Kel Tec SU16F review
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LuckyLuc82
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Here are the pics of the pin:
Like I said in the wolverine section(my su16 came today!)
Anyways, for those wondering, the area ahead of the handguard, the first part of the exposed barrel measures around .618" wide.
I have 3 lar15 magazines i bought from wolverine, I put 10rds through each magazine with out issue, and 5rd through one keltec magazine without issue.
But the keltec magazines feel like crap, and the lar15 will even drop from from the action.
expect some keltec mags in the EE. The lar15 mags don't feel right in the buttstock, and the keltec magazines don't feel much better there imo.
Not a feature I will be using a lot.
Handguard bipod is useless to me.
You can feel the heat through em, but better out then in eh?
I like the sights and the rifle fits me great. Fun to shoot.
Will be testing accuracy later, probably next week.
Anyways, for those wondering, the area ahead of the handguard, the first part of the exposed barrel measures around .618" wide.
I have 3 lar15 magazines i bought from wolverine, I put 10rds through each magazine with out issue, and 5rd through one keltec magazine without issue.
But the keltec magazines feel like crap, and the lar15 will even drop from from the action.
expect some keltec mags in the EE. The lar15 mags don't feel right in the buttstock, and the keltec magazines don't feel much better there imo.
Not a feature I will be using a lot.
Handguard bipod is useless to me.
You can feel the heat through em, but better out then in eh?
I like the sights and the rifle fits me great. Fun to shoot.
Will be testing accuracy later, probably next week.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Met up at Silverdale today with "Natesfitness" and he had just purchased one of these.
I have to say it seemed like a solid gun, and was as reliable as could be. I think he put 150 rounds through it without issue, and it was fresh out of the box.
We did laugh at the mags however, and the hand guard seemed pretty ridiculous with the bipod. It is a pain to lock back up if anything.
The problem once again is the price of these ####in things!
They sell for $500 in the states, and at that price they are a great buy, but at $800 it is just not worth that IMHO. Too much plastic, and not enough goodies.
You then gotta buy the hand guard and stock separately which will cost you another $250 FFS.
While it is better built than the S2000 and the sights are much better, I still get that same cheap plastic feeling, and personally couldn't justify the price.
But in the end I can see the draw to this gun, and to each his own.
I have to say it seemed like a solid gun, and was as reliable as could be. I think he put 150 rounds through it without issue, and it was fresh out of the box.
We did laugh at the mags however, and the hand guard seemed pretty ridiculous with the bipod. It is a pain to lock back up if anything.
The problem once again is the price of these ####in things!
They sell for $500 in the states, and at that price they are a great buy, but at $800 it is just not worth that IMHO. Too much plastic, and not enough goodies.
You then gotta buy the hand guard and stock separately which will cost you another $250 FFS.
While it is better built than the S2000 and the sights are much better, I still get that same cheap plastic feeling, and personally couldn't justify the price.
But in the end I can see the draw to this gun, and to each his own.
Oh Ho!
I was wondering when that phrase would come up.
That sounds like you just offerd to post some reasults between these to rifles.
Rugar Mini 14 VS KelTec SU-16
I give 4 to 1 odds on the SU but the Ruger does have how many years on it for R&D and aftermarket parts.
no no no no no
no mini14 here, and the only one I could compare to, of a friends, has been professional done up to slay coyotes.
Taking my results, and comparing them to mini14 owners on here.
I wish I could do the su16vsmini14 comparison for real, but money doesn't allow it. Unless this rifle prints minute of barn, it not likely to be going anywheres.
no mini14 here, and the only one I could compare to, of a friends, has been professional done up to slay coyotes.
Taking my results, and comparing them to mini14 owners on here.
I wish I could do the su16vsmini14 comparison for real, but money doesn't allow it. Unless this rifle prints minute of barn, it not likely to be going anywheres.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
The new Mini 14's actually shoot pretty well in my experience.
For the same price?????
Then again AR mags is a big +
Just sayin................
For the same price?????
Then again AR mags is a big +
Just sayin................
I agree 100%. It was a lot of fun to shoot, very light, ate 150rnds of MFS straight out of the box with no cleaning and folds up!
The Bad: The mags are entirely made of plastic and flex when you start shoving in rounds. However they worked without a hitch.
The rail is also polymer. At the moment I have vortex strikefire I borrowed from my 10/22. I plan on mounting a very light optic in the future to play with the SU-16's strengths. Time will tell how the plastic rail holds up over years of use.
All in all I am happy with the purchase and it seems like a great little rifle.
Technology Direct
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How did you find the Strikefire? I just picked one up off the EE for the SU-16 but may ultimately go with the TRS25
LuckyLuc82
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rockwood, Ontario
K so I officially decided last night I like the original stock, so if anyone is interested I'll sell them my AR Stock adapter for what I paid for it, I'll pay the shipping, fair?
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- victoria bc
How much. Pm me
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
You know this got me thinking.
What if I baught 1 of these aluminum rails and placed it on the poylmer rail so I wouldn't have to worry about damaging the rail buy putting stuff on and off?
You would need to mount optics low.
The Strikefire with the AR height mount was a bit high already with the factory stock on Natesfitness's SU16.
open up the bipod, pinch the ends together at the top and push the centre pin from left to right as shown in the pic, the retaining pin on the right side will then come out and you can pull the right side off.
YOU HAVE TO PUSH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AS SHOWN the retaining pin on the right hand side has a channel that allows it to come out.
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Its funny that you mentioned that. I actually took off the Strikefire and decided to go with my TRS-25.
The TRS-25 is so much smaller and lighter its perfect for an extremely light rifle like the SU-16.
LuckyLuc82
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- Rockwood, Ontario
So I took er to the range and ran 2 brand new LAR15 mags, one PMAG, and 2 Chinese M4 20/5 mags, performed flawlessly!!!!! Not one hickup!! I didn't even bother with the factory mags, they are safely tucked in the stock. I fired 60 or so rounds, tue only issue I was having was with my safety glasses fogging up like crazy, I'm very impressed with the accuracy. Once sighted in at 50 yards it shot a tad high on the 100, groups stayed very tight, didn't retrieve targets to measure them as I ran out of time and had to rush home..........very very very happy with my purchase!!!
