag is occasionally recalcitrant, especially when your thumbs are sore and tired.
Not much else to mention there... Like I said, overall, I'm very impressed with the gun, and now plan on picking up probably two more (another F and a C), to have one set up with an optic, and for carry. That fact, that I'm planning on buying two more, is the highest compliment I can give.
I'd be remiss without mentioning the only fault that
I have with the gun. I'm an engineer, so this bothered me a little bit:
The plastic "T slot" retainer for the takedown lever... Not a fan. If you follow the instructions found here (
https://youtu.be/IE9pArGdQuU?t=98), he mentions that you only need to push down on the plate from the inside, and then push it to the side to release it... If you do this, you will wear the "T slot" retainer such that you can push on the side of the takedown lever, without compressing the spring, and it will pop out.
Easy remedy: don't force it out to the side, and use a paper clip to compress the retainer. To permanently remedy this, I'm buying the steel retainer from Cajun Gunworks to replace the stock plastic part.
That's all I got y'all. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything!
Prost!
