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New Pistol From Kel-Tec: The P15

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January 17, 2022, 01:03 PM
PASig
New Pistol From Kel-Tec: The P15
Well this is something different from them, I don't think they've ever done a striker-fired pistol before?



If you are just here to shit on KT products, please keep moving...

quote:

The KelTec P15 is a striker-fired, polymer pistol that weighs only 14oz and boasts a 15+1 capacity right out of the box. It’s the lightest, thinnest double-stack 9mm handgun on the market. The P15 is an excellent choice for concealed carry. This pistol offers plenty of dependable firepower to secure your world.


Keltec P15

KelTec Announces Its First Striker-Fired Pistol, the New P15 9mm With 15-Round Magazine


January 17, 2022, 01:12 PM
.38supersig
Cool!



January 17, 2022, 01:36 PM
1KPerDay
quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
If you are just here to shit on KT products, please keep moving...
I....



Okay. Frown


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January 17, 2022, 01:46 PM
DoctorSolo
If I were in the market for a not-glock glock, I'd look at this well before I'd look at some of the imported not-glocks.
January 17, 2022, 02:05 PM
P250UA5
Definitely interesting, to me.
"Thinnest double-stack"? Be curious to see one in person.
Curious what the MSRP will be on them.




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January 17, 2022, 02:05 PM
BigSwede
Sho is fugly


The back end of the slide looks to be plastic, guessing firing mechanism and firing pin are in there



January 17, 2022, 02:17 PM
P250UA5
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
Sho is fugly


The back end of the slide looks to be plastic, guessing firing mechanism and firing pin are in there


Over on KTOG, they're speculating that the polymer-looking rear section may give way to swappable/modular options like an optics mount.

Also read that this is effective replacing the P11, PF9 & P3AT which are all discontinued or slated for end-life.




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January 17, 2022, 04:22 PM
Excam_Man
Not as ugly as the rest of their line-up.




January 17, 2022, 04:29 PM
P220 Smudge
quote:

The KelTec P15 is a striker-fired, polymer pistol that weighs only 14oz and boasts a 15+1 capacity right out of the box. It’s the lightest, thinnest double-stack 9mm handgun on the market. The P15 is an excellent choice for concealed carry. This pistol offers plenty of dependable firepower to secure your world.


Hmmm. I wonder how it'll compare to a Glock 48 with those Shield mags.


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January 17, 2022, 04:43 PM
92fstech
Well, it sure has that Kel-Tec "look"!

quote:
Also read that this is effective replacing the P11, PF9 & P3AT which are all discontinued or slated for end-life.


The P11 and the PF9 I get, but why the P3AT? Seems like a completely different form-factor, and a different caliber. I remember when the P3AT was the .380 to have...did Ruger steal their lunch that bad with the LCP that they're just giving up, or do they have something else in the works? Because this sure doesn't seem like a suitable replacement.
January 17, 2022, 05:20 PM
Blume9mm
I'm not up on Kel-tecs but if that is not their ugliest pistol then I'm very glad I'm not familiar with the others.


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January 17, 2022, 07:13 PM
HRK
Looks cool, similar to my PMR30, which is light and has a decent enough ergos and trigger.

At least its a USA company with the plant here in FL making the product so there is that.

CMR33 is pretty cool as well, have one of those, the P3AT I had early on never failed, ugly, poor construction, yep, work, yes...

Still want a P17 but it's unobtainium unless you want to drop $400 for a $199 msrp pistol.

Made a mistake an kept putting a Sub2000 back down, used to be sub $400, not anymore.

if it's like most Kel-Tec items it will sell out fast, be hard to find and over priced for 3 years...
January 17, 2022, 08:04 PM
YooperSigs
Lots of Torx head screws! Thats interesting.


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January 17, 2022, 08:16 PM
Excam_Man
Allen head




January 17, 2022, 09:00 PM
Beanhead
Pretty obvious that it will take a shorter slide.
January 18, 2022, 06:03 AM
Challer
KelTec tries things no one else will. That’s a good thing. How the execution in engineering and industrial design are often lacking. I’ve tried owning them twice.

The “innovation” I see here is a return to the grip safety. That could be a better solution than a manual safety on a striker gun
January 18, 2022, 10:19 AM
HRK
Someone on FB did a cut down compact/carry version.. Looks pretty good


January 18, 2022, 10:29 AM
P250UA5
Not bad, maybe that's the plan for the P3AT replacement?




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January 18, 2022, 11:39 AM
92fstech
quote:
The “innovation” I see here is a return to the grip safety. That could be a better solution than a manual safety on a striker gun


I'll agree with that. I won't carry a gun with a manual safety that I have to manually disengage, but a grip safety, if properly designed, is automatically disengaged when you establish your grip. Best of both worlds, IMO. I've never had a problem with one, although I haven't had much experience with them outside of 1911s and a few XDs.
January 18, 2022, 11:50 AM
PASig
I really doubt the P3AT is going away here.

This looks to me like the replacement for the PF9 as someone mentioned before.

quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Lots of Torx head screws! Thats interesting.


That's how Kel-Tec does things; they mold two clamshell-type halves and screw them together with Allen screws. I don't think any other gunmaker does that, do they?