Hey, it happens that the Kel-Tec RDB is actually a quite nice gun.

[bigfeetz]

You don't "have to," and I think that actually was some bizarre manual of arms on Tim's part.

Most people would reach their support hand and hit back on the release, capturing the mag when it makes it's stop.

The problem I have with the release is:

1) It appears to be made from the upcycled pocket clip of a pen.

2) Will it snag gear and dump the mag standing around at the low ready? (YES)

Haven't heard any complaints from the testers about this problem , where did you hear about this?

[KalashniKEV]

Haven't heard any complaints from the testers about this problem , where did you hear about this?

I'm sure American Rifleman will give it a thumbs up too.

Have a look for yourself:

[Shao]

I have a good friend who actually picked one of these up when they were new. It was awesome for about the first 500 rounds, then he started having ejection problems. After about 750 rounds things had loosened up on him enough that he sent it in to Kel-Tec and upon receiving it back, promptly sold it. It was a blast for those first 500 rounds though.

[bigfeetz]

I have a good friend who actually picked one of these up when they were new. It was awesome for about the first 500 rounds, then he started having ejection problems. After about 750 rounds things had loosened up on him enough that he sent it in to Kel-Tec and upon receiving it back, promptly sold it. It was a blast for those first 500 rounds though.

They were just released about a week ago. The ones tested by various people were prototypes and they have performed very well so far after thousandsof rounds. Perhaps you have this confused with another Keltec product?

[bigfeetz]

I'm sure American Rifleman will give it a thumbs up too.

Have a look for yourself:

No worse than I have seen on a multitude of stamped guns to include AK's. I think the material it self will holdup well for its intended purpose. The Tavor magrelease has caused it no problems

No way totell if you are right or wrong, I hope you are wrong. I will try it out and let you know how it goes.

[titsonritz]

I would prefer to see captive takedown pins and a non folding charging handle, I don't like the mag release at all, other than that it seem pretty cool at first look but man...Kel-Tec...hard to swallow.

[BBossman]

Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see a way to easily do a visual check of the chamber. I guess you look up through the mag well?

[KalashniKEV]

The Tavor magrelease has caused it no problems

Actually, the complete opposite is true.

It caused a lot of problems, and was one of the first revisions made when designing the X95:



Anyone can look at it and see it's a stupid design.

I would prefer to see captive takedown pins and a non folding charging handle...

The main issue I see is the fact that it's two clam shells held together by a big heaping handful of screws.

Is there a reason why?
Does detailed stripping involve pulling them all?
Does the grip store extras for when they start falling out?

I've never owned any Keltec, but when I was a kid I had a waterpistol that I ran really hard, and it lost one or two... and the water pistol appears better made than any Keltec.

I wonder if George Kelgren ever worked for Entertec?

[MountainRaven]

The problems with the Tavor are so bad that IWI is still making the rifle with the same magazine release and they're still selling it to a variety of international customers.

[Waylander]

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