private industry firearms founded 1991 ; 25 years ago 1991 founder george kellgren headquarters cocoa brevard florida united states area served worldwide key people george kellgren president products pistols rifles shotguns website www.keltecweapons.com kel tec cnc industries inc. is an american developer and manufacturer of firearms . founded in 1991 and based in cocoa florida the company has manufactured firearms since 1995 starting with semi automatic pistols 1 and expanding to rifles and then shotguns . kel tec is a privately owned florida corporation . george kellgren is the owner and chief engineer . he is the swedish designer who also designed many earlier husqvarna in sweden swedish interdynamics ab in sweden intratec and grendel brand firearms . the company has been developing and manufacturing a wide variety of firearms ranging from automatic handguns i.e. pistols to automatic rifles and shotguns . contents 1 history 1.1 lightest thinnest semi automatic 9 mm pistol 1.2 high efficiency rifles 2 products 2.1 pistols 2.2 shotguns 2.3 rifles 3 gallery 4 references 5 external links history edit weapons manufactured by kel tec include the p 11 pistol caliber 9 mm ; the p 32 pistol caliber 32 acp ; the p 3at pistol caliber .380 acp ; the p 40 caliber .40 s & w discontinued ; the sub 9 and the later sub 2000 both semi automatic pistol caliber carbines that fold for storage . in addition the company offers a family of 5.56 45mm rifles known as the su 16 series . november 2005 saw the introduction of the plr 16 a long range pistol design based on key design elements copied from the earlier su 16 rifle design . a new pistol design from kel tec in 2010 is a light weight full size .22 magnum 30 shot semiautomatic pistol the pmr30 . 2 in 2016 kel tec introduced the cmr 30 carbine based on the pmr30 platform . 3 lightest thinnest semi automatic 9 mm pistol edit the pf 9 a flat 9 19mm single column magazine semi automatic pistol based on the earlier p 11 and p 3at designs was upon its release touted as the thinnest and lightest 9 mm pistol ever mass produced . 4 it was announced on february 9 2006 and was released into production in the fall of 2006 . high efficiency rifles edit 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 . 5 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 bull pup rifles which is that they may not be readily usable by left handed shooters . 6 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 . 7 products edit kel tec breaks down their product line into three main categories pistols shotguns and rifles . 8 pistols edit kel tec pf 9 kel tec p 11 kel tec p 32 kel tec p 3at kel tec plr 16 kel tec plr 22 kel tec pmr 30 shotguns edit kel tec ksg rifles edit kel tec sub 2000 kel tec su 16 kel tec su 22 kel tec rfb kel tec cmr 30 kel tec rdb 9 gallery edit p 11 9 mm with loaded magazine p 32 .32 acp p 3at .380 acp pf 9 9mm blued finish with gray grip sub 2000 9 mm with 15 round beretta magazine sub 2000 9 mm folded plr 16 5.56 45mm with compact forend and levang linear recoil compensator su 16a 5.56 45mm su 16c 5.56 45mm with stock in fixed position su 16c 5.56 45mm with stock in folded position su 16c 5.56 45mm with after market collapsible stock pistol grip and telescopic sight rfb 7.62 51mm with holographic weapon sight and sling ksg 12 gauge references edit johnston phil w. little kel tec p 11 pistol features new practical design . gunweek . 2001 . 1 products . kel tec . kel tec cnc.com horman b. gil january 11 2016 . tested kel tec cmr 30 .22 magnum rifle . american rifleman . retrieved april 9 2016 via nra . pf 9 . kel tec . kel tec cnc.com news . kel tec . kel tec cnc.com brochure kel tec rfb high efficiency rifle . kel tec . shot show 2007 http www.keltecweapons.com our guns rifle rdb our guns . kel tec . retrieved 20 december 2012 . http www.keltecweapons.com our guns rifle rdb external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to kel tec cnc industries . official kel tec firearms site hi res photos of keltec firearms kel tec rfb forward ejection bull pup rifles flyer as seen at the 2007 shot show kel tec owner s group on yahoo groups ktog the kel tec owners group and forum pf 9 review and photos urban survival range a kel tec discussion and general discussion forum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kel tec & oldid 740798513 categories companies based in brevard county floridacompanies established in 1991firearm manufacturers of the united statescocoa florida1991 establishments in floridahidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschpolski edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 10 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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