Kel-Tec

Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc.

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 ATF^[2], Kel-Tec is the third largest handgun maker in the U.S.

Product line

Weapons manufactured by Kel-Tec include the P-11 pistol (caliber 9 mm); the P-32 pistol (Caliber 32 ACP); the P-3AT pistol (Caliber .380 ACP); the P-40 (Caliber .40 S&W)(discontinued); the 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 PLR-16, a long-range pistol design based on key design elements copied from the earlier SU-16 rifle design.^[3]

Lightest, flattest semi-automatic 9 mm pistol

The PF-9, a flat 9 mm single column magazine semi-automatic pistol based 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.

"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 breech block locking mechanism, loads the 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 Bull-pup rifles, which may not be readily usable by left-handed shooters.^[6] Distribution of the RFB rifles in the USA is scheduled for February 2009.

See also

• Kel-Tec RFB (7.62 NATO) Bullpup Rifle
• Kel-Tec PF-9 (9 mm Parabellum) Pistol
• 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

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 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

Notes

External links

• Kel-Tec CNC
• Hi-res photos of Keltec firearms
• Kel-Tec RFB forward-ejection bull-pup rifles flyer as seen at the 2007 SHOT Show
• Kel-Tec Owner's Group on Yahoo! Groups
• KTOG -- The Kel-Tec Owners Group and forum
• PF-9 Review and Photos
• Keysbear's Tec Range -- A Kel-Tec discussion forum
• Urban Survival Range -- A Kel-Tec discussion and general discussion forum