Kel Tec RFB

MBtGE sent me a link about the Kel Tec RFB

The design is called 'bullpup'. The mag/receiver is mounted farther back, allowing for a shorter rifle, but still have an accurate full length barrel. The problem with bullpups was for lefties like me where with a conventional receiver, further back spent casing ejections shot hot brass right at the lefty shooter's mouth, adversely impacting second round accuracy until after he spits it out.



Kel Tec solves that problem by sending the cases up a tube or chute above the barrel, where they push out toward the front.


Kel Tec is known for inexpensive weapons that are also... not attractive. This rifle actually looks kinda nice. I don't know where Kel Tec went wrong, but I guess it isn't too late to make it a bit more uggo.


It used standard FN mags, and its in the manly .308 caliber. So this gun has some potential to replace the M1A as THE coveted rifle on my Master List.


Points against it... No iron sights, and while interesting, that novel ejections system is largely untested. If Army Ordinance signed off on it, and the thing went through a decent sized war with good reviews from the riflemen, that would certainly convince me.


Les Jones has a video of it in action.

Kel-Tec RFB High Efficiency Rifle (Rifle, Forward-ejection, Bullpup) and here is a PDF flier about the rifle, but it is a persnickety PDF file, so be careful with it. It likes to crash internet browsers. The rifle is new enough that it is only in the "What's New" on the Kel Tec website

Kel Tec has a lot of neat stuff. Folding rifles, Carbines that take pistol magazines, a cheap .380 pistol. I'm waiting for them to come out with a carbine that takes 1911 style .45 ACP mags.