What to do with Kel Tec P-11

Keep as truck gun. That's what I did with mine. For the low price it's worth more as a truck gun than selling for almost nothing.

Give it to a family member if they are willing and it works.

Get a Sccy..extremely similar but more refined.

Keep it as a truck gun.

Perhaps also go find yourself a S&W 5900/6900 series pistol and a Marlin Camp 9 or KelTec Sub2000 so you can have the trifecta - carry, range, rifle that all use the same ammo & mags.

I agree, keep it.

The resale value is not much.
And the trade-in value is less then nothing.

If it works reliably?
You don't have to change it's diapers and buy it toys & books do you?

So cost of ownership is just about zero now.

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I would keep it...I do love mine as a pocket gun....firing a box of ammo at the range once in a while to keep proficient.

However, these things retail for not less than about $260 (+tax in your state) and are fairly popular.
It seems weird that a specimen in perfect conditions should not have takers for $200 or maybe as little as $180 if you really dislike the gun.

List it lower

It shouldn't be strange that you would take a $50 hit. The person buying it doesn't get the warranty...and it's used

So, why are you bothered with its presence? Or, is there something else you want the money for?

It doesn't sound like you need the money, and the gun hardly takes up too much space in your house.

Last year, a friend sold me a Hi-Point C9 for $70. He just "didn't care for it" anymore, but I couldn't figure why he "needed" it gone. I took it anyway, though.

Just set aside somewhere.. you'll grab it again.

Shop around for some cheap magazines and holsters and offer up the gun with accessories. I have had a P11 and feel your pain but I wouldn't just give it away.

I have one, took it in trade. It's the only 9mm I own and it's kept in the bedroom as a back up.

I wouldn't cry if it got stolen but it's not a bad gun by any means, it shoots fine and lately I've been carrying it .

I'd keep it. If for no other reason than to carry it if I lost my primary to repairs, or, it was being held as evidence should you be forced to use it. The time to make sure that you have a back-up is NOT when the bad Guy has friends waiting for you, and your gun is in Evidence.

There's a way to lighten the trigger pull.

I sold mine though, the pull length is absurd. Sear release doesn't happen until it's against the frame.

the pull length is absurd.

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The P-11 it's a 5-7 yards gun...for that purpose the trigger pull is perfectly acceptable.

I'd keep it. Either use it for something or clean it up and just stick it somewhere.

I keep my old stainless P11 in the garage as a handy "grab it" if something starts happening....probably the least valuable of my several 9mm's if it was to get stolen.
It has been dependable and was my carry gun for quite a few years, I even have the .40 kit they sold for a time.

Look around for someone who's into revolvers. They typically aren't put off by the long Kel-Tec trigger.

I had one and it shot well... my only problem was that I shot a lot of other semi-autos with good triggers, and it always took me a few rounds to get back in synch with the gun. That was my "problem" and not a gun problem. I carried it concealed for a while, until I realized that my "need to get back in synch" might come after I had not shot it for a while, and I didn't want to face that issue in a real-world confrontation. Good enough gun.

If the P11 had the PF9 trigger, I'd probably get another one. (Kel-Tec, some time ago, said they had looked at upgrading the P-11 to use the PF9 trigger, but it seems they've got too many irons in the fire to deal with THAT update right now.)

I've since gotten a PMR-30 and I'm absolutely tickled with that gun. Shoots like a LASER... Light. Good trigger. Seems to be very reliable (and have heard no complaints in the last year or so. They had a tough rollout, several years back.

Keep it. My theory is that guns sitting in the safe don't eat much so trading them and taking a 50% hit or selling and taking a 25% hit makes no sense. Unless you need the cash for something else then just shoot it a couple of times a year, keep it clean, and you have an extra gun if needed.

I would sell it, I got $200 for mine at a gun show. Put a set of the talon rubber grips on it, and I took off the bluing, which came right off with polish. It gave me a totally different looking gun. It looked like nickel with black grips.
The reason I wouldn't keep it as a truck gun, "which many suggested" is the fact that left in a car or truck for any extended time, that gun will not be reliable. I wouldn't pull a gun out in an emergency unless it has been 100% reliable. Although mine was the PF-9, the 11,- 3 of my friends had, and they all dumped them. They had a firing pin breakage on all 3.

The reason I wouldn't keep it as a truck gun, "which many suggested" is the fact that left in a car or truck for any extended time, that gun will not be reliable.

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While I understand those who don't like the P11 for various reasons -- not the least being the long, heavy trigger -- my experience with the P11 and a number of other Kel-Tec weapons suggests that a P11 no more likley to be UNRELIABLE than any other weapon used as a truck gun.

I have NOT previously heard of any problems with firing pin breaks in P11. (With the PF9, you're warned against dry-firing (without a snap cap.) That can cause problems.)

Sell it and add some cash and buy a Shield 9

Did you finish reading all the way through the OP's post?

I don't ccw it, I have a S&W Shield for that.

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DFM914, he said he already has a Shield. Didn't say anything about wanting another one.

I didn't like the how the P-11 felt when I shot it but I did like the PF-9 so that's what I got. If its not a CCW gun then you will have to decide whether or not you want something else more. If so then you can put it up for sale or trade and see what you get offered.

I was never fond of mine either, I needed to get some things out of storage about 90 miles round trip. A friend needed a 9mm to put in his safe at his office and he had a nice truck for hauling my stuff. He gave me $100.00, paid for the gas and bought me lunch.
I thought we squared up pretty good.
It is one of two (2) guns I have sold that I can replace later if I want or won't miss that much.

I owned one and it was an unreliable POS.