Kel Tec P11

[tropicdive]

You can send it back to kel tec and they will change the springs for you and will have about half the pressure. Only had to pay for the shipping for the work done. If you get a chance to try the pf-9 all the diffence in the world, same kick but the trigger is great for a doa.

[68Charger]

Overall, I give it a B+ as a carry gun. This is not one I'll shoot much for pleasure, but as an inexpensive, easily concealable carry weapon, it is quite satisfactory.

Good review, pretty much the conclusion I came to- will make a good summer CCW, when it's hot out... no more imprint than a wallet with the right holster, and it will fit in a decent sized auto ashtray!

I expected the worst with the trigger, and found it not to be as bad as I thought it would be- after my 2nd shot at 10 yards, I thought I missed the paper- but found a slightly oblong single hole... was surprised the accuracy was so good with such a long, hard trigger pull.. the rest of the first mag was mostly in a baseball sized group, with 1-2 flyers (but still on the paper)

I will probably tighten the groups with more practice, but for what it's for, It's more than adequate... I'll try it with gloves to make sure I don't fall for that issue- thanks for the heads up, funkfool... I found myself using a fingertip to deal with the long trigger pull.. just felt better that way.

this one is old enough that it has the heavier trigger- Kel-tec has updated springs that will drop it from 10.5-11 Lb to 8.5Lb trigger..supposedly that's what is in their newer pistols.. if you're anywhere around 15Lb, you may want to have them look at it...

Also, the PF9 trigger requires the slide to be racked- a P11 will double-strike without re-racking the slide (I'm not saying it's a good practice, but that's how the PF9 gets a lighter trigger)

[ryanek9freak]

You can send it back to kel tec and they will change the springs for you and will have about half the pressure. Only had to pay for the shipping for the work done. If you get a chance to try the pf-9 all the diffence in the world, same kick but the trigger is great for a doa.

I have a PF9, an although the recoil is brutal, it does the trick, and has respectable capacity (7+1) and the trigger is FAR better than the Taurus .45 I just bought as a CCW gun. That damn Kel Tec is so light I always forget i'm carrying it. I swear, sometimes it feels like a cell phone in my pocket.

I had a P-11 a few years back, when they had issues (which Kel-Tec has since corrected) and I think they're great guns..

[68Charger]

The other thing I like about the P11 is that you can find P40 conversion kits...

Kel-tec quit making P40s because of issues related to limp-wristing (on such a small platform), and that it's possible to put in a S&W 59 mag and get 15+1 rounds in something so small...

guess I'm a glutten for recoil, I want to try a P40... I don't have any .40 S&W guns yet..