I had a totally reliable (over 100 rds Federal 115 gr. HP ammo) Keltec PF-9. That I traded off to a friend in a complex trade. Loved the pistol and will buy another. Point is I never broke the pistol down and cleaned it. When I purchased it, I inspected the bore. Used Rem oil with a dab of synthetic gun grease in the rail grooves. Pistol ran flawless for 100 rounds. At times I re-lubed as I carried holstered in my front pocket all the time. I never diss-assembled for cleaning.
He takes the pistol tears it down immediately and cleans it. Re- lubes it with oil. Now he has a jam-o-matic. Can't run a mag through it without jamming according to him. Is this the answer to the jams people have with Keltecs? Some people have flawless performance. Some have jam-o-matics. I read a lot of post where people say the first thing they did was purchase the pistol. Then 'take it apart and clean it before shooting". Is there something that can be reassembled wrong that incurs jams? I don't think he limp wristed it. I loved the pistol, he hated it and sold it right away.
I also need to say that if the pistol needed cleaning when I had it, I would have cleaned it. That PF-9 had no indication that 100 rounds had been fired through it. No powder residue, no fouling, pretty much stayed clean as a whistle. I've owned nothing that stayed that clean. Either the 115 grain Federal HP's are exceedingly clean. Or most of the powder burns outside of the pistol. I was amazed at how clean the little thing ran. If I had kept the pistol I wouldn't have taken it apart to clean until it looked dirty. I suspect that would have been a few hundred rounds. Perhaps with the Keltecs thats a good idea? That would be pretty much what Les Baer recommends on Baers.
Just a thought.
He takes the pistol tears it down immediately and cleans it. Re- lubes it with oil. Now he has a jam-o-matic. Can't run a mag through it without jamming according to him. Is this the answer to the jams people have with Keltecs? Some people have flawless performance. Some have jam-o-matics. I read a lot of post where people say the first thing they did was purchase the pistol. Then 'take it apart and clean it before shooting". Is there something that can be reassembled wrong that incurs jams? I don't think he limp wristed it. I loved the pistol, he hated it and sold it right away.
I also need to say that if the pistol needed cleaning when I had it, I would have cleaned it. That PF-9 had no indication that 100 rounds had been fired through it. No powder residue, no fouling, pretty much stayed clean as a whistle. I've owned nothing that stayed that clean. Either the 115 grain Federal HP's are exceedingly clean. Or most of the powder burns outside of the pistol. I was amazed at how clean the little thing ran. If I had kept the pistol I wouldn't have taken it apart to clean until it looked dirty. I suspect that would have been a few hundred rounds. Perhaps with the Keltecs thats a good idea? That would be pretty much what Les Baer recommends on Baers.
Just a thought.