Kel-Tec SU16CA Compact Forend

[Kostya]

I was trying to find the compact forend on Kel-Tec's website and didn't see it on their product page. I sent them an e-mail and never got one back. Does anyone carry them?

[railroader]

Just call them. Mark

[LECTRIKHED]

Only kel-tec sells them. You can order it on their online store, or just give them a call. It takes them a while to respond to emails.

[TacFan]

yes kel-tec does sell them but there is another source.
Here you go:

Brock Pfund

adversary13 at adelphia dot net

[Nefarious]

Check on the Keltec forums, thats where I got mine from. I do believe it was "Brock" that sold them for a nice price.

[223addict]

I bought one off ebay for a few bucks cheaper than Kel-Tec. Be warned, it's pretty cheap quality. I needed to clean up the edges with a mill bastard and all the vents had flash that needed to be removed with a surgical scalpel.

[myar15]

I bought one off ebay for a few bucks cheaper than Kel-Tec. Be warned, it's pretty cheap quality. I needed to clean up the edges with a mill bastard and all the vents had flash that needed to be removed with a surgical scalpel.

why bother wasting the money? so it can look more like an AR?? you cant even mount anything to it. start saving for an AR junior!

[Kostya]

why bother wasting the money? so it can look more like an AR?? you cant even mount anything to it. start saving for an AR junior!

What do you mean you can't mount anything to it? I've seen a ton of pictures with flashlights, bipods, and lasers mounted to the compact forend.

[223addict]

why bother wasting the money? so it can look more like an AR?? you cant even mount anything to it. start saving for an AR junior!

Got 4 AR's already. The Kel Tec was just cash burning a hole in my pocket.

[aplinker]

why bother wasting the money? so it can look more like an AR?? you cant even mount anything to it. start saving for an AR junior!

5 days with an AR and already this...

The Kel-Tec is a useful rifle. Sure, it's no AR, but it has its place and purpose. It functions as-is with a drop mag. It's a piston based system. It's cheap, fun to shoot and can be bought at any ma and pa gun store.

The compact fore-end isn't that bad of quality. Maybe the eBay one you got was a 2nd? It's nice to be able to put stuff on it (bipod, flashlight). It's pretty cheap, too, at about $50.

I've seen them for sale at a few gun shops that sell lots of Kel-Tecs (Retting's always seems to have a couple). I've also seen that guy, mentioned above, selling them.

If they're not on the website, they're probably back ordered.

[rorschach]

why bother wasting the money? so it can look more like an AR?? you cant even mount anything to it. start saving for an AR junior!

Start saving for an HK or FAL, junior.

Oh, I see you've met Ivans' Hammer. Better you than me.

[oaklander]

LOL, I remember when I got my first AR. . .

[LECTRIKHED]

SU-16 is a good rifle. It has its place. Basically, it is not going to get you arrested unless you do something illegal with it.

My compact forend was good quality. I think it is a big improvement. It has a normal picatinny rail that you can mount suff on. I keep a laser mounted on mine. You can add more rails if you want.

Yes it is not an AR, but it also is a piston operated rifle. I see that as an advantage over the AR. Then again, I don't own an AR, so I can't compare them directly. I'm happy with the SU16.

PS most of the people who bash them, have never owned one, or they owned 20 rifles and 1 SU.

[J_Rock]

Yes it is not an AR, but it also is a piston operated rifle. I see that as an advantage over the AR. Then again, I don't own an AR, so I can't compare them directly. I'm happy with the SU16.

How exactly does having a piston give it an advantage? You have more moving parts, more things to go wrong. I'd bet my life on my AR in a SHTF situation over a SU16 any day. There's alot more to reliability than your operating system.

[aplinker]

Is it even possible to start a thread about the SU-16 without it becoming an AR vs. SU debate?