Aero Survival VS JRC Takedown Marine VS Sub 2k gen 2

love my sub2k gen 1 in 9mm. Ive put 1000 rounds down it. I waited 2 years too long to get it. There were so many nay sayers . Now gen two appeared in canada quicker than i thought . Not waiting 2 years. Im buying 2 of them. ive handled the jr in .40 not impressed. its not bad but at half again the price. not worth it.
 
I love my gen 1 sub2k as well. A few thousand rounds through it and no issues. Yes the front sight is poor but I find the tandemkross upgrade made a huge difference.
 
had a sub 2k gen 1....blew it up. My buddy had one also...also blew his up. both fired out of battery and cracked fold joint and magwell. maybe a bad batch as we both bought them at the same time. The keltec warranty was awesome, both replaced no questions...
Also the sights on the sub2k are crappy......same quality as a nerf gun.....if you get one, replace the sights with red lion or something aftermarket....
I sold my new replacement..never even opened the box, and bought a JR 9mm...love it...no issues whatsoever, probably 2-3k rounds thru it now........really happy with it :)
I am interested with anybodys experience with the aero survival?
 
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I have the TNW. Officially bought it for my 11 year old daughter but dang it is so fun to shoot. Most friends who have shot it now want one too......and I am thinking I need to buy a 2nd one for myself. Over 1000 rounds though it and tried many different mags and only recently had two failure to load out of Korean made 40 cal. Glock mag from a friend we were trying for ####s and giggles.
 
Im in the same market for a 9mm carbine as well... just deciding what to swap/switch or sell for it .. :p I like TD over JR, Storms are awesome, but something about the Keltec's I just like, not sure why..lol .. probably the price, those or a Chiappa M-9... but I hear some good.. & bad about those...
 
I didn't know there was a nickel JRC.
I dunno, looks a little blingy, what say you?
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Was going to hold out till later fall in the hopes of a canadian version of the keltec CMR......but i read somewhere that the aero might offer 22WMR caliber change kits...if thats true, im all over the aero..
 
The Aero is a pretty well made take down, they are working on kits but from what I have seen so far in Canada the conversions are very expensive.
I emailed them a while back and they said the 10mm trials were going well.
 
Ive had my sub 2k gen 1 in 9mm for about a year and I love it! Love the light weight and fast deploy! Just ordered the JRC Marine takedown in 45 ACP yesterday and cant wait to get it in! Probably would have gone with a second Sub 2k if they offered it in 45 ACP, but had to go with JRC for that option...
 
Ive never shot the Keltec, but I do have both the TNW Aero and a JR Carbine takedown in 9mm.

To be fair, I only have approx 4-500 rounds of various ammo out of each, 2 FTF from the Aero but I think that was mag related ( KCI Crap mag) and zero failures of any kind from the JR.

Ease of takedown and cleaning goes to the aero by a mile. Seriously JR? 2 different sized allen screws and a bloody AR wrench, what a PITA!
Aero is pretty simple, two push pins, remove the charging handle and the bbl and your done.

Fit and Finish, both are really well made so thats a tie.

Weight
JR is a tank compared to the aero, for a backpacker Id say the advantage goes to the aero.

Accuracy
JR has the edge here but not by a huge margin.
For a takedown, Im very surprised that both seem to hold zero extremely well.

I really like them both and would be hard pressed to pick just one if I had to.

So, only one thing to do really, buy one of each :)
 
^^^ nice...thanks for the input...

I am interested in the aero, for the option of 22 wmr...and 10mm ...awesome. But I will never get rid of my jr...its been very accurate and reliable.

having said that...i'll never buy another kel tec......if mine didn't have a plastic receiver...it would have survived the blow out.

Plastic receiver housing...combined with the nerf gun quality sights .......it wouldn't be bad if it was a cheap gun to buy...but for what they charge for a plastic gun is imho....far too much for what you get....spend a few bucks more and get metal carbine..
 
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I do like the Aero better than (Gen 1) Sub2K, haven't tried Gen 2 yet. My buddy is in love with his JR Carbine, so much so that I haven't had it in my hands yet to compare. He shot my Aero though, and he looked pretty thoughtful. Wouldn't say anything.

Holosun red dot on a 2/3 "co-witness" riser gives pretty decent results on the Aero. I did try some spare Tavor iron sights on it, which were good too, especially when combined with the red dot.

There are a few other scopes that I'll try, but you feel pretty foolish putting on a scope that's worth more than the rifle...

Trigger pull is a bit long and tough but breaks cleanly on my gun. If you want it to jam open on empty, use a Glock 23 mag on the 9mm rifle. I found that out by accident, I had mixed one in and didn't read. I'm not sure how long the follower will hold up, but I couldn't see any obvious damage after trying it a few more times to see that it wasn't a fluke of some kind.

I love that the Aero will take Glock 26, 19, 17 or what have you. Even Glock 23 (and so probably 22, 27...) mags fed it reliably. The cheap KCI Glock 19 mag that came with mine has been flawless, but the OEM Glock mags do look and feel better.

I'm only a few hundred rounds in, but so far, so good. +1 for the Aero.
 
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