Kel Tec - What are the odds?

[hso]

That's unfortunate. I've had excellent results with our KTs and they've also had hundreds of rounds through each.

 

[blue32]

My biggest gripe with my P-32 is it allows me to short stroke the trigger thereby giving a light primer strike. A thorough cleaning of the firing pin channel and a conscious letting off of the trigger all the way will solve the problem but its easy to do when you've spent a lot of time with the Glock trigger reset or youre under stress. If any of the aftermarket barrel manufacturers ever offer a 32acp conversion for the G42 I'd be all over that.

 

[fastbolt]

While the Ruger LCP was seemingly an improvement over the P3AT it seemed to be derived from, the Ruger wasn't exactly problem-free:

http://www.ruger.com/LCPRecall/

(Ruger had problems, and they had a fairly well-developed gun as a starting point...)

That's why I waited a while for the teething pains to be identified and resolved before I thought about buying one.

Kind of like how the first 2 guys who bought LC9's both had repeated light-strikes issues with an assortment of factory loads.

I tried the first one, myself, and experienced light-strikes with 4 different types of factory ammo. When it was returned from Ruger it continued to exhibit light-strikes, so the owner got rid of it. (According to the repair worksheet, they also replaced the mag catch when the gun was sent back for the light-strike problem.)

The next guy brought his new LC9 to the range for qual and experienced repeated light-strikes, so he couldn't get qualified with the gun. I suggested he return the gun to Ruger for repair/correction, but I haven't seen him to find out what happened. I imagine Ruger identified whatever was happening with that model ... like S&W recognized they had a couple problems with their Bodyguard .380 and worked to iron out the bugs.

These sort of things can happen with new models.

 

[Kiln]

You most likely haven't shot it enough. The average lifespan going by experiences over at the Hi Point forum is about 2.5-5k rounds.

Hi points are good for the money but definitely still have a higher rate of issues than Ruger and S&W.

 

[Plan2Live]

Please pause for a public service announcement.
The OP said:

my wife's P32 would jam after each shot to the point where a T-R-B would not have fixed it.

Might I suggest T-R-A or Tap-Rack-Assess rather than T-R-B (Tap-Rack-Bang). Keep in mind that if the bad person changes their mind and stops the attack between Tap-Rack and Bang you could be charged with a crime. Well, assuming it actually went Bang. Sorry, don't want to see any newbies develop training scars.
This thread will now resume.

 

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