Initial thoughts about KelTec P11

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I've got a used 59 mag I picked up at a local gunshop for $10. I still haven't gotten around to ordering the Wolff plus powered spring for it yet though.

Jim if you go to KTOG & search for the broom handle mod or ask about it I believe that was what it was called. I didn't do mine exactly that way but I think the initial idea was to get it hot & then shove a broom handle in the trigger guard. Like I said though KTOG has the info on these & Onward Allusion is right the 1bad69 site is a very helpful resource.
 
I like the P11 trigger, shoot well with it, and it's quite safe to pocket carry. Revolver shooter that I am, I find it long, but very smooth and fairly light. Mine had a 10 lb trigger on it, bought in 1996. New ones are 8 lbs. I don't consider that a heavy trigger by any stretch. Most DA revolvers are over 10 lbs. But, after 11,000+ trouble free rounds and counting, mine is probably around 8 lbs now days and, more importantly for DA shooting, very smooth. :D Love to shoot this gun, quite accurate, good range gun even though no one else seems to think so. Mine'll group about 3.5" from the bench at 25 yards. That's service gun accuracy in my pocket.

I had to shoot an attacking dog with it, once. I was adrenalized and that trigger felt like a really good single action. :D When you're adrenalized, the heavier trigger is a help, not a liability. Practice is all it takes to master.
 
Mike, thanks for the great references. That's a great site. I'm beginning to think KelTecs are like the old British motorbikes I used to have (only alot more reliable)...you don't own one unless you like tinkering with them. I really liked shooting the gun last night. It really needs nothing, but I still think I'll get the grip extension. To my surprise, I really didn't feel like I'll need the Hand All grip...recoil was greater, but not at all painful.

I was adrenalized and that trigger felt like a really good single action. When you're adrenalized, the heavier trigger is a help, not a liability. Practice is all it takes to master.

That was EXACTLY my consideration. One of my S&W revolvers has such a light SA trigger that it went off unintentionally when I was distracted. Luckily I always keep my guns pointed in a safe direction. AS much as I like that revolver, I'll only use it double action only for defense.
 
re: P11 take down

Picked up one FTF at a gun show a couple of weeks ago with 2 mags, box & a holster. It shoots well, my problems came when taking it down to clean. My hands are too old (not the rest of me:D), probably cause I'm too used to Sigs. Anyway, I think it will end up in the glove box just waiting for future use.
 
IIRC someone posted about getting a plastic piece that you heat up & shrink to fit for electrical connections & slipping it over the trigger to make it more comfortable. I haven't felt the need to do that.[/QUOTE] its called heat-shrink tubing . you can get it at Radio Shed or Lowes . i don't know how well it would work but it's cheap
 
I did not like mine at all.

I tried everything including the trigger shoe .

Life's to short to mess with a gun like the Keltec IMHO

So I sold it - lot's of good guns out there to play with.

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Carried Kel-Tec from before K-T CALLED it the P-11!!!

Over the past 20+ years, I wore a Kel-Tec 9mm for up to 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, year after year. My auto pistol is so old it has only a 3-digit SN...... ( It's in the 400 range )

Over the years it has fired 1200-1500 rounds..... not a ton but enough to show me it was functioning properly. Most shooting has been on the range at distances up to 25 meters, and too most shots 15 meters and under. It has fed and digested ammo ( odd and exotic) most of you will never see.

It has three 10-round Kel-Tec/mec-gars and three S&W 669 12-rounders that finger-rest adaptors (available from KT) have been attached. On duty I typically carried one 10-round in the gun along with a 12-round 669 mag as my spare. One selling point to me at least was the fact it shared mags with the Marlin Camp 9, the S&W 59 series and the smaller 469/669 guns.
 
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