Description
The Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green is Kel-Tec’s attempt to put double figures into a pocket .380, and the green frame is the version that does not look like every other black polymer gun in the case. Kel-Tec part number PR3ATGRN10. Ten rounds plus one, a 2.85 inch barrel and a black rotating barrel shroud over a green polymer frame.
Kel-Tec has spent forty years building guns that other manufacturers would not have signed off, and most of the good ones started out looking odd. The Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green belongs in that tradition. As a green frame 380 pocket pistol it is not the smallest .380 you can buy and it is not the cheapest, but ten rounds in this footprint is a number nobody else was offering.
What the Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green gives you
- 380 ACP, 10+1 capacity
- 2.85 inch barrel
- Black rotating barrel shroud
- Green polymer frame
- Compact frame size
- Kel-Tec part number PR3ATGRN10
- A finish that is easy to pick out of a drawer or a bag
Why a green frame 380 pocket pistol is worth a look
- Ten rounds is two to four more than most pocket .380s carry
- A .380 that gets carried beats a 9mm that stays at home
- The green frame is genuinely easier to find in a bag or a drawer
- Kel-Tec prices leave room in the budget for ammunition and a holster
- A pocket pistol you are not precious about is a pocket pistol you will practice with
Kel-Tec PR3ATGRN10 specifications
- Manufacturer part number: PR3ATGRN10
- Caliber: 380 ACP
- Capacity: 10+1
- Barrel length: 2.85 inches
- Barrel shroud: black, rotating
- Frame: green polymer
- Frame size: compact
A 10+1 pocket 380 pistol, and what that costs elsewhere
A 10+1 pocket 380 pistol is the headline here, and ten plus one and it is a real number for a gun with a 2.85 inch barrel. Getting there means a grip that is slightly wider than the thinnest pocket .380s on the market, which is the trade. If you carry in a trouser pocket, try it in the pocket you actually use before you commit. If you carry in a jacket, a bag or an ankle rig, the width will not register and the two extra rounds will.
The rotating barrel shroud 380 front end
Sports South describes the Kel-Tec PR3ATGRN10 front end as a black rotating barrel shroud, and that is the whole of what any distributor says about it. We are not going to tell you what it does to felt recoil, because nobody has published a figure we would trust and we would rather be short than invent one. Come and handle one, or ask us what customers who have bought one report back.
Ammunition for a green frame 380 pocket pistol
Federal 95 grain FMJ and PMC Bronze 90 grain FMJ are the practice loads, and Buffalo Bore +P 95 grain FMJ-FN is the heavy end. The honest warning we give on every .380 page: supply is thinner than 9mm everywhere, ours included. Buy a sensible quantity at the same time as the pistol.
Before you buy a new design
The PR-3AT is recent. It has not accumulated the decade of round count behind something like the Ruger LCP MAX, and if what you want from a pocket .380 is a design that thousands of people have already shot hard for years, buy the Ruger instead and we will sell you one happily. If you want ten rounds and are comfortable being early to a design, the Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green is the more interesting gun.
The rest of the PR-3AT line
The 13+1 black PR-3AT holds three more rounds in a longer grip. The 10-round black and the 10-round tan are the same pistol in plainer finishes. All four share magazines and every part of the Kel-Tec PR3ATGRN10 except the frame color.
Worth knowing before you buy
- 380 ACP is a SAAMI standardized cartridge, so factory ammunition is consistent across brands. See the SAAMI published standards.
- Zanders has no record of this part number. Everything on this page that is not obvious from the photograph comes from Sports South.
- Ten rounds means a slightly wider grip than the thinnest pocket .380s. Handle one if pocket carry is the plan.
- A pocket gun needs a pocket holster that covers the trigger guard completely. This is not optional.
Buy the Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green if you want the most rounds available in a pocket .380 and you would rather your carry gun were not black. It is a pocket pistol first, and everything about it is arranged around being carried rather than being shot well at distance.
MAG5 Firearms is a licensed dealer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Every firearm ships to your FFL. If you are choosing between the Kel-Tec PR-3AT 380 ACP Green and something more established, tell us how you carry and how often you shoot, and we will give you a straight answer rather than the one that sells the newer gun.
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