Posted on 01/21/2023 4:23:30 AM PST by marktwain
Kel-Tec has announced an optical mounting system for their Kel-Tec P17 pistol. The plan appears to have the optic mounted at the factory on a Kel-Tec slide manufactured for the pistol. The entire system would quickly be interchanged with the existing slide. The optical system on the pistol at the Kel-Tec booth is a Crimson Trace, probably a CTS 1550 red dot sight. The suppressor does not come with the system. Above is shown a GemTech Alpine .22 LR suppressor, privately owned by a Kel-Tec employee.
It is not certain, at this time, that the Crimson Trace optic will be the one bundled with the Kel-Tec slide for sale as an accessory. A different optic might be bundled. The Kel-Tec slides will be lightened by laser cutting “KELTEC” in the slide with lightning cuts above and below the letters.
This correspondent waited for nearly three years before purchasing a Kel-Tec P17 at retail for only a little over the suggested manufacturers’ retail price. They have been incredibly successful pistols. The success has been helped by the boom in the firearms market over the last three years. With a suppressor, my P17 has been reliable with subsonic .22 ammunition. Subsonic ammunition out of a suppressor makes the good P17 a serious pleasure to shoot. CCI Quiet-semi-auto comes out of the system at 771 fps, with a 45-grain bullet, right at the ballistics of a .25 auto. For a small pistol, this is a decent performance. It is quiet and reasonably accurate to 50 yards.
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I know that the YC-9 has been on hold since 2019, but the 10mm, called the JXT (Why not YC-10?) has already been shipping. I have one on the way.
Just for fun, I am going to replace the muzzle thread protector with an HK mini compensator. Heck, I may toss a Streamlight on it, too.
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