{"id":12475,"date":"2026-04-30T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=12475"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:43:51","slug":"keltec-p17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/keltec-p17\/","title":{"rendered":"KelTec P17 Review: Cheap, Weird, and Surprisingly Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The KelTec P17 is the cheapest trainer-style .22 pistol on the market. But unlike most guns in its price range, it might not be a complete steaming pile of refuse.<\/p> <p>We&#8217;re taking a detailed look at the P17\u2019s reliability, accuracy, features, and quirks to see whether this lightweight, 17-shot rimfire pistol lives up to the hype. Is it a legitimate bargain, or just another weird KelTec range toy?<\/p> <p>Details are in the video below, or keep scrolling to read the full transcript. And if you haven&#8217;t already, be sure to catch the rest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/project-rimfire\/\">Project Rimfire<\/a>.<\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/player.js\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/i677jkx5ef.js\" async type=\"module\"><\/script><\/p> <style>wistia-player[media-id='i677jkx5ef']:not(:defined) &#x7B; background: center \/ contain no-repeat url('https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/i677jkx5ef\/swatch'); display: block; filter: blur(5px); padding-top:56.25%; &#x7D;<\/style> <p> <wistia-player media-id=\"i677jkx5ef\" seo=\"false\" dnt=\"1\" aspect=\"1.7777777777777777\"><\/wistia-player><\/div> <hr \/> <p>Hey everybody, I\u2019m Chris Baker from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/\">Lucky Gunner<\/a> and today we\u2019re looking at the Kel-Tec P17: a trainer-style .22 pistol that\u2019s under 250 bucks.<\/p> <p>That\u2019s right, everyone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/project-rimfire\/\">Project Rimfire<\/a> is back! I\u2019m continuing my quest to review a ridiculous number of handguns, all chambered for .22 LR. I\u2019m breaking them down by category. We\u2019ve already done pocket pistols and medium frame revolvers. Now we\u2019re moving on to trainer-style pistols. These are .22s that have the same basic features, controls, and overall feel as a typical centerfire pistol.<\/p> <p>This is by far the largest category I\u2019m covering for Project Rimfire. I\u2019ll be doing a big trainer pistol roundup comparison video soon. But first, I\u2019ve singled out a few of them for individual reviews. Why, out of all of the .22 trainer pistols on the market, would I choose to spotlight the P17? Well, because when I first announced this project, this was the most-requested gun for me to include.<\/p> <h2>KelTec P17: The Basics<\/h2> <p>So let\u2019s look at what we\u2019ve got here. KelTec released the P17 in 2019. It was notable for having 16-round magazines when almost every other .22 topped out at 10 rounds. But earlier that year, Taurus had released the TX-22, also with 16-round mags, and several other .22 trainers have since come out with similar capacities.<\/p> <p>A more distinctive feature might be the weight. It\u2019s only 11.6 ounces empty, 14 and a half fully loaded. That\u2019s lighter than most pocket pistols, despite being closer in size to a compact. It\u2019s got a 3.8-inch barrel and a width of just 9\/10 of an inch.<\/p> <p>The barrel is threaded and it comes with a thread extender for standard 1\/2&#215;28 suppressors. The front sight is a green fiber optic and in the rear we have a black serrated sight adjustable for windage and elevation.<\/p> <h2>Standard vs. Optic-Ready P17<\/h2> <p>This version of the P17 is technically not optic-ready. They do make an optic-ready version that\u2019s drilled and tapped and has studs to fit RMSc-pattern optics. The slide also has cutouts to compensate for the weight of an optic, no rear sight, and a taller front sight to co-witness with the backup rear sight notch in your optic.<\/p> <p>The screws here on the standard slide are just to hold the parts of the slide together \u2013 they are not for mounting optics. But you can buy aftermarket optic plates that use those two holes, which is what I did.<\/p> <p>Red Dot Mate sells plates for six different optic footprints. I wanted to try a full size optic on this thing so I got an RMR-pattern plate and mounted one of the Gideon Omega green dot sights that Gideon has generously provided for Project Rimfire. Tiny gun, big optic \u2013 it looks dumb, but I love that big round optic window.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17.webp\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-p17-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <h2>Reliability &amp; Accuracy<\/h2> <p>Now, there\u2019s no guarantee any optic will work on the non-optic ready version of this gun. In this case, the optic and mount added an ounce and a half to a slide that only weighs four ounces to begin with. Using CCI Standard Velocity, I had about a 20% failure rate. Ironically, it ran fine when we were recording, but not so much off camera. They were all failures to extract and feed, which means the slide is probably not coming back quite as far as it\u2019s supposed to. Without an optic mounted, that dropped to about a 3% failure rate.<\/p> <p>But it liked CCI Mini-Mags a lot better. Not quite flawless, but I had 300 trouble-free rounds with the optic mounted and a single failure to eject in 300 rounds without the optic.