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Kel-Tec PLR-16 Pistol: It’s not an AR, but it can take AR magazines. What is this…this thing?
The American Rifleman ^ | July 2009 | Ed Friedman

Posted on 07/16/2009 2:45:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Neat!
1 posted on 07/16/2009 2:45:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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can’t post the pics? there are pics right?


2 posted on 07/16/2009 2:46:57 AM PDT by GeronL (UnitedCitizen.Blogspot.Com --------- United Citizens Nation! ------------- Join Today!)
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Go ahead and try, it’s not working for me...


3 posted on 07/16/2009 2:47:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I am Jim Thompson!!)
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4 posted on 07/16/2009 2:49:44 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I am Jim Thompson!!)
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oh wow.

Left all the essentials there.

Its a travel-size AR!


5 posted on 07/16/2009 2:51:00 AM PDT by GeronL (UnitedCitizen.Blogspot.Com --------- United Citizens Nation! ------------- Join Today!)
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Here ya go! Image Hosted by MyFiero.com
6 posted on 07/16/2009 2:53:46 AM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Definitely a man's gun! ;-)


7 posted on 07/16/2009 2:54:38 AM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This weapon can be modified to fire full auto, like the TEC-9 Dylan Klebold used to shoot up Columbine, because it fires on open bolt, right?


8 posted on 07/16/2009 2:55:46 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Looks like a ray-gun in that pic.


9 posted on 07/16/2009 3:17:11 AM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Man I wished I lived in the US!

Be cool to buy one.


10 posted on 07/16/2009 3:20:30 AM PDT by NoLibZone (North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing ObamaÂ’s records!)
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To: myknowledge

The blurb claims that the weapon uses the same “breech lock mechanism as the AR,” so, it would not fire from an open bolt. It is also unlikely in this day and age that BATFU would approve ANY new semi-auto for sale to people that fires from an open bolt.. for exactly the reason you posit.


11 posted on 07/16/2009 3:50:26 AM PDT by earlyapex (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.)
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9 inch barrel!? Word of advice from a man who lost most his hearing to things that go "bang!": double up on your ear protection (plugs AND muffs) before pulling the trigger on this little beast. I'll bet muzzle blast is impressive too.
12 posted on 07/16/2009 4:02:52 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (Will Work for Ammo)
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iirc the BATFAGS have banned open bolt semiautos.
13 posted on 07/16/2009 4:13:04 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Interesting, I bet its going to raise a stink that it can defeat most body armor, especially with tungsten cored bullets, I would dearly love to have one loaded up with some .224 Barnes Varmint Grenade frangibles.

It just screams to be rechambered to the .204.


14 posted on 07/16/2009 4:16:19 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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Can you get ammo for it? :-)


15 posted on 07/16/2009 4:18:56 AM PDT by Salo
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This weapon can be modified to fire full auto, like the TEC-9 Dylan Klebold used to shoot up Columbine, because it fires on open bolt, right?

No, it's a closed-bolt design. Also, most of the inner parts don't interchange with their AR-15 counterparts, so there's no easy way to modify the Kel-Tec using M-16 selector, bolt carrier, hammer, trigger, etc.

16 posted on 07/16/2009 4:53:43 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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ping


17 posted on 07/16/2009 4:54:39 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: myknowledge

No.
Fires closed bolt.
BATFE won’t approve sale of anything that can “easily” be modified to full auto. (Anything can be converted, but you need enough tools and skill that you could “modify” a solid block of steel to full auto.)


18 posted on 07/16/2009 5:50:12 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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tungsten cored

As defined by law (not sanity), that would constitute "armor piercing" and is thus prohibited from civilian manufacture.

19 posted on 07/16/2009 5:53:11 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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...don't judge this gun by its appearance;

< liberal whine > But it's SCARY LOOKING! < /liberal whine >

20 posted on 07/16/2009 8:06:52 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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