Kel-Tec Future Speculation

[Metronome]

{also posted in pistol caliber carbines}

So if you have visited the Kel-Tec website recently, you may have noticed a few surveys about wants and upgrades you would like to see for their line of SU-16 rifles. Well today I noticed this little blurb about the delay in shipping of their new RFB carbine (not a pistol caliber but nicely designed):

"The delay is due to a re-tooling effort aimed at adjusting production in order to precede any future negative legislative actions that are likely imminent due to the incoming administration."

Now I know this wasn't about their SUB-2000 rifle, but I have thought that it's time is limited for a few years. If my hunch is correct, the SU-16 will replace it by adding pistol calibers to the lineup; simplifying production and lowering costs.

Why you say? Because if more states become like my good ole home state of CA, the pistol grip of such a so called 'assault weapon' is non-existant on the SU-16. The SU-16 is the only affordable semi-auto centerfire in the California market and I am sure many more would be sold if offered in the cheaper to shoot pistol calibers (not to mention magazine interchangability).

I missed the chance to own a SUB-2000 in pre-gun ban and my Hi-Point is over a decade old. I sure could use a .40 cal plinker! Anyone else see the writing on the wall or am I just daydreaming?

[SwedeSteve]

It will happen, eventually.

[BattleRifleG3]

The future isn't certain to us, but considering the rate people are buying semi-autos it makes perfect sense to accelerate manufacturing.

What I don't understand is why Kel Tec's the only company we're hearing about doing this. Every other semi-auto manufacturer, ie ARs, SIG, Robarm, etc should have been accelerating production ahead of the election. The only things that should have a back seat are development projects that are still years away from production.

Maybe gun manufacturers are joining in on the hoarding too, but that doesn't seem like a good bet to me in a tight economy. They should be selling everything they can for a reasonable price, even if a little higher then normal. No one really knows what will happen, whether an AW ban would be CA style and preclude future transfer, or whether things will explode somewhere, or whether nothing will happen, the economy will tank further, and their guns will drop in value below their cost. Getting the inventory out of their warehouse and taking the money home is the surest bet for gun manufacturers. If a brief delay is needed to accomplish this, ok. But delay for its own sake will hurt everyone.

[SwedeSteve]

I gotta agree !!