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Avidity Arms PD10 Defensive Pistol

1 by highdesert
David Yamane mentioned it on his Gun Curious thread.
Avidity Arms PD-10 manufacturing and testing: Some time in July or August I plan to visit and learn more about Rob Pincus’s pistol project, Avidity Arms. The company manufacturing the PD-10 pistol is just up the road from me in Fletcher, NC. Way back in October 2017 I had a chance to shoot a prototype, serial number D00001, so I’m looking forward to seeing the version that came to market, how it is made, and how it shoots.
https://guncurious.wordpress.com/2023/0 ... head-2023/

It's a 10+1, single stack 9 mm pistol that weighs 18.8 oz. Rob gives a price of $499 in the video, but the site says $599. A Glock 19 weighs 21 oz as a comparison. I assume this is meant to compete with pistols like the S&W Shield as a compact concealed carry pistol.

https://avidityarms.com/pd10-pistol/
https://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/ ... un-015318/


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Re: Avidity Arms PD10 Defensive Pistol

2 by F4FEver
highdesert wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 4:53 pm David Yamane mentioned it on his Gun Curious thread.
Avidity Arms PD-10 manufacturing and testing: Some time in July or August I plan to visit and learn more about Rob Pincus’s pistol project, Avidity Arms. The company manufacturing the PD-10 pistol is just up the road from me in Fletcher, NC. Way back in October 2017 I had a chance to shoot a prototype, serial number D00001, so I’m looking forward to seeing the version that came to market, how it is made, and how it shoots.
https://guncurious.wordpress.com/2023/0 ... head-2023/

It's a 10+1, single stack 9 mm pistol that weighs 18.8 oz. Rob gives a price of $499 in the video, but the site says $599. A Glock 19 weighs 21 oz as a comparison. I assume this is meant to compete with pistols like the S&W Shield as a compact concealed carry pistol.

https://avidityarms.com/pd10-pistol/
https://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/ ... un-015318/
Or Glock 43x..16.4oz, slim, single stack 9mm, 10+1...$525 almost everywhere.$499 some places.
Last edited by F4FEver on Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:32 am, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Avidity Arms PD10 Defensive Pistol

4 by highdesert
Yup, quite a few options for the carrier if you want a 9 mm pistol that is concealable. Ruger, Glock, S&W, Beretta, CZ, SIG, HK, Kahr... a lot of choices and different price ranges. I'm still fond of the smaller calibers, 380 and 32 and even a 22 in the rare chance I'd have to use it for self defense.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Re: Avidity Arms PD10 Defensive Pistol

5 by TxChinaman
The PD-10 has been almost a decade in development. There were a lot of features unique to this pistol when the early prototypes first came out, but the market is now very crowded with pistols that fill a similar niche.

The magazine for the PD-10 is based on a 9mm 1911 mag. I imagine generic 1911 mags would also work if they did not modify the mag catch slot or follower for the ones sold with the pistol.
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