Keltec P50

[N555]

I got the keltec P50 after watching the prices since they came out it and it would appear the price has leveled off after about a year and a half.
I took it to the range with 3 full boxes of ss197 and a partial box of old ss195 from back in the day. I loaded up what ss195 I had and started blasting away and it cycled every time, which I did not expect. Put my lite 30cal silencer on, still ran great. Not a typical keltec where lots of live fire break in, some filing or other adjustments are required. I fired off the old ss195 and called it good, saving the 3 boxes of SS197 for later.
It begs to be SBRed.
An m1913 stock/brace adapter is going to run about $100 shipped and from there the sky is the limit.

 

[gotboostvr]

Oh nice. I kinda want one of these. Not sure why it what I'd do with it, but I want one none the less.

Haven't really seen many reports of them in the wild. Glad yours runs.

 

[N555]

I opened it up and looked for metal shavings and it looked good, cycled the action by hand, dry fired it a few times seeing if it felt like there was any dragging or hangups like I ran into with other keltecs I have heard about.

My only other keltec is a pmr30 and I knew it was going to have issues before I ever fired it because the trigger would hangup on the reset. Duct tape behind the trigger quick fixed that and a touch with a dermal was the final solution. Other than that it needed a good bit of live fire break in to get to where it could do a full mag dump.

 

[N555]

I sent off an eform1 to sbr the P50.
Funny how we can buy a pistol that's about 90% of the way to being a sbr just add a stock or a rifle that's about 99.9% of the way to being a sbr just remove barrel length with a saw.
But if you take something that looks like a silencer, but isn't and register it as one, nope, that's a one way ticket to the rape cage.

 

[N555]

I'm a little behind but I cut the eform1 for the P50 and it took between 5 and 6 weeks to get approved.

I call this piece:
"everything is legal with right piece of paper".

 

[N555]

It took a while but with a stock and a dot it shoots 1 inch groups at 25yd no problem with 40gr ammo.
Mine seems to like 40gr ammo such as ss197 or fiocchi more than the ss195 ammo which I believe is 27gr.

 

[12Bravo20]

It looks like Kel-Tec is now offering a rifle and SBR version

https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearm/rifles/r50-defender/

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

It looks like Kel-Tec is now offering a rifle and SBR version

https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearm/rifles/r50-defender/

That stock is a bad joke. OPs gun seems like a much better proposition.

 

[N555]

That stock is a bad joke. OPs gun seems like a much better proposition.

The M4 stock is a little clunky, something thinner would be nice but it works.

 

[12Bravo20]

That stock is a bad joke. OPs gun seems like a much better proposition.

The M4 stock is a little clunky, something thinner would be nice but it works.

I agree with both of you on this. The Kel-Tec stock looks cheap and flimsy and the M4 stock is clunky in this situation. I saw that on Kel-Tec's website and thought I would share it with everyone.

 

[N555]

I agree with both of you on this. The Kel-Tec stock looks cheap and flimsy and the M4 stock is clunky in this situation. I saw that on Kel-Tec's website and thought I would share it with everyone.

The keltec sbr is definitely going to be lighter, cheaper and thinner than my P50 to m1913 to sb tactical folder with m4 toob in an m4 stock.
Length of pull looks about about equal to less than fully collapsed m4 which is all wrong for me.
I say it comes down to personal preference.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

The keltec sbr is definitely going to be lighter, cheaper and thinner than my P50 to m1913 to sb tactical folder with m4 toob in an m4 stock.
Length of pull looks about about equal to less than fully collapsed m4 which is all wrong for me.
I say it comes down to personal preference.

Is that stock adapter a side-folder? If so, you could always go with an old-school M16A1 short stock. They are pretty svelte.
An XM177 style collapsible stock is quite a bit smaller than the M4 too. Might work better for ya.

 

[N555]

Is that stock adapter a side-folder? If so, you could always go with an old-school M16A1 short stock. They are pretty svelte.
An XM177 style collapsible stock is quite a bit smaller than the M4 too. Might work better for ya.

Yes it's "an m4" stock on a fold adaptor.