Re: P32 or P-3at? P-3at reliable enough?
I just took delivery of two of the P3ATs.
The book says break them in with 50-100 rounds of ammo each.
I put 100 rounds through each using both FMJS and JHPS in two brands of ammo. I cleaned and lubed them before firing.
I had a fairly high percentage of failure to extract on both guns.
I cleaned them again and took them too the gunsmith. He looked them over, did a little fluff and buff but said he saw nothing that would cause the problem.
So I bought another 200 rounds of ammo, another brand and tried them again.
The first gun tuned itself and it now just fine. The second was very bad. I had a 15-20% FTE on that gun. I took it back to the gunsmith and he felt that the tension spring was the problem but somehow the screw that held it and the extractor had damage to the head (during install or ?). Anyway, his tools would not fit it. He did not feel right slotting it to remove it.
I took it home and tried with my 2mm tools and neither my ball driver set nor a standard allen set would fit the head for removal.
So a just put it in a box with a copy of the bill and a letter and sent it to Kel-Tec.
The guns are just what I wanted and have a life time warranty. I am not worried about the ability of Kel-Tec to repair the gun.
Would I want to buy one of these and assume it would fire for self defense without a problem. No based on what I have seen.
But then again I have had many pistols in the past that had break in problems of one sort or another and I understand Kel-Tec stands behind their products unlike some others I have had in the past.
And I don't even want to discuss the first M16s that we were issued in the Army. >
