Recent content by conwic

According to the reviews I have read and the video of the gun being fired I watched at Down Range Television ( www.downrange.tv) , the slide stop is manual, meaning that the shooter must engage it, say to clear a jam or to show clear at a range. The slide did not lock back when the magazine was...

I am assuming that you know that the 38 ACP ( not 380 ACP) cartridge is no longer made and that shooting its "son" the 38 super in this type gun is quite dangerous. This is certainly not a gun you will be able to take to the range unless you also collect antique cartridges. The second gun...

I'de agree with Southpaw. I would think that a pace would be one stride or one step. Since, depending on a person's height, a step would be between a minimium of 30 inches to a max of app 36 inches, five paces would be 12.5 feet to app 15 feet. Possibly the length of the saloon bar. Wonder...

Welcome to the Kel Tec community. ( Some would say cult.) I've been carrying and shooting a P-11 for almost 10 years now and love the gun. Have you tried putting 10 rounds in the magazine and letting it sit for a couple of days? If you are interested in a holster, you might look at...

Jon, clever idea. Very practical. FWIW, You mentioned that you like Ashley sights. While Ashley makes a set of sights for the P-11, they are very expensive, particularly since installation requires milling a slot in the slide for the front sight base. ( Rear sight slips in.) I sprung for...

LL Bean, Columbia and Royal Robbins all have good cargo shorts for pocket carry. I've used each to carry a Kel-Tec P-11 in my right front pocket for years quite happily. The pockets are large, they have the cargo pocket over them to break up the gun's outline- esp. with a handkerchief in the...

Sight I had exactly the same thing happen to me. I was shooting an IDPA match with my P-11 and the sight worked its way out. I just sent the slide back to Ashley, and they reinstalled it without cost. You might call Ashley and see what they say. If they refuse because you aren't the...

I have a BDM. Like you, I find the safety very annoying. It was apparently designed to make range masters training recruits at LEO agencies happy. The designer envisioned locking slide back, loading weapon, and then pushing down on the safety to both release the slide and safe the gun. In...

Thank you , RyanM, for your very illuminating comparison of petal and convential JHP's. I had been wondering about that for a long time. Thanks again- conwic

Try using only your right hand - no support hand- when firing to the right while moving. That should give you in excess of 90 degrees of movement for the gun, just like your two handed grip gives for movement to the right. Unless you are unusually flexible, you simply cannot turn your torso far...

I 've handled the Grendel as well as all the Kel Tecs. The Grendel is much larger than the P-3AT. The Grendel is app the size of the 9mm P-11. The trigger pull was heavier than the P-11's in the example I handled and app as long. The P-3AT uses a totally different trigger set up where the...

If I remember right, the rubber band is to keep the gun from sliding down your pants in Mexican carry. conwic

The gun was originally chambered for 9mm Largo. The 9/38 on the gun indicates that when it was surplused from government service, it was modified to fire both the 9mm Largo and the 38 ACP ( NOT the 380. The 38 ACP is a now obsolete cartridge which was the forerunner of the more powerful 38...

I have found that over time, the trigger pull on a Kel Tec grows smoother through use. This because Kel Tec doesn't really polish the trigger bar ( see parts list in gun manual; part 260 on my P-32. Right side of frame, part that moves when you pull the trigger) to a smooth surface. You either...

I do not think that the spring from a P-F9 will do you any good. The P-F9 uses a different hammer arrangement- heavier hammer, partially cocked by slide movement, no second strike- so its spring is unlikily to be strong enough for reliable ignition in the P-11. If you are right handed...