Kel-tec P9?
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Where, exactly, did the frame crack, and what was the condition of the rest of the gun parts? What was Kel-tec's response to a cracked frame? I'll sure want to keep an eye on my frame, especially since Al7075-T6 is the stuff high performance engine connecting rods is made out of due to its strength and toughness (resistance to cracking/breaking)!
strange246
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Kel-tec breaking
Where, exactly, did the frame crack, and what was the condition of the rest of the gun parts? What was Kel-tec's response to a cracked frame? I'll sure want to keep an eye on my frame, especially since Al7075-T6 is the stuff high performance engine connecting rods is made out of due to its strength and toughness (resistance to cracking/breaking)!
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it broke right where the grip curves back over the web of the hand, which as alamo pointed out in an earlier post is the grip and not the frame, so i stand corrected.
The gun was in new condition, as for their response i believe they naturally offered to replace it but after having sent it back to the factory a couple times already for other reasons, he asked for a refund which they gave him, this was a few years back when they first released the P-11 as a "Kel-Tec" product instead of a "Grendel" which is who the company used to be, and whose quality was on par with Jennings, Raven etc.......my opinion of them still remains not good, as far as i can tell the gun is the same as it was when it was produced by Grendel, and they seem to be very hit or miss in terms of function/reliability......just my $.02 worth.
Where, exactly, did the frame crack, and what was the condition of the rest of the gun parts? What was Kel-tec's response to a cracked frame? I'll sure want to keep an eye on my frame, especially since Al7075-T6 is the stuff high performance engine connecting rods is made out of due to its strength and toughness (resistance to cracking/breaking)!
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it broke right where the grip curves back over the web of the hand, which as alamo pointed out in an earlier post is the grip and not the frame, so i stand corrected.
The gun was in new condition, as for their response i believe they naturally offered to replace it but after having sent it back to the factory a couple times already for other reasons, he asked for a refund which they gave him, this was a few years back when they first released the P-11 as a "Kel-Tec" product instead of a "Grendel" which is who the company used to be, and whose quality was on par with Jennings, Raven etc.......my opinion of them still remains not good, as far as i can tell the gun is the same as it was when it was produced by Grendel, and they seem to be very hit or miss in terms of function/reliability......just my $.02 worth.
OkieCruffler
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Maybe I have an angel on my shoulder, but I haven't had any trouble with my P-11. I also own two Grendels, A P-10 and a P-12, and haven't had any trouble with them either after I replaced the mag in the P-12. Unless you count the 2 stitches I had to have after rather foolishly trying to take down the P-10. And numerous small cuts suffered while trying to load the d#$@ thing.
BS
Grendel never made the P-11. George Kelgren designed 'em and makes 'em in Cocoa Bch. Fl. Kel-Tec P-11: THE best, smallest, most reliable, lightest (21 oz. w/ 10 + 1), full capacity 9mm out there. Customer service second to NONE. A 1 hr. fluff & buff, Houge Handall Jr., pencil eraser trigger stop and you're in there. Absolute reliability so long as you don't shoot limp wristed. That is the biggest problem people have with Kel-Tec's. They don't understand Kel-Tec's slide weight/frame weight/mass ratio. IMPERATIVE to hold Kel-Tec's with a very firm grip. The long stroke 8.5 trigger isn't very hard to master. Actually made me a better shooter w/ other handguns like my Ruger KP97dc.
Grendel never made the P-11. George Kelgren designed 'em and makes 'em in Cocoa Bch. Fl. Kel-Tec P-11: THE best, smallest, most reliable, lightest (21 oz. w/ 10 + 1), full capacity 9mm out there. Customer service second to NONE. A 1 hr. fluff & buff, Houge Handall Jr., pencil eraser trigger stop and you're in there. Absolute reliability so long as you don't shoot limp wristed. That is the biggest problem people have with Kel-Tec's. They don't understand Kel-Tec's slide weight/frame weight/mass ratio. IMPERATIVE to hold Kel-Tec's with a very firm grip. The long stroke 8.5 trigger isn't very hard to master. Actually made me a better shooter w/ other handguns like my Ruger KP97dc.