Kel-Tec
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| Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Cocoa, Florida |
| Key people | George Kellgren, Owner & Chief Engineer |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Website | www.kel-tec-cnc.com |
Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. is a United States manufacturer of firearms. Founded in 1991 and based in Cocoa, Florida, the company has manufactured firearms since 1995, starting with small, affordable semi-automatic pistols[1] and expanding to rifles. Kel-Tec is a privately-owned Florida corporation. George Kellgren is an owner and Chief Engineer. He is the Swedish designer who also designed many earlier Husqvarna (in Sweden), Swedish Interdynamics AB (in Sweden), Intratec, and Grendel brand firearms. According to the company's website,[2] Kel-Tec is one of the top ten handgun makers in the U.S.
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[edit] Product line
Weapons manufactured by Kel-Tec include the 9 mm P-11 pistol; the 32 ACP P-32 pistol; the .380 ACP P-3AT pistol; the .40 S&W Kel-Tec P-40 (now discontinued); the Kel-Tec SUB-9 and the later SUB-2000, both semi-automatic pistol caliber carbines that fold for storage. In addition, the company offers a family of 5.56mm caliber rifles known as the SU-16 series. November 2005 saw the introduction of the Kel-Tec PLR-16, an unusual long-range pistol design based in large part on key design elements copied from the earlier SU-16 rifle design.[3]
[edit] Lightest, flattest semi-automatic 9 mm pistol
The PF-9, a flat 9 mm single column magazine semi-automatic pistol based in large part on the earlier P-11 and P-3AT designs, is claimed to be the flattest and lightest 9 mm pistol ever mass-produced.[4] It was announced on February 9, 2006, and was released into production in the fall of 2006.
[edit] "High-Efficiency Rifles"
At the 2007 SHOT Show held in Orlando, Florida, Kel-Tec introduced a series of new "High-Efficiency Rifles" called the RFB, standing for "Rifle, Forward-ejection, Bull-pup."[5] The RFB is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle with tilting breechblock locking mechanism, loads the 7.62×51 NATO (.308-Winchester) cartridge and uses metric FAL magazines; the RFB "family" consists in a series of Bullpup rifles with three barrel lengths (18"bbl carbine, 24"bbl sporter and 32"bbl 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 the major drawbacks of Bull-pup rifles, which may not be readily usable by left-handed shooters and cannot be fired from the hip.[6] Full-scale production and marketing of the RFB rifles is scheduled for late 2008.
[edit] See also
- Kel-Tec RFB High Efficiency Rifle (7.62 NATO) Battle Rifle
- Kel-Tec P-11 (9 mm Parabellum) Pistol
- Kel-Tec P-32 (.32 ACP) Pistol
- Kel-Tec P-3AT (.380 ACP) Pistol
- Kel-Tec SUB-2000 (9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W) Pistol Cartridge Carbine Rifle
- Kel-Tec SU-16 (5.56 mm) Series of rifles and carbines
- Kel-Tec PLR-16 (5.56 mm) Pistol, Long Range
[edit] Gallery
 P-11 9 mm with loaded magazine |
.jpg/120px-Kel-Tec_P-32_(Yaf).jpg) P-32 .32 ACP |
 P-3AT .380 ACP |
 SUB-2000 9 mm with 15 round Beretta magazine |
 SUB-2000 9 mm, folded |
 PLR-16 5.56 mm with compact forend and Levang linear recoil compensator |
 SU-16A 5.56 mm |
 SU-16C 5.56 mm, with stock in fixed position |
 SU-16C 5.56 mm, with stock in folded position |
 SU-16C 5.56 mm, with after-market collapsible stock, pistol grip, and telescopic sight |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Johnston, Phil W. "Little Kel-Tec P-11 Pistol Features New, Practical Design." GunWeek. 2001. [1]
- ^ "About Us." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com. [2]
- ^ "Products." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com. [3]
- ^ "PF-9." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com. [4]
- ^ "News." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com. [5]
- ^ "Brochure: Kel-Tec RFB High-Efficiency Rifle." Kel-Tec. SHOT Show 2007. [6]
