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Founded by George Kellgren in 1991, in Cocoa.1
Some firearms manufactured by KelTec include the following: P11 pistol (9 mm); the P32 pistol chambered in.32 ACP (7.65mm Browning) and one of the smallest and lightest pocketable pistols still in production weighing only 6.6 ounces (190 g); the P3AT pistol chambered in.380 ACP (9mm Short) and since discontinued; the P-40 chambered in.40 S&W, which has also been discontinued; and the SUB-9 and the later very popular Kel-Tec SUB-2000, both semi-automatic pistol caliber carbines that readily fold into themselves for easy storage. In addition, the company offers a family of 5.56×45mm rifles known as the SU-16 series.
In November 2005 the PLR-16 was released. The PLR-16 is a long-range pistol design based on key design elements copied from the earlier SU-16 rifle design.
In 2010 Kel-Tec introduced the PMR30, a lightweight, full-size,.22 Magnum 30-shot semiautomatic pistol. In 2011, Kel-Tec released the KSG, a 12-gauge shotgun with a 14-round capacity utilizing a pair of tube magazines. In 2016, Kel-Tec introduced the CMR-30 carbine, based on the PMR30.
Lightest, thinnest semi-automatic 9 mm pistol
The PF9, a flat 9×19mm single-column magazine semi-automatic pistol based on the earlier P11 and P3AT designs, was upon its release in 2006 touted as the thinnest and lightest 9 mm pistol ever mass-produced. The PF9 was retired in 2022 and replaced with the P15.
"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." 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 bullpup rifles, which is that they may not be readily usable by left-handed shooters. Distribution of the RFB rifles in the USA was scheduled for February 2009; as of 2013, it has been publicly released for sale. As a further Revolution of the Bullpup, the RDB (Rifle Downward-ejecting Bullpup) was released in late 2015.
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