It actually breaks down very easy for cleaning. The barrel assembly comes right out and you have full access to the chamber. Even clearing a jam (I turned the gas too low) can be done by keeping the butt on the bench under some pressure and popping the pins to remove the lower, keeping the butt and barrel together, bolt locked back obviously
Kel-Tec RBD thoughts?
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It actually breaks down very easy for cleaning. The barrel assembly comes right out and you have full access to the chamber. Even clearing a jam (I turned the gas too low) can be done by keeping the butt on the bench under some pressure and popping the pins to remove the lower, keeping the butt and barrel together, bolt locked back obviously
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I'm interested in a NR 5.56 bullpup, I just think they're cool. I'm torn between the RDB and the T97 Gen 2.
Handled the RDB the other day and I was really impressed with the overall weight and balance. The trigger is really nice too. The HK-slappable charging handle is just incredibly satisfying. The controls seem much better and ergonomic than the T97 too.
Been doing research on the RDB and I keep seeing issues with the recent production since they removed the firing pin spring, potentially causing slam fires, runaways or burst fire. Anyone with one experienced anything like that? It's making me very wary of it.
I'm also wary of the T97 due to unavailability of parts, but from what I gather they tend to run pretty reliably as long as you use the right magazines.
Any thoughts? Thanks
Handled the RDB the other day and I was really impressed with the overall weight and balance. The trigger is really nice too. The HK-slappable charging handle is just incredibly satisfying. The controls seem much better and ergonomic than the T97 too.
Been doing research on the RDB and I keep seeing issues with the recent production since they removed the firing pin spring, potentially causing slam fires, runaways or burst fire. Anyone with one experienced anything like that? It's making me very wary of it.
I'm also wary of the T97 due to unavailability of parts, but from what I gather they tend to run pretty reliably as long as you use the right magazines.
Any thoughts? Thanks
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I'm interested in a NR 5.56 bullpup, I just think they're cool. I'm torn between the RDB and the T97 Gen 2.
Handled the RDB the other day and I was really impressed with the overall weight and balance. The trigger is really nice too. The HK-slappable charging handle is just incredibly satisfying. The controls seem much better and ergonomic than the T97 too.
Been doing research on the RDB and I keep seeing issues with the recent production since they removed the firing pin spring, potentially causing slam fires, runaways or burst fire. Anyone with one experienced anything like that? It's making me very wary of it.
I'm also wary of the T97 due to unavailability of parts, but from what I gather they tend to run pretty reliably as long as you use the right magazines.
Any thoughts? Thanks
For a bit more, I would get a used TAR-21 over the T-97 and the RDB. I don’t like the feel/ QC and the ergos of the T-97. The RDB is better but the mag release is a pain ( literally!) and it’s still a Kel Tec.
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At least there's a lifetime warranty with Kel-Tec, so that's what helped win me over. I really like the X95, especially the mag release, but I can't justify the extra coin and weight over an RDB.
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There are currently 2 mlok aluminum handguards available from luckyirishman and KelTec will be releasing a third shortly.
Can't wait and hope that Kel Tec develops a second generation RDB. Would also be nice but understandable that there's not many 3rd party parts options. At least an aluminium handguard or Magpul
There are currently 2 mlok aluminum handguards available from luckyirishman and KelTec will be releasing a third shortly.
If you buy a X95 or TAR-21 you'll be paying significantly more for a less accurate rifle that will function just as well.
People will say "battle proven" like that actually means something.its 75 year old technology, it doesn't take a major manufacturer to make a good rifle these days.
"Battle proven" can mean "we the govt have bought tens of thousands of these and replacing them would be expensive". The SA80 A1 was a complete disaster, the A2 acceptable at best. Likewise the M14, the Type 81 and the INSAS rifle. All disasters but all "battle proven".
People like to #### on KelTec its easy to do that on the internet, especially when your ego has an extra $1000 hole to account for despite doing the exact same thing. So with a fat belly hanging over their belt they'll sit at home typing away about how they wouldn't take a certain rifle "into battle" while ignoring that they are not exactly battle ready lol.
