I picked up a Kel-Tec, P-11, 9mm a couple of days ago. Took it to the range to start breaking it in. I ran 70 rounds of hardball through it (sorry, I don't know the bullet weight) with one failure to eject. The bolt tried to shove the empty case back into the chamber along with the next round coming up from the magazine. I didn't think that was too bad for a brand new out of the box gun. The stopage came about round 30 or so, and the next 40ish went through without a glitch.
The recoil was very managable. I was a little concerned since I'd never shot a 9mm, and this is a small light-weight gun. The grip is small; my little finger doesn't get any bite at all, but it wasn't a problem. I didn't do any really fast fire, but just squeezed them off as I got back on target. The trigger pull is long, but not heavy.
It's not a target gun, but I was able to keep my groups to a reasonable size shooting offhand. (7 yards) At one point I noticed everything was grouping right. When I realized I was sort of canting the pistol a bit, and made a point to hold it straight up, the groups went to POA.
All in all, nice gun for the money. At less than $275.00 it was the least expensive 9mm I saw, and in the same range as a lot of 380's, and only a little more than the Makarov 9x18.
Late Update: Put another 55 rounds through it today. No problems at all.
The recoil was very managable. I was a little concerned since I'd never shot a 9mm, and this is a small light-weight gun. The grip is small; my little finger doesn't get any bite at all, but it wasn't a problem. I didn't do any really fast fire, but just squeezed them off as I got back on target. The trigger pull is long, but not heavy.
It's not a target gun, but I was able to keep my groups to a reasonable size shooting offhand. (7 yards) At one point I noticed everything was grouping right. When I realized I was sort of canting the pistol a bit, and made a point to hold it straight up, the groups went to POA.
All in all, nice gun for the money. At less than $275.00 it was the least expensive 9mm I saw, and in the same range as a lot of 380's, and only a little more than the Makarov 9x18.
Late Update: Put another 55 rounds through it today. No problems at all.