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by Mike from Texas
Thu May 17, 2007 12:15 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Trusting your life to Kel Tec
Replies: 42
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Seems that most of the problems with the P3AT KelTecs were attributed to the 1st generation. 2nd generation seems to be darn near flawless.

I bought one about a month ago and currently have about 250 rounds through it with zero failures. This is a mixed bag of reload ball ammo, WWB ball, Hydra Shocks and Silvertips. Do I trust my life to it? It's in my pocket right now, so that should tell you something. I will carry my Ultra Carry or my Glock29 as primary carry most of the time, but the little KelTec sure is easy to slip inside a front pocket in a holster especially since summer is coming. You can also throw a couple spare mags in the other pocket and no one is the wiser.

Don't buy into the adage of the more you spend, the better the gun. Out of 250 rounds through my Kimber UC, I have had MULTIPLE failure to go into battery. I have recently installed a stiffer recoil spring, did a feed ramp polish and throat polish and bought a mixed bag of magazines in both KimPro and Wilson Combat. I have yet to be able to make it back to the range to see if it will work now. Kinda sad to spend that kind of money on a gun then have to spend more to get it to be reliable. I've also had 2 instances of failure to go into full battery with the Glock as well.

Of the guns listed in my signature the only 2 that are 100% reliable as of today are the XD and the P3AT.

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