No pony in this poll, but I'm really looking hard at the sub-2000, in 9mm, at a very low price point.
I've heard enough about Kel-Tec to not want anything but the above, and it may be a lemon. Only time will tell. They've introduced a new model at SHOT. YMMV
I've had at least one Kel-Tec in my modest arsenal since shortly after the first SU-16 Bravo was released. I didn't count really, but I know I fired at least 8,000 rounds through that rifle, and about 5,000 of those were during advanced rifle training courses and their subsequent refresher courses. Those courses included crawling through lots of dirt, some of it took place while it was raining, and all of it was high round-counts between having time to clean the rifle. I honestly don't recall a single hiccup with the rifle. It was quite awhile back, so maybe I've forgotten a FTF or FTE that happened, but I don't specifically recall it happening.
I'm not a pocket-pistol kind of guy, so KT's handguns aren't items I would "collect," but I do have a PF9 that I bought for my wife that I do pocket carry as a BUG sometimes. Against my constant reminding her not to let it happen, my wife let her permission slip go. She won't consider OC, and was pretty inconsistent about CC'ing anyway, but the PF9 kind of landed in my pocket by default after the permit expired last year. Neither one of us trained with it when we were taking advanced courses, and this particular one hasn't had all that many rounds fired through it (probably less than 600 or 700), but it has been just as reliable as the rifle was for the limited duty it's seen.
The Sub2K, Gen 2 that was debuted at SHOT looks awesome to me. I'm n ot trying to talk you into buying any of their other models. To each his own. I'm just a satisfied customer whose always had at least one of their products for the last 10 years or more. With the new Sub2K, that makes three models of theirs that I'd dearly love to own, the RFB and KSG being the other two, but I doubt I'll ever actually spend the money on any of 'em. But it won't be because I think the brand is one I should stay away from. I'm just miserly and already have the weapons I really need, plus a couple more.
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