Kel-Tec has a new .22LR pistol

[Moonpie]

https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearms/pistols/p17/

 

[Geezer]

I'll try one if I can find one.

 

[EZ-E]

Hmmm...if the trigger is anything like a PMR30 it should be a straight shooter.

 

[Coiled]

Tell me oh great & wonderful gun gurus, why wouldn't they have made magnum capable?

 

[EZ-E]

Tell me oh great & wonderful gun gurus, why wouldn't they have made magnum capable?

They already have the PMR30 that holds 30 rds of .22wmr

 

[Younggun]

Tell me oh great & wonderful gun gurus, why wouldn't they have made magnum capable?

It would be really hard to make a semi-auto work with both magnum and LR. Mag issues would be a major problem, as well as slide travel. You’d have to swap a lot of parts and it would probably still jam nearly as often as a 1911.


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[Coiled]

They already have the PMR30 that holds 30 rds of .22wmr

I've shot one, it was fun , but isn't this one quite a bit smaller?

 

[Coiled]

It would be really hard to make a semi-auto work with both magnum and LR. Mag issues would be a major problem, as well as slide travel. You’d have to swap a lot of parts and it would probably still jam nearly as often as a 1911.

See, that's why I summoned the gurus (IOW showed how little I know). I was thinking of my LR/mag revolver but I do have to change cylinders.

 

[IXLR8]

New Keltec will not fire magnums, only .22LR
Still a substantial improvement on all .22LR in magazine capacity.
I would love to shoot one....

 

[zackmars]

Tell me oh great & wonderful gun gurus, why wouldn't they have made magnum capable?

Its keltec. It'll be a miracle if it even shoots LR

 

[para_bellum]

I'd never a carry a 22LR of any kind, they tend to be unreliable

 

[Moonpie]

https://www.kygunco.com/Product/View?ItemNo=144664

 

[SQLGeek]

This looks interesting. So does the CP33. The Keltec reputation for spotty reliability scares me though.

 

[Shady]

Most of Keltec reliability issues are internet gun mall ninja that dont own them and just crap on them because they cant walk in the LGS and pick them up.

I own 6 kel tec weapons none over 10 years old and have had almost no problems with them and the problems I did have were my fault. I have never had to send one in for repair and the few times I needed parts KT just sent them to me.

 

[Geezer]

I have had several KelTec guns over the years and they all worked like they were supposed to. I currently own a Sub2K that works and shoots great.
I bought a PF-9 from a pawn shop once and that gun had obviously been mistreated. So bad it wouldn't fire and I tried every trick that I knew and I couldn't remove the slide. I returned it to KelTec and asked for an estimate to repair it. They sent me a brand new PF-9 with my old serial number on it. No charge.

 

[jar]

Old Man Talking...

I just can't warm up to most of the newer guns. They simply have no soul or flair; they are lifeless.

While visual appeal should not override function, is there any reason that something can no longer be both functional and beautiful? Unless there is some advantage to the modern handguns, particularly the semi-automatics, that is not available in the millions of already existing functional handguns that are also good looking I'll continue to pass.

 

[Geezer]

Old Man Talking...

I just can't warm up to most of the newer guns. They simply have no soul or flair; they are lifeless.

As another old man talking, I say most of the new guns have no pride of ownership. But, there's always some that just don't get it.

 

[diesel1959]

I'd give it a lick.

 

[Shady]

Today is all about manufacturing speed and the basic handgun shape fits that category.

Old Man Talking...

I just can't warm up to most of the newer guns. They simply have no soul or flair; they are lifeless.

While visual appeal should not override function, is there any reason that something can no longer be both functional and beautiful? Unless there is some advantage to the modern handguns, particularly the semi-automatics, that is not available in the millions of already existing functional handguns that are also good looking I'll continue to pass.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I I returned it to KelTec and asked for an estimate to repair it. They sent me a brand new PF-9 with my old serial number on it. No charge.

Is this a typical thing done?