KelTec RDB 5.56 NATO 17.3" 20rd ODG Rifle

The KelTec RDB17 is the original version of the Rifle Downward-ejecting Bullpup, here with an OD green stock and forend over a black barreled action. Spent cases drop straight down through the stock behind the magazine well instead of flying out the side, so the rifle runs the same from either shoulder. The magazine release, safety and reversible operating handle are ambidextrous as well, which makes it one of the few bullpups a left handed shooter can run without compromise. It feeds from AR-15 pattern magazines and holds 20 rounds.

The 17.3 inch barrel is threaded 1/2-28 for a muzzle brake, flash hider or suppressor mount. Behind it sits an adjustable gas piston system, so you can tune the bolt speed for suppressed shooting or for different loads instead of living with one setting. The bullpup layout gives you a full rifle length barrel in a package not much longer than a short carbine. A Zytel forend carries a Picatinny rail underneath for a bipod, grip or light, and the top rail takes your optic of choice, since the rifle has no iron sights. KelTec put real work into the trigger, and it breaks far cleaner than the usual bullpup linkage. Unloaded weight is about 7 pounds.