KelTec

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KelTec CNC Industries Inc.
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Private
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Headquarters
Cocoa, Florida
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United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
George Kellgren (President)
ProductsPistols, Rifles, Shotguns
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Websitewww.keltecweapons.com

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KelTec CNC Industries Inc., commonly referred to as KelTec (previously hyphenated as Kel-Tec until 2021),[1] is an American developer and manufacturer of firearms. Founded by George Kellgren in 1991 and based in Cocoa, Florida, the company has manufactured firearms since 1995, starting with semi-automatic pistols[2] and expanding to rifles and then shotguns. KelTec is a privately owned corporation from Florida. George Kellgren, KelTec owner and chief engineer, is a Swedish designer who also designed many earlier Husqvarna, Swedish Interdynamics AB (in Sweden), Intratec and Grendel brand firearms. The company has been developing and manufacturing a wide variety of firearms, ranging from semi-automatic handguns, i.e. pistols, to semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.

KelTec manufactures lightweight and compact firearms. The company's products include designs that differ from conventional firearm configurations, and reviews of these designs have varied.

History

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.[3] In 2011, Kel-Tec released the KSG, a 12-gauge shotgun with a 14-round capacity utilizing a pair of tube magazines.[4] In 2016, Kel-Tec introduced the CMR-30 carbine, based on the PMR30.[5]

Lightest, thinnest semi-automatic 9 mm pistol

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KelTec PF9

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.[6] The PF9 was retired in 2022 and replaced with the P15.[7]

"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."[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Products

Kel-Tec breaks down their product line into three main categories: pistols, shotguns and rifles.[11]

Pistols

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Shotguns

Rifles

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  1. ^ https://blog.keltecweapons.com/press/a-reminder-to-our-friends-in-the-press "A REMINDER TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE PRESS" KelTec. keltecweapons.com
  2. ^ Johnston, Phil W. "Little Kel-Tec P-11 Pistol Features New, Practical Design." GunWeek. 2001. [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  3. ^ "Pistols" Kel-Tec. keltecweapons.com
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KSG Series Bullpup Shotgun | Downward Shell Ejection | Specs". KelTec. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Horman, B. Gil (January 11, 2016). "Tested: Kel-Tec CMR-30 .22 Magnum Rifle". American Rifleman. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via NRA.
  6. ^ "PF-9." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com
  7. ^ "P15 Press" Kel-Tec. keltecweapons.com
  8. ^ "News." Kel-Tec. Kel-Tec-CNC.com
  9. ^ "Brochure: Kel-Tec RFB High-Efficiency Rifle." Kel-Tec. SHOT Show 2007
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RDB". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Guns". Kel-Tec. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  12. ^ https://www.nrawomen.com/content/new-guns-2025-kel-tec-pr57-pistol
  13. ^ https://gunsweek.com/en/pistols/shot-show/kel-tec-pr57-clip-fed-carry-pistol
  14. ^ https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/the-pr57-keltec-s-stripper-clip-fed-ccw-pistol/
  15. ^ https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/shot-2025-kel-tec-pr57-personal-defense-gone-wild-44818318
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RDB". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-13.

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