Keltec P11 problem, seeking advice.

[The Goose]

I have a Keltec P11 9mm that was functioning quite reliably until this weekend. I was shooting on Saturday and it fired one magazine with no problem. Then the second mag it fired once and the trigger did not reset. I dropped the mag, cleared it, reloaded and tried again. It fired once and the trigger did not reset. I repeated the same scenario a few times. Then I field stripped, gave it a quick cleaning and tried again. Same thing. It would fire one time and the trigger would not reset. I found that I could push the trigger forward after each shot to reset and I did this for a while just because I wanted to shoot it. Great little single shot carry gun!

Back at home I thoroughly cleaned it, but the problem persists. Any thoughts? I may contact Keltec, but thought I would throw this out to you guys first.

 

[45collector]

I don't remember the internals of a Keltec particularly, but it sounds like maybe the trigger bar is being binded up against the frame or slide?
can you post some pics?

 

[PaiN]

If the trigger assembly is sealed like my PF-9's is, it may have to go back to Keltec

 

[The Goose]

Well, I did a little research and found these sites, http://www.ktrange.com/ amd www.KTOG.org. I also contacted Keltec. The easy and probably smart thing to do would be to send it back to Keltec, but that would be too easy and I ain't that smart. So armed with some diagrams and various instructions I am going to break this sucker all the way down and figure out how it works. Probably will also to some polishing etc. I am going to make this gun work right. (I hope)

 

[PaiN]

Well, I did a little research and found these sites, http://www.ktrange.com/ amd www.KTOG.org. I also contacted Keltec. The easy and probably smart thing to do would be to send it back to Keltec, but that would be too easy and I ain't that smart. So armed with some diagrams and various instructions I am going to break this sucker all the way down and figure out how it works. Probably will also to
some polishing etc. I am going to make this gun work right. (I hope)

If you can, post some pics as you dig through it.

 

[The Goose]

If you can, post some pics as you dig through it.

Absolutely. Based on my research and some experimention I believe it is the trigger transfer bar. Last night a few drops of miltec along the transfer bar worked wonders. I am going to break it down and polish the transfer bar. My understanding is that this will also smooth out the trigger pull considerably. I also have a 8.5 lb trigger spring which I will install, polish the feed ramp etc. I will document the process when I get around to doing it.