The Kel-Tec RFB (Rifle, Forward-ejection, Bullpup) is a gas-operated

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type

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, manufactured by

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. At the 2008

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held from February 2 to 5 in

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it was declared by Kel-Tec representatives that the RFB rifle would be made available to the public by the 4th quarter of 2008. Later, the Kel-Tec website stated that the barrel carbine variant would not be shipping until February 2009 due to a change in the production process intended as preventive measures against potential

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legislation. The rifle first shipped to distributors in the first week of March 2009 and was first seen at the 2007

Design details

The RFB is a

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chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO/

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ammunition. The RFB uses metric FAL magazines, which insert straight into the magazine well and do not need to rock into place. It has a short-stroke gas piston operating system. The rifle uses a patented forward-ejection system via a tube placed over the barrel that ejects the spent case forwards, over the handguard of the rifle. Extraction is accomplished by two extractors, each with two axes of rotation. The extractors may move side-to-side to engage the rim of the case, and pivot upwards to extract the spent case after firing. Empty cases remain in the ejection chute until either the weapon is tilted downwards, the charging handle is operated, or they are pushed out by following cases. Cases drop gently from this chute to the left of the barrel. To avoid sloppy trigger pull typical of firearms modified into bullpups, the RFB uses a floating linkage bar between the

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and the

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, allowing the sear to remain above the trigger. The weapon is fully

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, much in the style of the Belgian

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rifle. The RFB is delivered without

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s. A

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is provided for mounting a wide range of optics and tactical accessories. The barrel of the RFB is not fully free floated, it instead serves as the rigid "spine" of the weapon, to which all other components are attached (either directly or through other components). Meanwhile, Kel-Tec has introduced similar bullpup rifles in 5.56mm called the RDB and the M43, released in 2014.

Variants

Kel-Tec has produced at least four versions with differing barrel lengths, weight, overall length, and performance: * Carbine with an barrel, * Hunter variant with length barrel, * Target version with either a heavy profile barrel or stainless steel barrel, and * RFB-C with an barrel meeting the Canadian requirement for non-restricted rifles, exclusively for export to Canada. The Target version also features a five-way adjustable trigger, for a trigger pull from . As of 2013, all four variants have been publicly released for sale.

References

External links

Official Page

KTOG RFB Forum
; Videos
Kel Tec RFB being fired
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Design details

Variants

See also

References

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