Kel-Tec Stuff
Kevin got himself a gun for when he can’t carry a gun, a PF9. I have the P3AT myself. I like it’s small size and the fact that it, a Crimson Trace laser sight and pocket holster slip easily into the front pocket of a pair of shorts. I tend to agree that it is The Ideal Pocket Gun.
Kevin linked to a bit on how you can fluff and buff the weapon for more reliable function. I decided to do that. Using the instructions found here, I completely disassembled the weapon and polished the recommended parts. Areas to polish are detailed here. Never really had a reliability issue with mine but I figured this couldn’t hurt. I tried to do a bit of a trigger job as well. At GBR, I handled Chris‘ P3AT which had an excellent trigger. I’m not certain exactly how one would get to the trigger spring and trigger mechanism since you, apparently, cannot remove those without damaging them. So, I polished the parts I could reach. It did improve the trigger some but it’s not as nice as the trigger on Chris’ gun.
December 7th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I’ve never touched the trigger on my Kel Tec, but didn’t think it was too bad from the factory. I’ve wanted to try the fluff and buff, especially on teh magazine well, but have just enver gotten around to it.
They are great little guns though!
December 7th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I’ll chime in a “me too” on the great little guns issue. Inexpensive, very “carry-able” and goes “bang!” every time you pull the trigger.
I’ve not done the fluff and buff, although I am familiar with the process. I would, however, love to smooth out the trigger. Ask Chris how he did that, would you?
December 7th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
He sent it back to keltec.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I had the trigger spring break. Kel-Tec sent me a new one and said I could install it myself. I found some instructions/pictures online and tried. And tried. And tried some more. Then mailed spring and gun to Kel-Tec, who sent it back working a few weeks later.
It’s extremely tricky how it goes together. Several parts of the trigger mechanism can be stacked in a couple of different ways. If you know the trick it it probably isn’t hard, but I couldn’t find anything that had the detail I needed.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I had already done a full fluff-n-buff+reliability and I still wanted the trigger lighter.
So I just sent it back to Kel-Tec and said “hey, the triggers a little heavy, could you fix that for me. Oh and while you’re at it, could you smooth off the trigger face?”
And they did. For free. With a 4 week turnaround.
Smoothing the face of the trigger did as much for the feel of the trigger as the trigger job they did I think; and you can do it at home, in 10 minutes, with a couple bits of sandpaper and/or emory cloth and/or a dremel tool.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Oh and the P3AT has mostly migrated into my wifes pocket gun, since she also has a PF9 and a Kimber aegis (9mm 1911).
I now have a 340pd, and I’m contemplating a trigger job for it. If any gun needs a lighter trigger, it’s that one.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Very cool. Thanks, Chris.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Honestly, Kel-Tec defines “customer relations/service” for the firearms industry.
Unc, I should have let you shoot Mrs. Drang’s PF9 at GBR when you shot my Sub2000…
December 9th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Not on topic at all, but the worst trigger I have ever tried to pull is on S&W 582 .357mag.. It takes both hands to pull it back and there is no possible way to hold it in the same county with the target on DA. SA is acceptable, but MYGOD! I was always told S&W had better quality than that. needless to say it is pretty decoration and that is all.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Hey and I own MN’s, tell you how bad that trigger is?