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John F,

I'm not here to bash KelTecs, or debate the merits of them with anyone, just to answer your original post.

Both KelTecs I've had the occasion to shoot have broken while shooting. One, my P11, had gone through 200 trouble-free rounds on 2 or 3 occasions when one day I had a misfeed. The round fired hadn't been extracted, and the pistol tried to feed a new round into the already occupied chamber. The extractor hook had broken clean off, and disappeared. To their credit, KelTec repaired it pretty quickly, but I sold the gun on it's return.

A friend had acquired a P32, and had reported it as a nice shooter. He lent it to me along with a couple boxes of different loads. I'd gone through 3 magazines without a problem, and had decided I was going to get one. Then mid-magazine, the slide locked back, and nothing I tried could get it to go back into lockup. It sure was embarrassing returning it to my friend in that condition. He sent it back in that state, and it was returned fine.

So for me, I wouldn't carry one if somebody gave it to me, not that that's likely to happen.