Kel Tec SU16F review

LuckyLuc82 said:
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!!!
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Also tried mine out today at the range, used 2 lar-15, 2 factory mags and 2 5/30 mags and all good, the groups at 50 meters where about 1.5 inch but don't have pics as i had to leave range after shooting the bloody cables on 2 sep lanes, cost me $85 in fines for shooting 2 cables using iron sights (not factory but troy sights which as you have guessed are way to high) :mad:

Must say its very accurate to shoot 2 cables that are a 3-4mm thick at 50 meters.
Tomorrow out door range at 100 and 200 meters (no cables to shoot) will take pics.
 
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I was using cheapooo remington white box 55gr'rs $7/box of 20 (last years prices) and I found the groups tightened up at 100m, does that make sense? it was shooting great at 50 but at 100 it almost shot better..... I also had 20 rounds of unknown hunting ammo that was given to me, I better do some reloading of my own tonight.... any recipies?
 
myles said:
does the su 16 have a bolt release? i thought i heard somewere that it has a automatic release when a fresh mag it put it, is that tru?
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No it does not. Although it does have a bolt open leaver. Meaning after the last round is fired the bolt stay's open.
 
I took my SU-16 back to the range today to sight in the OEM irons and TRS-25. I put another 160 rounds through it for a total of 300 rounds.

I had two failures to feed from the same brand new LAR-15 mag. It looked like the magazine wasn't seating properly and the feed lips were flared out. A tap on the bottom of the mag cause the bolt to come forward and feed into the chamber. Both Kel Tec mags ran without a hitch.

I've been getting a consitent 2-3 MOA from the cheap MFS FMJ stuff.

This rifle is a lot of fun and is one of my favorites.
 
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natesfitness said:
I took my SU-16 back to the range today to sight in the OEM irons and TRS-25. I put another 160 rounds through it for a total of 300 rounds.

I had two failures to feed from the same brand new LAR-15 mag. It looked like the magazine wasn't seating properly and the feed lips were flared out. A tap on the bottom of the mag cause the bolt to come forward and feed into the chamber. Both Kel Tec mags ran without a hitch.

I've been getting a consitent 2-3 MOA from the cheap MFS FMJ stuff.

This rifle is a lot of fun and turning into one of my favorites.
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Good stuff! And thanks for the info on the TRS-25. Based on your results/suggestion, I am going that route as well.

-Frank
 
natesfitness said:
I took my SU-16 back to the range today to sight in the OEM irons and TRS-25. I put another 160 rounds through it for a total of 300 rounds.

I had two failures to feed from the same brand new LAR-15 mag. It looked like the magazine wasn't seating properly and the feed lips were flared out. A tap on the bottom of the mag cause the bolt to come forward and feed into the chamber. Both Kel Tec mags ran without a hitch.

I've been getting a consitent 2-3 MOA from the cheap MFS FMJ stuff.

This rifle is a lot of fun.
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I noticed that you edited out the part that this was becoming one of your favourite rifles and have yours up on the EE already. Any reason - just curious as a bunch of us are on the waiting list for one.....
 
jusdivinum said:
I noticed that you edited out the part that this was becoming one of your favourite rifles and have yours up on the EE already. Any reason - just curious as a bunch of us are on the waiting list for one.....
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yes and it shot 300 rounds and increased in value a hundred bucks from the orignal 799
 
jimbo45 said:
yes and it shot 300 rounds and increased in value a hundred bucks from the orignal 799
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I put it in the EE because I'm selling it. I listed it for 900 because it cost me $960 to the door without the 10rnd mag and it'll cost me about $25 bucks to ship. The cost, for me in total with shipping to a new buyer will be about a $1000 bucks. I listed it for $900 and left myself some room for negotiation. I don't see anything wrong with that.

jusdivinum said:
I noticed that you edited out the part that this was becoming one of your favourite rifles and have yours up on the EE already. Any reason - just curious as a bunch of us are on the waiting list for one.....
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I buy and sell many guns on a regular basis as you can see by my trader rating. I decided Cz still holds the title of favorite gun after I cleaned them last night and edited out of my post. Unfortunately there is no conspiracy. (I even put it back in) :)

Edit: I re-listed with SU-16 to include the TRS-25 and I have changed the price. Again there is no conspiracy.
 
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hey guys, new su-16 owner here as well, I did the ar stock conversion, and took it out and put 100 rounds through it today, however Ive noticed one problem, the trigger seems to get stuck once a while after firing, its easy enough to pop forward, but quite the pain to do, is there anything i can do to smooth it out so it stops this?
 
Feralmetal said:
hey guys, new su-16 owner here as well, I did the ar stock conversion, and took it out and put 100 rounds through it today, however Ive noticed one problem, the trigger seems to get stuck once a while after firing, its easy enough to pop forward, but quite the pain to do, is there anything i can do to smooth it out so it stops this?
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natesfitness said:
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I decided Cz still holds the title of favorite gun after I cleaned them last night and edited out of my post. Unfortunately there is no conspiracy. (I even put it back in) :)

Edit: I re-listed with SU-16 to include the TRS-25 and I have changed the price. Again there is no conspiracy.
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Good enough deal for me, I was going to buy a TRS-25 anyway and I'm keeping my VZ58 too ;)
 
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Blah, I got 10rds left of hornady .223, rifle still needs to be sighted, so If I do really well, I might be able to get one 100yd* 3shot group.
Finding hornady ammo around here isn't easy.

I also notice some of the spent casings have the case mouth crushed in on one side. Not all of them though.
 
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lone-wolf said:
Blah, I got 10rds left of hornady .223, rifle still needs to be sighted, so If I do really well, I might be able to get one 100rd 3shot group.
Finding hornady ammo around here isn't easy.

I also notice some of the spent casings have the case mouth crushed in on one side. Not all of them though.
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I get same thing with my cases, 120 rounds fired (winchester ammo)

I am finding it damn hard to find a front sight AR tool in Montreal.
 
The design of this rifle causes this to happen because the spent casing hit's off the charging handel
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Hence why they came up with this add on part.
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As for the issue with the front sight go back to were you baught your rifle from and ask them to get you this KelTec product.
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