Now Taking Deposit on Kel-Tec RDBs

WanstallsOnline said:
The Kel-Tec RDBs are coming to Canada at long last! These non-restricted bullpups will be just like the American variants, with an 18.6" Canadian NR barrel, and you can secure one of the incoming rifles with a $200 deposit today towards a full price of $1499 plus taxes. We're told these are expected to be arriving February 2018, so shouldn't be much of a wait...
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Better late then never!
Is the barrel 18.6" or did they just end up sending the 20" to make life easier at the factory?
 
So far I found that Kel Tec says .223 only

Vault says 5.56 but somone from customer service says .223

All stores say .223

So.... Which is it? Not gonna take a chance when the chamber is at my face.
 
Bonjour43ma said:
So far I found that Kel Tec says .223 only

Vault says 5.56 but somone from customer service says .223

All stores say .223

So.... Which is it? Not gonna take a chance when the chamber is at my face.
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It's stamped .223 right on the barrel.......so just go with that as per the Canadian Firearms Safety Course.

If it turns out your chamber is a little on the loose side and closer to a 5.56 well that's just a bonus unless you were looking for a tight .223 chamber? It's stamped .223 for a reason but it might just be acceptable to fire 5.56 just like the rest of the barrels they make.

Maybe shoot it from the hip while testing...... :)
 
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Can-down said:
Do a search on the topic, the .223 stamping is for export rules.
Lot's of people shooting 5.56 with no issues.
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Curious, what are the physical differences between the 223 and 556 barrel and/or chamber that can be verifiable? (To be only 223 vs 223/556?)
 
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Curious, what are the physical differences between the 223 and 556 barrel and/or chamber that can be verifiable? (To be only 223 vs 223/556?)
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There are many write ups about the subject already online that will be better then my explanation...... :)
 
Bonjour43ma said:
So far I found that Kel Tec says .223 only

Vault says 5.56 but somone from customer service says .223

All stores say .223

So.... Which is it? Not gonna take a chance when the chamber is at my face.
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In the present firearm climate in Canada I doubt that if the barrels are indeed 5.56 chambered you'd get a "real" answer from the manufacturer or a Canadian retailer. However, there is compelling evidence that Kel-tec's Canadian .223 20.5" barrels are indeed the exact same as the USA 5.56/.223 20.5" barrel.

The owners manual included with the Canadian 20.5" RDB barrel states, on numerous occasions, that the barrel is a 5.56/.223 chamber

Also check out this thread already on CGN regarding the chamber spec's.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1732182-RDB-chambering?highlight=5.56

You have to make an judgement call but I think the answer is fairly obvious.
 
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Any chance you guys can bring in a few RDB-S handguards?

theyre a bit slimmer than then the standard RDB ones and dont have the rail.
heres a pic of someone who bought on from KEL-TEC:
BripRBS.jpg

also a video of him installing it.
The colour is different but wouldnt be too hard to paint it black
 
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