Video: Kel-Tec's M43/RDB

By Bob Owens | 3:26 PM | January 22, 2014

Kentucky Gun company gets a short review of the new Kel-Tec M43/RDB (M43 is the retro-look wood variant, while the RDB is the modern polymer-stocked variant) rifle prototype at SHOT Show. I really like the concept of this rifle. It’s too bad that the price ($3,000) is absurd and the first rifles aren’t likely to roll out before the end of the year anyway.

As much as I want to want this rifle, I suspect someone else will hit the market with a 6.5 Grendel/6.8 SPC/300BLK bullpup at a lower price-point before the Kel-Tec moves into production.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.