Kel Tec PF9 melt job - you can do this!

[ryan3326]

That's a dirty lie....PF9 reassembly makes me wish the gun was together so I could shoot it with it.
....the execution of this event is highly complex.



Looks great though. Now what can you do about those corners on the beavertails area?

Honestly, attaching the rear sight, front sight, firing pin + spring and extractor took maybe 10-15 minutes. That is all the "reassembling" that I had to do.

 

[henktermaat]

WOW- makes me want to try this now!

The only "hard" part seems to be finding a friend to blast it. Most of us would probably have to look up a blasting shop from the phonebook and pay the $50 fee or whatever.

And I agree, re-assembly of this particular gun is dead simple.

 

[SmileDocHill]

I think I am out of blasting medium but most dentists have a hand held "sand blaster" that uses aluminum oxide and other mediums to clean off projects in the lab. I am going to have to get the thing up and running again.

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

That's a dirty lie....PF9 reassembly makes me wish the gun was together so I could shoot it with it.
....the execution of this event is highly complex.



Looks great though. Now what can you do about those corners on the beavertails area?

I don't have a PF-9 but I do have a P-11 and I can take it down and put back together again in 10 minutes.

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

Nice job! Got me thinking about doing that to my P-11 since the blueing is wearing off on the corners already.

 

[rimfire_crazed]

heck, mine came with worn/thin bluing from the factory.

Jury is still out on the melt job for me. The lines of the PF9 never really bothered me.

 

[Lucas156]

heck, mine came with worn/thin bluing from the factory.

Jury is still out on the melt job for me. The lines of the PF9 never really bothered me.

Its not so much the slide that bothers me but the design on the handgrip of the frame on the PF9 and P3AT that I think is so ugly

 

[jd42k]

Quite a difference. Looks real nice!

 

[Knuckle Head]

...yeah Lucas, I thought she was ugly too, but then she grew on me. I took her to lunch today and she ate a whole box of WallyWorldFed. This baby banged without failure.

 

[TN_Mike]

Looks great. Good job with the melt job.

 

[rugertoter]

Nice job! Got me thinking about doing that to my P-11 since the blueing is wearing off on the corners already.

Regionnus Rattis, have you ever had any problems with your retaining pins backing out of your frame on your P-11? Sometimes, after shooting about 50 rounds or so, I have to push them flush again.

 

[henktermaat]

I'd like just to blast the slide, my bluing is wearing thin too and the silver would be a nice new look.

 

[Knuckle Head]

Regionnus Rattis, have you ever had any problems with your retaining pins backing out of your frame on your P-11? Sometimes, after shooting about 50 rounds or so, I have to push them flush again.

I used to have this problem with my PF9, I know it's not a P-11 but seems to be a somewhat common thing with a couple of other people I know who own both P-11 and PF9 as well.
I bought the belt clip for this (it comes with two screws to put in place of the plastic pins) the screws would come loose untill I used some loctite, the problem went away. I eventually took the clip off, 'switched back to ITW holster and kept the screws in place, it worked fine that way also. ....sorry I could'nt resist, this is how happy I was. I paid what I felt was a pretty penny for a gun that seemed to come apart too often.

 

[DFM914]

Nice job, gives it a whole new look! I may have to get the PF9 just to try that.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

I went to holster mine yesterday, and found rust on the slide. I'm thinking of striping the bluing and Duracoat it!

 

[henktermaat]

Is there any member around Indy who can do the blasting as stated in the first post?

 

[stacks067]

Nice work. Looks sharp

 

[ryan3326]

Sorry, here are the pics that belong in the original post:

 

[ryan3326]

new project thread: Kahr PM9 Melt (here)

 

[TubThumper]

Sharp, sharp looking PF9