Survival and Emergency Preparedness

Mac66 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:13 pm Picked up my Kel Tec P17 today. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet but I will.

It was a little bit bigger that I thought it would be. In fact it is about the size of my Ruger SR22. It is fractionally longer and taller and the grip is wider to accommodate the 16 round magazine. It is a lot more comfortable in my hand. While it is only slightly larger it is considerably lighter than the SR22. Besides the mag capacity (16 vs. 10 of the SR22} other differences include that it has single action internal hammer instead of double action hammer fired. The trigger on the P17 is very, very light. It also comes with fiber optic front and adjustable rear sight. Ambidextrous thumb safety and mag release and a threaded barrel, thread protector, adapter and wrench. The slide is very easy to rack. Included are 3 16 round mags. All for $100+ cheaper than the SR22. I'm kinda impressed with it. Could turn out to be the ultimate kit gun.

It was $180 out the door ($169.99 + tax) at Sportsman's Warehouse online for delivery to your local store.

David wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:22 pm

Mac66 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:13 pm Picked up my Kel Tec P17 today. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet but I will.

It was a little bit bigger that I thought it would be. In fact it is about the size of my Ruger SR22. It is fractionally longer and taller and the grip is wider to accommodate the 16 round magazine. It is a lot more comfortable in my hand. While it is only slightly larger it is considerably lighter than the SR22. Besides the mag capacity (16 vs. 10 of the SR22} other differences include that it has single action internal hammer instead of double action hammer fired. The trigger on the P17 is very, very light. It also comes with fiber optic front and adjustable rear sight. Ambidextrous thumb safety and mag release and a threaded barrel, thread protector, adapter and wrench. The slide is very easy to rack. Included are 3 16 round mags. All for $100+ cheaper than the SR22. I'm kinda impressed with it. Could turn out to be the ultimate kit gun.

It was $180 out the door ($169.99 + tax) at Sportsman's Warehouse online for delivery to your local store.

Bringing this back up again. Talked with the wife and we both think this would be a good pistol to pick up if we can find one locally at a good price. With the current state of ammo prices I'm looking at this as more in the 'need' column that the 'want' column. I want my wife to continue to practice, as well as my son but don't want to dip to heavily into the stockpile of primary calibers. I've got a bunch of .22 and I would think it would be easier/cheaper to replace as needed than the other service calibers...I hope.

And with the recoil being so light I could see my wife looking forward to shooting this with the needed regularity to increase her proficiency. Looking at your post your pistol came with 3 mags. Is that standard? Be nice if it was and that would be a great benefit.

I may call around tomorrow and see who has what and how much they're going for right now. Hoping it really hasn't gotten jacked up too much.

Bob wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:57 pm I got a big nightstand. I'll take that old can off your hands for say $20

Ronin.45 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:31 pm My nightstand gun just got a little more compact.
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Mac66 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 1:37 pm Just added another single shot shotgun to the collection. Trying not to spend money on guns this summer but when It was offered up on a local gun forum for $100 I couldn't resist.

It is a 12 ga NEF (New England Firearms, formally H&R) "Pardner" SB1.