P32 KEL-TEC PROBLEMS?

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BUTCH48

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A lot of my friends are purchasing Kel-Tec P32 pistols (when they can get them!). Any nightmare stories regarding their quality or performance?
 
None from me. Mine has been just fine through about 500+ rounds.



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Glock 19
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KelTec P32

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A dual caution: Kel-Tec says that they've had some bad heat-treating on some extractors. I apparently had one as it broke while shooting the first mag. They had the replacement part in my hand (about 1300 miles away) in a week. I kinda feel like it was my fault, though, as I was unfamiliar with the "semi-rimmed" case, and I could have inserted the rounds incorrectly into the mag. That would definately cause the extractor to whack the top cartridge in the magazine. Just make sure that when you load the mag, don't let the rim of one slip over the rim of the one below it. Otherwise, I've had about 500 error-free rounds through it. It's a good little gun. Here in Colorado, rust isn't a huge problem, but I have noticed that the bluing has worn off where my pocket holster touches it. Maybe get the hard chrome version.
 
It is a great gun. I suggest buying the gun in blue and sending it back to Kel-Tec for the hard chrome job. The cost is only $20! They will replace the slide, barrel and assembly pin for hard chrome ones, do a basic "Fluf & Buff", test fire the gun with different ammo and return it to you UPS "Red Label" at no extra charge, all for $20. You can't get a bargain like that anywhere. Some times they are out of hard chrome for a few weeks, so I suggest calling them to see when they have it and then quickly sending your gun to them. A few people at first have some problems with failure to ejects and such, but when they send the gun in, it comes back 100%. They are great people!
Regards.
MIKE
 
No problems here either. Mine is the hard chrome version. I just changed carry loads from Hydra-Shoks to Fiocchi. I bought a great pocket holster from M/D Enterprises a few months ago. ($35.00)

Will

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Mine has worked well also, I went directly for the hard chrome version. The only problem I had was the magazines would bind in the grip, though that didn't affect reliability. I called Keltec, and I had a new gripframe in a couple of days. They asked if I wanted to send the gun in, but I preferred to fix it myself, the new grip drops the mags like it should.
 
Mine works great,too.

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To get the chrome slide do I have to send in my entire gun? I would prefer to just send them my slide and avoid UPS. Is this possible? Also, do any of you guys have the ten round mags that Keltec has on their web site? I was thinking of getting a couple.

Thanks.

[This message has been edited by mrat (edited September 06, 2000).]
 
Oleg,

Thanks for the pics. Im considering either the keltec p32 or the NAA guardian as my first concealed carry gun. Ive been wondering for some time how the chrome actually looked. I thought it would be all bright and shiny but from your pics it looks matte in finish which is very much to my liking :-)
 
I was a little amazed when I called Kel-Tec for a belt clip for my P-32 and they only had stainless left in stock...
Guess the P-32 CRAZE has cought on and is going strong.
Good gun IMHO, I`m sure the "mouse gun" reputation will follow, but a gun on you is better than a gun left behind because you were just going to the store and didn`t want the inconvenience of putting on a holster, or having to haul a heavy/awkward piece with you!
Sometimes "light and handy" is WORTHY of PRAISE...


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mrat,
send them the slide, barrel, assembly pin and recoil spring catch by regular mail. no need to send the whole gun unless you want to. they will replace all of these parts with chrome ($20 total). order any spare parts you need as they pay return shipping for your slide. you may want to insure it, would cost a bunch to replace those parts if they didn't make it to kel-tec.

may take up to 4+ weeks to get back depending on when they get batches of chrome parts from the company that chromes for them.
if your timing is good, it could be less. be sure to give them your phone # or e-mail in case they need to contact you, they had to call me to clarify some parts i ordered.

the ten round magazine is not now and has never been available. they had problems developing it. probably won't be available anytime soon. they should take it off their web site.


[This message has been edited by alamo (edited September 06, 2000).]
 
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