I use my P17 as my EDC and I feel very confident with it for my Self Defense Gun! I was a Glock Guy all my shooting life and I carried a G19 as my Duty Gun for many years but Old age (78) has now become a factor for me and some physical problems with my Arms/Hands, precludes me from shooting more powerful guns! I now only shoot the 22LR or 22 Magnum Guns and I can shoot them as good as I did my 9mm handguns! I have more fun at my LGR here in Sunny Florida and I'm saving a bunch of money on ammo! Great Video!
A word to the wise....many of the cheaper guns I have purchased over the last 42 years I thought would be turds and junk ended up being awesome. The reverse is often true for some of the more expensive things that were beautiful and moderately or very expensive. Makes you madder than a hornet when a $800+ pistol is junk and won't shoot straight. When a $200 gun shoots dead on POA/POI and NEVER jams you have really accomplished something. Price doesn't always reflect quality or good engineering/designs. You get a $100 Heritage Rough Rider .22 that works perfect and is very accurate. You get a $600 Ruger Single Six with a canted barrel and looks like it was machined with a dull chainsaw! I've seen many younger less experienced "shooters" bash on Ravin 25s. The old ones made back in the early 80s when the Dad and old man owned the company were nearly perfect and never jammed...EVER! I know...I had one in the old brown plaid box that was bought brand new for $35.99.
I have the OD Green beauty. Put some black Tractiongrips on it and it feels a bit better in the hand. Got it for 229.99 I just couldn’t pass it up. The 3 magazines is a nice touch. This is a might as well. Affordable firearm and cheap to shoot.
You can tell the shots that are off are because of you. When you shoot slow and take your time to aim, you drive nails, as soon as you pick up the pace, off they go into the wild blue yonder.
I bought one a couple months ago and am very pleased with it. The only thing that is difficult to get used to is the trigger. It’s a very light pull but it has no discernible wall. Just an FYI, it is not setup for an optic. The two screws on the top are not for an optic plate.
There is an optic slide available from KelTec. I love mine. I got it for $171 + BG check and processing = $203.00. I use Federal Punch in it. Feel confident for Self Defense. Very accurate. EDC rotation. Autumn (Autumn's Armory) does a bang up job on her channel with hers on her P17 review. KelTec did a homer on this one.
As you have in your description - these are not optics ready... but Keltec now has optic and slide available to drop on your P17. Interested to see how your review goes here. Thanks
Well I find that accuracy is dependent upon several factors with these guns and eventually you will find this gun very accurate, the more you use It! I have two P17's which I purchased in the Summer oof 2021 and they both shoot great with no malfunctions right out of the box! I only have used CCI Mini Mags 40 grain ammo in both and I have gone through over 1000 rounds with no malfunctions, except a few Dud Rounds! I also have a CP33 and a PMR30, which have proved to be great guns for me! Just follow the user guide for all information and ammo use and you should have a great shooting experience!
Not cut for a red dot. Those two screws on top are for the slide mounting. Today I put on a set of Tractiongrips as mentioned by Brett Young below. Feels much more sturdy with the grips. Love the gun..........only complaint is loading the magazines with my 70+ year old hands, so a speedloader aleviates that issue. Nice review, thanks a lot. All the best! "The JJ" SW Penna.
@@markbrown-rq6is Added the optional Kel-Tec slide with Red Dot. IMO nothing special with that. At the distances I shoot, the open sights are just fine. Appreciate the comments. All the best. "The JJ" SW Penna.
That really seems like a nice handgun! Seems to be on according to the sounds of the steel. Good that the package comes with a tool for adjusting the sites. Don't think it cared to much for the suppressor. LOL I thought for sure all I would hear was steel being hit. Thanks for sharing. Juddie - J & J TOA
Love mine. My new favorite. Crazy that its lighter than an LCP II and holds 17 rounds. Also has the lightest slide Ive ever used, can rack it with one finger. I keep mine loaded with either Federal Punch or Winchester Silvertip. My 3rd magazine has CCI mini mag for the range. I also have the PMR30 which is an excellent gun as well.
I bought one and my wife took it so I had to buy another one. I bought the Crimson Trace red dot slides for them. Wife loves it. Ours run well with Minimag 40 and Norma Tac 22 with the red dot. Had some misfires with Fed AutoMatch. Misfired in the Henry too so it is the ammo. Very easy gun to take down and clean. Lube the underside of the slide
got my p17 for 180. added a hogue grip that is made for a glock 43x/48. shoots amazing with the grip. fun gun. took me two years of searching to find one priced reasonably.
It is NOT cut for optics. Those screws on the top are assembly components. Kel Tea sells a separate slide that comes with an optic pre mounted. Thanks for the review.
Went to the range today and I was really surprised to say the least. I had 5 duds and the last one got stuck in the pipe. Gotta get some "new" ammo. Ate everything except for the five. Didn't have to adjust the sights, but it wouldn't matter no how, my eyesight ain't what it used to be (maybe new glasses are in order). The trigger was super light, almost got away from me a couple of times. My ammo fooled me too, I had standard and HV mixed together, federal gave me the duds. Almost the best cheap 22 pistol I've bought..
