Kel-Tec new shotgun coming?

And the suggestion to load one side with buck and the other with less-lethal strikes me as rather ill-advised.
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That's just a stupid idea. Less lethal rounds for regular folks are ill advised at the best of times, even with a shotgun dedicated to them and readily identifiable (those bright orange furniture sets exist for this reason), but mixing them in the same gun is a way to get dead or in jail. If you're justified in using a firearm at all, you're justified in using real loads.

I can understand keeping slugs and buckshot loaded, but both of those are fully lethal loads- if you pick the wrong one, the only difference is the size and number of holes, not somebody going to the morgue.
 
"Guess what's coming your way next".
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i don't care what anyone says, i just can't wait to play this game. i want one. but $800 will be way too much. i would say up to $500, and that would still be pushing it.
and on a small side note, to defend the saiga. i have the .410 version, and have never had a reliability issue. never.
 
* Shortest length possible without NFA taxes & paperwork.
* 14 round capacity.
* Ambi operation.

The only "feature" I might not like is the inability to point it like a regular shotgun, given pistol grip and super short sight radius due to bullpup config.

I think a quality reflex sight would cure that, though.

It is 4+" shorter than my Cop-(folding) stocked Rem 870 with 18" bbl...when my 870 is folded!

If it is reliable, this would be a terrific HD or truck/trunk gun.
 
MSRP and street are different, but $880 is a rather rich price for a pump, even for starters. It is indeed different, it indeed has some unique features, but it's going to need to be all kinds of awesome at that price.

You don't see heavy discounting unless it just doesn't sell- this thing won't be going for $500. I'd be surprised if it sells for any less than $700, more likely $750. That's a lot for an unproven design, especially when the competition (shotguns like the Mossberg 590 or Remington 870 Tactical or Police models) can be easily had for way less.
 
Call me crazy, but I could see it being useful in trailing a deer that has been hit. I often use a shotgun tracking in case I jump the crippled deer at close range. Having the option of a slug with just the switch of a lever would be good for farther shots. This is assuming someone gave me one of these things. I don't see it's possible usefulness justify buying one.

On second thought, this is a silly idea, I was just looking for a practical use for the thing.:p
 
Full Disclosure......

I may have had some input on this. I was contacted maybe 12 years ago by someone wanting to build a pure D fighting shotgun. What I suggested looked LOTS like this.

Of course, they could have done this totally independently. Great minds move in similar paths.[/sarcasm]....

A couple things.....

14 rounds of 12 gauge ammo will weigh a bit over 3 lbs. While this K gun is short, it will not be a featherweight.

Every bullpup I've shot(Model 10B, Mossberg 500,Steyr AUG, and that Bushmaster) had an egregious trigger. Unless Keltec has done its homework, all the neat features of this will come to naught.

The front sight needs to be at the muzzle to maximize that short sight radius.

As for choke tubes, a set that includes one built into a suppressor makes a lot of sense.

I'd like to check one out, give it the same kind of T&E I gave that Saiga a year back on THR.

But at the price of at least TWO 870s and a pallet of 00, it will have to wait.....
 
Knock off 20% (more than gracious) and it still comes in at about $704 or so...

Too rich for my redneck utilitarian tastes... Neato cool gizmo but I would rather buy a nice .30-06 for 'yote huntin'...

Brent
 
Knock off 20% (more than gracious) and it still comes in at about $704 or so...
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Exactly. While not many sell at MSRP, I'd *really* like to know which shop sells the new and innovative guns at a 50% discount. Just. Doesn't. Happen.

At most you'll be seeing a 20% price break, more likely 10% at first. You're still at $700-800 from a $880 MSRP, and that's still no small amount of money.
 
I recently spent $1400 for a used shotgun for my wife.........IF this gun REALLY interested me, then 800+/- is a reasonable price - especially if you really are depending on it to save your life........

It seems that most folks equate Keltec with cheap prices, so now everyone is whining about the pricing. Company needs to make money, I hope he sells millions of them at his price
 
While the $800.00 price tag seams a tad high I will probably go ahead and bite the bullet and pay it. Not just to be the first one on the block with it either. I feel that after the BAN wagon gets their sights set on this it very well may go the way of the street sweeper and the sidewinder conversion.
 
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