Kel-Tec SU16 gets new front sight!

[Badger Arms]

KT has redesigned their front sight. Apparently, they'll still make the standard SU16 with the old sight, but the new sight was on their prototype lightweight and folding SU16's at the SHOT show. See pictures below:

Take a look at my gallery for higher-resolution images on gunsnet.net.

Also, Kel-Tec has their own photos: http://www.kel-tec.com/SHOT2004.htm

 

[Kharn]

Is that first pic post-ban legal, or are they designing it for after the sunset?

Kharn

 

[pbhome71]

Under-folding stock with quick release lock. The rifle is able to shoot with the stock folded under the rifle. The stock can be folded and unfolded while a high capacity magazine is inserted into the rifle. The rifle will also be able to fold up like the standard SU-16 model to allow for secure storage.

Interesting.....

 

[MagKnightX]

It has only the one evil feature... it's AWB-legal.

 

[Badger Arms]

Kharn:

The half-folding version will, indeed, fire when it is folded, but that is not at issue. Thinking about the FEDERAL ban, a gun is only banned if it has a pistol grip AND a folding stock. Because this gun only has one of those two features, it is legal.

 

[natedog]

Nice. I didn't think it was possible to make a gun with a folding stock and no pistol grip.

 

[Amish_Bill]

I think I want one of the carbines..... ;-)

 

[artherd]

Not CA legal.

At least they offer the 'standard' version!

 

[artherd]

16" carbine looks neat. What's the little 'tit' on the barrel though?

 

[Kestrel]

Expected MSRP: $740.00

What?!?!

Kel-Tec... $740?

I thought they only made cheap guns. Is this thing safe?

I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just surprised at the price. (I've never even looked at these things, before.) How can these things be that expensive? I'm thinking about the construction of their pistol line and I can't imagine spending $740 on a gun from them. Am I missing something here?

Does anyone here have one of these things? How is the construction? Do they break? Are they reliable? Do they last?

(Years ago, I had a folding stock police sniper rifle from Grendel, with a similar looking folding stock. The thing had a heavy, fluted Shilen barrel and a muzzle brake, with threaded muzzle. It was .308 caliber, with a tight match chamber, built on a Sako action. It was VERY accurate, but would not feed two rounds consecutively. It had a CHEAP plastic follower that would bind every time. I also heard from others that the folding mechanism, which was a screw with a long spring and knob on it, would loosen over time. I sold the thing, but wish I had kept it. At the time I couldn't find a stock for it and this was before the Internet, so didn't know all the places to look. It would have been a good gun put in a B&C stock or something - and with a proper Sako follower, magazine, floorplate and triggerguard... That stock kind of cooled me off to Kelgren's plastic creations.)

I hope this gun is different, though.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[50 Freak]

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think they are CA legal as I saw one at the local range last night. And dealers seem to be selling them to CA people.

 

[artherd]

50 Freak, the STANDARD version, that cannot be fired with the stock folded, is CA legal.

The new version posted above is not CA legal, because it meets the 'folding stock' feature of an assault weapon, and in CA, one feature on a Detachable-Mag centerfire is all you need.