Just ordered one for $212.. It's in olive green, the black was $249.. Color shouldn't make a difference, but going in, I'm only paying $212.. Plus Kel Tec comes with a lifetime warranty. Gonna clean it throughout when I get it, plus I got a holster for it for under $10.
@@RattlesnakeDefense we will see I just have an unboxing video for now. Pistol is larger than expected slightly larger compared to my smallest pistol the Walther ppks in 22lr.
My P17 hates my DeadAir Mask suppressor also, LOTS of blow back and accuracy suffered. Otherwise the accuracy is really good. My Ruger MKIV however shoots really well suppressed but cost well over twice the price of a P17.
I love mine. I bought an aftermarket thread adapter that comes with a thread protector. I don't know why they didn't just include a thread protector for the 1/2 x 28
Did you get it new? I was under the impression that they all came with the protector!!! Glad you love yours. Same here. Eats everything I've tried. Typically, don't shoot sub sonic, so haven't tried that. All the best! "The JJ" SW Penna.
@@johnjanoscrat8000 it comes with a protector for the barrel which is a smaller thread and the adapter but no protector for the adapter. So if you're taking a suppressor on and off you either have to leave the adapter on with the threads unprotected or take the adapter off and put the barrel thread protector back on
I love mine. The only issue I've had with ammo is Browning Pro-22. They'd hang up with a failure to eject properly. Maybe it was the box I got, but I won't buy them again. Cheap gun, fun , cheaper ammo for target practice/plinking, and a .22lr can very much stop someone. Sure it's not maybe your first choice, but .22 is under estimated.
Got mind for $189.00 + tax and BG check was $223.00, love shoots good, had no malfunction in 400 rounds. l Realize not supposed to not be defense hand gun, just same with 17 rounds and 2-15 round spare mags. That’s a lot of light weight fire power.
I have a red dot on mine, with an adaptor plate from EBay and a Vector Optics red dot that they say is the lightest, and why I bought this gun. It is still under a pound, loaded! Off subject, the optic. I have cheap Amaazon stuff on 10/22's that have an on-off switch. This Vector Optics is always on but not quick to acquire the dot like it should be. Not even close to the stuff half the price. Maybe I need practice with it, but it does function on the gun.
Got 1 in each color offered. Father gave the wife one cause she has thumb issues on the hand's and she loves it. Once I shot it, it was game over, had to have the green an black ones then. Like a sore pecker, can't beat it!! Lol
It's hard to field strip properly and is therefore hard to clean thoroughly. After a year or so, you will almost certainly run into issues with failure to feed and/or eject and ammo sensitivity. You can tear it down further, but may violate the warranty in doing so. It's only meant to be minimally field stripped.
I just got one of these pistols. Ran 3 magazines of 16 rounds through it. Had at least one or more ejection gams with all 3 magazines. I have watched a bunch of reviews no one had any problems with it. One fellow said he ran a1000 rounds through it with no issues. But if there are a gazillion of something made and there is one bad one, I will get it.
Got my P17 on sunday and it was a nightmare .... Could not load that 16th round without a fight, ended up putting a huge dent in the case of the 15th round just to get the 16th round in .... Then the mag would not lock up into place, only with the slide locked open. Then it would NOT chamber that 16th round at all. The slide kept jamming while trying to chamber it. Even trying to push it into battery it would not go. I gave up on that 16th round and went with 15 rounds. Finally the mag locked in with a closed slide and chambered that 15th round with ease ... THEN .. Every 2nd or 3rd shot it would fail to feed or cycle and got stove pipes .... Every mag had this issue. These were with CCI AR Tactical 40 grain 1200 fps. Which work PERFECT in my MP15-22. I just got some CCI Mini Mags 36 grain 1260 fps that im going to try on this P17 to see if those help. If not im calling Keltec ...
@@RattlesnakeDefense Well today i took the P17 to the range using CCI Mini Mags and all 150 rounds fired off PERFECTLY. I had maybe 2 or 3 times where the slide would not chamber the 16th round but with a slight push on the slide, it chambered. It fired and cycled all 150 rounds with ease. Even tried some CCI Stingers and all 50 fired with ease, and i could def tell the difference between the mini mags and the stingers, the stingers had a bit more kick to them and they create a fire "light" at the end of the barrel, pretty cool looking.
Ok now thats a dudes beard!!! makes my scraggly white beard look like a toy! I plan to get my p17 out of the box someday soon to shoot! love some 22lr.
its disgusting IMO ... Especially when you have a mustache that covers your upper lip. But everyone has their thing and beards like that are NOT my thing.
Hmmm, now I know what Gimli did after the LOTR movies. ha ha ha - OK sorry. Good review and yeah, pretty amazing huh? After watching the 5th or 6th review vid I just said to myself "shut up and take my money" = and then PSA ran this on it's daily special for $199 shipped. So.... yeah.
Dude,at least learn the basics of the gun your gonna review. I liked your video but the negative comments made im the firet few minutes created credibility issues with me. I have several guns including the p17.Ive shot about 1000 rounds to date and had to gailures in thr first 200 rounds. Normal break un to me.none since. Just my humble opinion.
