Kel-Tec’s KSG is a SHOT Show stopper, with crowds hovering over the bullpup like disaster victims over Red Cross food supplies. OK, maybe not that desperately. But there’s no question that Kel-Tec will sell every one of their 1000-unit initial run of their space-saving man stopper. The company says they’re aiming to produce 5000 units in 2011. With law enforcement types sniffing around, there’s every chance they’ll ramp up from there. Firearms fans familiar with the Kel-Tec brand will cross their fingers on the quality front. We can report that the gun’s fit and finish look fine. Though that chamber selector is a bit far back for my tastes (video after the jump), the ergonomics are sound. It looks crazy, but the $880 msrp KSG just might work .




Kel-Tec’s thinking about putting holes in the barrels near the grip so owners can see if a given tube’s empty. At the moment, there’s only one way to tell if a chamber’s empty: CLICK. And one way to tell if the gun’s empty: turn it over and look for the followers (neither a follower nor a negligent discharger be).
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I may just have to buy one.

Every Kel-Tec I've ever seen looked and felt like crap. Saw an ad for their 30 shot .22 magnum pistol and was very interested. Went to a local shop to check one out and was really disappointed.
They have some great ideas, just seem to be lacking in the execution.

A gadget that will never catch on with real life special operations people. The rifle range commandos will, though, jump all over this one. We'll be seeing them on the range very soon. They'll be the ones dressed in mismatched camos covered with various military and police patches, trying to work through malfunctions.

Would be a simple mechanism to get the mag switch to function automatically with a manual over-ride. I didn't see what the mags look like.

Any Kel-Tec I've ever seen has been hard to warm up to. P-32 feels like a toy water pistol. The 9mm looks like the slide is about to fall off the rails. But they come up with some interesting feature ideas.

Sam's dog avatar here is crackin' me up!

...but Dave, it's "tacticool"