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Update...See OP for update...

GlockFan wrote:I have a parkerized PF9 been carrying it for about a year now
with no rust. I do work outside.

That's hopeful news... The rust was an ancillary annoyance as opposed to the fact that after having adjusted the windage as far right as possible and then bench firing the weapon it STILL shot too far left for me to consider it a reliable EDC.

Adrenaline = loss of fine motor skills

And, Im sure youre well aware...in a situation where any minute angle off target at the end of the barrel will amount to a very large angle off target the farther out you go... So, I'm not too comfortable having an inherent disadvantage from the get-go...

Thanks for all the advice/responses...

I sent back the slide and barrel as requested by Kel Tec customer service. I also put a request in with the parts to upgrade my slide to chrome and contact me with the cost so we could make this right. We will see how this pans out. Im anxious to have a nice little shooter that I can carry with confidence.

ha ha ha... The rust isn't as much a huge issue as much as I was surprised and annoyed it was there after only wearing it for 4 days. As I said, my XD has never had a speck and I've beat the crap out of that weapon. Actually, come to think of it...none of my guns has rust except that one...maybe I will call em and ask how much to upgrade to a stainless slide. It would probably look better anyway.

ddstuder wrote:This is exactly why I bought a Kel-Tec! I sweat in the summer time!

I wear mine as a beater gun. I wear it when I mow the yard, work on the motorcycle, dirty, sweaty jobs like that. If I am leaving the house and going to be in the AC, then I strap on my Lightweight Commander, and the Kel-Tec gets thrown in the center console of my pick-up (It's a beater).

I have had to clean surface rust off of mine a couple of times, but I dont think that is a big deal. After I clean it it gets a good layer of oil on it to stop it from rusting.

What do you expect from a $250 gun?

Well, given their reputation for making a decent weapon I, at a minimum, expected it to shoot where I pointed the barrel and the rust... Well, my buddy Juan owns an ugly old hi point and for LESS than 200.00 I've never known it to rust from sweat.

jmra wrote:I had a Kel Tec P-3AT that starting showing rust very soon after purchase. My sister had the .32 verson that did the same. Got rid of mine. Not very impressed at all.

Thats what happens I guess when I try and go inexpensive...okay lets be honest... I went the cheap route and got what I paid for and now will have to buy something more expensive to replace this one to fit the role of a smaller summer EDC...LOL

What I REEEAAALLLYYY want is a Springfield Arms EMP in .40
Anyone wanna trade one for a barely used PF9

Back in May I went to the Reliant Gun Show and got me a Kel Tec PF9 for possible summer EDC when I'm not carrying my XD .40

The day I got it I took it to Bailys HOG and tried it on for size. The darn thing shot 8" left and after adjusting the read sight and bench firing it was better but still 4" left at about 10 yards. Well, I decided I'd carry it to see how it fit...
I carried it for 4 days before I realized the slide and area of exposed barrel was RUSTED!!!

Needless to say I was a little more than annoyed.

I called Ke Tec and at first I was getting the feeling they were gonna tell me to pound sand... The rep was, "Well, because the slide you have is blued...the pH of our sweat can cause yada yada yada..." to which I replied, "So, then you're saying that Springfield makes a superior product?" "Because, I have had my XD for 4 years now and have worn it daily in sweltering heat, downpour rain, while hiking through the mountains in the WA state in 3' of snow and it doesnt have a blemish...Not to mention I accidentally ran over the thing with my SUV and it still shoots straight as a pin not 8" left out of the box and all without a speck of rust!"

Their reply was, "Uh, hold on"... (gone for about a minute while Im on hold) then she came back on the phone and said, "well, sir send us back the slide and barrel and make it attention Mike, we will fix whatever (if any) defect there may be with our product and thank you for purchasing a Kel Tec product."

We'll see what happens...

UPDATE

Ok so I sent the slide and barrel along with a description of the issue back to Kel Tec as instructed by their customer service dept. Well, I also asked in the note to contact me with the cost of upgrading the slide to chrome and I will settle up with them. I called today because it had been a little over a week or so and they told me that the issue had been fixed, they upgraded my slide to chrome for free and the barrel and slide was mailed out yesterday... Now we just have to do some range time and see how straight it shoots... Big +10 to Kel Tec for the slide upgrade for my troubles!!!