Kel-tec PF-9...what a sweet little CCW!

[MCgunner]

Oh, yeah, one thing about my buddy with the Nagants, he shoots with his middle finger on the trigger. His trigger finger is a nub. It got cut off dehorning cattle. His brother-in-law whacked it with a guillotine type dehorning tool. The middle finger is a bit bigger and stronger, I guess.

No, he's not the guy in the movie "sniper". LOL

 

[wnycollector]

To update all of you on the PF-9. I shot the PF-9 last weekend w/o any problems. I had a million things going on and in a lapse of judgment I put my PF-9 away w/o cleaning it! Today I took it to the range and had 3 FTE's on the first 3 mags. I decided to field strip it and clean off as much crud as I could with a few paper towels. After reassembly, it was flawless for the next 79 rounds! The moral of the story for this PF-9...it REALLY likes to be cleaned and lubed after trips to the range.

With any luck, my 147gr HST's will arrive this week and I can run 100 of them through this pistol and begin to carry it daily.

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

Well, the Kel Tecs are not range queens. They are quick and dirty CCW pieces. I like 'em myself. But, I only shoot it once every few months.

 

[Flash!]

I bought a PF9 yesterday and took it to the range today..... it performed flawlessly..... I was surprised at it accuracy.... I found my new carry gun....

I looked at Kahr, Walther, Rorbaugh and various others.... for the price, concealability, and reliability..... the Kel Tec is the one to get

 

[COgunner]

I bought a PF9 yesterday and took it to the range today..... it performed flawlessly..... I was surprised at it accuracy.... I found my new carry gun....

I looked at Kahr, Walther, Rorbaugh and various others.... for the price, concealability, and reliability..... the Kel Tec is the one to get

I'm with you on that. Every time I shoot mine, I'm amazed at how accurate it is. It seems counterintuitive. It's my go-to gun when I need something smaller than a 1911.

 

[jonboynumba1]

I just aquired a used PF9 in trade for a gun I just never really liked that I had $200 in. I'm well pleased! The only reason I don't own TWO PM9's from Khar is the price just doesn't fit into our budget...I'm going to see if the wife can handle the PF9 comfy enough with the KT add-ons in place when they come in and if so order another one...if not get her a P3AT or LCP....we both carry XD9 4" pistols now but sometimes lets face it...having a smaller option (especially in warm months) is nice. The PF9 is comfy in a cheap pocket holster days I wear overalls or just don't want to carry the regular gun for some reason...I like that it shares my minimum standard (+P 9mm or .38) which is the biggest thing the wife is 100% comfy with (though she shoots .40 OK...she doesn't like it)
So for me when I needed something a working man can afford TWO of that is NOT a primary CCW (though it has been this week...hhhmmmmm) well a couple lightly used KT PF9's look a lot better than the 1000+ the two stainless PM9's would cost me even at wholesale + tax! (currently $1110.00 wholesale + 9% tax for two!) vs. the less than $450 with accessories I'll have in two PF9's (this one and ordering another one wholesale for about $230 wholesale plus tax all together or $460 if I'd ordered two new!) That's a BIG price difference...the PM9 is deffinately a MUCH nicer pistol...I'd much rather have two of them...but that will take a few more years of bargain hunting and trading I guess...they are a really SMALL share of the secondhand market because they are overpriced....less popular and people that pay through the nose for em usually keep em...but that doesn't detract from them being dang good pistols...just the value they represent....if they where anywhere near what a GLOCK costs I'd have bought two with my tax refund this year...that extra $100 runs off a LOT of would be Moonie gun owners! They have introduced some cheaper versions lately though...perhaps they are catching on....no cheap PM9 version though guess I'll buy another KT

 

[wnycollector]

I see that this thread has been revived, so I thought another update was warranted.

I'm past the 600 round mark and the one thing that is evident is that my PF-9 is 100% reliable when it is clean but even a little bit of powder residue on the slide rails or extractor can cause problems.

In my last post I said...

I put my PF-9 away w/o cleaning it! Today I took it to the range and had 3 FTE's on the first 3 mags. I decided to field strip it and clean off as much crud as I could with a few paper towels. After reassembly, it was flawless for the next 79 rounds!

Well I took it back to range dirty (after shooting 100 rounds of ammo the previous week) to see if I could replicate the FTE's. To make a long story short is that it happened again. This time I stripped, cleaned and lubed it, then ran 100 rounds through it with zero problems. I think the PF-9 is a great gun for the $$$, but its not like my S&W 910 that has had 800+ rounds though it w/o a cleaning and without a single FTE or FTF!