As background, when I started with a home defense plan a number of years ago I thought it important to have the capability to defeat soft armor in case of prepared robbers.Originally Posted by jandbj
I experimented with 300 blackout and 5.56. At that time, 300 blackout ammo wasn’t very consistent in expansion out of a short barrel weapon so I settled on bullpup 16” rifles.
Reason being that I could suppress them and still stay the same length as an unsuppressed AR.
One of the firearms I purchased in testing was the KelTec RDB-S.
Okay, I have to admit I did like the ad that was running at the time:
But seriously, I wanted something for home defense that was light, portable, full rifle ballistics and small footprint so it could accept a suppressor without being unwieldy in a home defense situation.
It didn’t need to be 300 yard accurate, it didn’t need to run hundreds of rounds at a time or be able to run covered in mud wading through a jungle. It just needed to get through a few mags without choking and be easy to use in tight quarters.
Here’s a picture of my RDB and RDB-S together.
The self-defense SAR
More to come. Please let me know if there are specific aspects people want to hear about.