<\/p> <p>I would not necessarily expect every standard P17 to work that well with optics. If you want a dot, I would suggest getting the optic-ready version. Originally, they just sold the optic ready slide as an accessory you had to buy separately, but now they offer P17s with that slide included. Usually they also come with some kind of cheap optic pre-mounted, but sometimes you can find them without for about $20 more than the standard P17.<\/p> <p>Let&#8217;s talk about accuracy. From a bench rest at 25 yards, I got an average 5-shot group size of 2.6 inches. It liked CCI Standard Velocity best with a 1.9-inch average.<\/p><p><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy.webp\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy-600x430.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy-1024x733.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-accuracy-768x550.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Nothing special, but not bad at all when you take into account the price.<\/p> <h2>The Budget King?<\/h2> <p>And I think that\u2019s the real reason this pistol has gotten so much attention. The MSRP is only $239.99. Right now, it\u2019s usually selling for around $220. Most guns you can get for under $250 are hot garbage, but this is not one of them.<\/p> <p>I\u2019m not saying the P17 is the pinnacle of rimfire quality. But it does play to KelTec\u2019s strengths. They know how to design a gun that\u2019s cheap to manufacture. And design features that don\u2019t hold up so well with a compact 9mm or a 12 gauge bullpup are perfectly adequate for .22 LR. They\u2019re also not doing anything overly ambitious like the quad-stack magazines they made for the KelTec CP33. The P17 is a fairly basic blowback .22 pistol design.<\/p> <p>A lot of the major gun companies outsource the production and sometimes even the design of their trainer-style .22s. They\u2019re not necessarily made with the same level of quality and attention that goes into their centerfire pistols. So if you\u2019re going to get KelTec-level quality anyway, why not get it at a KelTec price?<\/p> <h2>KelTec Quirks<\/h2> <p>But of course, like everything in the KelTec catalog, the P17 has some odd features. Let\u2019s take a closer look at the controls. The trigger is nice\u2026 maybe too nice. This is a single action internal hammer fired gun. You get a little bit of takeup and then kind of a mushy break that comes at 2 and a half pounds. That\u2019s very light for a trainer-style pistol. Most people are probably not carrying these, but I think the trigger would be dangerously light for a defensive pistol. But it\u2019s a lot of fun at the range.<\/p> <p>It has an ambidextrous paddle-style mag release. Nothing wrong with that if you\u2019re into that sort of thing, but it\u2019s an unusual choice. The slide stop is on the left side only. It\u2019s smaller than average and it\u2019s all the way up here by the ejection port.<\/p> <p>And the ambi manual safety is a bit far forward on the frame. If I have the gun on safe at a ready position with a thumbs-forward grip, I can\u2019t really disengage it without moving my support hand out of the way first.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety.webp\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-safety-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>None of these oddities are really a big deal if you\u2019re just using this as a plinker. But if you actually want a training stand-in for a centerfire pistol, you\u2019re going to develop some muscle memory with the P17 that will not transfer over.<\/p> <h2>That <em>Other<\/em> Budget .22 Trainer&#8230;<\/h2> <p>The Taurus TX-22 is also a budget priced .22 trainer, but it has more conventional controls and layout. In fact, <em>most<\/em> things the P17 does, the TX-22 does just a little better.<\/p> <p>That also comes with a slightly higher price tag. For most variants of the TX-22, prices have run around $250-300. But lately, they\u2019ve been hard to find thanks to a spike in demand stemming from the popularity of aftermarket forced reset triggers. I\u2019ll be digging into that in a future installment of Project Rimfire.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side.webp\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/p17-left-side-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>If you\u2019re not looking for a pint-sized submachine gun and you don\u2019t want to pay inflated prices for a Taurus, the P17 does offer a lot of value. It adds minimal weight to a backpack or tackle box, and it\u2019s more reliable and capable than a .22 pocket pistol. I don\u2019t really love any single aspect of the P17, but it does everything I think you could expect a $220 pistol to do.<\/p> <p>Alright guys, that\u2019s all I\u2019ve got for now. I\u2019ll be back soon with more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/project-rimfire\/\">Project Rimfire<\/a>. In the meantime, make sure you are subscribed to our channel, and the next time you need ammo, get it from us with lightning fast shipping at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/\">Lucky Gunner<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KelTec P17 is the cheapest trainer-style .22 pistol on the market. 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