Kel-Tec
Firearms | |
| Founded | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Founder | George Kellgren |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | George Kellgren (President) |
| Products | Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns |
| Website | www.keltecweapons.com |
Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc., commonly referred to as Kel-Tec, is an American developer and manufacturer of firearms. Founded by
brand firearms. The company has been developing and manufacturing a wide variety of firearms, ranging from semi-automatic handguns, i.e. pistols, to semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.History
Weapons manufactured by Kel-Tec include the
5.56×45mm rifles known as the SU-16
series.
November 2005 saw the introduction of the PLR-16, a long-range pistol design based on key design elements copied from the earlier SU-16 rifle design.
A new pistol design from Kel Tec in 2010, is a light weight, full-size,
Lightest, thinnest semi-automatic 9 mm pistol
The
single-column magazine semi-automatic pistol based on the earlier P-11 and P-3AT designs, was upon its release touted as the thinnest and lightest 9 mm pistol ever mass-produced.[4] It was launched in 2006. The PF-9 was retired in 2022 and replaced with the P15.[5]
"High-Efficiency Rifles"
At the 2007
7.62×51 NATO cartridge and uses metric FAL magazines; the RFB "family" consists in a series of bullpup rifles with three barrel lengths (18" barrel carbine, 24" sporter and 32" target versions), and a patented forward-ejection system via a tube placed over the barrel that ejects the spent case forwards, over the handguard of the rifle. This eliminates a major drawback of bullpup rifles, which is that they may not be readily usable by left-handed shooters.[7]
Distribution of the RFB rifles in the USA was scheduled for February 2009; as of 2013, it has been publicly released for sale. As a further Revolution of the Bullpup, the RDB (Rifle Downward-ejecting Bullpup) was released in late 2015.[8]
Products
Kel-Tec breaks down their product line into three main categories: pistols, shotguns and rifles.[9]
Pistols
- Kel-Tec PF9 9mm
- Kel-Tec P11
- Kel-Tec P15 9mm
- Kel-Tec P17 22LR
- Kel-Tec P32
- Kel-Tec P3AT
- Kel-Tec P50 FN 5.7x28
- Kel-Tec PLR16 .223
- Kel-Tec PLR22 22LR
- Kel-Tec PMR30 22MAG
- Kel-Tec CP33
Shotguns
- Kel-Tec KSG
- Kel-Tec KSG-25
- Kel-Tec KSG Tactical
- Kel-Tec KSG Compact
- Kel-Tec KS7
Rifles
- Kel-Tec SUB-2000 9mm/.40S&W
- Kel-Tec SUB CQB
- Kel-Tec SU-16.223
- Kel-Tec SU-22 22LR
- Kel-Tec RFB Bullpup
- Kel-Tec CMR-30
- Kel-Tec RDB Bullpup[10]
Gallery
-
P-11 9 mm with loaded magazine -
P-32 .32 ACP -
P-3AT .380 ACP -
PF-9 9mm blued finish with gray grip -
SUB-2000 9 mm with 15-round Beretta magazine -
SUB-2000 9 mm, folded -
PLR-16 5.56×45mm with compact forend and Levang linearrecoil compensator -
SU-16A 5.56×45mm -
SU-16C 5.56×45mm, with stock in fixed position -
SU-16C 5.56×45mm, with stock in folded position -
SU-16C 5.56×45mm, with after-market collapsible stock, pistol grip, and telescopic sight -
RFB 7.62×51mm, with holographic weapon sight and sling -
KSG 12 Gauge
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References
- ^ Johnston, Phil W. "Little Kel-Tec P-11 Pistol Features New, Practical Design." GunWeek. 2001. [1] Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pistols" Kel-Tec. keltecweapons.com
- ^ Horman, B. Gil (January 11, 2016). "Tested: Kel-Tec CMR-30 .22 Magnum Rifle". American Rifleman. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via NRA.
- ^ "PF-9." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com
- ^ "P15 Press" Kel-Tec. keltecweapons.com
- ^ "News." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com
- ^ "Brochure: Kel-Tec RFB High-Efficiency Rifle." Kel-Tec. SHOT Show 2007
- ^ "RDB". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Our Guns". Kel-Tec. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "RDB". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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