The world becoming what it has, I've been looking for a serious "jump out of the truck and start laying down a lot fire" type of rifle, while avoiding the SBR shenanigans. Also, my 5'2" wife has always hated AR type rifles because of her short arms. I may have killed two birds with one stone here. I recently purchased a Kel-Tec RDB Defender, and I really like this gun. I have about 200 rounds through it, and I think Kel-Tec finally got serious with this one after building a reputation for questionable quality "novelty" type guns. To start with, this gun is light. It's a bullpup rifle weighing in at 6.7 pounds with a 16.1" barrel, and a listed overall length of 26". But, hey, this thing has a sliding collapsible stock that brings the OAL down to about 24" and it can be fired from the shoulder collapsed. (I wonder how the BATF missed this one LOL!)
My wife is loving this gun. Being a bullpup, the majority of the weight is behind the AR-type pistol grip, which makes it easily handled by a short-armed person. And, it uses standard AR magazines. It comes with a 20-round, but all of my 30 round boxes will plug right into it. It's also a lefty's dream gun. It ejects straight down, and all the controls are either ambidextrous, or can be switched over for left-handed use. And, it appears to have an AR type trigger group. But, one of the most surprising things about this gun is the trigger. Bullpups are notorious for having crappy triggers, but not this one. It's smooth with hardly any detectable creep.
We've got over 200 rounds through this gun, and it's a shooter. No hiccups. I put a Burris RT-6 1-6 LPVO on it, and I put 5 rounds the size of a quarter using 62grn full copper jacket Privi Partizan at 100 yds. Having a true 16.1" barrel, the velocity doesn't suffer. I can bang a 24" round steel plate with it at 600 yards shooting over a bag and never miss.
This thing makes a helluva vehicle gun. If your in the market for an SBR, you might want to look at this instead.
https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearm/rifles/rdb-defender/
My wife is loving this gun. Being a bullpup, the majority of the weight is behind the AR-type pistol grip, which makes it easily handled by a short-armed person. And, it uses standard AR magazines. It comes with a 20-round, but all of my 30 round boxes will plug right into it. It's also a lefty's dream gun. It ejects straight down, and all the controls are either ambidextrous, or can be switched over for left-handed use. And, it appears to have an AR type trigger group. But, one of the most surprising things about this gun is the trigger. Bullpups are notorious for having crappy triggers, but not this one. It's smooth with hardly any detectable creep.
We've got over 200 rounds through this gun, and it's a shooter. No hiccups. I put a Burris RT-6 1-6 LPVO on it, and I put 5 rounds the size of a quarter using 62grn full copper jacket Privi Partizan at 100 yds. Having a true 16.1" barrel, the velocity doesn't suffer. I can bang a 24" round steel plate with it at 600 yards shooting over a bag and never miss.
This thing makes a helluva vehicle gun. If your in the market for an SBR, you might want to look at this instead.
https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearm/rifles/rdb-defender/
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