The KelTec RFB, short for Rifle, Forward-ejection, Bullpup, is a gas-operated bullpup semi-automatic rifle designed by George Kellgren and made by KelTec Industries of Florida. It is chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO, also called .308 Winchester, and feeds from metric FAL detachable box magazines. Its distinctive feature is a patented forward-ejection system, a tube over the barrel that carries each spent case forward so it drops beside the barrel, which makes the rifle fully ambidextrous. A short-stroke gas piston drives the action, and a floating linkage bar between the sear and the hammer avoids the loose trigger typical of bullpup conversions. The rifle ships without iron sights but with a Picatinny rail for optics. KelTec showed it at the 2007 SHOT Show, announced public availability at the 2008 SHOT Show, and first shipped in March 2009, in carbine, hunter, target and Canadian RFB-C versions.
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manufactured by KelTec Industries of Florida
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is a gas-operated bullpup type semi-automatic rifle
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The rifle first shipped to distributors in the first week of March 2009
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2008-present
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chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester ammunition
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manufactured by KelTec Industries of Florida
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Semi-automatic rifle
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