Kel tec 2000 gen 2 opinions

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Prairiestorm

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Want to hear expierences with this little gun, are these things garbage or what ? The going price seem to around 750$, is it worth this much or should a guy bite the bullet and pay another 300$ and just get a jr carbine?? Thanks guys!
 
I owned the gen one and realy liked it.
When the 2 gen came out I bought it too. Fun little guns and the option to fold up compact is a plus.
Personally I think they are worth the money. Anything under the $1000.00 for a pistol cal carbine is worth it.
 
I got one back in September. Love it. "Accurate" out to 100. The rear sight is a cheap piece of plastic. I don't like the mag release (it pushes into your trigger hand) but oh well. I already had a bunch of Glock mags so it made purchasing it that much easier. I've got about 500 rounds through mine, from good factory ammo to cheap aluminum cased and IT HASN'T JAMMED ONCE. NOT ONCE. So far it just ticks like a clock. Oh another downside, if you're going to put a red-dot or something on it, you need a quick release mount or you can't fold it.

My favorite two things about it?
1. It's compact. I put a folding front grip on mine. You can fold it up and stick it in your backpack and go hiking.
2. It's SO EASY to clean. SO EASY.
 
The main reason to get them is the folding option, it allows you to carry a gun without it appear that you are, great for going to the cabin, camping, flying in small plane. There are better pistol carbines out their, but the kel-tec offers discrete carry and lightweight. It's a niche gun. I have the Gen 1, I see this mainly as a "fire extinguisher" type gun, there when I need it, but not my first choice to shoot.
 
I had a Gen 1 that used the Beretta 92 clips. It was a jam-o-matic. Tinkered with multiple loads. Tried different clips. Tried pretty much everything and it was rare to shoot a 10 shot clip without a stove pipe or another jam. Firing pin was way off center as well, surprised it would even fire. I really wanted this to work, but ended up selling it cheap.
Have a Beretta CX-4 now. Thousands of rounds never a jam.
Some have good success with the Kel-tec Sub 2000s, but I was not,one of them unfortunately.
 
I find them hit or miss. I've had 3 Gen 1s and 2 gen 2s. I love the idea of the S2K. Had some issues with all the gen 1s. I sold 2 and kept one because it was total trash. It just hated 115 grain ammo. Lots of stove pipes, light strikes, the safety would engage every time I shot it too. Took it apart and cleaned it, switched to 124 grain ammo and haven't had a problem since. I'm absolutely loving the Gen 2. I will be selling my ASR and keeping the S2Ks, but only because they fold up. If you don't really care about it folding, go with an ASR.
 
My gen 2 has had zero malfunctions even with crappy steel cased 115gr Barnaul. The plastic of the grip and ergos aren't amazing as they could be, and a bolt hold open would be nice, but overall it's pretty nice. The fold in half feature is nice and handy, it ends up coming along most of the time now.
 
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