My advice is rent out both if you can, find which works best for you and enjoy it but with realistic expectations. I might find s stoppage harder to clear with some rifles compared to others, but thats ok because I'm really not going to be in a firefight. I'm going to be in Canada, with friends, phones and the baywatch theme playing.
People will say "battle proven" like that actually means something.its 75 year old technology, it doesn't take a major manufacturer to make a good rifle these days.
"Battle proven" can mean "we the govt have bought tens of thousands of these and replacing them would be expensive". The SA80 A1 was a complete disaster, the A2 acceptable at best. Likewise the M14, the Type 81 and the INSAS rifle. All disasters but all "battle proven".
People like to #### on KelTec its easy to do that on the internet, especially when your ego has an extra $1000 hole to account for despite doing the exact same thing. So with a fat belly hanging over their belt they'll sit at home typing away about how they wouldn't take a certain rifle "into battle" while ignoring that they are not exactly battle ready lol.
My advice is rent out both if you can, find which works best for you and enjoy it but with realistic expectations. I might find s stoppage harder to clear with some rifles compared to others, but thats ok because I'm really not going to be in a firefight. I'm going to be in Canada, with friends, phones and the baywatch theme playing.
Kel-Tec is garbage, justify it however you like but an X-95 is ten times better than any of the cheap junk they put out. What is it with their guns and double feeds? So not only do you have the KSG which doubles, requiring removal of the buttstock to clear but now they have a semi-auto rifle that does the same thing? After having a S2K blow up in my face after a whole four rounds I have given up completely.
Sure. X95 don't do kaboom....
"Battle proven" BS. At least KT don't pretend.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1808819-X-95-kB!
You can't blame IWI for Federal blowing up my rifle. Not to mention IWI even stepped up and replaced it while Federal did everything they could to deflect. I have a hard time blaming anything but that ####ty independence ammo. S2K have failed left and right, thats why there was a recall... The worst part about mine blowing up is that it wasn't part of the recall. Straight from Kel-Tec, "sometimes the .40s fail for different reasons", then why build the ####ing things?
So you got your X95 kaboomed, your S2K kaboomed.. Maybe it's not the rifles
I agree that IWI makes gun of better quality than KT, however I don't agree they are of better design. If you remember that thread about your X95 I posted that IWI knew about design flaw that could lead to breach explosion.
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So you got your X95 kaboomed, your S2K kaboomed.. Maybe it's not the rifles
I agree that IWI makes gun of better quality than KT, however I don't agree they are of better design. If you remember that thread about your X95 I posted that IWI knew about design flaw that could lead to breach explosion.
First it was that they double feed
Second it was that they explode
Third was admitting that a gun from both brands has exploded
Fourth was blaming the ammo for the more expensive gun but being unhappy that Keltec made agun that needed a recall (something unique to Keltec obviously)
Fifth will be a return to complete denial
If you bother to comprehend what I typed, I said that the X-95 is better than any Kel-Tec and that Kel-Tec is garbage. The X-95 is hardly a flawless gun. As for the kB, I probably shoot more in a month than both of you do in a year so from a statistical standpoint it's not surprising that I have had issues over the years.
I own the rdb, and I'm a lefty, I appreciate the fully ambidextrous non restricted bull pup for the price. I put Bushnell illuminated 1.5-6 scope on it and it shoots really well with 62gr ammo. Rdb is definitely not garbage, inferior quality to x95 maybe, but it's also way cheaper.
I like mine. Was going to sell it but took it out with some buddies in the woods and had so much fun that I kept it, and got a handguard for it lol. It's not a battle rifle but really, if SHTF I'm grabbing my AR.
Just dial in your gas setting in the beginning and you're good to go. Shoots everything I feed it and has a soft recoil impulse. Accurate enough with the pencil barrel. At half the price of a X95 it's hard to beat, if you're not an operator going to war
Just dial in your gas setting in the beginning and you're good to go. Shoots everything I feed it and has a soft recoil impulse. Accurate enough with the pencil barrel. At half the price of a X95 it's hard to beat, if you're not an operator going to war
